Upcoming Meetings
See also: PLANETARY MEETING CALENDAR ADDITIONS
Posted at http://planetarynews.org/meetings.html
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OPAG MEETING, MARCH 29-30, 2012, ST. LOUIS
The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) will meet 29-30 March at the
Renaissance Grand St. Louis Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. Information
regarding hotel and other logistics can be found at:
Potential attendees are kindly asked to go to this website, and click on the invitation link and RSVP for attendance (this will assist our meeting planners).
This OPAG meeting will focus on the recently released FY13 NASA budget for Planetary Science, reports from the Europa Science
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ESA'S ESLAB SYMPOSIUM ON "FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF MOONS"
The European Space Agency's ESLAB Symposium on "Formation and
Evolution of Moons" will be held at ESTEC, The Netherlands, 25-29 June
2012. The 2nd announcement may be found at:
The web page has been updated with the poster, list of invited
speakers, registration page and student support.
Deadline for abstract: 2nd April 2012
Abstract submission may be done at:
http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=CONF2011&page=index&conf=MOO...
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MOVING FORWARD IN SPACE WORKSHOP
Applications are now available for the Moving FORWARD in Space Workshop, to be held in Philadelphia on June 4-6, 2012.
The primary goals of the workshop are to provide early-career female scientists with information and skills development necessary for a successful bid for a tenured professorship in the planetary sciences. Workshop activities will focus on developing mentoring and networking connections, techniques for more successful writing, acquiring grant funding, sharing of classroom ideas and materials, maintaining work-life balance, and challenges for dual career couples.
More information is available on the website at: https://sites.google.com/a/temple.edu/forward-in-space/
Application deadline and review:
Applications are available on the website or by e-mailing planetary@temple.edu. Applications must be received by midnight March 26, 2012. The workshop Organizing Committee will review applications and begin informing applicants on April 2. Applications for travel stipends will also be available at that time.
This conference is sponsored by the National Science Foundation via the FORWARD to Professorship Program.
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DUST, ATMOSPHERE, AND PLASMA: MOON AND SMALL BODIES (DAP-2012)
The meeting will take place in Boulder, June 6-8, 2012.
Please visit our webpages http://ldap2012.colorado.edu/ to register and submit an abstract by 3/30/2012, if you plan to attend.
We are looking forward to see you in Boulder!
Alan Stern and Mihaly Horanyi
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THIRD INTERNATIONAL PLANETARY DUNES WORKSHOP
Remote Sensing and Data Analysis of Planetary Dunes
June 12–15, 2012, at the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff AZ 86001
To view the announcement, visit the conference website:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/dunes2012/
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ULTRAVIOLET ASTRONOMY: HST AND BEYOND
This is the second announcement for the upcoming conference: UV Astronomy: HST and Beyond to be held June 18-21 on the island of Kauai.
Ultraviolet Astronomy: HST and Beyond will review the current forefront in UV astronomy, and look to the future, identifying the science cases and instrumentation needs for the next generation of instruments, small, medium and large. We have a series of invited review talks on scientific and observational topics, and invite contributions on the latest results in ultraviolet astrophysics, technological developments, and future mission concepts.
The deadline for submitting contributions is March 31, 2012. If you planning on attend the meeting, I would like to encourage you to register at:
http://uvastro2012.colorado.edu/
The preliminary schedule of invited talks is now available online.
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NATIONAL MEETING ON SCIENCE EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in partnership with the
American Geophysical Union and the National Optical Astronomy
Observatories, is delighted to open the registration for its 124th
Annual Meeting and a conference on "Communicating Science" to be held
in Tucson, Arizona, Aug. 4 - 8, 2012.
The conference web site has detailed information and is now accepting
registration and abstract submissions at:
http://www.astrosociety.org/2012meeting
There will also be a weekend workshop on teaching hands-on astronomy
(with a focus on planetary exploration and reaching under-served
minorities) on Sat. and Sun., Aug. 4 & 5, for teachers in grades 3-12,
and those who work with them.
Abstracts are welcome for poster papers, 10-minute oral presentations,
one-hour hands-on workshops, and one-hour special-interest group
discussions. Full instructions are available on the conference website.
The deadline for submitting an abstract is April 30.
There is a substantial discount for early registration and for members
of the ASP. (You can join when you register.) The hotel space is
limited. We encourage participants to register early and make vacation
plans around this exciting meeting in the beautiful southwest.
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1970-2010: THE GOLDEN AGE OF SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION
Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, 10-12 September 2012
Second Announcement and Call for Papers of the conference
The conference is organized in honour of Prof. Marcello Fulchignoni (University Paris Diderot-Paris 7) on the occasion of his forthcoming retirement. Prof. Fulchignoni devoted all of his scientific career to the study and understanding of processes that led to the formation of the Solar System. Prof. Fulchignoni taught from 1970 to 1993 at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", before moving to Paris at the "University Paris Diderot - Paris 7" and at the "Observatory of Paris-Meudon".
The main topics of the conference are:
1. The Moon: a Harsh Mistress 2. Mercury, Venus, Mars: the terrestrial planet family 3. The Gaseous Giants: Systems in the System(s) 4. Small Bodies: searching for origins 5. What else in the future?
Abstracts: a one page abstract shall be submitted using the LPSC two column format. The abstracts, in pdf format, should be sent to goldenage2012@ifac.cnr.it .
Instructions and LaTex, Word and rtf templates are available at :
http://goldenage2012.ifac.cnr.it/index.php/goldenage2012/goldenage2012/s...
The deadline for abstract submission is: May 15, 2012.
The notification to the authors about their abstract will be sent by June 15, 2012.
Registration: Note that the number of participants is limited to 100 due to the size of the venue. Participants will be accepted on a first come first served basis.
The deadline for registration is: May 15, 2012.
Conference web site:
http://goldenage2012.ifac.cnr.it/index.php/goldenage2012/goldenage2012
Information : goldenage2012@ifac.cnr.it
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INSTABILITIES AND STRUCTURES IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS
September 17 - 20, 2012
Marseille - France
Second Announcement
web site: http://wiki.oamp.fr/ispp/IsppWorkShop
Final registration is now open. Since the capacity of the lecture room is limited to ~50, early registration is recommended. Fees are 200 Euros for academics and 100 Euros for students; they will cover printed proceedings. Abstract submission and registration deadline is June 15th 2012.
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EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS 2012
IFEMA-Feria de Madrid
23 – 28 September 2012, Madrid, Spain
Abstract deadline: 23 May 2012
The scientific program and abstract submission are accessible at:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2012/sessionprogramme
Travel funding will be available for students: EPSC will make a contribution to a large number of European PhD students to support their attendance.
More information will be provided soon on the conference website.
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THIRD CONFERENCE ON TERRESTRIAL MARS ANALOGUES
25 - 27 October, 2012 Marrakech Morocco
Pre- and Post-conference field trips
The second circular available on the conference web site:
http://www.ibnbattutacentre.org/conf/mars2012/
This is the third conference on Mars analogue studies. The first two were held at Catania (Italy) in 2002 and at Trento (Italy) in 2007.
Since the Trento Conference the interest in Mars analogues has increased enormously. The analysis of Mars analogue environments on Earth is of paramount importance for the interpretation of the data from past, present and future orbital and landed missions, as well as mission planning.
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