The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026 takes place from 3 to 8 May 2026 in Vienna, Austria, and online. As Europe’s largest geosciences meeting, EGU brings together more than 20,000 researchers across the Earth, planetary, and space sciences.
GERI will be represented at the Assembly through a dedicated talk on the federation’s organisational overview and development. The session, “The Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI): Organizational Overview and ongoing development” (EGU26-2337), takes place on Thursday 7 May at 10:45 CEST in Room 2.95. The talk is presented by Henry W. Loescher (NEON), with co-authors representing all six founding partners: Beryl Morris (TERN), Michael Mirtl and Steffen Zacharias (eLTER), Jaana Bäck (ICOS), Tommy Bornman and Gregor Feig (SAEON), Xiubo Yu (CERN), and Michael SanClements and Paula Mabee (NEON).
Several sessions and presentations across the week feature work directly relevant to GERI’s mission of cross-continental ecosystem observation and data harmonisation:
- Thursday 7 May, Room 2.95 — Session BG3.8 “Advancing Ecosystem Research: Responses to Climate Change and Anthropogenic Influences,” co-convened by eLTER’s Michael Mirtl, runs 08:30–15:45.
- Thursday 7 May, Room -2.33 — “Using artificial intelligence to automate and expedite the harmonization of environmental data” (EGU26-12357), 11:50 CEST, presented by Tyler Karns with co-authors from NEON.
- Wednesday 6 May, Hall X1 X1.37 — Poster on the Castelporziano Super Site, a cross-research-infrastructure integration of ICOS, LifeWatch, and eLTER for terrestrial ecosystem observation.
- Friday 8 May, Session AS3.38 — “Science-based, measurement-based greenhouse gas emission monitoring” with multiple ICOS contributions.
Several GERI partners will also be present at the ENVRI Community booth (booth 27, Entrance Hall exhibition area) throughout the week.
The full programme is searchable at the EGU26 Programme site. ICOS has compiled a detailed schedule of all relevant sessions on its dedicated EGU26 page.