http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/ Lunar and Planetary Institute Meetings Calendar, highlighting workshops, conferences and other meetings of interest to the planetary science community. en-us webmaster@lpi.usra.edu (LPI Webmaster) Copyright 2009, Lunar and Planetary Institute Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:03 CST http://www.lpi.usra.edu/images/lpi_logo_sm.gif http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/ 3553 120 01234561920212223 SaturdaySunday http://www.iac.es/congreso/proam/ Cordoba, Spain. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1405 http://www.astromath2009.com/welcome.html Madrid, Spain. Mathematics and Astronomy walked together for thousands of years. Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton are good examples of this fruitful interaction between both disciplines. In medieval educational theory, the "quadrivium" consisted of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy, which prove their common past in the development of science. More recently, the extraordinary works by Einstein with the General Theory of Relativity give new insights to our vision of the universe, in a wonderful cooperation of geometry and physics. The proposed symposium wants to show and stress these links with the occasion of the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy IYA2009. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1342 http://www.congrex.nl/09c26/ Frascati, Italy. Methane has been detected in the martian atmosphere by groundbased telescopes and from orbit. This discovery indicates that the planet is either biologically or geologically active. The goal of the workshop is to review the available measurements, the potential reservoirs and release mechanisms of methane and its circulation in the atmosphere, and to discuss all possible origins of this constituent. We anticipate discussions on the following topics: space observations of methane; groundbased observations of methane; martian atmosphere, surface, and subsurface data relevant to the study of methane; origin, source, and loss of methane; atmospheric circulation and chemistry; mechanisms for storage and release; microbial life and metabolism in water ice; biological experiments under martian conditions; and future measurements of methane, its dissociation products, and related trace gases. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1391 http://www.lidar.camaguey.cu/wlmla/5w/w5en_main.htm Buenos Aires, Argentina. The main topics of this workshop will be lidar technologies and methods; fundamental measurements; process studies and applications using lidar data; lidar networking; sinergy between lidar and other instrument; and lidar in space programs. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1177 http://asima.seti.org/2008TC3/workshop2008TC3.html Khartoum, Sudan. The University of Khartoum, Faculty of Sciences and Physics Department, and the SETI Institute invite planetary astronomers and meteoriticists to participate in a workshop dedicated to asteroid 2008 TC3. Asteroid 2008 TC3 was the first asteroid to be detected in space and subsequently found to impact the Earth. Fragments were recovered in the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan in the form of rare ureilite meteorites, called "Almahata Sitta". The goal of the workshop is to discuss the results from ongoing research into the properties of asteroid 2008 TC3 when it was still in space, its nature and origin, the asteroid's impact in Earth's atmosphere, the subsequent recovery, and the analysis of the recovered meteorites. Talks on the origin of ureilites are invited, as well as discussions on how to adjust observing strategies to increase the likelyhood of future discoveries of small asteroids on a collision course with Earth. By accepting this invitation, researchers will have a chance to examine the collection of recovered meteorites and discuss how best to proceed with the investigation of this small asteroid. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1422 http://www.iamg.tu-freiberg.de/matgeos09 Freiberg, Germany. The aim of MatGeoS'09 is to bring together scientists and students who are interested in a mathematical approach to geoscientific problems. It should not only help to gain understanding of how mathematical methods can be applied within the geosciences, but furthermore encourage the development of mathematics for geoscience research, for instance by identifying some research topics that would benefit from a new mathematical approach or are likely to stimulate new mathematical research. The workshop gives an opportunity for cross-disciplinary discussion and it is our hope that it thus will stimulate new research collaborations. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1401 http://www.aip.de/MHD12/ Potsdam, Germany. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1445 http://www.agu.org/meetings San Francisco, California. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1308 http://suborbitalex.arc.nasa.gov/ San Francisco, California. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1163 http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/site/GSL/lang/en/GRSG2009 London, United Kingdom. The theme of this year's conference is "Exploration Remote Sensing." Papers are being solicited on the following topics: Mineral Exploration; Oil and Gas Exploration; Planetary Exploration; Emerging Technology and Commercial Systems; and Geological Applications of Thermal Infrared (TIR) Remote Sensing. