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Ignite@AGU: Twila Moon—Face to Face with Climate Change in Greenland

12.11.19 | 6-8:30 pm

Ignite speaker line-up will be announced soon!

The popular science storytelling event Ignite@AGU is returning to the 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by NASA’s Applied Sciences Program and held in partnership with the Earth Science Information Partners, Ignite@AGU enables scientists to showcase their professional and personal interests through fast-moving, creative presentations.

This year's event will be hosted by Planet at their San Francisco headquarters.  Other interested sponsors should click here.

A different kind of talk

5-minutes

20 auto-advancing slides.

less text

Images over words.

whimsical

Both passion and humor are welcome.

Bold

Be bold — especially with your talk title. 

Rapid fire

Fun, frenetic delivery increases engagement.

cross domain

Let's see how many AGU sections submit!

all welcome

Graduate students to senior-researchers to policy makers. Variety keeps it fresh! 

Ignite (www.igniteshow.com), a concept created by O’Reilly Media, provides presenters a strict presentation format – five minutes and 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds – to make their point.

Enlighten us, but make it quick!