Program

Technical Sessions

GSA Connects 2025 offers a host of opportunities for technical learning and collaboration. Topical sessions, Pardee Keynote Symposia, special sessions, and wide-ranging Discipline sessions supply the perfect venues to present your research and learn about others’.

Note: Use the app to explore and search the full technical and non-technical program, as well as to build your personal schedule with notes and reminds. Sessions can also be explored in a more limited way online.

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Present at Connects

Find the right place for your research at GSA Connects, from topical sessions to Pardee Keynote Symposia.

Topical Sessions

Sessions on particular topics offer a great fit for your abstract. (Submissions are now closed.)

Discipline Sessions

Sessions covering a range of specific geoscience disciplines. (Submissions are now closed.)

Pardee Keynote Symposia

Pardee Keynote Symposia are premier sessions consisting of invited presentations covering a broad range of topics.

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Abstracts

Submission and Information

Find the right place for your research and present at GSA Connects. The early decision deadline is 15 May, and the final abstract deadline is 5 August at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Learn more about what's new for 2025.

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Themes

Explore the meeting themes

Find out more about the three themes at the core of Connects 2025: Energy and Resource Innovations in the 21st Century, Geology without Borders, and From Earth to the Cosmos: Geoscience Beyond Our Planet.

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Connects 2025 in Pictures

You—our attendees—made GSA Connects 2025 a resounding success. We can’t wait to see you next year!

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A GSA Connects 2025 poster presenter points to a section on their poster for two attendees who have stopped to examine the poster.
A Connects 2025 presenter faces the audience and looks out as they stand at the podium.
Several members of a band joyfully raise their arms as they perform at Connects 2025.
A Connects 2025 attendee places a pin the Baja California section of a world map projection to indicate their favorite geologic site.
A group of GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in the audience section of the Innovation Stage. Some wear headphones with glowing red earpieces.
Seven GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in purple camp chairs, some around tables, and relax while chatting with each other at the meeting. An orange tent has been placed atop green carpet in the background.
A smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendee leads a group of 3 people past the Registration area.
A GSA Connects 2025 poster presenter points to a section on their poster for two attendees who have stopped to examine the poster.
A Connects 2025 presenter faces the audience and looks out as they stand at the podium.
Several members of a band joyfully raise their arms as they perform at Connects 2025.
A Connects 2025 attendee places a pin the Baja California section of a world map projection to indicate their favorite geologic site.
A group of GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in the audience section of the Innovation Stage. Some wear headphones with glowing red earpieces.
Seven GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in purple camp chairs, some around tables, and relax while chatting with each other at the meeting. An orange tent has been placed atop green carpet in the background.
A smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendee leads a group of 3 people past the Registration area.
A GSA Connects 2025 poster presenter points to a section on their poster for two attendees who have stopped to examine the poster.
A Connects 2025 presenter faces the audience and looks out as they stand at the podium.
Several members of a band joyfully raise their arms as they perform at Connects 2025.
A Connects 2025 attendee places a pin the Baja California section of a world map projection to indicate their favorite geologic site.
A group of GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in the audience section of the Innovation Stage. Some wear headphones with glowing red earpieces.
Seven GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in purple camp chairs, some around tables, and relax while chatting with each other at the meeting. An orange tent has been placed atop green carpet in the background.
A smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendee leads a group of 3 people past the Registration area.
A GSA Connects 2025 poster presenter points to a section on their poster for two attendees who have stopped to examine the poster.
A Connects 2025 presenter faces the audience and looks out as they stand at the podium.
Several members of a band joyfully raise their arms as they perform at Connects 2025.
A Connects 2025 attendee places a pin the Baja California section of a world map projection to indicate their favorite geologic site.
A group of GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in the audience section of the Innovation Stage. Some wear headphones with glowing red earpieces.
Seven GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit in purple camp chairs, some around tables, and relax while chatting with each other at the meeting. An orange tent has been placed atop green carpet in the background.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee sits in a red motorized scooter as they are interviewed. Behind them is a white backdrop accented at the bottom by a green mountain range. Various lighting equipment and the interviewer is in the foreground.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees stand and pin a large, printed poster to a black poster stand.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee stands in front of a glass wall at the entrance of the San Antonio Convention Center. A large GSA Connects sign affixed to the building is in the background and displays above them.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees dance at the outdoor icebreaker event. Additional attendees stand in the background amongst the patio's stone pillars that are lit with purple uplights.
Three smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees hold a variety of colorful badge ribbons as they stand in front of the Registration area of the meeting.
Four smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit at a table and face the camera as they network at a meeting event.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee beams with a smile as they stand near a meeting stage. Three attendees in the background sit in chairs on a platform.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee sits in a red motorized scooter as they are interviewed. Behind them is a white backdrop accented at the bottom by a green mountain range. Various lighting equipment and the interviewer is in the foreground.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees stand and pin a large, printed poster to a black poster stand.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee stands in front of a glass wall at the entrance of the San Antonio Convention Center. A large GSA Connects sign affixed to the building is in the background and displays above them.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees dance at the outdoor icebreaker event. Additional attendees stand in the background amongst the patio's stone pillars that are lit with purple uplights.
Three smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees hold a variety of colorful badge ribbons as they stand in front of the Registration area of the meeting.
Four smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit at a table and face the camera as they network at a meeting event.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee beams with a smile as they stand near a meeting stage. Three attendees in the background sit in chairs on a platform.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee sits in a red motorized scooter as they are interviewed. Behind them is a white backdrop accented at the bottom by a green mountain range. Various lighting equipment and the interviewer is in the foreground.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees stand and pin a large, printed poster to a black poster stand.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee stands in front of a glass wall at the entrance of the San Antonio Convention Center. A large GSA Connects sign affixed to the building is in the background and displays above them.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees dance at the outdoor icebreaker event. Additional attendees stand in the background amongst the patio's stone pillars that are lit with purple uplights.
Three smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees hold a variety of colorful badge ribbons as they stand in front of the Registration area of the meeting.
Four smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit at a table and face the camera as they network at a meeting event.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee beams with a smile as they stand near a meeting stage. Three attendees in the background sit in chairs on a platform.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee sits in a red motorized scooter as they are interviewed. Behind them is a white backdrop accented at the bottom by a green mountain range. Various lighting equipment and the interviewer is in the foreground.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees stand and pin a large, printed poster to a black poster stand.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee stands in front of a glass wall at the entrance of the San Antonio Convention Center. A large GSA Connects sign affixed to the building is in the background and displays above them.
Two GSA Connects 2025 attendees dance at the outdoor icebreaker event. Additional attendees stand in the background amongst the patio's stone pillars that are lit with purple uplights.
Three smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees hold a variety of colorful badge ribbons as they stand in front of the Registration area of the meeting.
Four smiling GSA Connects 2025 attendees sit at a table and face the camera as they network at a meeting event.
A GSA Connects 2025 attendee beams with a smile as they stand near a meeting stage. Three attendees in the background sit in chairs on a platform.

Technical Sessions FAQ

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Dates and Deadlines

1 May

Abstract submission opens

15 May

Early option abstract decision deadline

June

Early option abstract decisions released

5 August

Abstract submissions deadline

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