[MITMS-Discuss] Fwd: 2nd Mars Expedition Planning Workshop - Vancouver, August 6-7, 2005

[Thomas Coffee]

Those interested in presenting at the MEP Workshop this August, see below ...

>Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:09:47 -0500
>From: Rocky Persaud <rocky.persaud at utoronto.ca>
>Subject: [Mars_Chpt] Meridiani Base: The 2nd MEP Workshop - Vancouver, 
>August 6-7, 2005
>
>[to Mars Society Chapter-Contacts, from Rocky Persaud 
><rocky.persaud at utoronto.ca> ]
>
>
>    First Call for Submissions
>
>
>        Particulars
>
>What: The 2nd Mars Expedition Planning Workshop -- Meridiani Base, 2019.
>
>Who: Members of the space science and exploration community.
>
>Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada
>
>When: August 6 and August 7, 2005.
>
>
>        Call for Papers
>
>The Association of Mars Explorers is sponsoring a workshop to define a 
>500-day Design Reference Surface Expedition Campaign for a Human Base 
>constructed at Meridiani Planum in the year 2019. This is the first call 
>for papers for the presentation sessions of the workshop.
>
>This workshop is carefully structured so that the outputs from the 
>presentation sessions are used as inputs for the discussion sessions. To 
>facilitate discussion, there are two sets of submission deadlines. 
>Presentation Session papers (extended abstracts) will be due March 31st. 
>The chairs of the Presentation Sessions will produce a synthesis paper 
>distilling the ideas of all accepted abstracts, and then make the 
>collection of accepted abstracts and the synthesis paper available as 
>background material for the basis of Discussion Session papers, due May 
>31st. Discussion Session papers will be discussed during the workshop to 
>provide the basis for the Design Reference Surface Expedition Campaign. 
>The Meridiani Expedition will then be published in a volume along with 
>select extended abstracts and synthesis papers.
>
>
>        Presentation Sessions:
>
>   1. Field Science for Meridiani and Surrounds
>   2. Expedition Mobility: Exploration Technology and Tactics
>   3. Human Factors and Mobile Communications
>   4. Mars Analogs on the Earth and the Moon
>   5. Exploration Ethics and Planetary Protection
>
>
>        Discussion Sessions:
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>   1. Field Science Instruments and Operations
>   2. Expedition Scheduling
>   3. Crew Size, Performance and Skills Complement
>   4. Meridiani Analogs and Simulations
>   5. Risk Mitigation for Planetary Protection and Crew Safety
>
>
>        Program Committee:
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>    * Penny Boston, New Mexico Tech
>    * Bill Clancey, NASA Ames Research Center
>    * Charles Cockell, British Antarctic Survey
>    * Graham Mann, Murdoch University
>    * Rocky Persaud, University of Toronto (Program Chair)
>    * Andrew Schuerger, University of Florida
>    * John Spray, University of New Brunswick
>    * James Rice, Arizona State University
>
>
>        Workshop Hosts:
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>    * The Association of Mars Explorers
>    * The Mars Society of Canada
>    * The Canadian Alumni of the International Space University
>
>For more information on the workshop, submission guidelines and to 
>register, visit the MEP2005 website:
>http://chapters.marssociety.org/canada/MEP2005/
>
>--
>Rocky Persaud
>MEP2005 Program Chair
>Association of Mars Explorers
>
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