Please note that the two meetings advertised below each have a registration deadline of Thursday 31 MAY 2012. Organisers would appreciate those interested to register this week, to indicate the degree of support these meetings have.
RIDGES AND HOTSPOTS AROUND THE MASCARENE ISLANDS: PRESENT ACTIVITY, PAST EVOLUTION;
3-7 Sept 2012, Mauritius
Details and Registration: http://www.interridge.org/mauritius
==================================
Join us for the GEOCEAN scientific Symposium, in tribute to Jean Francheteau, followed by a Summer School focused on:
GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES AND BIOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS AT SEAFLOOR SPREADING RIDGES
Organised in Brest, France, August 27-28 (Symposium) and August 29-21 (Summer school) 2012
Additional information, abstract submission & registration :
http://geocean.sciencesconf.org
Contact: geocean@sciencesconf.org
=== INVITED SPEAKERS (** also lecturer at the Summer School)
Xavier Le Pichon (Collège de France)
Robert Ballard (URI Center for Ocean Exploration)
Pierre Choukroune (Université Aix-Marseille)
Richard Gordon (Rice University)
Catherine Mével (IPG Paris)
Paul Tapponnier (Earth Observatory of Singapore)
Emile Okal (Northwestern University)
Michel Diament (IPG Paris)
Francis Albarède (ENS Lyon)
Thierry Juteau (Université de Brest)
Richard Hey (University of Hawaii)
Mathilde Cannat (IPG Paris)
Michael Perfit (University of Florida, Gainesville) **
Claude Jaupart (IPG Paris)
Katrina Edwards (University of Southern California) **
Benoit Ildefonse (Geosciences Montpellier) **
Wolfgang Bach (University of Bremen) **
Brandy Toner (University of Minnesota, St Paul) **
Brian Glazer (University of Hawaii) **
Margaret Tivey (WHOI) **
And a team of experts (**) from Ifremer, CNRS and the University of Brest:
Yves Fouquet, Anne Godfroy, Pierre-Marie Sarradin, Ewan Pelleter, Stefan Lalonde, Christophe Hémond, Gilles Chazot, Anne Deschamps, Marcia Maia, Jean-Yves Royer and Olivier Rouxel
