Excited to be headed to #AGU24 in person for the first time since 2019! (Since family obligations keep me from being there the whole week, I am disappointed that @agu.org walked back some of the remote participation options they had in past years, though…) - ThreadSky

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bobkopp.net • 84 days ago

Excited to be headed to #AGU24 in person for the first time since 2019!

(Since family obligations keep me from being there the whole week, I am disappointed that @agu.org walked back some of the remote participation options they had in past years, though…)

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bobkopp.net•84 days ago

And y’all, consider wearing a mask. AGU is a notorious disease vector. (Beyond the typical colds, I came back with pink eye a few years ago.)

We’ve had two babysitters sick today, so clearly we are in a post-Thanksgiving wave of respiratory viruses.

bobkopp.net•84 days ago

(AGU is less fun if you’re spending it sick in your hotel room or at urgent care)

mattepritchard.bsky.social•84 days ago

Virtual options down due to cost -- they say they are barely breaking even as is. They heard the complaints about registration costs. And the number of virtual registrants is < 5% now (of course coupled to the lack of virtual access)

bobkopp.net•84 days ago

Do you know how total registration compare to pre-pandemic?

mattepritchard.bsky.social•84 days ago

Back to 2019 levels -- this is number of abstracts and I think 27,000 in 2024 (about 25,000 in person). Costs have risen faster than inflation for these types of meetings.

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