The deadline to submit a session, town hall, or pre-conference workshop proposal for AGU25 has passed. Please search for and review proposed sessions below. Please note this site is frozen as of 4/29/25 and will not reflect any changes to proposals made after this date.


Conveners will be contacted by the AGU25 Program Committee with any requests for mergers or edits to proposals. Conveners will be notified of the acceptance of their proposal in mid-June.


Abstract submissions will also open in mid-June and the deadline for abstract submissions is 30 July, 2025.


Please visit the AGU25 website for more information or please contact AGU with any questions.

AGU25: Union Sessions

Union Sessions



U001
Advancing Toward More Sustainable and Resilient Mineral Supplies: Bridging Earth, Data, and Social Sciences
Primary Convener:  David Zhen Yin, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Mansur Arief, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Sulgiye Park, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, United States and Rachel Hampton, KoBold Metals, Berkeley, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sofia Mantilla Salas, Stanford University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States


U002
Amplifying the Value of Earth Science Information for the Society
Primary Convener:  Yuhan Rao, North Carolina State University, Cooperative Institute for Satellite and Earth System Studies, Asheville, United States
Conveners:  Susan Shingledecker, Earth Science Information Partners, Severna Park, MD, UNITED STATES and Lesley A Wyborn, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia


U003
Assessment Tools to Understand Impact of Community/University Partnerships
Primary Convener:  Ada Inman, EPIC-N, Washington, United States
Convener:  Gavin Luter, EPIC-Network, Madison, United States


U004
Behind the Breakthrough: Lessons Learned from Experiments in Earth and Space Science
Primary Convener:  Jesse Bonner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Pnina E Miller, Earthscope Consortium, Socorro, United States, Catherine Mary Snelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Heather A Ford, Yale University, New Haven, United States


U005
Beyond Silos: Integrating Earth Sciences in the Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus
Primary Convener:  Swapan K Sahoo, Equinor USA, Houston, United States
Conveners:  Julie Bloxson, Stephen F. Austin State University, Earth Sciences and Geologic Resources, Nachadogas, United States and Yogaraj Banerjee, STARLAB, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yogaraj Banerjee, STARLAB, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States


U006
Building Safe, Supportive and Effective Field Research Teams
Primary Convener:  Alice Frances Hill, Department of Conservation New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand; University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Anne U Gold, University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, Mariama C Dryák-Vallies, Polar Science Early Career Community Office, University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States and Blair Schneider, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States


U007
Climate Extremes and Population Mental Health in the Deep South: Lessons from Katrina and Paths to Resilience
Primary Convener:  Azar Abadi, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department, Birmingham, AL, United States
Conveners:  Dennis P. Stolle, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, United States and Mark Mocettini Shimamoto, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


U008
Earth Song: Advancing Visualization and Sonification in Geoscience
Primary Convener:  Zhigang Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States
Conveners:  Deborah Lyman Kilb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Leif Karlstrom, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States and Jessie K Saunders, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Phuc Mach, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States


U009
Expanding Our Scientific Reach: Experiences, lessons learned, and best practices for engaging broader audiences in the doing and benefits of science
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth Crocker, PhD, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States and Black in Marine Science Tidal Wave program cohort
Conveners:  Camille Gaynus, Black In Marine Science (BIMS), Spokane, United States, Tiara Moore, Black in Marine Science, Atlanta, United States, Ralinda Wimbush, Black in Marine Science, United States and Black in Marine Science Tidal Wave program cohort


U011
Independent Science: Past, Present and Future Opportunities for Transcending Disruptions
Primary Convener:  Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Raleigh, United States, Kyle Meng, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States and Phil Levin, University of Washington, Seattle, United States


U012
Lights! Camera! Traction!How Film and Television Can Shape and Empower the Climate Action Narrative
Primary Convener:  Joshua Weinberg, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Heather Goss, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


U013
NASA-ISRO SAR Mission Status and Early Results
Primary Convener:  Paul Alan Rosen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Marco Lavalle, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Gerald W Bawden, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States


U014
Navigating Broader Impacts in Current Political Climate
Primary Convener:  Dr. Benjamin Nault, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health and Engineering, Baltimore, United States
Conveners:  Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States, Asa K Rennermalm, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Geography, New Brunswick, United States and Daniel T Myers, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States; Personal capacity, Newark, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Princeton University, Princeton, United States


U015
Public Data, National Priorities: Unlocking Value with Landsat
Primary Convener:  Crista Straub, USGS Headquarters, National Land Imaging Program, Reston, United States
Conveners:  Zhuoting Wu1, Christopher S R Neigh2 and Kimberly Casey1, (1)USGS Headquarters, National Land Imaging Program, Reston, United States(2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States


U016
Societal Impact of Earth and Space Sciences: Past Achievements and Future Opportunities
Primary Convener:  Thushara Gunda, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Kripa Akila Jagannathan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States and Asa K Rennermalm, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Geography, New Brunswick, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bianca Corpuz, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States


U017
Strengthening STEM Learning: Creating Impact through Collaborative Programs
Primary Convener:  Anne Holland, Space Science Institute Boulder, Education and Learning Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Convener:  Joelle LeMer, Northern Arizona University, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Flagstaff, United States


U018
The Grand Challenge of Sustainable Aviation: Uniting Atmospheric, Aerospace, and Environmental Sciences
Primary Convener:  Holly Mayton, John Deere, Philadelphia, United States
Convener:  Sebastian David Eastham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, United States


U019
Understanding the Linkage Between Geosciences and Biothreats for Enhancing National and Global Security
Primary Convener:  Bailey Magers, Organization Not Listed, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, College Park, United States and Jesse E Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, Omaha, United States


U020
Unlocking Broader Impacts: Finding & Keeping Community Partners to Advance Local Sustainability Goals
Primary Convener:  Ada Inman, EPIC-N, Washington, United States
Convener:  Gavin Luter, EPIC-Network, Madison, United States


U021
Water, Climate and Infectious Microbes in the Environment
Primary Convener:  Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Conveners:  Rachel Burckhardt, ASM, Washington DC, United States and Erin K Lipp, The University of Georiga, Environmental Health Science, Athens, GA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bailey Magers, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States


U022
We Need a Hero! We Need Effective Communication with the Public!
Primary Convener:  Adam Ianno, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Middletown, United States
Convener:  Kyle Rybacki, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Middletown, United States


U023
Where Science Connects Us: The Role of Research Parks and Innovation Districts in Building Communities of Innovation Based on Earth and Space Sciences
Primary Convener:  Brian Darmody, Association of University Research Parks, College Park, MD, UNITED STATES