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The European Planetary Science Congress
European Planetary Science Congress
A New Meeting
Manuel Grande, Ralf Srama, Michel Blanc
The European Planetary Science Congress
Europlanet #1Europlanet #1European Planetary Science European Planetary Science Congress Berlin, Germany Congress Berlin, Germany
18 – 22 September 200618 – 22 September 2006
The European Planetary Science Congress
The European Planetary Science Congress
Congress Objectives
To be useful to the European Planetary communityTo have a high profile in the international communityTo serve as a forum for the community to discuss future directions and plans
The European Planetary Science Congress
Congress Style
Distinctive formatWorkshops and Panels encouraged Facilitate data exchangePoster are displayed the entire weekEmphasis on Outreach
The European Planetary Science Congress
EPSC 2006 – Statistics475 oral talks
153 posters
6 workshops
15 panel discussions
Total number of abstracts : 647
Total number of first authors: 478
Total Participants 549
The European Planetary Science Congress
Collaboration with
European Geosciences Union
• Coordination of Program Committees
• EPSC has a different character to EGU
• ‘Forum rather than theatre’
• EGU Planets this year is 20% up
The European Planetary Science Congress
Collaboration with
European Geosciences Union
• Coordinate conference agendas for European planetary scientists
• EGU is a pioneer of open access publishing
• Prototype of medium for dissemination of planetary discoveries
The European Planetary Science Congress
• Meetings work if people want them to.
• 550 participants suggests they do
• Thanks to all, especially conveners – they give their time and enthusiasm
• How can we get best meeting possible?
The European Planetary Science Congress
The European Planetary Science Congress
Congress Future
•EPSC1 was extremely successful•Unanimous conclusion to make it a regular annual meeting•Need to make financially secure•Should we go to cheaper venues even at the cost of less professional facilities?•Increase registration?•Apply for FP7 funds