We will present relevant information and updates concerning the activities of the BG Division (and Biogeosciences journal) and decide on changes for the upcoming year. The OSPP awards from EGU25 will be handed to the awardees.

The Division on Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) intends to be a forum for developments in instrumentation, technology, methods and data handling used in any field of the various geosciences. By promoting the discussion between specialists from widely diverse fields, advances in instrumentation made in one field might be utilised in other areas also and encourage co-operation, thereby saving separate development work and making new approaches possible, which otherwise might still have to wait for years or even decades.

As nearly every other field of geosciences is related to one or the other instrumentation strategy, many of the GI-sessions are co-organized with sessions from other divisions. Potential contributors to any session are encouraged to evaluate the benefits of a multi-disciplinary discussion versus the specific interest of the own target group.
in this context, the GI Division Meeting is the annual appointment where the geoscience community gathers to discuss the work carried out and future perspectives.