Sponsored by
Lunar and Planetary Institute
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
through CAPTEM (Curation and Analysis Planning
Team for Extraterrestrial Samples)

Organizing Committee
Ben Bussey, European Space Agency
Cassandra Coombs, College of Charleston
B. Ray Hawke, University of Hawai'i
Jim Head, Brown University
Brad Jolliff, Washington University
Paul Lucey, University of Hawai'i
Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame
Graham Ryder, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Mark Wieczorek, Washington University

Where and When
The New Views of the Moon workshop will be held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. on September 18, and technical sessions will begin the same day at 8:30 a.m.

Contributions
Authors will not receive individual notifications regarding the schedule and presentation mode of their contribution. Please check the preliminary program for a complete listing of scheduled presentations. Sets of abstracts will be available at the workshop, and a report will be prepared following the workshop. Authors will have two weeks after the workshop to submit revised versions of their abstracts for inclusion in the final report.

Program Format
The workshop will include oral presentations coupled with panel-moderated discussions and an evening poster session. Oral presentations are arranged topically as shown below and in the preliminary program. With the exception of a few invited presentations, talks will be limited to 15 minutes (10-12 minutes plus a few minutes for questions) and will be made in groups of four or five. These will be followed by panel-moderated discussion with audience participation.

The focus of the workshop will be the effective use and integration of datasets and their application to specific problems of lunar science. In addition to global, remotely sensed datasets, discussions will focus on correlations to, and important constraints provided by, the lunar landing sites and samples of lunar rocks and soils. Those who intend to contribute to the discussion, but who may not be presenters, are encouraged to bring a slide or overhead material to help illustrate key points.

Speakers will have dual slide and overhead projectors available to support their presentations. An audio-visual cue sheet should be completed by each speaker and given to the projectionist at least 15 minutes before their session begins. The Lecture Hall at LPI where the technical sessions will be held has a rear-screen projection system; those who bring their own slide carousels should load them accordingly.

The poster session will be held in the Great Room at LPI on Friday evening following the afternoon session. Those giving a poster presentation will have a space measuring 44" × 44" for display. Pushpins will be available at the registration desk for poster setup. Anyone who would like to request other equipment to support an oral or poster presentation should contact LeBecca Simmons no later than September 4.

Scope of the Workshop
On the basis of submitted abstracts and statements of interest, the following are the major themes that will be addressed, including oral and poster presentations:

In addition to these specific topics, discussion will center on issues related to the processing, use, and archival of specific datasets, as well as their strengths and limitations. Discussion will also focus on the characteristics of lunar soil that most influence remote spectroscopy and how the soils relate to lunar rocks. Lunar Prospector results will be presented and discussed, as will the need to develop the full potential of those (and other) datasets. Hopefully the discussion will also include such topics as defining what is meant by integration of datasets, and how, exactly, integration will be accomplished. What are the problems and goals that are common to all disciplines, and how can we work together to address them? Some sample discussion topics are suggested in the preliminary program, but participants are welcome to bring other issues to the table.

Lunar Initiative and Where Do We Go From Here?
This workshop is the first in a series of workshops envisioned as part of a community-wide effort to capitalize on the wealth of information now available or coming soon from global lunar datasets, coupled with the extensive lunar sample collection. Given what we know about the Moon from direct study of the surface and its samples, we now have the opportunity and responsibility to show how to understand and interpret the remotely sensed data in terms of known surface materials and to use the diverse datasets in an integrated way to answer questions about the origin, planetary evolution, and resources of the Earth's nearest neighbor. Some of the discussion time during this workshop will be used to address the overall agenda of the Lunar Initiative, including Initiative goals, subsequent workshop definition, and preliminary planning for a BVSP-style publication addressing global datasets and samples, and their integration and application to fundamental problems of lunar science.

Registration
The preregistration fee for this workshop is $50 ($30 for students). Participants registering by credit card may use the electronic registration form; those using other methods of payment should use the downloadable registration form. You must preregister and prepay by August 21, 1998, to avoid the $20 late fee. Foreign participants who state on the preregistration form that they have a currency exchange problem may pay in cash at the meeting and avoid the $20 late fee if they return the form by August 21, 1998. Requests for cancellation and a refunded fee will be accepted through September 11, 1998.

Walk-in registration will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 1998. The rate for walk-in registration will be $70 ($50 for students), which includes the $20 late fee mentioned above. A continental breakfast will be served during this hour prior to the start of the technical presentations and on Saturday and Sunday mornings beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Logistics
For your convenience, we have provided a list of local hotels and a local area map. Parking space is limited at the LPI during business hours, so participants are encouraged to carpool on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday ample parking spaces should be available.

Poster Session and Reception
Following the afternoon session on Friday evening, a reception and poster session will be held in the Great Room at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Workshop participants and their guests are invited.

Messages
Participants may receive messages during the meeting by telephone at 281-244-2083 or by fax at 281-486-2160. Technical sessions will not be interrupted to deliver messages except in the event of an emergency. Messages will be posted on a board near the registration and staff desk located in the Great Room just outside the Lecture Hall.

Contact Information
Questions regarding the technical content of the meeting should be directed to Brad Jolliff, Washington University (phone:  314-935-5622; fax:  314-935-7361; e-mail:  [email protected]).

For information regarding workshop logistics, contact LeBecca Simmons, Publications and Program Services Department, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113 (phone:  281-486-2158; fax:  281-486-2125; e-mail:  simmons@lpi.usra.edu).

Schedule

August 21
Preregistration deadline

September 18-20
Workshop at Lunar and Planetary Institute

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