Science and Society



Accelerating Impact: User‑Driven Earth Observation Solutions from the Satellite Needs Working Group
Primary Convener:  Pontus Olofsson, PhD, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners:  Natasha Sadoff, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, United States and Emily Caitlin Adams, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States


Addressing flood risk and impacts through researcher-community collaborations
Primary Convener:  Britt Forsberg, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Kate Semmens, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Julia Atayi, Morgan State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, United States


Advances in the Practice and Theory of Climate Change Adaptation
Primary Convener:  Christine Kirchhoff, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States
Conveners:  Kripa Akila Jagannathan, University of California Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley, United States, Caitlin Grady, George Washington University, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Washington, DC, United States and Lynée Turek-Hankins, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States


Advancing Net Zero Urban Water: Integrated Systems for Urban Water Resilience
Primary Convener:  Courtney Crosson, University of Arizona, Architecture, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Rashi Bhushan, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, Erik Porse, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Davis, United States, Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States and Sybil Sharvelle, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rashi Bhushan, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States


Advancing and Scaling Impact with NASA Earth Observations and Modeling
Primary Convener:  Shanna Combley, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Emily Sylak-Glassman1, Natasha Sadoff2 and Nima Pahlevan2, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Alexandra Giese, NASA, Earth Science Division, Washington DC, United States


Agriculture, Air Quality, Nitrogen Cycle, and Climate Connections
Primary Convener:  Da Pan, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, United States
Conveners:  Ilana Pollack, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder & NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Genevieve Plant, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Amos P. K. Tai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Student/Early Career Convener:  Matthew Davis, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States


Before, During, and After the Storm: Federal Data Drives Decision Making Across the Economy
Primary Convener:  Allison Crimmins, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States
Conveners:  Michael Brewer, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, United States; NOAA NCEI, Asheville, United States and Maggie Coates, Cadmus Group, Inc., Waltham, United States


Benchmarking for Machine Learning Development and Enhancement of Earth System Models
Primary Convener:  Katherine Breen, Morgan State University, Baltimore, United States
Conveners:  Lesley Ott, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States, Mark Carroll, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Data Science Group, Greenbelt, United States, Olya Skulovich, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States and Sujay V Kumar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States


Beyond Results: Connecting Polar Science to Society
Primary Convener:  Jami Ivory, Oregon State University, Polar STEAM, Corvallis, OR, United States
Conveners:  Melissa Barker, Oregon State University, Polar STEAM, Corvallis, United States and Kari O'Connell, Oregon State University, STEM Research Center, Corvallis, United States


Calibrating 30 Years of Optical Land Cover History with Modern Radar to Track Agribusiness in the Caatinga, Brazil
Primary Convener:  Leticia Vieira da Silva, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States
Convener:  Leticia Vieira da Silva, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Leticia Vieira da Silva, Smith College, Northampton, MA, United States


California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment: Research to Action
Primary Convener:  Elea Becker Lowe, California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States; CA Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States and California Climate Change Assessment Team
Convener:  Nikka Malakooti, California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States and California Climate Change Assessment Team
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nikka Malakooti, California Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Sacramento, United States and California Climate Change Assessment Team


Climate Action in Higher Education
Primary Convener:  Roger C Bales, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States; University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Julie Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States, Teamrat A Ghezzehei, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, United States and Martha H Conklin, University of California Merced, Merced, United States


Co-creation of Knowledge for Actionable Science: Good Practices and Emerging Methodologies
Primary Convener:  Vera Kuklina
Conveners:  Jessica Black, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, Matthew L Druckenmiller, National Snow and Ice Data Cen, Boulder, United States and Andrey N Petrov, University of Northern Iowa, Department of Geography, Cedar Falls, IA, United States


Communicating Climate on Short Form Video: Scientists, Digital Creators, and Journalists
Primary Convener:  Eli S Kintisch, Science Magazine, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Aline Maybank, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Aline Maybank, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), New Haven, United States


Community-Centered Data Systems & AI Tools for Environmental Stewardship
Primary Convener:  Sierra Hicks, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Conveners:  Alicia Swimmer, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rapid City, United States and Esmee Mulder, CU Boulder, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Esmee Mulder, CU Boulder, Boulder, United States


Compounding Burdens: Approaches to the Environmental and Equity Impacts of Data Centers
Primary Convener:  J. Pablo Pablo Ortiz-Partida, Union of Concerned Scientists, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Jacob Carter, National Wildlife Federation, Merrifield, United States and Iris T Stewart, Ph.D., Santa Clara University, Department of Environmental Studies & Sciences, Santa Clara, CA, United States


