IASPEIOPENING PLENARY

IUGG2007, Perugia, Italy

Agenda

1) Welcome address by IASPEI President

2) In memoriam (2005-2007)

3) Composition of Nominations, Resolutions

and Audit Committees

4) General Assembly in 2009

5) Publication of conference proceedings

6) Grants

7) Housekeeping items

8) Closing Plenary announcement

9) Presidential Address:

Science to Human Welfare

1 Presidential Welcome

2 In memoriam (2005-2007)• Syuniti Akimoto (Japan)

• Toshi Asada (Japan)• Francis A Dahlen (USA)

• Jack Darbyshire (UK)• Father Lawrence Arthur Drake (Australia,

Bolivia)• Sergey Goldin (Russia)

• Jørgen Hjelme (Denmark)• Enrique Jaschek (Argentina)

• Masayuki Kikuchi (Japan)• Nadezhda Kondorskaya (Russia)

• Heikki Korhonen (Finland)

In memoriam (2005-2007)• Pavel Kottnauer (Czech Republic)

• Maurice Major (USA)• Vasile Marza (Romania, Brazil)

• Xinling Qin (China)• Roberto Pinciroli (Argentina)

• Cecilio Rebollar (Mexico)• Tsuneji Rikitake (Japan)• Ryosuke Sato (Japan)

• Shigeji Suyehiro (Japan)• Yuri Tyupkin (Russia)• Tokuji Utsu (Japan)

3 COMMITTEE COMPOSITIONS

AUDITING COMMITTEE

• D Jackson (Chair) USA

• K Suyehiro Japan

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE

• I Jackson (Chair) Australia

• Z Wu China

• G Houseman UK

SUBMISSION OF RESOLUTION PROPOSALS

All resolution proposals have to be received by the Resolutions Committee by

Thursday 12:00 at the latest

• Please provide the draft of the resolution proposal preferably in digital form on a memory stick to one of the members of the Resolutions Committee or leave it in the IASPEI office.

NOMINATION COMMITTEE(Santiago de Chile, 2005)

• B Kennett (Chair) Australia• J Woodhouse UK• Y-T Chen China• M Matsu’ura Japan• D Giardini Switzerland• D Jackson USA

SLATE OF IASPEI OFFICERS(2007-2011)

proposed by the Nominating Committee

President: Wu, Zhongliang (China)Vice-President: Greg Houseman (UK)Vice-President: Ian Jackson (Australia)

Secretary General and Treasurer: Peter Suhadolc (Italy)

Executive Committee members:T Lay (USA), I Kukkonen (Finland),

K Satake (Japan), M Assumpçao (Brazil)E R Engdahl - Past President (USA)

4 IASPEI 2009 General Assembly

IASPEI will have its 35th General Assembly in

CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

JANUARY 10-16, 2009

IASPEI 2009 scientific program to be discussed on Thursday

at the joint meeting of the Executive Committee and Commission Chairs

5 Publication of Conference Proceedings

• IASPEI has an agreement with Elsevier to publish the proceedings of the conference in one of their Solid-Earth Sciences journals.

• As you all are aware of, IASPEI gets royalties from this publishing that help it to support various activities. I strongly recommend the conveners to consider papers in their symposia/workshops for publication in a special issue of an Elsevier journal.

6 GRANTS• IASPEI has set aside more than USD 40,000

for grants to help participants attend this meeting.

• The grants are given by the LOC at registration.

• In case you have been notified you are on a reserve list, please contact the IASPEI

Secretary General in his office later in the week.

7 HOUSEKEEPING - 1• All ORAL SESSIONS will be held in this (Law)

building, rooms # 3, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12.

• Program updates MUST be communicated by the conveners to the LOC no later than 16:00 of

the day before the session.

• The session programs will be posted near the entrance to the meeting rooms.

• LOC is located in the Cafeteria 110 area

HOUSEKEEPING - 2• IASPEI office is located in the rectorate (university main

building) in the library premises

• Rooms #4, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 are reserved for meetings at noon (12:30-14:00) and evening (18:00-20:00).

• At lunchtime rooms are still available for ad-hoc meetings. To reserve a room please contact the IASPEI office!

IMPORTANT: ALL EVENING MEETINGS ON THURSDAY SHOULD END AT 19:00, SINCE THE

DEPARTURE FOR THE IASPEI SOCIAL DINNER BY BUS WILL BE AT 19:30

FROM PIAZZA PARTIGIANI

HOUSEKEEPING - 3

• POSTER SESSION

in the ROCCA PAOLINA AND PALAZZO BALDERESCHI PREMISES - SEE MAP PROVIDED

• IASPEI SOCIAL DINNER

at the “LOCANDA DEI GOLOSI” restaurant

Price: € 30.00

Tickets available at the LOC and IASPEI offices

Transportation by bus departing from Piazza Partigiani at 19:30 and back to main hotels will be provided!

8 CLOSING PLENARYannouncement

To be held on

Friday, July 13, at 15:00

Room #3

9 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Science to Human Welfare

E R Engdahl