Dear GMAC Colleagues,

We will again be holding a virtual conference for the 2021 Global Monitoring Annual Conference (eGMAC).

The 2021 virtual GMAC (eGMAC) will be held on five consecutive days: Monday, May 24th through Friday, May 28th, 2021, beginning at 12:00PM Mountain Daylight Saving Time (UTC -6). Each session will be ~3 to 3.5 hours long. Sessions will be recorded to allow colleagues in all time zones to view the presentations after the session concludes.

Each day will have the following format plus a few short breaks:

• 6 scientific talks (12 minutes each, plus 3 minutes for questions)
• Virtual discussion rooms with the oral presenters
• Virtual poster session to include:
  • 90-second lightning talks for each poster to begin the session
  • Virtual presentation/discussion room unique to each poster

Welcome Letter from James Butler, Director of Global Monitoring Laboratory

Meeting Videos

Videos of past sessions are available. Go to the Agenda and select the day and session of interest. Then click on the 'View Recorded Video' button.

Meeting Links

Each individual poster session and any open discussion, coffee break and other meetings will be held using Google Meet. The meeting links are available on the agenda.

Virtual Happy Hour

We will be holding a virtual 'Happy Hour' via Google Meet after the poster session on Tuesday, May 25 at 4PM Mountain Daylight Time. A link to the Google Meet will be available on the agenda on Tuesday.

Early Career Scientist

This year, for the first time, the eGMAC Organizing Committee and GML Awards Committee announce the Early Career Scientist award for the best in oral or poster presentation. A group of judges will use the following criteria to identify the winner: logical flow of the paper, verbal delivery skills, and preparedness to answer questions. The winner will be announced within 2 weeks after the end of the eGMAC meeting.

Early Career Scientist (ECS) is defined as a student, a Ph.D. candidate, or a practicing scientist who received their highest certificate (e.g. BSc, MSc, or Ph.D.) within the past seven years. The seven-year period can be extended to allow for periods when the scientist was not working in science because of, but not limited to, caring and/or parental responsibilities, disability, personal illness, community obligations, or national service.

A career panel for early career scientists will be held on Wednesday, May 26 at 10:30AM Mountain Daylight Time. A link to the Google Meet will be available on the agenda for the Oral Session on Wednesday.

Awards

The eGMAC Organizing Committee is pleased to announce two awards for the 2021 eGMAC: Best Presentation (awarded daily), and the Early Career Award (one award for the entire conference).

The presentations will be judged on the following criteria:

• Timing
• Clarity
• Effectiveness of Illustrations
• Organization
• Logic
• Audience Engagement

Agenda

Presenter Information