Connections between Communities and Mines
Primary Convener:  Robert Orttung, George Washington University, Washington, United States
Convener:  Dmitry A Streletskiy, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sophie Holtzman, George Washington University, Washington, United States


Cultivating Usable Science with Lessons Learned from Climate Services
Primary Convener:  Nels R Bjarke, Western Water Assessment, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Chelsea Combest-Friedman, NOAA, Alpena, United States, Pablo Mendez-Lazaro, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Environmental Health Department, San Juan, United States, Victoria W Keener, Arizona State University, Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (RISA), Tempe, AZ, United States and Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States


Electrochemical Energy Storage for Grid and Transportation Applications: Advances in Battery Technology, Deployment, and Integration
Primary Convener:  Edith Newton Wilson, Rock Whisperer LLC, Tulsa, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Yang Qiu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), College Park, United States and Cooper Yerby, Department of Energy Washington DC, Washington, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Anthony Cheng, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States


Enablers and Barriers to Climate Change Mitigation: Understanding Social, Institutional, Biophysical and Technological Factors
Primary Convener:  Pamela McElwee, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Gillian Bowser, Colorado State University, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Xiaoshi Xing, Columbia University, Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN), Climate School, Palisades, NY, United States


Enhancing Risk Analyses for Resilience: New NASA RASI Products and Stakeholder Engagement
Primary Convener:  Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
Convener:  Nick Pelaccio, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, United States


Environmental Change and Impacts to Indigenous and Traditional Communities
Primary Convener:  Ranalda Tsosie, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, United States
Conveners:  Carolina Michel, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, Victor Arraes Rocha Felix, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, Wai Allen, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Holly Olivarez, University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies Program, Boulder, CO, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Carolina Michel, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, Victor Arraes Rocha Felix, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, Wai Allen, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Holly Olivarez, University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies Program, Boulder, CO, United States


Film and Video for Science Communication, Environmental Storytelling, and Environmental Education
Primary Convener:  Katy Perrault, Independent Filmmaker and Science Communicator, Anchorage, AK, United States
Convener:  Kathryn Fronabarger, University of Maryland, Washington, D.C., United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Katy Perrault, Independent Filmmaker and Science Communicator, Anchorage, AK, United States and Kathryn Fronabarger, University of Maryland, Washington, D.C., United States


Frontline Community-Driven Resistance to Environmental Harm: Theory, Data, Narrative, and Practice
Primary Convener:  Katlyn M Turner, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Information Science, Boulder, United States
Convener:  Ayako Nagano, Frontline Resource Institute, New York, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Rachel Marston, Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York, United States and Amelia Dogan, University of Washington Seattle, Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES


Generative AI in Hydrology and Interdisciplinary Environmental Research: Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges
Primary Convener:  Mewcha AMHA Gebremedhin, Florida Gulf Coast University, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Fort Myers, United States
Conveners:  Vidya Samadi, Clemson University, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Clemson, SC, United States, Nikolaos Tziolas, University of Florida, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Immokalee, United States and Elshall Ahmed S. Sr, Florida Gulf Coast University, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering, Fort Myers, United States


Geo-Computational Approaches for Urban Environmental Challenges and Community Resilience
Primary Convener:  Ying Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, School of Humanities and Social Science, Shenzhen, China
Conveners:  Dr. Liyin He1, Angel Hsu2, Nicole Lambrou3 and Xijing Li3, (1)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States(2)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Data-Driven EnviroLab, Chapel Hill, United States(3)California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Urban and Regional Planning, Pomona, United States


How Communities Perceive Drought, Heat, and Wildfire: Comparisons with Measured Climate Data Across the United States
Primary Convener:  Erich Seamon, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
Conveners:  Beatrice Gordon, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, United States, April Hiscox, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States and Alistair MS Smith, University of Idaho, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, Moscow, ID, United States


Impactful Science: Methods and Metrics
Primary Convener:  Margaret Rudolf, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Aparna Bamzai, Oregon State University, CIRC/NW CSC, Corvallis, OR, United States, Sarah Fendrich, Stanford University, Stanford, United States and Mary Beth Jager, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States


Interdisciplinary Research for National Security and Economic Security
Primary Convener:  Kate A Brauman, University of Alabama, Global Water Security Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  David Gorelick, MITRE Corporation Mclean, Mclean, United States, Rebecca Miller, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States and Nicholas Parker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States


