AGU Fall Meeting 2020: Keynote and Plenary

Keynote and Plenary

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

08:00-09:00

PL01

Science in the Public Sphere: A Panel Discussion of the Implications for the Scientific Enterprise in the Aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Election

Chair: Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, Washington, DC, United States

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

08:00-09:00

PL02

The Solution Space: Finding Sustainable Pathways for the Amazon

Chair: Carlos Nobre, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, United States

Thursday, 3 December 2020

08:00-09:00

PL03

Plenary Panel: Toxic Ivory Towers and Conversations with Underrepresented Voices

Chairs: Billy M Williams, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States, Margaret Fraiser, American Geophysical Union, Washington, United States, Kendall Moore, University of Rhode Island, Journalism and Film Media, Narragansett, RI, United States and Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States

Friday, 4 December 2020

08:00-09:00

PL04

Featured Plenary: Dr. Freeman Hrabowski - At a Crossroads: Reimagining Science and Society

Chair: Robin Elizabeth Bell, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States

Monday, 7 December 2020

09:00-10:00

PL05

Presidential Forum Lecture: Leland Melvin - The Right Stuff is the Never Give Up Stuff

Chairs: Robin Elizabeth Bell, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Susan Lozier, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

09:00-10:00

PL06

Frontiers of Geophysics Lecture: Hearts in the Ice - Self-Isolation in the Artic: Shining a Light on Climate Change

Chair: Guy P Brasseur, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

09:00-10:00

PL07

Featured Plenary: Dr. Rita Colwell - Oceans, Climate, and Human Health: Lessons from Cholera for Covid-19

Chair: Susan Lozier, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

Thursday, 10 December 2020

09:00-10:00

PL08

Agency Lecture: Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan

Chairs: Randy W. Fiser, American Geophysical Union, Washington, United States and Lisa J Graumlich, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States

Friday, 11 December 2020

09:00-10:00

PL09

Featured Plenary - Dr. Howard Frumkin - Planetary Health: Where the Geophysical Meets the Biomedical (on a Global Scale)

Chair: Randy W. Fiser, American Geophysical Union, Washington, United States

Monday, 14 December 2020

08:30-09:30

PL10

Featured Plenary: Andrea Wulf - The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt's New World

Chair: Claudio Faccenna, University of Texas at Austin, Geological Sciences, Austin, United States

16:00-17:00

PL13

Panel on University Challenges in the Time of COVID-19

Chair: Susan Lozier, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

08:30-09:30

PL11

Community Science Plenary: Dr. John Fitzpatrick - How Birds Can Save the World

Chair: Brooks Hanson, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

08:30-09:30

PL12

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from an International AGU Perspective: A Panel Discussion of a Global Issue from a Non-U.S. World View

Chairs: Lisa D White, University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA, United States, Susan Lozier, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States and Robin Elizabeth Bell, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States

Thursday, 17 December 2020

09:00-09:30

PL13

Closing Plenary: Fall Meeting 2020 Wrap Up