EFG participation in the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014,

Vienna | Austria | 27 April – 02 May 2014

For the first time EFG was present at the EGU General Assembly as exhibitor. The EGU General Assembly is the most relevant geosciences event in Europe. With 4,829 oral, 9,583 poster, and 483 PICO presentations EGU2014 was a great success. 12,437 scientists from 106 countries attended the conference, of which 27% were students.

EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) generously invited EFG to join its booth. The booth had a very good position, just next to the main EGU stand. EFG contributed with a banner, the last four issues of the European Geologist magazine, and a power point presentation. EFG thanks EGS for its generosity and this important opportunity to participate together in the EGU exhibition.

For EFG Executive Director Isabel Fernandez, EGU2014 was also the opportunity to establish closer contacts with EGU Executive Secretary Philippe Courtial. The aim of this meeting was to develop collaboration opportunities between EGU and EFG. Various interesting possibilities for future collaboration such as a common photo contest were discussed which shall be confirmed within the next few months.