Intersecting Inequities: Policy, Advocacy, and Community Science for Environmental Justice
Primary Convener:  Rachel Iweka, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
Convener:  Laurent Meillier, Betula Apex, LLC, Oakland, California, United States


Making Satellite Data Experiential to Better Support Environmental Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Eleanor C Stokes, NASA Headquarters, SMD/ Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Mark Subbarao, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and Nicole Ramberg-Pihl, SSAI, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, United States


Monitoring Spatial Patterns and Processes of Informal Settlements from Earth Observation and Geospatial Analysis
Primary Convener:  Yiming Zhang, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Yuyu Zhou, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography, Hongkong, China, Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States and Jamon Van Den Hoek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States


Open Source Tools for the Earth & Space Sciences: Breaking Discipline Silos to Accelerate Discovery
Primary Convener:  Regupathi Angappan, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Ankit Barik, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States and Miguel Jimenez-Urias, Johns Hopkins University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Regupathi Angappan1, Ankit Barik1 and Miguel Jimenez-Urias2, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States(2)Johns Hopkins University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, United States


Public Participation Required: Showcasing Scientific Results Achieved Through Participatory Methods, e.g., Methods that Rely on Contributions to Research Efforts by Members of the Public.
Primary Convener:  Sarah Kirn, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Julia Parrish, University of Washington, Seattle, United States and Laura Trouille, Adler Planetarium/Zooniverse, Chicago, IL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ramanakumar Sankar, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States


Queer Perspectives in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Primary Convener:  Raymond Leibensperger III, Heidelberg University, Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
Conveners:  Glen Chua, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States and Rebecca Colquhoun, Imperial College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Student/Early Career Convener:  Samantha Velasco, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, United States


Scalability of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Challenges – Linking Science to Solutions for California and Beyond
Primary Convener:  Lisamarie Windham-Myers, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Moffett Field, United States; California Delta Stewardship Council, Sacramento, United States
Conveners:  Tyler L Anthony, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, United States, Clesi Bennett, California Natural Resources Agency, Sacramento, United States, Nina Bingham, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, United States and Chelsea Carey, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, United States


Science Advocacy: Opportunities, Risks, and Strategies for Challenging Times
Primary Convener:  Melissa Varga, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Christopher Jackson, Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally, Washington, United States, Allie Cashel, Protect Democracy, Burlington, United States and Jessica Trinh, Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally, San Francisco, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ashley Yen Eng, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States; Scientist Network for Advancing Policy, San Francisco, United States


Science and Society: Art and Science – Activating Science through Artistic Collaborations
Primary Convener:  Tybur Q. Casuse Driovínto, University of New Mexico Main Campus, Interdisciplinary Sciences Co-op, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Sarah Rosengard, Simon Fraser University, The School of Environmental Science, Burnaby, BC, Canada, Chelle L Gentemann, NASA Headquarters, Santa Rosa, United States and Mallery Quetawki, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Marisol C Meyer Driovínto, Marisol Driovínto Design and Consultation, Albuquerque, United States


Science and Society: Community Science and Citizen Science
Primary Convener:  Kathryn A Semmens, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, United States
Conveners:  Britt Forsberg, American Geophysical Union, Thriving Earth Exchange, Washington, DC, United States, Ada Inman, EPIC-Network, Madison, United States and Edgar Guerron Orejuela, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, United States


Science and Society: Science Communication Practice, Research, and Reflection in an Era of Change
Primary Convener:  Urooj Raja, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, United States
Conveners:  Lyne G. Morissette, M - Expertise Marine inc., Department of Science, Sainte-Luce, QC, Canada and Bianca Corpuz, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, United States


Science and Society: Science Policy
Primary Convener:  Gifford J Wong, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Holly Mayton, John Deere, Philadelphia, United States, Ellen Gertsen, 1969 Advisors LLC, Washington, United States and Alexandra Shultz, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


Science and Society: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Primary Convener:  Christine Kirchhoff, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States
Convener:  Haley Crim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Haley Crim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States


Science for the Public Good: Building Independent Science, Data, and Research for Policy and Public Decision Making
Primary Convener:  Julian J Reyes, PhD, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Dawn J Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA, United States, Gretchen E Gehrke, Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, Durham, NC, United States and Dr. Constantine Samaras, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States


