[FPSPACE] Europlanet: Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, 20-24 August
LARRY KLAES
ljk4 at msn.com
Mon Aug 6 22:57:14 EDT 2007
Date: 6th August 2007 Ref. PN:07/02
Issued by: Anita Heward
EPSC#2 Press Officer
Phone: +44 (0) 7756 034243
E-mail: anitaheward at btinternet.com
EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS 2007
19-24 August 2007
Kongress Hotel am Templiner See
2ND MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
The second European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the
Kongress Hotel am Templiner See, Potsdam, Germany from Monday, 20th August
to Friday, 24th August 2007. Approximately 500 planetary scientists are
expected to attend.
The Congress will include 40 sessions featuring the latest research on
missions and techniques, terrestrial planets, atmospheres and oceans,
magnetospheres, planetary moons, small bodies, the origins of the Solar
System and laboratory and field techniques. Highlights include
presentations by Professor Bernard Foing of new results from the SMART-1
lunar mission and the rationale and roadmap for future lunar exploration.
The general public are invited to a talk on Tuesday 21st August given by
Professor Tilman Spohn of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research. The
theme of the talk, which will be held at 7:30pm in the Kongress Hotel, is
"To the Moon and beyond: German and European perspectives of the Solar
System exploration" (Zum Mond und weiter hinaus: Deutsche und Europäische
Perspektiven der Erkundung des Sonnensystems)
The EPSC 2007 is organised by Europlanet, the European Planetology Network
in association with the European Geosciences Union.
Media representatives are cordially invited to attend and press room
facilities will be available for the duration of the conference – from 9
a.m. on Monday 20 August through to 3 pm on Friday 24 August. The press room
is located in room 0229 of the Kongress Hotel. Media registration is free.
Any bona fide media delegates can pre-register online or by e-mailing Anita
Heward at anitaheward at btinternet.com (Advance registration is not essential
but encouraged).
Press notices on presentations that may be of special interest will be
circulated under embargo during the week before the Congress. THE CONTENT OF
EACH PRESS NOTICE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 A.M. ON THE DAY OF THE
PRESENTATION AT THE EPSC 2007.
Details of the Congress can be found at the official website:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2007/
A full and up to date schedule of EPSC#2 scientific sessions and events can
be found at:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/programme/session_programme.php?m_id=4
7&p_id=281&day=1&view=session
FURTHER INFORMATION
EUROPLANET
EuroPlaNet co-ordinates activities in Planetary Sciences in order to achieve
a long-term integration of this discipline in Europe.
The objectives are to:
1) increase the productivity of planetary projects with European investment,
with emphasis on major planetary exploration missions;
2) initiate a long-term integration of the European planetary science
community;
3) improve European scientific competitiveness, develop and spread expertise
in this research area,
4) improve public understanding of planetary environments.
Europlanet Project website: http://europlanet.cesr.fr/
Europlanet Outreach website: http://www.europlanet-eu.org
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Date: 6th August 2007 Ref. PN:07/02
Issued by: Anita Heward
EPSC#2 Press Officer
Phone: +44 (0) 7756 034243
E-mail: anitaheward at btinternet.com
EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS 2007
19-24 August 2007
Kongress Hotel am Templiner See
2ND MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
The second European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the
Kongress Hotel am Templiner See, Potsdam, Germany from Monday, 20th August
to Friday, 24th August 2007. Approximately 500 planetary scientists are
expected to attend.
The Congress will include 40 sessions featuring the latest research on
missions and techniques, terrestrial planets, atmospheres and oceans,
magnetospheres, planetary moons, small bodies, the origins of the Solar
System and laboratory and field techniques. Highlights include
presentations by Professor Bernard Foing of new results from the SMART-1
lunar mission and the rationale and roadmap for future lunar exploration.
The general public are invited to a talk on Tuesday 21st August given by
Professor Tilman Spohn of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research. The
theme of the talk, which will be held at 7:30pm in the Kongress Hotel, is
"To the Moon and beyond: German and European perspectives of the Solar
System exploration" (Zum Mond und weiter hinaus: Deutsche und Europ?ische
Perspektiven der Erkundung des Sonnensystems)
The EPSC 2007 is organised by Europlanet, the European Planetology Network
in association with the European Geosciences Union.
Media representatives are cordially invited to attend and press room
facilities will be available for the duration of the conference ? from 9
a.m. on Monday 20 August through to 3 pm on Friday 24 August. The press room
is located in room 0229 of the Kongress Hotel. Media registration is free.
Any bona fide media delegates can pre-register online or by e-mailing Anita
Heward at anitaheward at btinternet.com (Advance registration is not essential
but encouraged).
Press notices on presentations that may be of special interest will be
circulated under embargo during the week before the Congress. THE CONTENT OF
EACH PRESS NOTICE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 A.M. ON THE DAY OF THE
PRESENTATION AT THE EPSC 2007.
Details of the Congress can be found at the official website:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2007/
A full and up to date schedule of EPSC#2 scientific sessions and events can
be found at:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/programme/session_programme.php?m_id=4
7&p_id=281&day=1&view=session
FURTHER INFORMATION
EUROPLANET
EuroPlaNet co-ordinates activities in Planetary Sciences in order to achieve
a long-term integration of this discipline in Europe.
The objectives are to:
1) increase the productivity of planetary projects with European investment,
with emphasis on major planetary exploration missions;
2) initiate a long-term integration of the European planetary science
community;
3) improve European scientific competitiveness, develop and spread expertise
in this research area,
4) improve public understanding of planetary environments.
Europlanet Project website: http://europlanet.cesr.fr/
Europlanet Outreach website: http://www.europlanet-eu.org
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