The General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is an annual event that brings together geoscientists worldwide. This year, 18,388 people attended on-site, with an additional 2,591 joining online from 109 countries. It is the largest conference for the geosciences community, offering an unparalleled opportunity for networking and enriching one's perspective on various other fields and the own work.
I participated in the PICO (Presenting Interactive Content) session “New perspectives in geoarchaeology: human agency, landscape change and how they shaped the late Quaternary” with my contribution, “Unravelling Geomorphological Processes and Anthropogenic Activity at the Eastern Border of the Carpathian Basin: Insights from the Bronze Age Tell site Toboliu, Romania”. A PICO presentation includes a short pitch talk on your topic, followed by an interactive session using a large-format touchscreen display. This allows visitors to explore the presentation independently and ask questions about specific results. The interactive elements enable presenters to showcase more material and details of their methods and results, encouraging discussion. It was a new but thoroughly great experience for me, helping to refine the statements in my current paper draft. Additionally, I made many valuable new contacts on-site and at various evening events. Thus, I had the opportunity to familiarise myself with new and interesting research methods and topics related to landscape reconstruction. Moreover, I gained initial experience with the Julia programming language, which appears to be well-suited for geoscientific modelling. I am grateful for being awarded for the GSGS Training & Networking Grant, which enabled this experience.

Mirijam Zickel
PhD student
Institute of Geography
PhD Project: “Landscape reconstruction and micromorphological analysis of the Bronze Age Toboliu Tell sediments and surroundings in Romania”
Presentation title (Oral): “Unravel Geomorphological Processes and Anthropogenic Activity at the Eastern Border of the Carpathian Basin: Insights from the Bronze Age Tell site Toboliu, Romania” (PICO)