2011 EarthScope National Meeting

May 17 - 20, 2011

University of Texas at Austin

Save the date! Registration will open in early February. See below for a preliminary agenda. Much of the meeting will be devoted to posters. Please check the web site periodically for updates.

Suggestions for discussion groups and for pre-meeting mini-workshops are solicited. Address questions to earthscope@coas.oregonstate.edu or to members of the meeting planning committee.

Planning committee: Laura Crossey (UNM), John Hole (VPI), Mike Jackson (UNAVCO/PBO), Bob Lillie (OSU/ESNO), Rowena Lohman (Cornell), Jay Pulliam (Baylor), Anne Trehu (OSU/ESNO), Ben van der Pluijm (UMich), Bob Woodward (IRIS/USArray), Howard Zebker (Stanford)

Day 0 - Tuesday , May 17, 2011
Evening icebreaker after a day of pre-meeting mini-workshops

Day 1 - Wednesday, May 18, 2011
7:00-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-10:30 Plenary Session 1 - Reconstructing the evolution of a continent
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Poster Session
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4:00 Plenary Session 2 - Processes at active plate boundaries
4:00-4:30 Break
4:30-6:00 Poster Session
6:30-8:00 Dinner
8:00-10:00 Discussion groups or posters

Day 2 - Thursday, May 19, 2011
7:00-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-10:30 Plenary Session 3 - Exploration and unexpected discoveries
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Discussion groups
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4:00 Plenary session 4 - EarthScope's broader impacts
4:00-4:30 Break
4:30-6:00 Poster session
6:30-8:00 Texas BBQ

Day 3 - Friday, May 20, 2011
7:00-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-10:30 Plenary Session 5 - Key targets east of the Rockies
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Plenary session 6 - Discussion of discussion group recommendations

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