2010 COMPRES Annual Meeting General Information

Skamania Lodge Stevenson, Washington

June 22, 2010 to June 25, 2010

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  MAY 14, 2010

Dear Colleagues:



We are pleased to inform you that the Executive Committee of COMPRES has voted unanimously to hold our 2010 Annual Meeting at the Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington.  The lodge is located 45 miles east of Portland, Oregon, on the Washington side of the Columbia River. See website at: "http://www.skamania.com "

Download the 2010 Annual Meeting Information (PDF)

Skamania Lodge
1131 SW Skamania Lodge Way
Stevenson , WA 98648
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Skamania Lodge Aerial Photo

Short Schedule: 

 - Tuesday, June 22: Arrival and reception plus dinner. No formal sessions.

 - Wednesday, June 23: Formal sessions in AM and evening, with informal sessions in PM.

 - Thursday, June 24: Formal sessions in AM and evening, with informal sessions in PM.

 - Friday, June 25: Formal session in AM with departure after lunch.

Program Committee: 

  1. James van Orman, Chair
  2. Steve Jacobsen, Member
  3. Kanani Lee, Member
  4. Antonio Buono, Grad Student Representative
  5. Katherine Crispin, Grad Student Representative

Keynote Speakers: 

  • Jon Aurnou [University of California Los Angeles] - “Fluid Dynamics of Planetary Interiors”
  • Jon Eggert [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] - “Reaching for the Stars: Dynamic Extreme-Compression Experiments”
  • Matt Fouch [Arizona State University] - “Hotsheets and Cool Drips: New Views of Western U.S. Crust and Mantle Dynamics”
  • Peter Heaney [Pennsylvania State University] - “Following Minerals on the Road to Oblivion”
  • Cin-Ty Lee [Rice University] - "P, T and fO2 of Mantle Melting as Determined from Basalts – Implications for Planetary Differentiation"
  • Maureen Long [ Yale University] - "Adventures in anisotropy in the Earth's mantle."
  • Burkhard Militzer [University of California Berkeley] - “Computer simulations at the interface of high-pressure research and planetary science"