#craterstats2015
Final Announcement — April 2015
Meeting Location and Date
The Workshop on Issues in Crater Studies and the Dating of Planetary Surfaces will be held May 19–22, 2015, at the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
Purpose and Scope
Numerous science questions exist that are informed by impact crater populations, but the plethora of new data in the past several decades indicates we need to reexamine what the best practices are in understanding and analyzing craters, crater populations, and how they evolve. The purpose of this conference is to improve our understanding of the crater population and how craters are analyzed, and to better understand the proper statistical tools when using craters as tracers for various geologic, geophysical, and dynamical processes such as deriving surface ages.
Workshop Format
The workshop will consist of plenary sessions and submitted talks over a period of 3.5 days. There will be morning and afternoon oral sessions organized around topical themes, with a few invited presentations. Ample time will be reserved for questions and discussion. A poster session may be held in the evening.
The workshop program is now available.
For a quick way to find out the method of presentation and time assigned to a specific abstract, use the author index provided.
Travel Funds for Students and Recent Ph.D.s
MEPAG is providing three student stipends for qualified students and recent Ph.D.s who are first authors of an abstract to be presented at the meeting. These stipends will be awarded by MEPAG primarily based on the quality of the abstract submitted and review of the submitted application..
Winners are expected to be announced in April.
The application is now closed.
Information for Presenters
Oral Presentations —
A PC laptop, LCD projector, and speaker remote will be available for presentation of oral presentations during the scientific sessions. In order to facilitate a smooth transition between speakers, all presentations will be preloaded and tested in advance. To aid the preloading process, please bring your presentation up to the podium before the session begins.
Hardware and Software Specifications —
The plenary room will be equipped with the following minimum hardware and software:
| PC Hardware: | PC Software: |
| Optiplex 990 3.4 GHz, 64-bit CPU |
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise |
| Memory: 4 GB RAM | Microsoft Office 2010 (including PowerPoint 2010) |
| Video: AMD Radeon HD 6350 | Internet Explorer 10, Windows Media Player 12, QuickTime 7, Adobe Acrobat Reader XI, FireFox 37 |
Registration
No registration fees are being collected for this workshop, but registration is required for planning purposes. Workshop participants can register using the electronic registration form provided.
The deadline to register is May 5. 2015.
Accommodations
Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and hotel reservations. For your convenience, a list of area hotels is provided. When making reservations at any hotel, be sure to ask for the APL rate.
Transportation
From BWI to APL:
Start out going southeast on Friendship Road toward Oak Road. Friendship Road becomes I-195 West. Merge onto I-95 South via EXIT 4B toward Washington. Merge onto MD-32 West/Patuxent Fwy West via EXIT 38B toward Columbia. Merge onto US-29 South/Columbia Pike South via EXIT 16B toward Washington. Take the Johns Hopkins Road exit, EXIT 15, toward Gorman Road. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Johns Hopkins Road. 11100 JOHNS HOPKINS ROAD is on the right.
Contacts
For further information regarding the scientific content of the meeting:
Stuart Robbins
University of Colorado, Boulder
E-mail: [email protected]
For further information regarding announcements, abstracts, or registration:
Kira Honnoll
Meeting and Publication Services
USRA Houston
Phone: 281-244-2011
E-mail: [email protected]
Schedule
| Registration deadline | May 5, 2015 |
| Workshop on Issues in Crater Studies and the Dating of Planetary Surfaces | May 19–22, 2015 |
