Lunar and Planetary Institute






Logistical Services

LPI’s professional staff works in partnership with members of the planetary science community in producing successful and cost-effective workshops and conferences as a means of disseminating research.

To enable the scientific organizer to focus on content and structure, we provide logistical services in sponsorship of meeting objectives that fall within the scope of the Institute’s mission.

We can help you with . . .

Scheduling:  We will work with you to develop tasks and timelines for your meeting.

Advertising:  We will use our extensive database of members of the planetary science community to reach potential participants.

Negotiating:  We will establish proposals, bids, and contracts with conference facilities and vendors to obtain the optimal value for your meeting venue.

Budgeting: Our experienced staff can plan budgets that are realistic and meet established guidelines.

Implementing:  We can guide you in every step of implementing the objectives for your meeting.

Managing:  We will be there to take care of the logistical details so that you don’t have to.

Here are some of the details our staff will provide . . .

Website:  Our website provides the means for distributing information, receiving abstracts, registering participants, and publishing meeting schedules and presentations.

Presenter coordination:  We provide expertise for program committee review, scheduling of abstracts, and formation of sessions.

Event materials:  We can create and provide logos, program booklets, abstract volumes or CD-ROMs, name badges, and signs.

Onsite administration:  We can provide coordination, monitoring, and troubleshooting for all your onsite logistical needs, e.g., room setup, catering, audiovisual requirements, transportation, registration, etc.

 

 

 

 


 LPI Sponsored Meetings


2008 RASC-AL Forum
June 9-12, 2008
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2008
July 14-18, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland

NLSI Lunar Science Conference
July 20-23, 2008
Moffett Field, California

71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (MetSoc 2008)
July 28-August 1, 2008
Matsue, Japan

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV
August 17-21, 2008
Vredefort Dome, South Africa

Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment
September 15-17, 2008
Houston, Texas

Workshop on Martian Phyllosilicates: Recorders of Aqueous Processes?
October 21-23, 2008
Paris, France

Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SSR
October 28-31, 2008
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Third International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations
November 10-13, 2008
Williamsburg, Virginia

The Science of Solar System Ices (ScSSI): A Cross-Disciplinary Workshop
May 5-8, 2008
Oxnard, California

Planetary Dunes Workshop: A Record of Climate Change
April 29-May 2, 2008
Alamogordo, New Mexico

Ground Truth from Mars: Science Payoff from a Sample Return Mission
April 21-23, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico

39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2008)
March 10-14, 2008
League City, Texas

Go for Lunar Landing: From Terminal Descent to Touchdown
March 4-5, 2008
Tempe, Arizona

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Astronomer Workshop
February 29, 2008
Moffett Field, California

Workshop on Martian Gullies: Theories and Tests
February 4-5, 2008
Houston, Texas

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Francois Poulet, Institut d' Astrophysique Spatiale, Paris, France
Identification, Mapping and Mineralogy of Phyllosilicates on Mars as Seen by MEx/OMEGA and MRO/CRISM

Friday, June 6, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Jim Zimbelman
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
Precision Topography Applied to Problems in Planetary Geomorphology

Friday, June 27, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Sean Solomon, Carnegie Institution of Washington (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
To be announced

Friday, July 11, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Paul Spudis, Lunar and Planetary Institute (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
To be announced

Friday, August 15, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Jonathan Lunine, University of Arizona (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
To be announced

Friday, September 26, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Roger Phillips, Southwest Research Institute (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
To be announced

Friday, November 14, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Christian Koeberl, University of Vienna (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
To be announced

Friday, December 5, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:30 PM
Renu Malhotra, University of Arizona (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
To be announced