2009 GSA Annual Meeting

18-21 October • Portland, Oregon USA

From Volcanoes to Vineyards: Living with Dynamic Landscapes

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Bring your science to Portland!

Technical Sessions
Deadline: 6 January 2009

New approach for Pardee Keynote Symposia this year

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In order to enhance the range and significance of Pardee Keynote Symposia, the Annual Program Committee (APC) plans to take a proactive role in selecting topics and soliciting convenors for Pardee Keynote Symposia to enhance the range and significance of science presented at the annual meeting and to highlight topics of particular relevance to the Portland meeting location (Pardee Keynote Symposia are made possible by a grant from the Joseph T. Pardee Memorial Fund, and are special events of broad interest to the geoscience community).

As always, we expect that these topics will be on the leading edge in scientific disciplines or areas of public policy; and address broad, fundamental issues. We want to stress that the ideas will not be limited to those of just APC. We highly encourage Divisions or Associated Societies to pool their resources and submit ideas which may be the latest and the hottest discussion currently happening within their scientific discipline. We also encourage members to work with the Divisions and Associated Societies to come up with proposals for a Pardee Keynote Symposia.

Also new this year is the opportunity to suggest a different session format for any Pardee Keynote Symposia that you propose. These sessions may contain only two or three speakers, or they may revolve around a panel discussion of a technical nature. They can follow a typical half-day session format, or you might only want them to be a two-hour slot. You have the flexibility to create a session that works best for the topic at hand.

We encourage you to suggest topics for Pardee Symposia by writing to Nancy Wright at . Deadline to have these ideas submitted is 6 January 2009.
Field Trips
Deadline: 2 December 2008
Short Courses
Deadline: 2 December 2008

EXHIBITORS

Reserve your booth now for maximum visibility in Portland.

Download the brochure for rates, floor plan, application, and other important information. Online reservations will also be available soon.
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Meeting information will be posted here as it becomes available.
Watch for a major update in March 2009 when the 1st circular becomes available.