<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">2010 IRIS Workshop<br>June 9-11<br>Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort<br>Snowbird, Utah <br><br>The 2010 IRIS Workshop registration is now open:<br><a href="http://www.iris.edu/hq/iris_workshop/">http://www.iris.edu/hq/iris_workshop/</a><br><br>Please register and make your hotel reservations before Friday, May 7, 2010. Additional deadlines and workshop information is included in the above link.<br><br>The IRIS Workshop will celebrate the 25th anniversary of IRIS - and look ahead to an exciting future for the Earth sciences. With the recent publication of "Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth's Dynamic Systems", the IRIS Consortium of over 110 U.S. universities has a very special opportunity: to use these Grand Challenges to shape plans for continuing evolution of the facilities that support geophysical research. <br><br>The Workshop will include plenary presentations on cutting-edge investigations related to many of the Grand Challenges, organized into sessions on Exploration & Near-Surface Seismology, the Science of Fault Slip and Earthquake Rupture, Mantle Dynamics, and the Science and Policy of Deadly Earthquakes.<br><br>Between and after the plenary sessions, the workshop will include poster sessions and special interest group meetings. Each of these venues provides opportunities to delve into greater detail and to discuss the next steps forward and the resources required to support successful projects.<br><br>As always, the IRIS Workshop will include settings for informal discussion, including group dinners with stimulating lectures, the recreational facilities of the Snowbird Resort, and field trips on the geology of the nearby Wasatch Fault and infrastructure that mitigates societal risk.<br><br>Science Program Chairs:<br> * Mike Brudzinski - Miami University of Ohio<br> * Ed Garnero - Arizona State University<br> * Stephane Rondenay - Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>