The EGU 2016 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria from 17–22 April, will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The deadline for abstract submission is 13 January, 13:00 CET.

As in previous years, the conference will have a theme, which this year is Active Planet. You can expect a few changes around the conference centre and special keynote lectures relating to this broad topic. The theme does not constrain the topics to be presented at the Assembly; rather, it will add to the conference experience.

You can submit your abstract for the conference until 13 January 2016 at 13:00 CET. In addition to established scientists, early career researchers and undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit abstracts to present their research at the conference.

You can browse through the EGU 2016 sessions online (Call-for-Abstracts). Clicking on ‘please select’ will allow you to search for sessions by Programme Group and submit your abstract to the relevant session either as plain text, LaTeX, or a MS Word document. Further guidelines on how to submit an abstract are available on the EGU 2016 website.

Early registration for the conference is open until 17 March 2016. Scientists can register online on the General Assembly website. Note that EGU members benefit from reduced member rates: to become a member, go to www.egu.eu/membership/, where you can become a new member or renew your EGU membership.

If you are a journalist or public information officer, please check http://media.egu.eu for information about media participation at the Assembly.

• EGU 2016 General Assembly website
• Posts about the EGU 2016 on the EGU blog, GeoLog
• General Assembly information for journalists