First Announcement — November 2005
Department of Earth Sciences
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Sponsored by —
Local Organizing Committee
ETH Zürich
Swiss National Science Foundation
Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Barringer Crater Company
Meteorite Magazine
Planetary Studies Foundation
Rainer Wieler, Chair,
ETH Zürich
Bernard Bourdon,
ETH Zürich
Veronika Heber,
ETH Zürich
Thorsten Kleine,
ETH Zürich
Beatrice Lüthi,
Luethiorganisation and ETH Zürich
Valentina Müller-Weckerle,
ETH Zürich
Ghylaine Quitté,
ETH Zürich
Pieter Vermeesch,
ETH Zürich
Herbert Palme (ex officio),
University of Cologne
WHEN AND WHERE | ||
| You are cordially invited to attend the 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, to be held August 6–11, 2006, in Zürich, Switzerland. Please note the new date,
chosen to avoid a conflict with the General Assembly of the International Mineralogical
Association scheduled two weeks earlier in Kobe, Japan. The meeting will be held at ETH, in
an impressive nineteenth-century building close to the city center, equipped with modern
lecture halls.
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM | ||
| Registration will start on Sunday afternoon, August 6, followed by a welcome party
on the roof of the meeting venue, overlooking Zürich. Oral sessions will be held from
Monday to Friday, and a poster session is scheduled for Tuesday evening. Wednesday
afternoon is reserved for an excursion to the beautiful city of Rapperswil on an early
twentieth-century steamboat. The banquet on Thursday evening at the lakeshore will be
within walking distance of the city center. In addition to the many other restaurants located
close by, a convenient place for lunch is the excellent Mensa at ETH, which offers a large and
diverse range of foods.
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TRANSPORTATION | ||
| Zürich lies in the heart of Europe and is easily accessible by air (the intercontinental
airport is only 15 minutes from the city center) and by train. Most places of interest are within
walking distance or can easily be reached by an excellent public transportation system.
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ACCOMMODATIONS | ||
| Zürich offers plenty of hotel rooms, and many of them offer very reasonable rates.
Some low-budget hotels may require the use of trams or buses, but many mid-class hotels are
within walking distance of the meeting venue. The Zürich meeting Web site will provide information
on booking, emphasising low- and mid-priced hotels. Early booking of hotels is essential, due
to the annual "Street Parade" taking place on the Saturday immediately following the meeting.
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TRAVEL GRANTS | ||
| Travel grants will be made available to qualified students who are members of the
Meteoritical Society and a number of scientists from countries with limited financial
resources. Applicants must be the sole or first author of an abstract to be presented at the
meeting. They must also submit a travel award application form by the abstract deadline, May 9, 2006. More
information will be included in the second announcement.
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GUEST ACTIVITIES AND EXCURSIONS | ||
| Zürich is a very lively city during the summer months. The lake and river invite
swimming, the old town with its restaurants and bars is a pleasant place to spend a nice
evening, and museum enthusiasts will be captivated. A recent addition and top attraction is
Europe's largest piece of tropical rainforest, imported from Madagascar. And for a truly
remarkable tourist event, this year's annual "Street Parade" will take place on Saturday,
August 12, when hundreds of thousands of fans of techno music of all ages will invade the
city.
A help desk will assist meeting participants in planning activities in the city and on half- or full-day trips to many attractive destinations. A four-day postconference field trip will take us to the Alps. One highlight of this excursion will be a ride to Europe's highest train station at the famous Jungfraujoch (3454 m), and a visit of the high-altitude scientific observatory. We will also visit key sites recording Quaternary glaciation history in the Swiss Alps and the Swiss midlands.
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OBTAINING A VISA | ||
| Some foreign participants may need a visa for Switzerland. At the time of this
announcement, it is not yet clear whether in August 2006 Switzerland will already belong to
the Schengen Space, which would mean that any visa issued by countries such as Germany,
France, Italy, Austria, etc., will automatically be valid for Switzerland and vice versa. For
more information, contact a Swiss embassy or visit
http://www.imes.admin.ch/einreise/visumvorschriften_e.asp. We will keep you informed
about visa requirements on the Zürich meeting Web site. Upon request, we will provide registrants
with official letters to be filed with visa applications. (Contact [email protected] and provide
your full name, date of birth, country of citizenship, and passport number.)
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FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE WEB | ||
| Future announcements, including information on submission of abstracts, will be
posted on this LPI Web site. Additional information on the meeting and registration forms will be
posted on the Zürich meeting Web site.
If you are interested in joining the Meteoritical Society, please visit www.meteoriticalsociety.org.
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INDICATION OF INTEREST | ||
| To subscribe to a mailing list to receive electronic reminders or special announcements
relating to the meeting via e-mail, please submit an Indication of Interest form by March 3, 2006.
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CONTACT INFORMATION | ||
| For further information regarding the format and scientific objectives of the meeting, contact
CONFERENCE ORGANIZER
MEETING SECRETARIAT
TREASURY AND CONGRESS OFFICE For information regarding meeting logistics and announcements, contact
LPI MEETING COORDINATOR
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| SCHEDULE | ||
| March 3, 2006 | Deadline for indication of interest form and second announcement posted on this Web site | |
| May 2, 2006 | Deadline for hard-copy submission of abstracts to LPI | |
| May 9, 2006 | Deadline for electronic abstract submissions to LPI | |
| June 15, 2006 | Final announcement with program and abstracts posted on this Web site | |
| June 26, 2006 | Deadline for preregistration | |
| August 6–11, 2006 | 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society | |
| August 12–15, 2006 | Postconference Excursion to the Alps | |