Sensitivity and Uncertainty Characterization in Multi-Scale Modeling of Drought-to-Flood Transitions: Integrating 1D–2D Hydrodynamic, AI/ML, and Index-Based Modeling Frameworks
Primary Convener:  Subhankar Karmakar, Mumbai, India
Conveners:  Kaustav Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Green Energy and Sustainability Hub, Mumbai, India, Jagriti Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India and Ajay Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Mumbai, India


Sharing Stories and Success of Team Science Efforts Across the Earth and Space Sciences
Primary Convener:  Sanlyn Buxner, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States; University of Arizona, Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies, Tucson, United States
Convener:  Nicholas A Gross, Boston University, Astronomy, Boston, MA, United States


Skills and Workforce Development for Climate Solutions
Primary Convener:  Haley Crim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Open Learning, Cambridge, United States
Convener:  Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States


State and Regional Climate Adaptation Policy in the US Water Sector
Primary Convener:  Christopher Hyun, California State Water Resources Control Board, Climate, Sacramento, United States
Convener:  Christine Kirchhoff, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University Park, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jenny L Rempel, University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, United States


The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors and Software Solutions to Contribute to Participatory and Community Science
Primary Convener:  Kyra Selina Hagge, East Carolina University, Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, Greenville, United States and Ada Inman
Conveners:  Ada Inman, EPIC-Network, Madison, United States, Kathryn A Semmens, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA, United States, Edgar Guerron Orejuela, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, United States and Ada Inman
Student/Early Career Convener:  Domani Turner-Ward, University of West Florida, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pensacola, FL, United States and Ada Inman


The Spiritual Worldwiew of Sami - Indigenous knowledge about the Arctic Ecosystem in Context of Global Climate Change.
Primary Convener:  Marcus Przybyl, University of Lapland, Social Science, Rovaniemi, Finland
Convener:  Georg Sebastian Voelker, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Student/Early Career Convener:  Marcus Przybyl Sr., Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany


Thinking Outside the Box Plot: Communicating Science Beyond the Paper
Primary Convener:  Abigail Dischner, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States
Conveners:  Mr. José Gescilam Sousa Mota Uchôa, USP University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Cee Nell, USGS, Water Resources Mission Area, Menlo Park, United States and Layla Ramsey-Sapp, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Qianyu Zhao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States


Transforming Air Quality: Science, Policy, and Community in Action
Primary Convener:  Pami Mukherjee, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA, United States
Conveners:  Pedro Piqueras1, Robert Dalbeck1, Chandan Misra2 and Stephanie Ng3, (1)South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, United States(2)California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, United States(3)San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Modesto, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bryant Pahl, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States


Translating Climate Hazards into Economic Risk: Analytics for Planners, Insurers, and Policymakers
Primary Convener:  Zachary M Subin, University of California Berkeley, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, Oakland, United States
Convener:  Kristina Dahl, Climate Central, Princeton, United States


Water and Society: Equity and Justice in Water Systems
Primary Convener:  Khalid Osman, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sarah Fletcher, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States and Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Clara Medina, Stanford University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford, United States


Wells of Tomorrow: Engineering Integrity for a Sustainable Energy Future
Primary Convener:  Eilis Jill Rosenbaum, National Energy Technology Laboratory Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Conveners:  John Brigham, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States and Julie M Vandenbossche, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Rodrigo Arauz Sosa, Leidos, Pittsburgh, United States and Carlos Garcia, Leidos, Pittsburgh, United States


When Information Is Power: Women Advancing Environmental Justice Decision-Making
Primary Convener:  Rachel Iweka, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States
Conveners:  Shorna Broussard Allred, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Geography and Environment, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Rashmi Krishnan, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; University of California, Berkeley, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Berkeley, United States


Where Science and Art Connect: Creating Sci-Art Collaborations and Sharing the Products and Process
Primary Convener:  Katy Perrault, Independent Filmmaker and Science Communicator, Anchorage, AK, United States
Convener:  Kathryn Fronabarger, University of Maryland, Washington, D.C., United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Katy Perrault, Independent Filmmaker and Science Communicator, Anchorage, AK, United States and Kathryn Fronabarger, University of Maryland, Washington, D.C., United States


Working Together to Calibrate and Communicate Search for Life Results
Primary Convener:  Daniella Scalice, NASA Astrobiology Program, Mountain View, United States
Conveners:  Jordan Bimm1, Marc Neveu2 and Svetlana Shkolyar2,3, (1)University of Chicago, Chicago, United States(2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States(3)NASA Astrobiology Program, Washington, DC, United States