IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets (INVEST) 2009

IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets (INVEST) 2009
September 23-25, 2009, University of Bremen, Germany
http://www.marum.de/iodp-invest.html
**NEW** White papers are available online at the INVEST website
Click for PDF of 3rd circular

Pre-meeting registration ends: August 3, 2009
Call for white papers: target date August 31, 2009
Note: Some travel stipends available to graduate students and post docs.

INVEST is being organized as a large, multidisciplinary, international community meeting, whose focus is to define the scientific research goals of the second phase of the IODP, expected to begin late in 2013. INVEST is open to all interested scientists and students as the principal opportunity for international science community members to help shape the future of scientific ocean drilling.

The goals of INVEST are to:
1. synthesize and summarize the state of knowledge across major interdisciplinary geoscience themes;
2. identify emerging science fields;
3. develop new research initiatives and recommend scientific implementation strategies;
4. address societal relevance of future drilling; and
5. outline fiscal and technological needs.