Hello Rob:
In October 2017, the annual meeting of the GSA will be in Seattle; I'm vice chair of the local committee, always with my antennae out for good sessions. We had thought of a "50th anniversary" session but struggled to come up with the key 1967 event or paper that we could celebrate. I always think of Isacks, Oliver, and Sykes, but their "new global tectonics" was 1968. I'm curious how you set the mark in 1967.
In any event, although I won't be at Burlington House for the William Smith meeting, how would you feel if I contacted your speakers and advised them of our Seattle meeting? If some or all would do a reprise, they would have an audience garnered from 7000 participants, many of whom would be entranced. The deadline for proposing topical or special Pardee [money for invited speakers] sessions is 1 February 2017.
Rest assured that I won't progress on the issue until I know your sense.
Best regards,
Darrel
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, Butler, Robert wrote:
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> Dear fellow Geotectonics people
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> The 2017 William Smith meeting of the Geological Society of London is:
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> Plate Tectonics at 50.
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> 3-5 October 2017.
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> at Burlington House, London.
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> http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/wsmith17
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> On the 50th anniversary of the advent of the paradigm of plate tectonics, this three day meeting is convened to examine the state of the art and
> scope out new directions.
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> Invited contributors include:
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> Nick Christie-Blick
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> John Dewey
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> Tony Doré
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> Cindy Ebinger
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> Hank Frankel
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> James Jackson
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> Catherine Johnson
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> Peter van Keken
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> Mike Kendall
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> Xavier Le Pichon
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> Peter Molnar
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> Jason Morgan
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> Donna Shillington
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> Tony Watts
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> The meeting will conclude with the 2017 William Smith lecture by Dan McKenzie.
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> There is an open call for papers for contributions that complement the array of invited speakers - reporting recent research on any aspect of
> tectonics and the associated disciplines that together feed into understanding the plate system and processes.
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> Contributions are invited for talks and posters.
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> The deadline for abstract submission is 31 May 2017 but we encourage submission and registration as early as possible to avoid disappointment
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> See the meeting website for information on registration and abstract submission.
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> Best wishes
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> Rob Butler
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> (on behalf of the conference organising team: Rob Butler, Mike Daly, Fabienne Michaud, GarethRoberts, Jonathan Turner, Tony Watts)
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