Apologies for multiple postings!
Hi all,
Although this is primarily a US-based, but I want to draw the
attention of those of you who might be interested to the following workshop
which will be held the day before the national GSA in Denver this fall.
The workshop has been proposed by an ad-hoc group (see below) which was
formed after the last EarthScope Workshop (October, 2001) to promote the
Solid Earth Sciences.
Setting Priorities in Solid Earth Sciences
A One-Day Workshop
You are invited to attend a one-day workshop to promote an
integrated and coherent approach to planning for the future of the Solid
Earth Sciences. The workshop will be held on
Saturday October 26, 2002, in Denver, CO, which is the day before the
Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America.
This workshop is envisioned as the first step in developing an integrated
approach to research, education, and facilities development in the Solid
Earth Sciences as the central core of geology. The primary goal of the
workshop is to promote an integrated and coherent approach to planning for
the future of the Solid Earth Sciences across the sub-disciplines in the
Solid Earth Sciences and among the synergistic activities of research,
education and outreach. The one-day workshop will address the following
four issues: 1) identifying the important questions to be addressed during
the next decade, and recommending priorities for
research and education in the Solid Earth Sciences (primarily defined by
what is funded through the Instrumentation & Facilities, Petrology &
Geochemistry and
Tectonics Programs, and Education programs at NSF); 2) the process of
inventory and evaluation of the facilities and resources necessary to
support these research and
education priorities and making recommendations about investment in future
infrastructure; 3) promoting the development of technology appropriate
for the needs of the community, and the development of information
systems to allow efficient communication of results within the Solid
Earth Sciences as well as to the scientific community and the public;
and, 4) providing a context for development of relevant and relevantly
scaled Earth observatories.
Support from NSF is sufficient to assist with travel and other expenses to
attend the Workshop of 50-100 participants representative of the spectrum
of Solid Earth Sciences and sympathetic to the symbiotic relationship
between research, education and outreach. Individuals interested in
participating in this workshop should send an application by August 1, 2002
to Mike Brown ([log in to unmask]) or Basil Tikoff
([log in to unmask]). Applications are to be e-submissions; a
one-page abstract (Times New Roman, 12 point font, Title upper case/bold
for headings) about priorities in the Solid Earth Sciences and the
area(s) in which the applicant can best contribute. All applicants will
be informed of the outcome of their application by August 30, 2002 (by
e-mail).
The participants will be selected from the pool of applicants to ensure
balance, both across the Solid Earth Sciences and among research,
education and outreach.
The ad-hoc group planning the Workshop Planning is:
Michael Brown (Laboratory for Crustal Petrology, Department of Geology,
University of Maryland),
Jessica Faust Larsen (Geophysical Institute, Department of Geology and
Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks),
Cathryn Manduca (DLESE Co mmunity Issues and Groups, Geology Department,
Carleton College),
Tracy Rushmer (Department of Geology, University of Vermont),
Basil Tikoff (Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison),
and
Ben van der Pluijm (Department of Geological Sciences, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor).
One additional outcome of the Workshop will be to formalize a group to
promote the Solid Earth Sciences, which will need to have an appropriate
representative executive committee.
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Tracy Rushmer, Department of Geology
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
05405
Phone (direct): (802) 656-8136
(secretary): (802) 656-3396
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