AGU25 Theme:

Each year, AGU comes up with a unique theme for the Annual Meeting. It starts as a brainstorm among interested parties, and then our design team takes themes and common threads from that brainstorm, and unites it with visuals that we can translate to graphics and signage for the meeting.

This year, inspired by the “Connections” and “New Orleans Science” themes from the brainstorm, our incredible design team took those concepts, as well as a 1944 US Army Corps of Engineers report, “The Nature and Origin of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River” which visualized how it had evolved over time. They traced the the lower Mississippi River to digitize its path.

The squiggles you see on signage throughout the meeting is the digitization of this mighty river that has served as a connection point for millions of people throughout this region, and continues to connect communities and people today. As rivers are points of connection, since is as well. Thus this year’s theme: Where Science Connects Us.