[meteorite-list] 68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Nov 15 16:15:42 2004
Message-ID: <200411152115.NAA11872_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2005/

68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
September 12-16, 2005
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

-- November 2004 --

Hosted by --
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Institute of Planetary Geosciences
University of Tennessee

Sponsored by --
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Barringer Crater Company
CAMECA Instruments, Inc.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Planetary Studies Foundation
University of Tennessee

Organizing Committee

Harry McSween, University of Tennessee, Co-Chair
Lawrence Taylor, University of Tennessee, Co-Chair
Drew Barringer, Barringer Crater Company
Dan Britt, University of Central Florida
Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Observatory
Bill Deane, University of Tennessee
Ted Labotka, University of Tennessee
Tony Mezzacappa, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeff Moersch, University of Tennessee
Herbert Palme, University of K?ln
Dawn Taylor, University of Tennessee


WHEN AND WHERE

  You are cordially invited to attend the 68th Annual Meeting of the
Meteoritical Society, to be held September 12-16, 2005, in Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. Gatlinburg is the popular gateway to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the USA.
Gatlinburg offers a peaceful, safe environment with many restaurants and
shops within easy walking distance or accessible by trolley cars.

Plenary, oral, and poster sessions will be held in meeting facilities at
the Glenstone Lodge, which will also provide the primary accommodations
for meeting attendees. Scheduled events include a welcome reception and
barbecue, awards reception, an afternoon excursion to the Biltmore
Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, and the annual banquet.

Transportation: Gatlinburg is serviced by Knoxville's McGee-Tyson
Airport (TYS), which has direct flights from Atlanta, Charlotte,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Orlando, Pittsburgh, St. Louis,
and Washington. The airport is approximately 50 miles (approximately 80
km) from Gatlinburg. Van service will be provided to shuttle meeting
participants to and from the airport at nominal cost, and rental cars
(desirable if you wish to take advantage of the National Park) are
available in the terminal.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

  Registration will begin on Sunday afternoon, September 11, and be
followed by a welcome reception and barbecue on the grounds of the
Glenstone Lodge. Oral sessions will be held in the Glenstone Lodge from
Monday morning through Friday noon, except for Thursday afternoon.
Poster sessions will be held on one or more evenings. Technical sessions
will cover a wide range of topics on meteoritics and planetary science.
A symposium honoring Ross Taylor's 80th birthday will focus on lunar
sample studies in the context of crustal evolution and remote sensing,
and another symposium will focus on nucleosynthesis during supernovae.

ACCOMMODATIONS

  One hundred and fifty (150) rooms have been prebooked at the Glenstone
Lodge at special, very favorable rates ($83 plus tax for single or
double occupancy). The rate includes a free continental breakfast each
morning and other amenities. Reservations will be taken until September
11, 2005, or until the block is full; meeting participants are strongly
urged to register early. All rooms have either one king or two queen
beds, and up to four people can stay in a room (small additional charge
for more than two people). Participants should register directly with
the Lodge at 800-362-9522 or www.glenstonelodge.com .

TRAVEL GRANTS

  A number of student travel grants will be made available to qualified
students and recent Ph.D.s who are members of the Meteoritical Society.
Applicants must be the sole or the first author of an abstract to be
presented at the meeting and must also submit a travel award application
form to the LPI by the same deadline. More information will be included
in the second announcement.

GUEST ACTIVITIES AND EXCURSIONS

  Gatlinburg offers abundant activities and shopping, and the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park is known for its spectacular flora, 900
miles of hiking trails, and stunning mountain vistas. Numerous
attractions, such as Ripley's Aquarium, the Cherokee Indian Reservation,
and Dollywood theme park are within easy reach. More information, as
well as contacts for tours, will be provided in registration packets. A
bus tour (approximately an hour's ride) to the Biltmore Estate in
Asheville, North Carolina, is included in the registration fee for all
participants. The trip will include a tour of the house (America's
largest home) and gardens, a visit to the Biltmore winery, and the
annual banquet at the Deer Park Restaurant on the Estate grounds.
Because of the afternoon tours, dress for the banquet will be informal.

FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE WEB

  Future announcements, including information on submission of
abstracts, will be posted on this Web site.

Additional information (such as details of the meeting, maps, and
registration forms) will be posted on the meeting Web site
(web.eps.utk.edu/2005/metsoc2005.html .

If you are interested in joining or need additional information about
the Meteoritical Society, visit www.meteoriticalsociety.org .

INDICATION OF INTEREST

  To subscribe to a mailing list to receive electronic reminders or
special announcements relating to the meeting via e-mail, please submit
an Indication of Interest form by January 15, 2005.

Please submit the Indication of Interest even if you do not care about
electronic notification of future announcements. The number of interest
forms received will facilitate meeting planning by the Organizing
Committee.

OBTAINING A VISA

  Foreign participants may require a visa to enter the USA. You may not
need a visa if you are a citizen of any country on the Visa Waiver
Program and have a machine-readable passport. Please read the section on
Obtaining a Visa on the meeting Web site, and apply as early as
possible. The meeting coordinators will send official letters to foreign
registrants, to be filed with visa applications. These letters may be
requested at least four months in advance by sending a message to
metsoc2005_at_utk.edu, including your full
name, date of birth, country, and passport number.

CONTACT INFORMATION

  For further information regarding the format and scientific objectives
of the meeting, contact Conference Organizers

    Harry McSween
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    University of Tennessee
    Knoxville TN 37996-1410
    Phone: 865-974-9805
    Fax: 865-974-2368
    E-mail: mcsween_at_utk.edu
or
    Lawrence Taylor
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
    University of Tennessee
    Knoxville TN 37996-1410
    Phone: 865-974-6013
    Fax: 865-974-2368
    E-mail: lataylor_at_utk.edu

For information regarding meeting logistics and announcements, contact

    LPI Meeting Coordinator
    Kimberly Taylor
    Publications and Program Services Department
    Lunar and Planetary Institute
    3600 Bay Area Boulevard
    Houston TX 77058-1113
    Phone: 281-486-2151
    Fax: 281-486-2125
    E-mail: taylor_at_lpi.usra.edu

SCHEDULE

January 15, 2005 Deadline for indication of interest form
April 21, 2005 Second announcement posted on the LPI Web site
June 1, 2005 Deadline for hardcopy abstract submissions to the LPI
June 8, 2005 Deadline for electronic abstract submissions to the LPI
July 15, 2005 Final announcement with program and abstracts posted on the LPI Web site
July 22, 2005 Deadline for preregistration
September 12, 2005 68th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
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