35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016  |  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA


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Publication Sponsor Acacia mining VM Investment Company
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35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016  |  CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

HOT TOPIC LOUNGE - Schedule of Events

Monday

1:20-1:40 p.m. The Peer Review Process and Tips to Improve Your Manuscript
1:40-2:00 p.m. How to Become a Reviewer and Review a Manuscript Effectively
3:40-4:00 p.m. How to Write an Abstract
5:45-6:15 p.m Hot Topic Discussion: Planetary Sciences in Africa




Tuesday

7:45-8:15 a.m. About AGU
10-10:20 a.m Meet AGU Editors from JGR: Planets and Tectonics
1:20-2:00 p.m. Hot Topic Discussion: Resourcing Future Generations
3:40-4:00 p.m. Data Management/Reproducibility
5:40-6:00 p.m. Publication and Scientific Ethics




Wednesday

7:45-8:15 a.m. The Peer Review Process and Tips to Improve Your Manuscript
10-10:20 a.m. Data Skills and Reproducibility
1:20-2:00 p.m. Hot Topic Discussion: Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa
3:40-4:00 p.m. Gender Issues in the Earth sciences
5:40-6:00 p.m. Hot Topic Discussion: The Dynamic Earth and its Kimberlite, Cratonic Mantle and Diamond Record through Time




Thursday

7:45-8:15 a.m. How to Participate in the Thriving Earth Exchange
10-10:20 a.m. Meet AGU Editors from JGR: Planets and Tectonics
1:20-1:40 p.m. Hot Topic Discussion: Hadean and Archean Earth
3:40-4:00 p.m. How to Become a Reviewer and Review a Manuscript Effectively
5:40-6:00 p.m Career Development Tools and Advice




Friday

7:45-8:15 a.m. About AGU
10-10:20 a.m The Peer Review Process and Tips to Improve Your Manuscript




resourcing future generations