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1412 http://aas.org/meetings/aas215/ Washington, DC. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1416 http://cps.scitec.kobe-u.ac.jp/~pschool/2010-01-04/ Kobe, Japan. We cordially invite young scientists to participate in the Sixth CPS International School of Planetary Science 2010. This school, organized by the Center for Planetary Science at Kobe University, Japan, aims at promoting education and research in planetary science for highly motivated graduate students and young researchers worldwide. It will offer them an opportunity to interact with leading scientists in a specific scientific field. The organizing committee of the school will select participants on the basis of their applications. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1397 http://www.astro.unipd.it/galileo/ Padua, Italy. The discovery of the Medicean Moons by Galileo Galilei took place in Padova from January 7 to 15, 1610. The discovery added four new worlds to the known solar system, destroyed once and for all the Earth-centered universe, and had a major influence on the development not only of astronomy and science, but also of religious and philosophical theories and of social behavior. The IAU Symposium S269, to be held in Padova 400 years after the discovery, has several aims: to recall the memorable event and examine its influence on science and humanities; to examine the status of present knowledge on Jupiter, the Medicean Moons and its system in general, and the prospects for advancing our understanding by future space missions and future telescopes; to expound the contemporary vision of our solar system, of the many extra solar planetary systems, and the expectations of discovering new intelligent inhabitants in them. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1389 http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=grs_origin Galveston, Texas. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1417 http://www.astro.puc.cl/astrobio2010/HOME.html Santiago, Chile. There has recently been a great progress on our understanding of the origins of life, chemistry of the universe, extrasolar planetary systems, and the search for life in the solar system and beyond. These themes bloomed with the creation of astrobiology, a truly interdisciplinary science that is getting scientists from different areas and from everywhere to work together. We are organizing this international workshop with the aim of covering the major topics on astrobiology, to identify opportunities for new studies, and to promote the developement of the local community on the subject. The ASTROBIO 2010 Workshop is intended for professional scientists, Ph.D. students and post-docs active in the areas of astronomy, biology, physics, engineering, medicine, chemistry, planetary physics, geology, and related subjects. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1364 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lunargeo2010 Tempe, Arizona. Of the worlds in the solar system, the Moon is uniquely accessible for ground-based geophysical studies, including, but not limited to, active and natural source seismology, heat flow, electromagnetic methods, and gravity. Our goal is to bring together planetary and terrestrial geophysicists to review the current state of knowledge of the Moon and past geophysical studies, to discuss current plans (i.e., the International Lunar Network), and to begin planning for the future. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1380 http://royalsociety.org/event.asp?id=8602&month=1,2010 London, UK. Astronomers are now able to detect planets orbiting stars other than the Sun where life may exist, and living generations could see the signatures of extra-terrestrial life being detected. Should it turn out that we are not alone in the Universe, it will fundamentally affect how humanity understands itself - and we need to be prepared for the consequences. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1365 http://lpa2010.colorado.edu/ Boulder, Colorado. The first workshop on "Lunar dust, plasma and atmosphere: The next steps" will be held January 27 ? 29, 2010 at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. The meeting will be a forum to discuss our current understanding of the lunar surface and atmosphere, and share results from past and still ongoing missions. It will focus on the open science questions, the status of our modeling and laboratory experimental capabilities, required measurements, and instrument capabilities for future investigations on orbit, or to be deployed on the lunar surface. The meeting will include both invited and contributed talks, and will maintain a true workshop atmosphere to foster discussions. The conference proceedings will be published in a special section of the Journal of Geophysical Research ? Space Research. The workshop is hosted by A. Stern and M. Horányi, and supported by the NASA Lunar Science Institute: Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1461 http://www.nsbe-asc.org/ Los Angeles, California. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1361 http://libibm.iucaa.ernet.in/conf/index.php/LISA/conf Pune, India. