Lunar and Planetary Institute






Logistical Services

LPI’s professional staff works in partnership with members of the planetary science community in producing successful and cost-effective workshops and conferences as a means of disseminating research.

To enable the scientific organizer to focus on content and structure, we provide logistical services in sponsorship of meeting objectives that fall within the scope of the Institute’s mission.

We can help you with . . .

Scheduling:  We will work with you to develop tasks and timelines for your meeting.

Advertising:  We will use our extensive database of members of the planetary science community to reach potential participants.

Negotiating:  We will establish proposals, bids, and contracts with conference facilities and vendors to obtain the optimal value for your meeting venue.

Budgeting: Our experienced staff can plan budgets that are realistic and meet established guidelines.

Implementing:  We can guide you in every step of implementing the objectives for your meeting.

Managing:  We will be there to take care of the logistical details so that you don’t have to.

Here are some of the details our staff will provide . . .

Website:  Our website provides the means for distributing information, receiving abstracts, registering participants, and publishing meeting schedules and presentations.

Presenter coordination:  We provide expertise for program committee review, scheduling of abstracts, and formation of sessions.

Event materials:  We can create and provide logos, program booklets, abstract volumes or CD-ROMs, name badges, and signs.

Onsite administration:  We can provide coordination, monitoring, and troubleshooting for all your onsite logistical needs, e.g., room setup, catering, audiovisual requirements, transportation, registration, etc.

 

 

 

 


LPI Sponsored Meetings


Space Nuclear Systems Forum
February 10-12, 2009
Houston, Texas

Venus Geochemistry: Progress, Prospects, and New Missions
February 26-27, 2009
Houston, Texas

40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2009)
March 23-27, 2009
The Woodlands, Texas

Conference on Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Luminescence Studies in the Earth and Planetary Sciences (Spectroscopy 2009)
April 2-4, 2009
Mainz, Germany

72nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
July 13-18, 2009
Nancy, France

Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment (RESCHEDULED)
November 19-20, 2008
Houston, Texas

Third International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations
November 10-13, 2008
Williamsburg, Virginia

Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SRR
October 28-31, 2008
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Workshop on Martian Phyllosilicates: Recorders of Aqueous Processes?
October 21-23, 2008
Paris, France

Inaugural Meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) (POSTPONED BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IKE: CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR UPDATES)
September 23-24, 2008
Houston, Texas

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV
August 17-21, 2008
Vredefort Dome, South Africa

71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (MetSoc 2008)
July 28-August 1, 2008
Matsue, Japan

NLSI Lunar Science Conference
July 20-23, 2008
Moffett Field, California

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2008
July 14-18, 2008
Baltimore, Maryland

2008 RASC-AL Forum
June 9-12, 2008
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Lecture Hall - 3:00 PM

Renu Malhotra, University of Arizona (40th Anniversary Seminar Series Speaker)
Bombardment History of the Terrestrial Planets

Thursday, January 29, 2009
Lecture Hall - 3:00 PM

John F. Mustard, Brown University
Hydrated minerals on Mars and their geologic environments: Implications for the history of water