Faraday Discussion 147: Chemistry of the Planets 
14 - 16 June 2010
Saint Jacut de la Mer, Brittany, France
website :
http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD147/index.asp

Call for oral abstracts deadline - 21 September 2009 (NOT 21 August)

Introduction

We have now entered a second 'golden age' of planetary exploration,
with a host of exciting missions either underway, or due to report
back in the next few years. Probes are able to land on planets or
descend into their atmospheres, and apply powerful analytical
techniques to determine their chemical compositions.

The wealth of chemical information sent back from these missions has
stimulated major efforts in laboratory experiments and computational
modelling, and created a fascinating area for multidisciplinary
exchange around the theme of the chemistry of the planets,
encompassing aspects of chemistry (physical, organic and inorganic),
physics and astronomy, geology and geochemistry, and exobiology,
proving the right conditions for a fruitful Faraday Discussion at the
interface of these disciplines.

Furthermore, the recent discovery of water and methane in the
atmosphere of an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) opens up a whole new
and exciting field of planetary chemistry outside of the Solar System.

Confirmed invited speakers at Faraday Discussion 147 include:

Professor Sushil Atreya (Introductory) - University of Michigan, USA
Professor Darrell Strobel (Closing) - Johns Hopkins University, USA
Professor Nigel Adams - University of Georgia, USA
Dr Sebastien Le Picard - University of Rennes 1, France
Professor Jonathan Lunine - University of Arizona, USA
Professor Steve Miller - University College London, UK
Dr Julianne Moses - Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, USA
Professor François Raulin - LISA - Universities of Paris 12 and 7,
France
Dr Giovanna Tinetti - University College London, UK
Professor Roger Yelle - University of Arizona, USA

Themes include: 

Planetary exploration: present and future
Ground-based and remote experimental techniques for planetary
chemistry
Chemistry of giant exoplanets 
Chemistry of extraterrestrial atmospheres
Surface chemistry, surface - atmosphere interactions and volcanism
Planetary atmospheric aerosols

Call for Papers

Offers of abstracts for oral presentations for Faraday Discussion 147
within any of the themes listed above are now invited with a deadline
of 21 September 2009. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to
RSC Conferences (via the link on the conference website) with the
following subject header: 'FD147 abstract'. Submitting authors will be
notified of the outcome of the review process within about a month of
the submission deadline. The abstracts should be no longer than one A4
page in portrait layout. Please include your full address and contact
details in the email.

For more information including guidelines for submitting an abstract
please refer to the website:
http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD147/index.asp

Key Dates
Oral presentation abstract deadline  21 September 2009 
Full papers received from authors 22 February 2010 
Poster presentation abstract deadline  16 April 2010 
Pre-prints to delegates May 2010 
Standard registration deadline 14 May 2010 

How it Works - Abstracts and Pre-prints

Abstracts that fit most closely with the themes of the meeting will be
selected for oral presentations. Authors of the selected abstracts
will then be invited to submit their work as a full paper, which will
form the basis of their short presentation at the meeting. The paper
itself must contain new, unpublished work and be submitted by 22
February 2010. The papers selected for presentation and discussion
will be refereed and then sent to all participants as preprints.

Preprints will be issued four weeks in advance of the meeting. The
discussion will be conducted on the assumption that the papers have
been read in advance and only five minutes will be allowed for each
presentation. Most of the time will be devoted to discussion, which is
then submitted for publication in the Faraday Discussion Volume which
will be published by the RSC about six months after the meeting.

The latest ISI citation data give an impact factor for Faraday
Discussions of 4.604, emphasising their importance as a forum for
developing exciting new ideas

I look forward to receiving your abstracts.

best regards

Ian Sims
on behalf of the FD147 Scientific Organising Committee

Scientific Committee
Ian Sims (University of Rennes 1, France) (Chair)
Bruno Bézard (Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon, France)
André Canosa (University of Rennes 1, France)
Helen Fraser (University of Strathclyde, UK)
John Plane (University of Leeds, UK)
Jonathan Tennyson (University College London, UK) 


Local Organising Committee based at the University of Rennes 1, France
:
Abdessamad Benidar
André Canosa
Robert Georges
Sébastien Le Picard
Ian Sims
 

Ian Sims

Directeur Adjoint
Institut de Physique de Rennes
Equipe Astrochimie Expérimentale
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