UNAVCO Long Range Science Goals for Geodesy Community Workshop *Save the Date*

Forwarded save-the-date announcement from Susan Owen, JPL:

Colleagues,

Please save the date of October 6, 2009 to attend a full-day workshop that will establish the new and emerging opportunities in geodesy for the next decade.

Over two decades, rapid advances in new and maturing geodetic technologies have fueled the interrogation of the kinematics, structure, and dynamics of the solid Earth and its fluid envelopes. The pace of this change is quickening, and is coupled with the recognition of and investment in technology-driven science as a national asset in a global economy. In response to the need to articulate new and emerging research opportunities in geodesy and its interdisciplinary applications, we are planning a workshop to develop a written plan in a Grand Challenges format, identifying the science questions, required workforce development and diversity, and needed instrumentation and facilities. This plan will inform a number of other national science planning initiatives scheduled to occur by early in 2010.

Plan to arrive in Salt Lake City by the evening of Monday October 5 for an informal reception, and to stay through the end of the day on Tuesday, October 6. There will be guidance on evening transfers on to SnowBird for those attending the EarthScope Science Planning workshop October, 7-9.

The Geodesy workshop is anticipated to focus on science topics that will not be taken up by EarthScope later in the week, and to span an array of geodesy tools and science applications that is broader than any single organization, sponsor, or geoscience discipline. Broad participation is critical to the success of the workshop.

We will keep you apprised of the registration process, applications for support, logistics and session themes over the next several weeks. In the meantime, please plan to come (or come early) to Salt Lake City the week of October 5.

Sincerely,
Geodesy Workshop Organizing Committee
Meghan Miller
Jim Davis
Yuri Fialko
Susan Owen