AOGS Society

Overview

What is AOGS?

To promote geosciences and their researches and applications for the benefit of humanity in Asia, Oceania and beyond.
To hold annual meetings for providing a unique opportunity in exchanging scientific knowledge and discussing important geo-scientific issues among academia, research institution and public.
To address natural hazards through improving our understanding of their geneses through publishing journal papers.
To recognize the need of global collaboration and develop cooperation with other international or regional geoscience societies and unions, including the European Geosciences Union (EGU), American Geophysical Union (AGU), International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Japan Geo-science Union (JpGU), the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS), the Korean Geoscience Union (KGU), the Chinese Geoscience Union (TCGU) and Science Council of Asia (SCA).

Why AOGS?

Our mission is to promote geophysical science for the benefit of humanity in Asia and Oceania.
AOGS sees the region that stretches from Kashmir to Wellington as a hotbed filled with challenges and nascent potential.

Asia and Oceania currently holds the largest population, and is still rapidly developing.
There are unique scientific issues to discover and understand in a region that is more diverse than any other regions.

About the AOGS logo

Understand the meaning behind the AOGS logo. It has a beautiful taste, and was inspired by earth and space elements from the mind of Prof Wing-Ip.

	represents the "galaxy" that is home to our solar system.
	is the Sun or Earth or planets.
	symbolizes a fern for new life, similar to the significance attached to it by the Maoris of New Zealand, and also expresses our linkage to the Oceania. The G also resembles a whirling cloud in the atmospheres.
	represents the oceanic waves - and lee waves as well for the familiar scientists.