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1359 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nsrc2010/ Boulder, Colorado. A new generation of space vehicles capable of economically delivering payloads and researchers is coming on line beginning in 2010. These vehicles will revolutionize space access by providing frequent, low-cost access to space. Fields that will potentially benefit include atmospheric science, solar physics, microgravity science, planetary science, space life science, space physics, and education and public outreach (EPO). NSRC2010 will provide a forum to learn about the research and EPO capabilities of these new systems, along with their experiment and EPO integration processes, and to provide input on vehicle design requirements for science and education. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1403 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Irvine, California. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1452 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/ The Woodlands, Texas. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1294 http://content.asce.org/conferences/earthspace2010/index.html Honolulu, Hawaii. As part of the Earth and Space 2010 conference, the 4th Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration symposium is soliciting papers in the areas of Lander Engine Interactions with Granular Media; Geotechnical Properties of Planetary Regolith; Planetary Excavation and Drilling; Granular Flows; Lunar Dust; Lunar and Martian Soil Simulants; Modeling of Regolith Mechanics; Particle Properties of Lunar Soil and Dust. The deadline for abstract submission is August 18. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1390 http://content.asce.org/conferences/earthspace2010/index.html Honolulu, Hawaii. The areas of civil engineering are as diverse as the people who practice them. But the one priority we share is working toward the sustainability of the planet. The Earth and Space 2010 Conference will unite engineers from all corners of the world to tackle the issues facing construction and operations in challenging environments, space exploration, and sustainable development on earth, in space, and other planetary bodies. Come share your unique perspective. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1377 http://www.noao.edu/meetings/first-light/ Tucson, Arizona. From First Light to Newborn Stars will focus on the physics of star formation in galaxies, including the Milky Way, nearby galaxies, and galaxies at high-z. The meeting format will include both plenary session talks on major topics of interest to both galactic and extragalactic researchers, as well as plenty of time for in-depth discussion of both theory and observation within smaller groups. Major themes include star formation on galactic scales, star formation in extreme environments, and star formation in low-metallicity conditions. Some time will be devoted to discussion of future capabilities and their requirements for advancing our understanding of star formation. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1442 http://icnsmeetings.com/conference/9thannual/index.html Maui, Hawaii. It is now recognized that pickup ions are present in almost all possible space environments, created from atoms originating at comets, planets, the satellites of the gas giants, and the interstellar medium. Indeed, pickup ions can be formed whenever a neutral gas and plasma interact. Over the past three decades, the physics and consequences of pickup ions has been studied in considerable detail, ranging from artificial comet experiments (AMPTE) in the Earth?s magnetosphere, to interplanetary missions to comets Halley, Giacobini-Zinner, and Grigg-Skjellerup, the planets Venus and Mars and the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, to the outer heliosphere and the solar wind-local interstellar medium boundaries (heliospheric termination shock, inner and outer heliosheath). We will soon have new and detailed observations from the Rosetta mission exploring the interaction of the solar wind with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Meanwhile, Mars Express and Venus Express are exploring the interaction of the Martian and Venusian atmospheres with the solar wind. Cassini-Huygens is exploring Saturn?s magnetosphere and its interaction with Enceladus and Titan, and with neutral particles in the inner magnetosphere which provide a major source there via ion pickup. Preparations are underway for an international return to Europa and Ganymede.Also, Voyagers 1 and 2 have made important observations related to the energization of pickup ions at the heliospheric termination shock, Voyager 2 has identified pickup ion reflection at the termination shock as a primary dissipation mechanism, the mission to Pluto, New Horizons, is making new and puzzling observations of pickup ions en route, IBEX is measuring energetic neutral atoms produced by charge exchange of interstellar atoms with interstellar pickup ions. Despite our long study of pickup ion physics, it is fair to suggest that many observations, both past and present, remain unexplained at worst or poorly understood at best. In view of the current and anticipated broad interest in the physics and consequences of pickup ion physics, it is appropriate to review the state of our understanding, identify outstanding problems, and consider potential new approaches. We therefore invite everyone interested in any aspect of the physics of pickup ions to join us at the 9th Annual International Astrophysics. