Workshop on Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Satellites of the Outer Solar System (Icy Satellites 2007)

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers focused on specific satellites or mechanisms to share their work in the broader context of common processes and unique properties shaping the satellites of the outer solar system. Research characterizing the current state of the satellites is integral in accomplishing this purpose. The goal of the conference is to promote cross-fertilization of research among communities focused on specific satellites. There exists a continuing need to reevaluate ideas and paradigms, especially as new mission data become available, thus bringing to the forefront new discoveries and adding new highlights to old findings from previous missions and Earth-based astronomy. This meeting will help meet this need and provide a fresh process-oriented framework for our evolving understanding.

Oral Presentations
The meeting will be structured with a morning and an afternoon oral session organized around topical themes. Each oral session will begin with an invited talk to introduce the topic, and the remainder of the session will consist of contributed talks. Oral presentations will be limited to approximately 8 minutes to allow ample time for questions and discussion.

Audio-visual equipment available for oral presentations will include one LCD projector and one pc laptop. Please read carefully the instructions for electronic presentations.

Poster Presentations
A poster session scheduled for Monday evening, August 13, will reflect a broader scope than the oral sessions. Posters may be installed on Monday morning and will be left on display through Wednesday noon, August 15, at which time they must be removed. Authors must be present at the scheduled session to discuss their poster.

Each poster will have a space 44" × 44" (1.1 m × 1.1 m) for display. Posters will be displayed on free-standing panels that are 4' × 8' (122 cm × 244 cm) (inside frame). Two presenters will share one side of one panel, so it is important that displays are confined to the specified limit. Posters must be designed to be attached to the panel with pushpins. Due to space limitations, tables, computers, video equipment, etc., CANNOT be accommodated as a part of a poster display.

Registration and Special Events
Participants may register from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 12, in the foyer outside the sales office on the Mezzanine level of the hotel in the historic section. A welcome reception consisting of a buffet of hors d'oeuvres with an assortment of beverages will be served from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the Mezzanine. A reception will also be held during the poster session on Monday evening.

Attendees will be responsible for arranging their own transportation to the NOAA site in Boulder (see note below about bus route). Please read carefully the instructions for NOAA's visitor check-in procedures (maps and driving directions are also provided in that document). Plan to arrive at the security gate by 6:00 p.m. if you wish to attend the first showing. We will meet between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. in the DSRC (Skaggs building) main lobby by the security desk. You must bring an ID to show the NOAA security officer at the entrance gate on Rayleigh road, just west of Broadway. At the visitor center near the entrance gate the officer will sign you in and give you a visitor badge. Please allow about 15 minutes for checking through security and subsequent parking on the west side of the DSRC. There is plenty of parking on the west side of the DSRC building, and most of the spaces in that lot are nonreserved. Entrance to the Skaggs building is on the west side in the central portion.

If there is sufficient demand, we will see SOS in two shifts as the Planet Theater holds about 35–40 people. The first show will begin at 6:30 and the second (if necessary) will begin at 7:15 or 7:30. If you arrive at the DSRC later than 6:30 you will need to wait for the second showing. Feel free to relax and socialize in the lobby. Please note we'll mostly be standing (with maybe 3 or 4 seats available) during the actual SOS presentations. More information about all the NOAA laboratories in the DSRC building in Boulder is available at the NOAA website.

There is no charge for this event, but anyone planning to attend MUST register in advance using the electronic form provided.

Note about transportation:  The "SKIP" bus route provides service from the Boulderado near Broadway to NOAA (using either the 27th Way or Rayleigh Road stops). For more information, visit the SKIP on Broadway website.  

Contributors are specifically encouraged to address the following topics:

• Origin and early evolution
• Oceans and interiors
• Composition
• Impacts and ages
• Plumes and volcanism (hot and cold)
• Tectonism
• Convection
• Tidal and thermal evolution
• Magnetic and particle interactions
• Terrestrial analogs
• Astrobiology
• Erosion and volatile processes
• Atmospheres
• Cross-discipline synthesis

The abstracts and preliminary program will be available in electronic format and accessible via the workshop website on July 3, 2007. These files will be in PDF format. Author notification letters will not be mailed, so authors should check the online program to find out where their abstract has been scheduled.

Participants registering by credit card MUST use the secure electronic registration form; those registering using any other method of payment (check, money order, or traveler's check) MUST use the downloadable registration form. Requests for cancellation with a fee refund (less a $25.00 processing fee) will only be accepted through July 27, 2007. After that date, the registration fee will be forfeited.

Please note that only badged attendees may participate in the receptions and coffee breaks.

A guest fee for the two receptions is available at $75.00 per person.

Boulderado King rooms are available for $174.00 plus tax.

An optional guest room configuration is the deluxe room with two queen beds, which is $154.00 plus tax. There will be an additional charge of $15.00 for a third or fourth adult (18 years or older) in a room. A maximum of four adults is allowed per room. Participants looking for a roommate to share housing expenses can post a message using the roommate search form.

The daily rates include wireless Internet, local and toll-free telephone calls, lobby newspapers, access to the 24-hour Business Center, and access to the One Boulder Fitness Center.

Valet parking is available for $8.00 per day.

Check-in time is 4:00 p.m.; check-out time is 11:00 a.m. Any requests for early arrivals or late check-outs are subject to availability and are not guaranteed. The hotel charges 50% of the room rate for check-outs between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., and a full night's rate for check-outs after 1:00 p.m.

To ensure a room at the special rate, reservations MUST be made by July 12, 2007.

** Note! **  After July 12, 2007, any unsold rooms will be released back to the hotel inventory, and guests who register after that date will be charged according to available rates. **

Room Reservations:  Room reservations may be made by referencing "LPI Group".

    Toll-free Reservations Line:  800-433-4344
        or
    E-mail:  [email protected]

Travel grants will not exceed $1500.00. Reimbusable costs can include transportation (airfare, mileage to/from airport, parking, rental car) and lodging/per diem.

Eligibility:
   – Recipients must be U.S. citizens
   – Recipients must be enrolled in a university or
      be employed by an institution in the United States
      at the time of the workshop.

Individuals wishing to apply for this assistance must submit the electronic travel funding application form.

Interested individuals with questions are encouraged to contact Curt Neibur at [email protected] or 202-358-0390.

Questions concerning meeting logistics should be addressed to the LPI meeting coordinator:
    MARY CLOUD,
    Lunar and Planetary Institute
    Phone: 281-486-2143
    E-mail: [email protected]