Program of events

COMPRES Annual Meeting
Snowbird, Utah June 20 - 23, 2006

Tuesday, June 20

Arrival in PM

No Formal Sessions

Dinner with Ice Breaker Session(s) before & after dinner
(supported by industrial sponsors)

6:00 PM - Ice Breaker
6:30 PM - Dinner
8:00 PM - Continue Ice Breaker

Wednesday, June 21

7:00 AM Breakfast 

Morning 

8:30 AM Welcome & Introduction: Harry Green & Bob Liebermann

Science & Technology Session: The Deep Mantle

Keynote Talks 

9:00 AM -- Keynote Talk by Edward Garnero, Arizona State University
"Messages from the Deep: Reviewing Seismic Evidence for Deep Mantle Slabs, Thermochemical Piles and the Post-Perovskite Phase Transitions"

9:30 AM Discussion

9:40 AM -- Keynote Talk by Allen McNamara, Arizona State University
"Possible Thermochemical Structures in the Lower Mantle"

10:10 Discussion

10:20 Coffee Break

10:45 Reports from Infrastructure Development Projects

12:15 PM Lunch

Afternoon

1:30 - 2:00 Overview by David Lambert of NSF-EAR

2:00 - 3:00 Presentation of draft proposal and budget plan for renewal of COMPRES

3:00 - 4:00 PM Cameos of Posters [one minute and one slide each]

4:00 - 6:00 PM Poster Session [with lubrication]

6:00 PM Dinner

Evening

Science and Technology Session

Keynote Talks

7:30 PM Keynote Talk by Moshe Pasternak, Tel Aviv University
"The Enigma of Magnetite Finally Resolved"

8:00 PM Keynote Talk by David Walker, Columbia University
"Why Ever Should the Core Leak? DAC Adventures at ALS"

8:30 PM Discussion

Continuation of poster session [with lubrication]

Thursday, June 22

7:00 AM  Breakfast

Morning

Science and Technology Session: Volatiles in the Mantle

Keynote Talks

8:30 AM Keynote Talk by Marc Hirschmann, University of Minnesota
"The Deep Earth Carbon Cycle"

9:00 AM Discussion

9:10 AM Keynote Talk by Isabelle Daniel, Université de Lyon (France)
"Constraints on Fluid-Mineral Interactions in Subduction Zones from in situ HP-HT Experiments"

9:40 AM Discussion

9:50 AM Coffee Break

10:15 AM Community Facilities Reports

11:45 AM Annual Business Meeting: Election of new officers and committee members

12:15 PM Lunch

Afternoon

Breakout Sessions

1:00 - 6:00 PM Break-out sessions and More viewing of posters

1:00 - 2:00 PM High Pressure Melts [Carl Agee]

2:00 - 3:00 PM Pressure Calibration [Kurt Leinenweber & Alex Goncharov]

3:00 - 4:00 PM Rheology Grand Challenge [Shun Karato]

4:00 - 5:00 PM Facilities Operations [Simon Clark]

5:00 - 6:00 PM CEAD - COMPRES Environment for Automated Data Analysis
[Simon Clark & Nancy Ross]

6:00 PM Dinner and Banquet

Evening

8:00 PM Keynote Talk by David Stevenson, California Institute of Technology
"The Inside Story on Planets"

8:30 PM Discussion

8:40 PM More viewing of posters

Friday, June 23

7:00 AM Breakfast 

Morning

Reports from Breakout Sessions

9:30 AM Discussion of draft of COMPRES II Proposal

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Farewell and Departure