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1448 http://www.noao.edu/meetings/eventful-universe/ Tucson, Arizona. An Eventful Universe explores the time-axis in observational phenomena. Topics will range from the extra-galactic: detection of gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae in distant galaxies, variable AGN, to the galactic: variable stars, novae, and cataclysmic events, to the solar system: the detection of near-earth asteroids and KBOs. A common theme will be understanding the best observational strategies for detecting, characterizing, and following up on all transient events. The meeting format will include several ?break-out sessions,? to promote discussion and exploration of individual classes of objects or detection methodologies. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1441 http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=MARSEXPRESS&page=planet_mars3 Les Houches, France. The goals of the workshop are to integrate the main results of both the recent Earth-based observations and the missions to Mars (MarsExpress, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix and Mars Exploration Rovers) into a new global picture of Mars evolution. With the same spirit of the previous workshops, discussions among scientists of different disciplines will be encouraged and it is foreseen that they will help refine the scientific goals of the future missions to Mars. This workshop is an opportunity for the young scientists to be updated on the most recent results and to be trained in some specific data processing techniques. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1453 http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/auto/?id=983 Santa Barbara, California. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1239 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Boulder, Colorado. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1454 http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/nam2010/ Glasgow, United Kingdom. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1443 http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/jwstelt2010/ Garching, Germany. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1418 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Boulder, Colorado. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1455 http://www.european-interferometry.eu/training/2010 Porquerolles Island, France. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1419 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/marssed2010 El Paso, Texas. Mars has preserved sedimentary rocks that record the evolution of its early surface environments. The oldest sedimentary rocks likely exceed 4 billion years and significantly predate the stabilization of the Archean cratons on Earth, which preserve the oldest sedimentary rocks on Earth. Thus, the martian sedimentary record may provide a unique opportunity to study the early environmental evolution of a terrestrial planet. It is during this key time interval that prebiotic chemistry and the origin of life appear to have taken place on Earth. The absence of well-preserved terrestrial sedimentary rocks are a significant barrier to investigating the earliest tectonic, climatic, and biologic processes, and are a powerful motivation for studying such rocks on Mars. This conference seeks to stimulate the exchange of ideas among the community of scientists with common interests in sedimentary processes and the stratigraphic record of sedimentary rocks on Mars. Topical sessions will include weathering processes, provenance, and diagenesis of sediments; transport and depositional processes (fluvial, eolian, lacustrine, evaporitic, volcaniclastic, and impact), both past and present; characterization and origin of vast exposures of layered bedrock; controls on stratigraphic stacking patterns and stratal geometry; and the evolution of sedimentary basins, including patterns of deformation. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1356 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Boulder, Colorado. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1456 http://dda.harvard.edu/ Brookline, Massachusetts. The object of the American Astronomical Society Division on Dynamical Astronomy is the advancement of all aspects of dynamical astronomy, including celestial mechanics, solar system dynamics, stellar dynamics, the dynamics of the interstellar medium and galactic dynamics, and coordination of such research with other branches of science. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1378 http://www.gita.org/gis/ Phoenix, Arizona. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1449 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Knoxville, Tennessee. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1457 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/ League City, Texas. The Astrobiology Science Conference 2010 (AbSciCon 2010) is the next in a biennial series of meetings organized by the astrobiology community. The conference will convene scientists from all over the world who are working in the multidisciplinary field of astrobiology ? the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe ? to report on research findings and plan future endeavors. The theme for AbSciCon 2010 is ?Evolution and Life: Surviving Catastrophes and Extremes on Earth and Beyond.? The conference will address, among other things, how environmental, chemical, biological, physical, and even social stresses, ranging in scale from the infinitesimal to the catastrophic, affect the pace and course of evolutionary change. