2003 Interior of the Earth Gordon Conference

戈登地球内部研究会议将于2003年6月8日至13日在马萨诸塞州南哈德利的芒特霍利奥克学院举行，将讨论我们对地球地壳、岩石圈和上地幔的动力学、组成、结构和演化以及它们与地表观测和过程的联系等前沿领域尚未解决的主要问题。杰里·米特罗维察(多伦多大学)和拉尔斯·斯蒂克斯鲁德(PI)分别担任2003年会议的主席和副主席。这次会议将汇集来自不同背景、视角、学科、机构类型、职业阶段和人口统计学的研究人员。该计划已得到确认，包括所有演讲者和讨论负责人。这是第四届戈登地球内部研究会议。根据GRC组织要求的评估，前三次会议都非常成功。戈登研究会议为科学思想的交流提供了一个独特的环境，在这种环境中，正式和非正式讨论的机会得到了优化。会议通过位于罗德岛的中央办公室管理，不需要任何管理费用；会议基础设施使会议组织者可以自由地专注于会议内容。申请的资金将用于鼓励和支持可能无法参加的年轻科学家的参与，包括研究生和博士后研究员。对于这一群体来说，这次会议是一个极好的教育机会，不仅是为了进行正式的演讲，也是为了有机会与该领域的领导人进行非正式的互动，并以海报的形式介绍他们自己的工作。NSF对以前关于地球内部的会议的支持极大地帮助了不同的与会者群体。

EAR-0324829StixrudeThe Gordon Research Conference on the Interior of the Earth, to be held June 8-13, 2003 at MountHolyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, will address major unresolved problems at thefrontiers of our understanding of the dynamics, composition, structure, and evolution of the earth'scrust, lithosphere, and upper mantle and their connections to surface observations and processes.Jerry Mitrovica (University of Toronto) and Lars Stixrude (PI) are the Chair and Vice-Chair,respectively for the 2003 meeting. The meeting will bring together researchers from a wide varietyof backgrounds, perspectives, disciplines, types of institutions, career stages, and demographics.The program, including all speakers and discussion leaders has been confirmed.This is the fourth Gordon Research Conference on the Earth's Interior. The previous three havebeen remarkably successful as documented by evaluations required by the GRC organization.Gordon Research Conferences provide a unique setting for the exchange of scientific ideas inwhich the opportunities for formal and informal discussion are optimized. The conferences areadministered through a central office in Rhode Island, which takes no overhead; the conferenceinfrastructure leaves the conference organizers free to focus on the content of the meeting.Broader Impacts. The requested funds would be used to encourage and support the participationof young scientists who might not otherwise be able to attend including graduate students and post-doctoralfellows. The conference is a wonderful educational opportunity for this group, not onlyfor the formal presentations, but for the chances to interact informally with leaders in the field, andto present their own work in the form of posters. NSF support of previous conferences on theInterior of the Earth have helped tremendously to facility a diverse group of attendees.