May 2009
VGP Section Newsletter #36
Dear Colleagues,
In this issue:
(1) Message from the VGP President
-- 2009
Joint Assembly Highlights, May 24-29, 2009
(2) Call for VGP nominations for
AGU Fellows
(3) AGU Fall Meeting, December
15-18, 2009
(4) Publicizing VGP contributions
at the Joint Assembly, May 24-29, 2009
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(1)
MESSAGE FROM THE VGP PRESIDENT
Dear colleagues
There are a couple of important messages
below. The first is about putting
forward proposals for AGU Fellows. We
did really well last time. Please make
the effort and nominate people. I would
urge you in particular to think about candidates outside your own country. The second is the call for proposals for
sessions for Fall AGU. Last year the
meeting was outstanding. Of course we
want to do still better this year.
In a few weeks the AGU Joint Assembly will be
held in Toronto (http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja09/index.php).
Some highlights of this year’s meeting include
the Daly Lecture on Monday May 25th
at 1145 to be presented by Mark Harrison
of UCLA. Mark will talk on “How
to Build a Habitable World (or, The Hospitable Hadean)”.
That same evening we are holding a joint Geodesy,
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, Ocean Sciences, Seismology, Tectonophysics,
and Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Reception. It will be in the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre From 1830h to 2000h.
On the following day Tuesday, 26 May, the AGU Honors Ceremony will be held. This will be a special opportunity to pay
tribute to the 2009 AGU Fellows and 2009 Awardees. It will be held in The Westin Harbour Castle
and is followed by a reception. Please
come along and join others in recognizing the outstanding achievements of our
colleagues. It is free but you need a
ticket. As usual the Honors Banquet will
be held afterwards. This also requires a ticket and will cost $55.
I very much look forward to seeing as many of
you as make it.
All the best,
Alex Halliday,
VGP President
(2) CALL FOR VGP NOMINATIONS for AGU FELLOWS
Please consider nominating deserving VGP
colleagues as an AGU Fellow. The award is an important recognition of
scientific accomplishment, and a strong slate of VGP candidates helps to
showcase our research field to AGU and the outside world. For nomination
instructions, see http://www.agu.org/about/honors/fellows/fellguides.shtml, a complete list of VGP Fellows is under the Honors and Awards / AGU
Fellowship tab on this site. A list of
all AGU Fellows is given at http://www.agu.org/about/honors/fellows/fellowslist/alphaall.php.
The deadline for nomination for 2010 AGU
Fellows is 1 July, 2009.
Catherine
McCammon, Chair of the VGP Fellows Committee (catherine.mccammon@uni-bayreuth.de)
(3) AGU FALL MEETING, DECEMBER 14-18, 2009
It's not too early to start thinking about
possible special sessions for the Fall 2009 Meeting. Special sessions are an excellent opportunity
to promote interdisciplinary research, bring together workers in emerging areas
of VGP, debate controversial topics, or establish
the state-of-the art in VGP research areas. The session proposal deadline is June 12, and information about
submitting a session proposal can be found on the AGU website:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/session_proposals.php
We encourage prospective session conveners
to contact us to let us know of your plans.
Janne
Blichert-Toft (jblicher@ens-lyon.fr)
Paul Wallace (pwallace@uoregon.edu)
VGP
Secretaries
(4) PUBLICIZING VGP CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE
2009 JOINT ASSEMBLY
The Joint Assembly takes place May 24-29 in
Toronto, Canada. If you have recent interesting research that you would like to
have publicized by the electronic and/or printed press, Attila Kilinc the AGU VGP Press
Officer is happy to facilitate that process. Send 10 copies of your work to Attila and he
will ensure that it is placed in the press room.
Attila Kilinc
VGP Press
Officer Kilinc@ucmail.uc.edu
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