The meeting will be held in the The Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd May 2024. An 'Icebreaker' event will be held on Monday evening for our Graduate School members and an event dinner will be held in Glasgow on the Tuesday evening for all delegates.
The SAGES Annual Science meeting is an opportunity for our community to get together to share the amazing research we conduct and to discuss future plans. Delegates will be able to present their research, oral and poster presentations are welcome.
Our Research Themes and Forums will showcase the breadth of SAGES research. Each day will lead with an invited ‘Keynote’ cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary presentation. Enter our competitions for ‘Best published paper’ and ‘Best poster’ and network with other early career researchers and academics from all SAGES disciplines.
Registration is free for SAGES members, travel and accommodation expenses are paid up to £200.
It’s a very popular event where every SAGES member feels welcome – register asap!
Registration is now closed!
Chief Scientific Adviser Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (CSA ENRA)
Keynote speaker, Tuesday 21st May 2024
Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland
Keynote speaker, Wednesday 22nd May 2024
The SAGES Annual Science Meeting starts on Tuesday 21st May 2024.
The SAGES Graduate School invites PhD members to join us for a short friendly icebreaker event before the meeting formally starts. We will meet on Monday 20th May from 17:30 - 19:00 in Studio 2 of the Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow.
Come and meet other researchers, have a drink, and enjoy some short networking and communication sessions.
To attend, please complete the registration form below.
Registration deadline: 24th April 2024
09:00 – 09:30 Registration and presentation upload
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome
09:40 - 10:40 Session 1
10:40 - 10:45 Social Media update - Laura Young
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break, posters and networking
11:00 - 11:30 Keynote #1 Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Adviser Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (CSA ENRA)
11:30 – 12:30 Session 1 - continued
12:30 - 12:45 Fora update - CryoExchange and Earth System Modelling and AI
12:45 – 13:30 Lunch, posters and networking
13:30 – 15:00 Session 2
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break, posters and networking
15:15 - 15:30 Fora update - Comparative Planetology and Creating Sustainable Water Futures
15:30 - 16:15 Session 3
16:15 - 17:30 Refreshments, posters and networking
19:00 Conference dinner – The Ashoka, Ashton Lane
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:15 Session 3 - continued
10:15 - 10:35 Coffee break, posters and networking
10:35 - 10:45 SAGES International partners - Tina Finsterbusch, Geoverbund ABC/J
10:45 - 12:30 Session 4
12:30 - 13:00 Keynote #2 Professor Julie Fitzpatrick, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch, posters and networking
13:45 – 14:00 International SAGES partners - Dr Christine Barnard, ArcticNet
14:00 - 14:45 Session 5
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee break, posters and networking
15:00 - 16:00 Session 5 - continued.
16:00 – 16:30 Prizes
The annual SAGES Best Publication competition awards prizes of £100 for the best published paper first-authored by a SAGES Graduate School or post-graduate researcher member to appear in a peer-reviewed journal (or with a DOI) in 2023-2024.
There will be one prize for each SAGES Theme.
Entries will be judged by Professor John Howe, and the SAGES Research and Innovation Committee (RiCom).
The awards will be announced at the 2024 Annual Science meeting
Please email your entry including a pdf of the paper and its related SAGES Theme to
Entry deadline: Wednesday 24th April 2024
Registration is free and open to SAGES Graduate School members.
Registration opens Thursday 21st March 2024
Registration deadline Wednesday 24th April 2024
Registration is free and open to SAGES members.
Registration opens Wednesday 13th March 2024
Registration deadline Wednesday 24th April 2024
Members are invited to submit an abstract, oral or poster (A1 portrait)
Abstract submissions open: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday 17th April 2024
You will be contacted by Thursday 9th May 2024 to advise if your abstract has been accepted and session details.
