[iris-bulk] 2008 BI-LATERAL WORKSHOP UNDER THE SINO-US EARTHQUAKE STUDIES PROTOCOL

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2008 BI-LATERAL WORKSHOP UNDER THE SINO-US EARTHQUAKE STUDIES PROTOCOL

Jointly Sponsored by United States National Science Foundation (NSF),  
United States Geological Survey (USGS), China Earthquake  
Administration (CEA), and the National Science Foundation of China   
(NSFC).

WORKSHOP DATES: 20-23 May 2008

LOCATION: Boulderado Hotel, Boulder, Colorado USA

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 February 2008

MORE INFORMATION: engdahl at colorado.edu

OBJECTIVE

The principal objective of the workshop is to advance and accelerate  
Sino-US collaborations in three principal research areas: (1) Natural  
hazards; (2) Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle; and (3)  
Crustal deformation and active tectonics.
FORMAT

The workshop will tentatively be structured around invited keynote  
presentations and contributed AGU-style talks and posters over three  
and half days. We envision the formation of at least three scientific  
working groups (WG) during the workshop, with each participant  
assigned to one of the working groups. The tentative WGs are (WG1)  
Seismic imaging of the crust and mantle; (WG2) Continental deformation  
and geodynamics; and (WG3) Intra-continental earthquakes in China and  
the USA. The WG meetings will conclude in summaries from the WG  
Chairs, who will be appointed by the Workshop Organizing Committee.

PARTICIPATION

We are planning on ~ 40 USA participants with research interests in  
China, ~ 10 USA early career researchers and/or graduate students, ~40  
Chinese participants, and ~ 10 local scientists. The USA Workshop  
Organizing Committee will select all USA participants. The Chinese  
organizing committee will select Chinese participants.

We invite expressions of interest by USA scientists in participating  
in the workshop. To express interest, please send an email to Bob  
Engdahl (engdahl at colorado.edu) by 15 February 2008 with the subject  
line “SINO-US Workshop” that concisely (in one page) summarizes

   - Participant category (academic, non-academic, early career,  
graduate student).

  - Reasons for your interest in the workshop.

  - Your participation in past and upcoming geophysical experiments in  
China.

  - Type of contribution(s) to the workshop (keynote talk, AGU-style  
talk and/or poster).

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

There will be no registration fee. Full financial support (travel and  
living expenses) will be provided for selected USA participants from  
the academic community. Selected USA non-academic participants will be  
responsible for all travel and living expenses (except for meals).  
Funding for full financial support of ~ 10 USA early career  
researchers and/or graduate students to participate in the workshop  
will be available on a competitive basis.

PRODUCTS AND RESULTS
The main deliverable will be a report that summarizes the workshop,  
identifies key scientific problems, and makes recommendations  
concerning future directions for scientific collaborations under the  
Sino-US Protocol for earthquake studies. We tentatively plan to  
publish an edited version of a workshop report as an EOS article and  
will also consider publication of the workshop proceedings as short  
papers in an AGU Monograph.
WORKSHOP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Bob Engdahl (Chairman), Physics, CIEI, University of Colorado,  
Boulder, CO
Winston Chan, Harris Corporation, FL
Art Lerner-Lam, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
Mian Liu, Geology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Walter Mooney, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
Ruth Nielan, JPL, NASA, Pasadena, CA
Rob van der Hilst, ERL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  
Cambridge, MA
Ray Willemann, IRIS, Washington, DC
Francis Wu, Geology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Xiaodong Song, Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL


General questions regarding the workshop can be addressed to:

Bob Engdahl, Tel: 303-735-4853, Email: engdahl at colorado.edu

  
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