Geoscience Heads and Chairs Workshop Program

Tentative schedule - final program will be posted one week prior to the workshop

Sunday, December 6, 2026

8:30 am Welcome and icebreaker

9:00 am Status of geoscience departments - Chris Keane, American Geosciences Institute

9:30 am Geoscience workforce knowledge, skills, and dispositions - Anne Egger and Karen Viskupic

10:15 am Break

10:30 am Resources for building geoscience workforce skills and awareness in your programs - Anne Egger and Karen Viskupic

11:45 Break for lunch

1:00 pm Recruiting strategies that work - Rachel Teasdale

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm Adapting recruiting strategies for your program - Rachel Teasdale

4:00 pm Facilitating change in your department/program - Anne Egger

4:25 pm End-of-workshop evaluation

4:30 pm Adjourn