AGU fall meeting 2017
December 22th, 2017
After presenting at the European Geophysical Union last year, I thought I would also try presenting at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting. The AGU fall meeting is the biggest conference in our field and also one of the most important. Normally, the AGU fall meeting is in San Francisco; however, the conference centre is being renovated. Therefore, this year the conference was in New Orleans! City of jazz, blues and good food. Of course, there was some time in the evenings to explore the city, but I spent most of my time in the conference centre. Besides a short visit to the French Quarter the day before the conference, we only made a short visit to Bourbon Street the last evening.
During the conference, Jasper and I got the chance to meet up with some PhDs we met during the SIESD summer school at SAFL, Minneapolis. It was a good chance to catch up, and it was nice to see everyone again.
I was very pleased with my poster presentation at the AGU. Often, I feel a bit disappointed when I am not chosen to give a talk, not because I feel talks are a better way to present research, but you often do not get a lot of feedback during a poster session. Often, conference attendees use poster sessions as a break to go to the toilet, get a coffee or get something to eat. However, the poster sessions at the AGU were very busy and very long. I planned to stand at my poster for two hours or so and then look around myself, but I talked with many different people for more than the full four hours! I'm not used to talking so long, so at the end my throat was quite sore, but it was worth it.
