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2008 SCEC Annual Meeting Announcement (September 6-11)

Date: 07/01/2008

Dear SCEC Community,

Mark your calendars — the SCEC Annual Meeting is scheduled for September 6-11, 2008 at the Hilton Palm Springs Resort. The Annual Meeting activities are outlined below. Online registration will become available very soon. You will need SCEC sign-in in order to register at http://www.scec.org/signin. Email scecinfo@usc.edu to obtain a sign-in if you do not already have one.

The abstract submission and accommodation deadline is August 21st. We encourage you to register early to reserve both poster space and hotel rooms. We have blocked out rooms at the Hilton Palm Springs Resort and the Spa Resort. You will be able to reserve rooms via the online registration page. We are not able to accept poster abstracts or hotel reservation requests after the deadline due to space limitations. For those of you who have busy summer field seasons, please plan accordingly. And don’t forget to remind your students!

We look forward to seeing you at this year’s Annual Meeting - It is going to be a hot one!

---------------2008 SCEC Annual Meeting DEADLINE-------------------

Online registration will be available very soon.

Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:59pm PDT

Abstract Submission Deadline
Absolutely NO abstracts or posters will be accepted after the deadline.
Poster space is limited.
You may submit abstracts via the online registration form.

Accommodation Registration Deadline
Register early, earlier, and earliest to reserve space.
After the deadline, you are responsible for your own accommodations.
You may request accommodations via the online registration form.

---------------2008 SCEC Annual Meeting AGENDA-------------------

Saturday, September 6th
13:00-18:00 Extreme Ground Motion Workshop – Session I

Sunday, September 7th
08:00-12:00 Extreme Ground Motion Workshop – Session II
08:00-12:00 Earthquake Source Inversions Workshop
08:00-12:00 Workshop for Science Educators
08:00-15:00 Student Field Trip – San Jacinto Fault Zone
13:00-17:30 Earthquake Engineering Workshop
13:00-17:30 Southern San Andreas Fault Evaluation Workshop
18:30 SCEC Annual Meeting Ice-Breaker/Welcome Reception
20:00 SCEC Advisory Council Executive Meeting

Monday, September 8th
08:00 SCEC Annual Meeting Sessions begin

Tuesday, September 9th
08:00 SCEC Annual Meeting Sessions continued
20:00 SCEC Advisory Council Meeting

Wednesday, September 10th
08:00-12:00 SCEC Annual Meeting Final Session
12:00-14:00 SCEC Board of Directors Meeting
12:00-14:00 SCEC Planning Committee Meeting
14:00-18:00 Salton Trough Seismic Project Workshop I

Thursday, September 11th
08:00-16:00 Salton Trough Seismic Project Workshop II