This workshop focuses on geophysical research on the solid Earth, cryosphere, oceans, atmosphere, and even other planets. It provides an opportunity to learn about cutting edge science, engage with other members of the community, and expand technical skills.
The workshop is sponsored by the the U.S. National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and U.S. Geological Survey. EarthScope operates the NSF Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE) and the NSF Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE).
Important Deadlines:
- April 20 – Abstract deadline
- April 25 – Last day to book a hotel room in our block
- April 25 – Last day to receive a refund if you cancel registration
- April 29 – Last day to for dietary restrictions to be accounted for during registration
- May 9 – Last day to register; there is no on-site registration
Registration
Registration is now open! Please click HERE to register. (registration is $250 for regular attendance or $100 for students/postdocs)
Format
The workshop will be held in-person with no virtual component.
All meeting attendees will be required to adhere to the EarthScope Code of Conduct.
Workshop Leadership
Science Planning Committee
- Aditya Kar, Ft. Valley State University
- Bill Holt, Stony Brook University
- Franz Meyer, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Tolulope Olugboji, University of Rochester
EarthScope Planning Contacts
- Gillian Haberli, EarthScope Consortium
- Krystin Poitra, EarthScope Consortium
Questions? Please contact workshop@earthscope.org for more information.
Workshop Agenda
Monday, May 19 – Wednesday, May 21
Monday, May 19 – Community Building Day
8:00 AM – Welcome & Introductory Remarks
8:30 AM – Plenary Session #1: Subduction Zone Science: Deployments, Hazards, Imaging
10:00 AM – Break
10:30 AM – Plenary Session #2: Geophysics in the Global Oceans: Big Experiments, Big Data, Collaborative Science
12:00 PM – Group Photo & Working Lunch
1:15 PM – SIG Session #1
3:00 PM – Afternoon Break
3:30 PM – Poster Session #1
5:30 PM – Panel Discussion with Q&A
Tuesday, May 20 – Community Engagement and Collaboration
7:00 AM – Student & Early Career Working Breakfast
8:30 AM – Facility Advisory Committees Panel Discussion – Interactive Q&A
9:15 AM – TBD
10:00 AM – Break
10:30 AM – Plenary Session #3: Education and Capacity Building in Geophysical Data Science
12:30 PM – Working Lunch
1:45 PM – SIG Session #2
3:30 PM – Break
4:00 PM – Poster Session #2 (other ½ present)
6:00 PM – Posters End – Dinner on your own
Wednesday, May 21 – Looking Ahead & Closing the Loop
8:00 AM – Community Session: SIG Report Outs
9:00 AM – Plenary Session #4: Planetary Geophysics: Lessons from Earth
10:30 AM – Break
11:00 AM – Plenary Session #5: Transforming Geophysics with Big Data: Innovations and Interdisciplinary Integration
12:30 PM – Working Lunch
1:00 PM – Community Session: Transition of SAGE and GAGE to NGF
2:45 PM – Closing Remarks
3:00 PM – Workshop Concludes
Free half-day short courses will be offered Sunday May 18, 2025—the day before the main workshop begins, from 1 pm to 5 pm CDT.
Once registration opens, you will be able to register for short courses during the regular workshop registration process. Short courses are concurrent, so you can only sign up for one. Space is limited—please only sign up if you actually plan to attend. If you decide at a later date you would like to register for a short course, contact workshop@earthscope.org.
Please click on each short course title for a brief description.
Short Courses:
Unlocking Student Potential: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching and Mentoring
Do you have the keys to unlock student potential in your lab and classroom? Education research provides conclusive evidence about how people learn, the science of mentoring relationships, and effective teaching and mentoring strategies. Through hands-on activities, discussion, and an implementation framework, attendees will leave with concrete strategies and resources to enhance their teaching and mentorship. Faculty and graduate students will also benefit from shared perspectives, gaining insights on how research-informed practices can be woven into both instructional and research settings. This session builds upon two recent reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that offer key insights for unlocking student potential.
To help offset the cost of Community Science Workshop registration fees, a stipend of $250 will be provided to regular attendees and $150 to student attendees. Stipends will be issued upon successful completion of the workshop and submission of an implementation plan.
Multimedia Science Communication for Public Outreach
Communicating science effectively ensures your work resonates beyond academic circles, reaching broader communities. We’ll cover effective strategies for tailoring your content to fit your audience, and apply this to multiple modes of communication. If you’re curious about how to get into short-form video or just looking for tips to continue sharpening your science translation skills, you’ll find something you can use in this session
Instructors/Presenters:
Scott Johnson and Emily Zawacki (emily.zawacki@earthscope.org)
GAMIT/GLOBK Refresher and Recent Developments
“GAMIT/GLOBK Refresher and Recent Developments” is designed for established and experienced users of GAMIT/GLOBK to refresh their working knowledge of the software, learn about recent developments and evolving best practices, and to have one-on-one tutorials and discussions with the maintainers of the software. Examples of topics to discuss include, but are not limited to, learning about models and tables updated over the last few years; the addition or rewriting of scripts and programs for new capabilities; the use of cluster systems for processing large networks or long time periods; and the release of ITRF2020/IGb20 and the intricacies due to the inclusion of defined seasonal terms for the first time.
