Conference Description
The Environmental Sciences: Water GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
Many early career environmental scientists will be tasked with solving unprecedented water issues in their lifetime due to climate change and a growing population. For example, environmental scientists and engineers will need to supply safe water to the public despite worsening droughts, flooding, and contamination. Furthermore, these environmental crises disproportionately impact lower income and marginalized communities across the globe, and the next generation of scientists should therefore aim to address these challenges with a restorative environmental justice approach. The 2024 Environmental Science: Water Gordon Research Seminar will highlight the work of early career scientists whose research relates to environmental contaminants, flooding, ecological and public health as well as the cutting edge solutions needed to address these pressing issues. The seminar will begin within an overarching keynote on the intersection between environmental justice, engineering and science with a focus on planetary health. Participants will have the opportunity to build connections with the keynote speaker and other early career scientists in an immersive small conference setting. To support the participants’ professional development, a career panel with diverse leaders in the fields of environmental science and engineering will offer important insights into navigating a unique path from the laboratory to leadership and beyond.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 17, 2024. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
An outline of the program components for this GRS is displayed below. The seminar chair is currently developing their detailed program schedule, which will include the speakers they select from submitted abstracts, in addition to any additional components outlined below. The detailed program will be available by April 23, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Speakers
- To Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Discussion Leaders
- To Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Mentorship Component
- "Finding Your Flow Through the Braided River: a Career Panel"