23 May 2009
Conference travel again – Toronto AGU
Posted by Jessica Ball
I’m off to AGU’s Joint Assembly in Toronto this weekend, which should be fun – despite having been in Buffalo for a while now, I haven’t been to Toronto yet (or to an AGU meeting, for that matter). I’m looking forward to getting to watch some sessions specifically on volcanology, instead of skipping around to talks that look like they might have some vague relationship to the field. (This has happened quite a bit at the meetings I’ve been to so far – then again, I haven’t been to an IAVCEI conference yet either, where it’s all volcanoes.)
I’m thinking about live-blogging it, but I’ll at least try to do some summaries at the end of each day if I don’t get around to on-the-spot reporting.
Babbling aside, if anyone is planning on being at the Toronto AGU, give me a heads-up. I’m going to be there Sunday – Wednesday, and perhaps we can organize a meetup somewhere with the appropriate refreshing beverages, eh?
Jessica Ball is a volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, researching volcanic hydrothermal systems and stability, and doing science communication for the California Volcano Observatory. She previously worked at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC Policy Office, learning about the intersection of Earth science and legislative affairs. Her Mendenhall postdoc and PhD focused on how water affects the stability of volcanoes, and involved both field investigations and numerical modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from her experiences in academic geosciences to science outreach and communication to her field and lab work in volcanology.