Goldschmidt is the foremost annual, international conference on geochemistry and related subjects, organized by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. Each year, the Goldschmidt Conference travels to a part of the world to bring together the geochemical community to share the latest developments in the field as well as supporting, training and encouraging colleagues at the start of their careers.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 30th Goldschmidt conference could not be held as scheduled in Honolulu, Hawaii. Instead, Goldschmidt2020 became the first virtual edition of the conference, and was held during the originally planned dates, between 21-26 June 2020.
ENeRAG project was represented by Bianca Németh (PhD student at ELTE), who presented her study, ‘Fluid-Rock Interaction in the Lower Crust based on Silicate Melt Inclusions in Garnet Granulite Xenoliths’ in the session 7e named ‘Fluid and melt inclusions: the key to understanding links between fluid, melt, and mineral chemistry’.
Her abstract can be found here, and you can listen to her pre-recorded presentation here. (The non-exclusive copyright of the presentation files belongs to the White Iron Conferences Limited and the Goldschmidt conferences).
It is amazing that even in the current pandemic situation the conference could have been organized on-line. With that it created a unique opportunity for knowledge exchange for Bianca and geologists around the world to gain new experiences. Although, attending the conference with such a large time zone difference surely had its difficulties.
Bianca attended the conference as presenter, delegate and student helper as well, therefore she could have seen behind the curtains of this on-line event. She had many opportunities to discuss her results with others and could take part in the conference mentorship program.