Instructors/Presenters:
Tom Herring (MIT, tah@mit.edu) and Mike Floyd (MIT, mfloyd@mit.edu)
Cloud 101: An introduction to EarthScope’s GeoLab Jupyter Hub and Geophysics in the Cloud
EarthScope is excited to expand access to new cloud compute resources as we migrate our data repositories into cloud storage. This workshop will introduce GeoLab, EarthScope’s data-adjacent JupyterHub, and discuss strategies for migrating existing workflows to the cloud.
We invite all levels of learners to our cloud computing platform, regardless of prior experience with leveraging cloud resources, and welcome researchers and educators of any geoscience domain. This is an entry-level workshop that will introduce some basic features of GeoLab, highlight opportunities for collaboration on the platform, discuss core cloud computing best practices, and provide brief examples for accessing EarthScope’s seismic and geodetic cloud repositories for further analysis. The data access demos will be conducted in python, so participants will get the most out of the course with some prior basic python experience, but the GeoLab platform also includes an RStudio environment for those more familiar with coding in R. The workshop will include dedicated time for individuals or small groups to work independently in GeoLab and further explore its usability and features for their own purposes.
Instructors/Presenters:
Sarah Wilson, Tammy Bravo, Robert Weekly, Chad Trabant, and Alex Hamilton
Introduction to OpenTopography Tools for Calculating Change at the Earth’s Surface
The growing availability of multi-temporal high resolution topography datasets from lidar and photogrammetry offer the opportunity to reveal surface change from a variety of tectonic, geomorphic, and anthropogenic processes including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, river erosion, landslides, sand dune migration, and urban development. OpenTopography is an NSF supported initiative that strives to streamline hosting, discovery, processing, visualization, and analysis of topographic data.
This short course will provide introduction to the OpenTopography platform for accessing and processing high-resolution topography, with a focus on tools for computing topographic change from multi-temporal data. After a brief refresher on lidar and structure from motion photogrammetry, we will explore OpenTopography’s on-demand tools for calculating vertical differences between overlapping datasets. We will also discuss how to interpret topographic change results using new a uncertainty analysis tool. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will learn to process multi-temporal datasets to quantify landscape change, and to correctly interpret differencing results. This workshop is ideal for students, educators, researchers, and professional geoscientists looking to gain practical experience in using freely available, high-resolution topographic data and OpenTopography’s streamlined processing capabilities.
Instructors/Presenters:
Cassandra Brigham and Christopher Crosby
Venue
The Workshop will be held at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota
2100 Killbrew Drive
Bloomington, MN 55425
952-314-5116
Booking Information
EarthScope has secured a block of rooms at the Radisson Blu.
Room Rate: $185/night (single/double occupancy), $205/night (triple/quadruple occupancy). Rates are not inclusive of a 16.025% applicable taxes.
Hotel Cut-off date is April, 25, 2025. You can make your reservation by calling: 952-314-5116 and mentioning group code: 2025 SAGE/GAGE Workshop, or by using the online hotel reservation link.
Check-in: 3:00pm local time.
Check-out: 12:00pm local time.
Please note that the hotel may charge for early arrivals.
Airport/Transportation
The nearest airport is Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), which is about 5 miles from the host hotel.
The Radisson offers a daily complimentary shuttle that runs from 5:00am-11:00pm local time. Shuttles run every 30 minutes, at the top and bottom of the hour. Once at the airport, please call 952-314-5116 to alert the driver of your arrival. Please make a reservation with the front desk 24 hours prior to your departure date/time. Space per shuttle is limited.
Local Information
There is direct access to Mall of America by skyway, with dozens of dining experiences, ranging from fast food to high-class restaurants, with up to 500 stores available for shopping, and several attractions, all located just a few steps from our meeting space.
Parking
The Radisson Blu charges $24/day for Overnight Self-Parking and $34/day for Overnight Valet Parking. These parking options are based on availability for registered hotel guests, restaurant patrons, and guests attending events.
There are also alternative Parking options at the Mall of America, should the hotel’s parking ramp be full.
As a guest of the hotel, the East Ramp, West Ramp and L.L. Bean lot are convenient locations and available to you. Please be advised that the Mall of America policy states that there is to be no overnight parking allowed on the top floor of the ramps. Once you have parked, enter the mall and head towards the south side second floor hotel Skyway between J. Jill and Brighton, to enter the Radisson Blu. Should you utilize the Mall of America’s parking ramp, you will need to fill out a parking form with the Radisson Blu hotel, that notes the vehicle information (license plate number, vehicle make/model/color), as well as the parking space information (ramp- east/west, aisle/row, etc.)
