Schedule
Some topics repeat, so check for a time that fits your schedule.
Sunday, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Topics:
Fireside Circle 1: Online Education—Modules & strategies for improving.
Fireside Circle 2: Emerging Technologies—Geochronology, GIS, cyberinfrastructure, drone, math.
Fireside Circle 3: Big Questions in Big Data—What are the next-generation questions to tackle by integrating across types of big data (geoinformatics, bioinformatics; e.g., NEON, paleobase)?
Monday, 12:30–1:15 p.m.
Topics:
Fireside Circle 1: Integrative Geobiology—What themes of geobiology translate across organizational scales (from microsphere to biosphere)? How do emerging fields (geogenomics, paleogenomics) play a role? How can biology be integrated into the earth sciences at intermediate organizational scales?
Fireside Circle 2: Geoengineering & Global Change—Challenges and opportunities of geoengineering in a time of global change. What challenges are disaster-specific? What are the biggest needs?
Fireside Circle 3: Local Diversity in the Geosciences—How to increase local involvement of underrepresented groups in geosciences? Do solutions need to scale? What has worked where you live?
Monday, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Topics:
Fireside Circle 1: Applications in Geo-Medicine—Integrating geosciences into health research in the age of big data (e.g., geo-climate and infectious disease, urban planning and chronic disease, hazards and citizen science).
Fireside Circle 2: Uncovering New Worlds—Remote sensing and planetary science.
Fireside Circle 3: Emerging Technologies—Geochronology, GIS, cyberinfrastructure, drone, math.
Tuesday, 12:30–1:15 p.m.
Topics:
Fireside Circle 1: Online Education—Modules & strategies for improving.
Fireside Circle 2: Emerging Technologies—Geochronology, GIS, cyberinfrastructure, drone, math.
Fireside Circle 3: Big Questions in Big Data—What are the next-generation questions to tackle by integrating across types of big data (geoinformatics, bioinformatics; e.g., NEON, paleobase)?
Tuesday, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Topics:
Fireside Circle 1: Integrative Geobiology—What themes of geobiology translate across organizational scales (from microsphere to biosphere)? How do emerging fields (geogenomics, paleogenomics, play a role?). How can biology be integrated into the earth sciences at intermediate organizational scales?
Fireside Circle 2: Geoengineering & Global Change—Challenges and opportunities of geoengineering in a time of global change. What challenges are disaster-specific? What are the biggest needs?
Fireside Circle 3: Geoscientists Can Speak up for Science—An Informal, brainstorming, idea-sharing fireside chat on finding opportunities to make your scientific knowledge influence public policy. Sponsored by GSA’s Geology and Society Division.
Wednesday, 12:30–1:15 p.m.
Topics:
Fireside Circle 1: Applications in Geo-Medicine—Integrating geosciences into health research in the age of big data (e.g., geo-climate and infectious disease, urban planning and chronic disease, hazards and citizen science).
Fireside Circle 2: Uncovering New Worlds—Remote sensing and planetary science.
Fireside Circle 3: Local Diversity in the Geosciences—How to increase local involvement of underrepresented groups in geosciences? Do solutions need to scale? What has worked where you live?