The #AAS has announced that the summer meeting 2026 will be held at a central location and the summer meeting in 2027 will be fully online to reduce the carbon footprint of the meetings. This is a small step in the right direction, and I hope that other organizations follow this example.
If we replace every second meeting with an online meeting, we can still meet in person, but immediately reduce the footprint associated with meetings by 50%. It will be also much cheaper and more inclusive. A win-win-win.
https://aas.org/board-trustees-meeting-highlights#24dec
Andreas Brunthaler /
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