![]() This session will scan the horizon of the geosciences in context of past responses to stress points, the challenges of today, and the opportunity of sustainability serving as a unifying framework for the future of the geosciences. Scott Tinker (Director, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology)ĪGI was founded to foster the geosciences to support society, including the challenges of the Cold War, expanding the geosciences globally, and recognizing and supporting the health of the discipline.Elizabeth Eide (Executive Director for the Division on Earth and Life Studies at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine). ![]() ![]() David Applegate (Director, US Geological Survey).Speakers will recall motivations that lead to emergence of the Institute, its impacts on the geosciences and society, and look ahead as our profession faces unprecedented transitions in the scope and imperative of the geosciences: who we are, and how we work. Join past and present leaders of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and prominent geoscientists across our community as we recognize the 75th Anniversary of the Institute. Kasey White, Director for Geoscience Policy, Geological Society of America Gueymard Professor, Louisiana State Universityīarbara Ransom, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Office of the Assistant Director, Integrative Activities Groupīen Zaitchik, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University and President of the AGU GeoHealth SectionĮmma Tipton, Policy Fellow, American Meteorological Society Join representatives from NSF and the participating scientific societies to discuss how we move forward to mitigate negative and enhance positive impacts from geologic processes and materials on human health in a changing natural environment.īarb Dutrow, GSA Past President and Gerald Cire & Lena Grand Williams Alumni Professor and Adolphe G. This special session builds upon a National Science Foundation (NSF) invitation to the Earth science community to identify challenges in GeoHealth that can be addressed in the next few years. Sun., 9 Oct., 2–3 p.m., Mile High Ballroom 2AB/3AB ![]()
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