[meteorite-list] 66th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:06:58 2004
Message-ID: <200210100040.RAA29357_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2003/

66th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting
July 28 - August 1, 2003, Munster, Germany

WHEN AND WHERE -
You are cordially invited to attend the 66th Annual Meeting of
the Meteoritical Society, to be held at the University of
Münster from Monday, July 28, through Friday, August 1, 2003.

Münster is served by the international airport FMO
(Münster/Osnabrück), located 32 km from the city with regular
service from major German cities and from London, Paris, and
Zürich. The city center can easily be reached by public
transportation and by taxi. Münster is also connected to the
Frankfurt/Main, Düsseldorf, and Amsterdam airports via the
Intercity/Eurocity train system.

Oral and poster sessions will be held in the Schloss. Oral
sessions will be held in two adjoining lecture rooms seating 395
and 210 people; posters will be displayed in the entrance hall.
Directly adjacent to the lecture rooms will be an Internet café,
a preparation room, and a room for meetings of the various
committees. The Schlossgarten is available for informal
gatherings and picnic lunches.

The Schloss, built in 1773, and now the central University
building, is situated close to the city center and within less
than 15 minutes walking distance from most hotels. There is also
convenient public transportation; bikes can be rented by the
more adventurous.

Münster, the city of the Westphalian Peace Treaty, which in 1648
ended the Thirty Years War in Europe, is well suited for a
Meteoritical Society Meeting. Münster is a city of
administration, courts, high technology, and especially
academia. Actually, our 280,000 inhabitants are rather
bourgeois. Two-thirds of the employed people are civil servants
and other white-collar employees. Münster serves as a shopping
and cultural center for about 1.4 million people from the city
and its environs. The Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in
Münster with about 46,000 students is the third largest
university in Germany.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM -
On-site registration will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 27,
and will be accompanied by a welcome reception in the Schloss
Foyer. Oral and poster sessions will be held from Monday morning
through Friday afternoon, with the exception of Wednesday.

ACCOMMODATIONS -
About 250 rooms in various central hotels have been prebooked
and will be held until May 26, 2003. Participants will find a
hotel list with the prices and a map for orientation on the
Münster meeting Web site. Participants are requested to book and
pay directly with the hotel of their choice. In order to get the
reduced rate they should indicate the keyword "MetSoc".

Participants may also make their own hotel reservations with
Münster Marketing:
 Phone: +49 251 492 2726
 Fax: +49 251 492 7759
 E-mail: tourismus_at_stadt-muenster.de
 Web: http://www.muenster.de/tourismus

TRAVEL GRANTS -
A number of travel grants will be made available to qualified
students and recent Ph.D.s who are members of the Meteoritical
Society. We also hope to be able to provide travel grants for a
few participants from the former CIS and other needy countries.
Applicants must be the sole or first author of an abstract to be
presented at the meeting and must also submit a travel award
application form to the LPI. More information will be included
in the second announcement.

GUEST ACTIVITIES AND EXCURSIONS -
The annual banquet will take place on Thursday evening next to
the Schloss. On Wednesday there will be a full day excursion to
the Ruhr-area, focusing on socio-economic aspects. During the
last two decades this region has made the transition from a
former mining and heavy industry district to a modern
high-technology and service industry area.

During the meeting guests may take part in a number of guided
tours in Münster and its surrounding area, the Münsterland, with
its 100 water castles. A travel agent will be at the meeting
site to provide information and reservations.

There are postmeeting excursions planned to the Ries meteorite
crater, to the Eifel region with its volcanic maar, and to the
Wattenmeer, the world's largest tidal flats.

FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS -
Future announcements, including information for submission of
abstracts, will be posted on this Web site.

Additional information (such as maps, details on available
accommodations, and suggestions for things to do in and around
Münster) will be posted on the Münster meeting Web site:
    http://ifp.uni-muenster.de/metsoc2003

If you are interested in obtaining more information about the
Meteoritical Society or want to apply for membership, visit the
Meteoritical Society Web site:
   www.uark.edu/metsoc

INDICATION OF INTEREST -
To subscribe to a mailing list to receive electronic reminders
and special announcements relating to the meeting via e-mail,
please submit an electronic Indication of Interest form by
December 6, 2002.

You may also send an e-mail with "MetSoc 2003 Interest" in the
subject line to meetings_at_lpi.usra.edu. Please include your name
and affiliation within the body of the message. Also, include a
valid e-mail address if you are sending it from an e-mail
address that is different from your own. * Do not send any
important messages with "MetSoc 2003 Interest" in the subject
line; these e-mails will only be used for compiling a mailing
list. *

Please submit the Indication of Interest even if you do not care
about electronic notification of future announcements. The
number of e-mails tallied will also serve to facilitate meeting
planning by the Local Organizing Committee.

If you do not have access to the Web, you may contact the LPI
meeting coordinator to receive a printed version of the second
and final announcements.
Received on Wed 09 Oct 2002 08:40:56 PM PDT