Final Announcement
February 1997
Sponsors
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lunar and Planetary Institute
NASA Johnson Space Center
Chairs | ||
David C. Black Lunar and Planetary Institute |
Douglas P. Blanchard NASA Johnson Space Center |
Where and When | Online Program and Abstracts | Meeting Format |
Special Event | Messages and Faxes | Registration |
Hotel Reservations | Local Ground Transportation | Forms and Information |
The preliminary program and abstracts are available on line. They are in PDF format, viewable with the Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can download free of charge.
Technical Sessions
Technical sessions will be held at the JSC Gilruth Center and LPI. Parallel sessions for oral presentations will be held in Room A (Room 104), Room B (the old gym), Room C (the new gym), and Room D (Room 206 upstairs). A Guide to Technical Sessions and Activities is included in this announcement.
Presentations
Oral presentations are scheduled during the conference to allow eight
minutes for speaking and seven minutes for discussion and speaker transition.
Standard support for dual-screen projection of slides and overheads will be provided in all oral technical sessions. A slide preview area will be available at the Gilruth Center. VCR images can be projected in Conference Rooms A, B, and C. In Conference Room D, a large-screen video monitor will be available. VCR tapes must be 1/2" VHS or 3/4" U/matic.
Poster presentations have been scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the LPI. Authors of papers selected and scheduled for poster presentation are asked to be available to display and discuss their results in the poster area during the assigned time period. Posters may also be viewed at LPI each day of the conference. Shuttle transportation between the Gilruth Center and LPI will be available. Each poster will have a space 44" × 44" for display. Requests for tables, computers, video equipment, etc., cannot be honored due to the limited space available for poster displays.
Masursky Lecture
The Harold Masursky Lecture Series will continue again this year with a
plenary session, to be held from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, entitled
Meteorites on Ice and the Mars Connection, noting the twentieth anniversary of the
first U.S. expedition to recover Antarctic meteorites, and the two decades
of research that followed.
This plenary session will feature two distinguished speakers, William Cassidy and Robert Pepin, who have both contributed significantly to the current state of knowledge on meteorites from Mars.
Life on Mars Special Session
Following the Masursky Lectures on Wednesday afternoon, a special session will be held in plenary that will include invited and contributed talks in a symposium entitled New Results on the Possibility of Life in a Martian Meteorite. The symposium will be followed by a panel discussion, Life on Mars: Science Issues and Directions, that will be planned to allow the maximum possible audience participation.
Poster and Display Sessions on Education
Two special poster/display sessions on education will be held at LPI on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings during the regular technical poster sessions.
The format provides much more interaction, which is lacking in an oral
session; it allows participants to demonstrate some of the projects hands-on
rather than simply describing them orally. The education special sessions
will be located in and around the LPI library. Authors who require tables, electrical outlets, Internet connections, or any other special support must submit a written request by e-mail (hager@lpi.usra.edu) or fax (281-486-2186) no later than February 14, 1997. Participants will be expected
to provide their own computer equipment.
Stephen E. Dwornik Student Awards
The Stephen E. Dwornik Planetary Geoscience Student Paper Awards are given for the best student research presentations at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Two awards are given annually: one for an oral presentation and one for a poster presentation. The awards are open to U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled as students at any degree level in the field of planetary geosciences. Postdoctoral fellows are not eligible. The winners of the 1996 awards will be announced at the beginning of the Monday afternoon special session, and will be honored at a reception on Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room A.
Note: Those who fail to attend and do not notify the LPI Publications and Program Services Department prior to the March 7 deadline will forfeit their full fee.
Sunday Night Registration and Reception
The Sunday night registration and reception will take place at LPI from
6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The location is shown on the map. Shuttle buses
will operate from selected hotels to LPI on Sunday night. For those driving rental cars, overflow parking is available at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Registration will continue from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday morning, March 17, at the JSC Gilruth Center. The registration desk will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 8:00 a.m. until noon on Friday.
Ground Transportation
No public transportation is available within the local area surrounding JSC and LPI. Taxi service is available to Clear Lake area hotels from both Hobby Airport (~$25) and Intercontinental Airport (~$60); taxi service is also available in and around the Clear Lake area. Shuttle service from both airports is available from Galveston Limousine Service (vans and small buses are used for the airport shuttle). This service offers trips from Intercontinental Airport from 7:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m. every 1.5 hours for $18 per person. Scheduled trips from Hobby Airport are from 8:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m. every 1.5 hours for $15 per person. Galveston Limousine Service can be reached at 281-286-5466 or 1-800-640-4826.
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