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Welcome to GSA 2020 Connects Online!

We are enthusiastic about launching this new platform with our
trusted partners from Image Audio Visual and Conference Exchange,
both of which GSA has worked with for more than 10 years.
While the official online dates of GSA 2020 Connects Online are
26–30 Oct., events will be taking place potentially as early as 14 Sept.
and through 15 Nov. to accommodate the various business, committee,
Division, and Associated Society meetings that typically occur during
the week of the in-person annual meeting.
Rebecca Fazzari You can register for GSA 2020 Connects Online at any time. The
meeting platform will open the week of 19 Oct., and you can sign in using your same GSA
username and password. This early access will allow you to view of all the technical sessions,
Pardee Symposia, Feed Your Brain talks, and so forth. You can then decide what presentations
you want to attend during the live dates of the meeting and start drafting questions you want to
ask the presenters. We will be putting together webinars and materials to help everyone navi-
gate the new platform, so you will be comfortable during the dates of the live meeting.
We also will be launching our virtual GSA Resource & Innovation Center, where you’ll
be able to connect with some of the same organizations, universities, and GSA Divisions
that you typically would in an onsite Exhibit Hall. Have questions about GSA membership,
programs, or the Foundation, or want to purchase something from the GSA bookstore?
No worries—we’ll have a virtual GSA Headquarters booth open to connect you to the right
GSA staff person without your needing to leave the platform.
We’ve created a new Twitter hashtag so that if you have technology issues during the live
meeting you can notify our partners, and they will respond quickly and efficiently:
#GSA2020help. Please continue to use #GSA2020 when tweeting anything else regarding
GSA 2020 Connects Online, including scientific sessions and exhibitors to check out.
Finally, even online, GSA remains committed to offering a safe, respectful, professional
environment in which participants from diverse backgrounds feel welcome and are able to
participate fully. GSA requires all participants to comply with GSA’s Events Code of
Conduct (https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/EventConductCode/GSA/Events/
Conduct.aspx) and to refrain from harassment, bullying, or intimidation of any kind.
GSA takes all such conduct concerns seriously and will take any actions deemed appropri-
ate to ensure that our meeting is safe and inclusive, including but not limited to immediately
removing alleged offenders from the meeting without warning or refund. Please contact our
Ethics & Compliance Officer at ethics@geosociety.org any time if you have a question or
need to report a concern.
Again, welcome to GSA 2020 Connects Online. We look forward to sharing more infor-
mation with you as the meeting approaches. Please go to https://community.geosociety.org/
gsa2020/home for the most up-to-date information.
—Rebecca Fazzari, CMP, CMM, DES, Director of Meetings & Events

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