METSOC 2013 Edmonton

Join us July 29th to August 2nd for the 76th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society – the first such meeting in Canada in over 30 years.

Edmonton is Canada’s largest northern city, with long daylight hours and pleasant summer temperatures.  World-famous tourist destinations such as the Banff and Jasper National Parks are accessible from Edmonton. Links to Edmonton and Alberta tourism websites can be found here.

Details on MetSoc 2013 registration, pre- and post-conference field trips, midweek tours and other details will be posted here in the coming weeks. However, a preliminary schedule of events is posted below.

Note: the abstract deadline has now passed.

Preliminary schedule of events:

Sunday, July 28th, 6:00- 9:00 p.m. Opening Reception, Art Gallery of Alberta

Monday, July 29th, 7:00 p.m. Barringer Invitational Lecture by Dr. Peter Brown (University of Western Ontario), location TBA

Tuesday, July 30th, 5:00 p.m. Award Ceremony, Chateau Lacombe Hotel

Wednesday, July 31st

8:30 a.m. Barringer and Leonard Medal addresses

12:30 p.m. Excursions (details to follow)

6:00 p.m. Cocktails and banquet (University of Alberta Campus)

Conference Field Trips (details and costs to follow)

July 27-28 (pre-conference) K/T boundary locality and Royal Tyrrell Museum

August 3rd (post-conference) Whitecourt Meteorite Impact Crater

August 3-4 (post-conference) Fort McMurray Oilsands

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