[meteorite-list] Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2008 Meeting

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:19:06 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200708141919.MAA20160_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://acm2008.jhuapl.edu/

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2008
13-18 July 2008
Baltimore, Maryland USA
      
Location and Date:

The 10th Asteroids, Comets, Meteors meeting will be held 14-18 July 2008
(with a reception on the 13th) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and will be
hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Purpose and Scope:

The Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) meeting is the premier
international gathering of scientists who study small bodies. The ACM
series began in 1983 in Uppsala, Sweden, as a means of bringing together
different groups within the asteroid, comet, and meteor communities who
do not often have the opportunity to interact. From this first ACM
meeting, a regular conference began. Now occurring every three years, it
is the pre-eminent meeting for small-bodies research, with attendance
usually in excess of 400. The 2008 ACM meeting will be the 10th in the
series and will mark the 25th anniversary of the first meeting in Uppsala.

The scope of presentations and discussion is broad, ranging from
discovery and cataloguing of objects, to observations of meteor showers
by radar, to modeling the gas production of comets, to plans for future
asteroid sample returns, and all topics related to asteroids, comets,
and meteors. ACM 2008 is expected to bring together experts on
small-bodies studies from around the world. It will be the first time
this meeting will be held since the spectacular disintegration of comet
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, since availability of Stardust samples to the
wider research community, since the launch of Dawn, as well as many
other significant or anticipated events. ACM 2008 will highlight the
research currently being conducted, encourage discussion among
researchers in various areas, and identify new avenues of research.

Main Topics:

Areas of expertise to be covered at the meeting will include
multi-wavelength observations from the ground and space, discovery and
cataloguing of objects, numerical studies of the dynamics and impact
behavior of small bodies, and laboratory investigations of
extraterrestrial materials. Topics will include but are not limited to
the following:

    * Near-Earth Object searches: Pan-STARRS and other newly founded surveys
    * Results of Stardust sample return analyses
    * Results from the Hayabusa mission
    * Observations of Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
    * Updates on Dawn, Rosetta, New Horizons, and planned missions to
      small bodies
    * Compositional studies of asteroids and comets
    * Small body populations: evolution and dynamics
    * Interdisciplinary studies: How do asteroids/comets/meteors
      interrelate?
    * Internal structure of small bodies, including presence/formation
      of satellites
    * Origin of the solar system, as deduced from small bodies studies
    * Small body impact hazards
    * Laboratory studies of small-body processes and constituents

Particular effort will be made to include experts in the analysis of
laboratory samples of primitive materials from small bodies, as this
will be the first ACM since the Stardust samples have been available for
study. ACM 2008 will be an unprecedented opportunity for the Stardust
sample analysis community and the small bodies observing community to
meet and learn from each other.

Meeting Format:

The workshop will consist of invited overview talks as well as
contributed oral and poster presentations. A CD volume of all abstracts
will be available at the meeting to conference participants.

Venue:

The 2008 ACM conference will be held at the Marriott Waterfront in
Baltimore, MD <http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/BWIWF> . The
hotel facilities include seating for up to 500 people and poster space
for 200 people. A partial day will be held at the Applied Physics
Laboratory in Laurel, MD, which will include tours and a plenary session.
      
Foreign Travel Information:

Foreign participants may need a visa to enter the U.S, which may require
applying six months or more in advance. Detailed information for
scientific visitors can be obtained from the International Visitors
Office <http://www7.nationalacademies.org/visas/Traveling_to_US.html>.
Please get started early with your visa application. The ACM 2008 local
organizing committee is ready now to help with visa letters. Should you
need a letter of invitation to support your visa application, please
send an anticipated abstract title along with your request to Margaret
Simon at the contact address listed below.

Future Announcements:

More detailed information will be available in future announcements on
this website. To aid in planning purposes, we strongly encourage you to
submit an Indication of Interest form <http://acm2008.jhuapl.edu/register.php>.
The information on this form will provide valuable information for the
meeting organizers as they plan conference logistics and will subscribe
you to an e-mail notification list to receive updates and reminders
regarding ACM 2008.
      
Schedule:

16 February 2007 First announcement available
4 February 2008 Second announcement available
2 April 2008 Deadline for abstract submission
28 April 2008 Conference program available on website
12 May 2008 Deadline for pre-registration at reduced rate
14-18 July 2008 ACM conference in Baltimore, MD, USA


Scientific Organizing Committee:

Chair: Andrew Rivkin JHU/APL
Antonella Barucci Observatory of Paris, Meudon
William Bottke Southwest Research Institute
Ted Bowell Lowell Observatory
Beth Clark Ithaca College
Guy Consolmagno Vatican Observatory
Alan Harris Space Science Institute
Sue Lederer California State University, San Bernardino
Thais Mothe-Diniz National Observatory, Brazil
Keith Noll Space Telescope Science Institute
Juinichi Watanabe National Astronomical Observatory, Japan
Mike Zolensky NASA Johnson Space Center

Local Organizing Committee:

Chair: Andy Cheng JHU/APL
Ted Bowell Lowell Observatory
Nancy Chabot JHU/APL
Neil Dello Russo JHU/APL
Paul Feldman Johns Hopkins University
Alan Harris Space Science Institute
Mike Mumma NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Hal Weaver JHU/APL

      
Contact Information:

For further information, sign up <http://acm2008.jhuapl.edu/register.php>
to receive advance notices.


contact:

    Margaret Simon
    JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
    Phone: 240-228-7150
    email: margaret.simon at jhuapl.edu
Received on Tue 14 Aug 2007 03:19:06 PM PDT