***Please be aware that the glass door that connects the Radisson Blu Skyway to the Mall of America closes at 11:00 PM. If your group is returning from the Mall of America after 11:00 PM, please utilize the hotel’s main floor front entrance/lobby.
2025 NSF GAGE/SAGE Field Trip:
From Rift to River: Exploring the Geologic History of Minnesota
Date: May 18, 2025
Time: Full-day event
Itinerary:
- Saint Anthony Falls – Paleozoic geology and geoengineering history.
- Minnehaha Falls – Limestone and Saint Peter Sandstone formations.
- Interstate State Park – Glacial potholes, MCR basalts, and a discussion on geophysical signatures. Includes an 80-minute riverboat tour, with geological insights on the Saint Croix River.
This field trip will explore key geological sites in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, focusing on Paleozoic geology, glacial formations, and the Midcontinent Rift.
Logistics:
- Pickup: 8:00 AM | Drop-off: 4:00–6:00 PM
- Travel: Estimated 1-hour max between locations
Join us for the 2025 NSF GAGE/SAGE Field Trip on May 18th! This full-day experience offers a great opportunity to explore local geology. While the exact details are still being finalized, we’re planning a memorable day that you won’t want to miss.
You can add the field trip to your registration for an additional fee. More details, will be shared soon.
2025 NSF GAGE/SAGE Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are focused sessions designed to give participants a deeper dive into specific topics of interest. Each SIG provides a unique opportunity to engage with like-minded peers and explore specialized subjects in a collaborative setting.
Stay tuned for the official SIG lineup and session details coming soon.
2025 NSF Gage/Sage Poster Sessions
If you’re interested in presenting a poster, you can submit an abstract during registration until April 20th.
Poster Sessions will be held during Monday, May 19 at 3:30pm-5:30pm and Tuesday, May 20 at 4:00pm-6:00pm.
Poster boards are 4 ft. x 8 ft.
Space is limited so only abstracts submitted before April 18th will be considered. Workshop organizers will reach out by April 30th, if your poster has been selected, with your presentation date and poster board number.
You can begin putting up your poster on the afternoon of Sunday, May 18th, all posters must be placed no later than Monday morning. All posters must be taken down no later than 2:00pm on Wednesday, May 21, any posters left behind will be discarded.
Exhibitors
We are offering up to fourteen (14) exhibit tables in the high-traffic registration area of the workshop, hosted at the Radisson Blu Mall of America hotel. This is your chance to display your products, services, and innovations to a targeted audience of professionals and experts.
Details:
- Cost: $1,200 per table (first-come, first-served basis)
- Included in your fee:
- One (1) 6.7’ x 2’ table (unclothed or black spandex skirting available)
- Tables will be assigned by the workshop organizers
- Two (2) chairs
- One (1) trash can
- One (1) 6.7’ x 2’ table (unclothed or black spandex skirting available)
- For any additional needs such as power, audio/visual equipment, or food/beverages, vendors will need to coordinate directly with the Radisson Blu and their AV partner, AVEX. Payment for these services will be made directly to the hotel.
Exhibit Setup & Take-Down:
- Available for setup: Sunday, May 18th (afternoon)
- Must be cleared by: 1:00 PM, Wednesday, May 21st
Please be advised that all exhibit representatives must register for the workshop and pay the registration fee in order to attend. Each exhibit table is allowed up to three (3) company representatives. After payment, you will receive further instructions for shipping, loading/unloading, parking, etc. The hotel may require proof of insurance.
If you’re interested in securing an exhibitor spot, or have any questions regarding the exhibit booths, please reach out to us at workshop@earthscope.org.
Sponsors
This year, we’re offering several sponsorship tiers that will provide your company with visibility and engagement opportunities before, during, and after the workshop. Below are the available sponsorship levels:
- Core (Poster Session) Sponsor – $5,000
- Logo displayed on signage inside or next to the designated event space
- Social media shout-outs before and after the workshop
- Recognition during the morning event announcements
- One complimentary workshop registration
- Mantle (Lunch) Sponsor – $8,000
- All Core Sponsor benefits, plus:
- Sponsor’s name/logo in the workshop program
- Social media post thanking the sponsor for their contribution
- Dedicated table during lunch for sponsor representatives and/or invited workshop guests (8-10 seats)
- Opportunity to provide a giveaway item during lunch
- All Core Sponsor benefits, plus:
- Crust (Poster Session & Lunch combo) Sponsor – $12,000
- All Core & Mantle Sponsor benefits, plus:
- Exclusive event signage by InkFactory in the lunch area and poster hall
- Dedicated email mention to all registrants before the workshop
- Opportunity to briefly speak during the workshop
- Opportunity to provide a giveaway item at the poster session of your choice
- Two complimentary workshop registrations
- One complimentary exhibit booth
- All Core & Mantle Sponsor benefits, plus:
If you’re interested in sponsoring or have any questions regarding the sponsorships, please reach out to us at workshop@earthscope.org.