Detailed Program
2010 COMPRES Annual Meeting
Skamania Lodge Stevenson, Washington
June 22, 2010 to June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 22:
Arrival (PM) and reception plus dinner. No formal sessions.
6:00pm - Ice Breaker (supported by industry sponsors)
7:30pm - Dinner
Wednesday, June 23:
Morning Session
Evening Session
Thursday, June 24:
7:00am - Breakfast
Morning Session
8:30am - Science and Technology Session: Chair Jim van Orman
Keynote Talk
Matt Fouch (Arizona State University)
"Hotsheets and Cool Drips: New Views of Western U.S. Crust and Mantle Dynamics"
9:00am - Discussion
9:10am - Keynote Talk
Peter Heaney (Pennsylvania State University)
"Following Minerals on the Road to Oblivion"
9:40am Discussion
9:50am - Coffee Break
10:15am - Community Facilities Reports (Wendy Panero, Chair)
•X-ray DAC at the ALS (Quentin Williams/Howard Padmore)
•IR DAC at the NSLS (Zhenxian Liu)
•X-ray DAC at the NSLS (Zhiqiang Chen)
•X-ray Multi-anvil at the NSLS (Donald Weidner )
•GSECARS High-Pressure Beamlines at the APS (Yanbin Wang , Vitali Prakapenka , Mark Rivers )
12:00 Noon - Annual Business Meeting: Election of New Officers and Committee Members
12:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
2:00 to 4:00pm
"Jobs in Academic Research"
Panel Discussion advising grad students on search for faculty jobs or research posts
Chaired by Kanani Lee
Panelists: Chi-chang Kao, Charles Prewitt, Bin Chen, Thomas Duffy, Jon Eggert, Abby Kavner
Materials for Panel discussion: PDF_1, PDF_2, PDF_3, PDF4
4:00 to 6:00pm
Graduate Student/Postdoc Breakout Session
6:00pm - Banquet Dinner
8:00 PM Evening Session, Jay Bass, Chair
Keynote Talk
Jon Aurnou (University of California Los Angeles)
"Fluid Dynamics of Planetary Interiors"
Friday, June 25:
7:00am - Breakfast
Morning Session
8:30am - Reports from Breakout Sessions
9:30am - Discussion of Strategic Planning for COMPRESS renewal proposal to be submitted in 2011.
12:00 noon - Lunch
1:00pm - Farewell and Departure