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1392 http://ysc.kiev.ua/ Kyiv, Ukraine. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1420 http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/ Vienna, Austria. The EGU General Assembly 2010 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists the EGU appeals to provide a forum to present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences. The EGU is looking forward to cordially welcome you in Vienna! http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1446 http://www.aset.org.tn/conf/ADA6/ Monastir, Tunisia. Held regularly since 2001, the ADA conference series is focused on algorithms and information extraction from astrophysics data sets. The program includes keynote, invited and contributed talks, as well as posters. This conference series has been characterized by a range of innovative themes, including curvelet transforms, compressed sensing and clustering in cosmology, while at the same time remaining closely linked to front-line open problems and issues in astrophysics and cosmology. The ADA VI conference is organized in honor of Albert Bijaoui, and is held in Monastir (where Albert was born). One session will be dedicated to the GAIA project. Other sessions will include astroseismology, exoplanet detection, large scale structures (weak lensing, galaxy catalogs), CMB (source separation, polarization), restoration (map-making, deconvolution, modeling), hyperspectral data analysis, and compressed sensing. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1366 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Boston, Massachusetts. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1458 http://www.cora.nwra.com/Meteoroids2010/ Breckenridge, Colorado. This conference will be the seventh in a series of meetings on meteoroids and related topics, which have been held approximately every three years since 1993. The 2010 meeting programme is expected to have sessions which cover the following areas: observational techniques and meteor detection programs; meteor shower activity and forecasting; dynamics, sources and spatial distribution of meteoroids including sporadic, swarm, and interstellar meteoroids; meteoroid interactions with Earth and planetary atmospheres; ablation, fragmentation, and deceleration; atmospheric effects induced by meteors; physics and chemistry of meteor interactions processes in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere; astromineralogy: properties of meteoroids; interrelationships: meteoroids - IDPs - dust - micrometeorites - meteorites; meteoroid flux and impact hazard; hypervelocity impacts on the moon and spacecraft; meteor studies in astrobiology: organics and delivery process; new techniques for detections of meteors and fireballs; meteor detection including cameras, telescopes, lidar, seismic and infrasound sensors; radar observations and large aperture radars http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1410 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/ssb_052412 Washington, DC. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1459 http://www.voss2010.va/ Castel Gandolfo, Vatican City State. The Vatican Observatory is pleased to announce the 2010 Summer School in Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics, on The Chemistry of the Universe. Two lectures will be given each morning, with evening seminars by the Vatican staff and visiting astronomers. During the course of the school, students will also present a short paper on their research or the research of their home institution. Other activities will include laboratory exercises, use of the Observatory computers for data reduction, image processing, and running/analysing relevant simulations, and the use of astronomical databases. Field trips to visit sites of historical interest to astronomy will be included. In addition to the principal topics presented by the invited faculty, students will have the opportunity to discuss their own research with members of the faculty and with the observatory staff. No formal course credits will be given, but certification of satisfactory completion of the course will be supplied. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1388 http://www.ipy-osc.no/ Oslo, Norway. The IPY Oslo Science Conference will: demonstrate, strengthen, and extend IPY's remarkable accomplishments in science and outreach; represent an essential opportunity to display and explore the full breadth and implications of IPY activities; emphasize the breadth and global impact of polar research during IPY; and highlight the extraordinary interdisciplinary and multinational efforts in research and in communication of research to the public. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1447 http://www.planetaryprobe.eu/ Barcelona, Spain. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1113 http://www.goldschmidt2010.org Knoxville, Tennessee. Annual international meeting focused on geochemistry. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1431 http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD147/index.asp Saint Jacut de la Mer, France. 