September 29, 2000
GSA Release No. 00-24
Contact: Ann Cairns
303-447-2020 ext. 156
acairns@geosociety.org
MEDIA ADVISORY The Geological Society of America 2000 Annual Meeting:
"Summit 2000"
Information for Science Writers and Editors

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Highlights
3. Media Briefings and other Events
4. Newsroom
5. Media Registration Policies and Procedures
6. Additional Information for Public Information Officers

1. Introduction

The 112th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America will be held November 9-18, 2000, at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center (RSCC) in Reno, Nevada. Approximately 7400 geoscientists from around the world are expected to attend. Thirty-four hundred speakers will participate in over 150 technical sessions, covering recent advances in all fields of geoscience.

A sample of meeting highlights is presented below. Visit GSAs web site, http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2000/techprog.htm for descriptions of all symposia and sessions. Keep checking this link for the availability of GSAs "GeoTimer," with which you can view and search abstracts as well as build a personalized meeting schedule. (Note: Meeting room numbers are subject to change.)

2. Highlights

• PARDEE KEYNOTE SYMPOSIUM: A NEW AGE OF PLANETARY EXPLORATION: SAMPLE RETURNS, IN SITU GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, AND HUMAN MISSIONS TO OTHER WORLDS (K4)
  RSCC Hall B, Mon., Nov. 13, 1:30p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Speakers include:
  • Michael E. Zolensky, NASA Johnson Space Center, Recovery of asteroidal material by the Muses-C mission.
  • Donald S. Burnett, California Institute of Technology, Genesis: Return of solar matter to Earth.
  • M. E. Taylor, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, New geological instrumentation in development at the Microdevices Laboratory. '"/>
  
  
  Contact: Ann Cairns
  acairns@geosociety.org
  303-447-2020 ext 156
  Geological Society of America
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