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Location: The conference will be held at the home of the Australian Academy of Science (Shine Dome displayed on the logo above) which is located on the edge on the Australian National University Campus in Canberra, Australia.
Organising Committee :
Professor Penny Sackett, Director, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Professor Mark Harrison, Director, Research School of Earth Sciences
Dr. Trevor Ireland, Research School of Earth Sciences
Dr. Ulyana Dyudina, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dr. Vickie Bennett, Research School of Earth Sciences
Further Information:
Keynote speakers:
Alan Boss, Adam Burrows, Kevin McKeegan, Ray Jayawardhana, Doug Lin, Jonathan Lunine, Toby Owen, Frank Shu
Introduction:
This four day international meeting will take place in Canberra, the Australian capital and will mark the opening of the newly-funded Planetary Science Institute at the ANU.   The goal of the workshop is to bring together planetary science experts in the related, but often poorly-connected fields of astronomy and earth science to sciences to confront common questions.

The recent discovery of over 100 planets orbiting stars other than our own Sun affords us the first opportunity to compare Solar System evidence with information from strikingly different planetary systems.
The workshop focus will be on the onset and duration of the astrophysical, geophysical, and geochemical processes that shape the formation and evolution of planetary systems.

An outcome of the meeting will be a common - albeit sketchy - timeline, stretching from the collapse of stellar nebulae, on to the coagulation and formation of planetesimals, through the dynamical evolution of planetary systems, and ending with geological differentiation of individual planets, including crust and atmosphere formation.  Special sessions will be devoted to the Earth as the best-documented case of planetary evolution, concentrating on the most controversial chronology of the bombardment and hydrosphere formation.
Program Format:    In order to foster as much interaction and communication as possible, there will be only a single session.  The format will be a presentation by plenary speaker introducing the topic and the controversies, followed by several 5-10-min thematically related talks.  As there will be no need to adhere to a strict schedule the discussion periods can be extended and participants are encouraged to give relevant, impromptu, brief presentations. We may switch some presentations to posters depending on the number of the registered participants.

A challenge for all participants will be to keep their presentations and comments largely "jargon-free" in consideration of the highly interdisciplinary group.

Key topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:

Final program will be assembled on the basis of participant abstracts.

Registration:  The registration is closed . 
Fee:  AUS$250.  This includes all lunches and coffee during the conference, the welcoming party and barbeque and the conference banquet. (as of October 2003, 1 Australian dollar =0.68 US dollars and 1 Australian dollar = 0.52 Euro)
Students:  Interested students from both Astronomy and Earth Sciences are encouraged to attend.  Some student scholarships to cover the cost of registration are available.

Abstract submission: All participants will be asked to submit an abstract, preferably at the time of registration but before 15 January 2004  The abstract submission guidelines can be found here.
 
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