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. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1399 http://www.planetaryprobe.eu/ Barcelona, Spain. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1114 http://www.agu.org/meetings/wp10/index.php Taipei, Taiwan. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1450 http://spie.org/astronomical-instrumentation.xml?WT.mc_id=Cal-AS San Diego, California. Spectacular discoveries regarding the nature and origin of the Universe continue to flow from the advanced technology of ground and space-based telescopes and instrumentation. Scientific synergy has also existed for many years between ground and space such as the use of 8-10 m class ground-based telescopes for spectroscopy of distant galaxies discovered in Hubble Space Telescope images. Further progress is anticipated in this area when the more powerful JWST will complement the next generation of Extremely Large Ground-based Telescopes now being designed around the world. Most examples of scientific synergy arise naturally due to the demands of addressing specific scientific questions. There is a growing realization, however, that optimization of resources actually requires agreement on long term research goals and the selection and development of the appropriate complementary ground and space facilities, which commonly require a decade or more to bring to fruition. The US Decadal Survey is an example of this cooperation, and for the first time, a similar European-wide Science and Infrastructure Vision is being developed in collaboration between scientists and funding agencies. Synergy is thus a particularly apt theme for this symposium in France. Given the wide scope of this symposium it is also appropriate to consider other areas where synergies may be encouraged beyond the purely scientific, such as the development of enabling technologies, addressing the challenges of systems engineering, managing large, long term projects and adequately funding them over the development and operational lifecycles. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1343 http://www.aesc2010.gsa.org.au/ Canberra, Australia. AESC is the Australian national earth science convention. Five themes will form the focus for the AESC 2010: Life and the Solar System; Dynamic Earth: from crust to core; Earth's Environments: past, present, and future; Geoscience in the Service of Society; Resource Security: supporting our nation. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1394 http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/ Hyderabad, India. AOGS has six sections covering Solid Earth (geology, geodesy, geophysics, geochemistry), Atmospheric Science (Small scale and local wind systems, air pollution, mesoscale processes, global wind systems, cyclones, weather forecasting, atmospheric chemistry, global climate and its change), Ocean Science (Estuarine and costal oceanography, ocean circulation, marine biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, marine geology, and atmosphere-ocean coupling, Planetary Science (interior, surface, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere of solar system bodies other than earth), Solar and Terrestrial (sun, interplanetary medium, heliosphere, the magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere of planet earth, space weather), Hydrological Science (Hydrometeorology, Surface Water Hydrology, Ground Water Hydrology,Water Resources Planning and Management, Hydroinformatics), and also has an interdisciplinary Working Groups (IWGs). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1122 http://www.cospar-assembly.org/ Bremen, Germany. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1181 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2010/ New York, New York. Two concurrent scientific sessions cover topics including meteorites, cosmic dust, asteroids and comets, natural satellites, planets, impacts, and the origins of the solar system. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1430 http://webhost.rcub.bg.ac.rs/~spig2010/ Donji Milanovac, Serbia. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1451 http://syrte.obspm.fr/journees2010/ Paris, France. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1421 http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~alfven5/ Sapporo, Japan. During the fifth Alfvén conference our focus will be on the plasma interaction with unmagnetized planets and moons in the solar system: Venus, Mars, Moon, Titan, Io, and similar bodies. New findings from the analysis of data (e.g. Venus Express, Mars Express, Kaguya, Cassini, Chandrayaan-1, Galileo, and most recent Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1) as well as recent progress in theory and modeling, make the theme of the conference timely. The objective will be to promote discussions leading to a better understanding of the physical processes that determine how weakly magnetized planets and moons evolve under an active Sun. Comparing phenomena from different, but similar, planets and moons will be emphasized to increase understanding of the general physics behind the plasma environment in plasma/planet interactions and to facilitate planning for future missions. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1370 http://pahconf.cesr.fr/ Toulouse, France. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/?event=1414