Important Dates & Deadlines

• 15 August 2011:
  Housing reservation opens

• 12 September 2011:
  Call for Sessions

• 15 November 2011:
  Call for Sessions deadline

• 30 November 2011:
  List of Sessions finalised

• 1 December 2011:
  Abstract submission opens

• 23 January 2012:
  Registration opens

• 1 February 2012:
  Abstract submission deadline

• 20 April 2012:
  Early-bird registration deadline

• 24-29 June 2012:
  Goldschmidt2012 in Montréal, Canada

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An International Scientific Committee

Alfonso Mucci, Chair/McGill University, Canada
Don Baker/McGill University, Canada
Georges Beaudoin/Université Laval, Canada
Claude Hillaire-Marcel/UQAM, Canada
Teofilo Abrajano/Reensalear, USA
Becky Alexander/U of Washington
Ramon Aravena/Waterloo, Canada
Sarah-Jane Barnes/UQAC, Canada
Elena Belluso/Turino, Italy
Bridget Bergquist/Toronto, Canada
Paul Bierman/U of Vermont, USA
Martin Bizarro/Copenhagen, Denmark
Phil Bland/Imperial College, UK
David Blowes/Waterloo, Canada
Edward Boyle/MIT, USA
Thomas Bullen/USGS, USA
Ken Caldeira/Carnegie, Stanford USA
Sumit Chakraborty/Bochum, Germany
Ian Clark/Ottawa-Carleton, Canada
Kirk Cochran/SUNY-Stony Brook, USA
Greg Druschel/Vermont, USA
Thomas Edwards/Waterloo, Canada
Paul Fenter/ANL-Chicago USA
Grant Ferris/Toronto, Canada
Danielle Fortin/Ottawa, Canada
Martin Frank/Kiel, Germany
Shan Gao/China University 
John Gibson/Victoria, Canada
Charles Gobeil/INRS-ETE, Canada
Patrick G. Hatcher/Old Dominion, USA
Grant Henderson/Toronto, Canada
Gary Hemming/LDEO-Columbia, USA
David Johnston/Harvard, USA 
James Kasting/Penn State, USA
Philip Kyle/New Mexico Tech, USA
George Luther/Delaware, USA 
Johannes Lützenkirchen/Karlsruhe, Germany
Roberto Moretti/Napoli, Italy
Stephen Parker/Bath, UK
Carol Ptacek/Waterloo, Canada
Andrew Putnis/WWU, Germany
Simon Poulton/Newcastle, UK
Claire Rollion-Bard/CNRS-Nancy, France 
Yair Rosenthal/Rutgers, USA
Kevin Rosso/PNNL, USA
Tracy Rushmer/Australia
Chrystele Sanloup/Paris, France
Philippe Sarda/Orsay, France
Martine Savard/Laval-GSC, Canada
Joel Savarino/CNRS-Grenoble, France
Jacques Schott/Toulouse, France
Kenneth Sims/Wyoming, USA
Jan Veizer/Ottawa, Canada
Benoit Villemant/IPGP, France
Yuichiro Ueno/Tokyo, Japan

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DO YOU NEED A MEETING SPACE?

Is your non-profit organization looking for a place and time to meet in 2012? Will several of your members be present at the Goldschmidt next June? Why not plan your annual meeting at the Palais des Congrès during the conference! We have a large room for you, fully equipped with audio-visual facilities, available at no extra cost. Contact us for additional details and information.

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To read our previous Goldschmidt 2012 Newsletters, see our website!

V.M. GOLDSCHMIDT 2012 CONFERENCE

The V.M. Goldschmidt 2012 Conference will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal, June 24-29, 2012, with a focus on the Earth in Evolution. A total of 167 sessions are being hosted or co-hosted within the 23 themes ranging from the Evolution of the Solar System to Geomicrobiology, and from Earth Resources to Geoengineering & Remediation (listed below).

Abstract submission to Goldschmidt 2012 ends on February 1st, 2012 at 23:59 EST. Abstracts will only be considered for inclusion in the 2012 V.M. Goldschmidt science program if full abstract submission fees are paid. Submission of an abstract implies that the authors are committed to attending the meeting and presenting the work.

All abstracts submitted will be reviewed by the Goldschmidt 2012 Scientific Committee. Authors will be notified of acceptance and assignment (session, oral/poster) by March 10th, 2012. Accepted abstracts will only be published if the first (presenting) author registers and pays the registration fees by the early registration deadline (April 20, 2012).

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Delegates are invited to submit one abstract for an oral or poster presentation, using the official Goldschmidt 2012 Abstract Template available on our website. Authors must follow the formatting guidelines, as shown in the template and the sample abstract. A submission fee of $100 CAD is required.

Submissions are accepted via the online form only. With your name and password, you may upload your abstract, save your work and return to edit it later, until the close of the Call for Abstracts on February 1

Best wishes,
Alfonso Mucci
Don Baker
Georges Beaudoin
Claude Hillaire-Marcel

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE MONEY
Save as much as 20% on registration fees by registering online before April 20, 2012! Be one of the first to reserve your place for the scientific and social activities organized by the executive and the student committees during the conference! Make sure that your abstract will be published by registering before the early registration deadline!

Visit our website!

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The Goldschmidt2012 Travel Grants

The Goldschmidt Travel Grant program annually provides funding to delegates attending the Goldschmidt Conference. The amount and terms of funding vary from year to year so please read the information on our web site, even if you have applied and received funding in the past.

The purpose of the Goldschmidt2012 Travel Grant Program is to provide financial support to qualified students who are presenting their research at the 2012 V.M. Goldschmidt Conference in Montreal, Canada. If financial support is available, the program may also provide financial support to qualified delegates from low-economy countries (see list of qualifying countries on the link above).

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THE STUDENT LOUNGE

The student committee is currently putting the final touch to the student activities program. Pub crawls and food tasting tours, a BBQ evening followed by a night out at the Jazz Festival, guided scientific tours on Mont-Royal, short courses and a job fair are on the program, in addition to the student oral and poster presentation awards competition. A lot more will also be going on at the lounge . Stop by to meet research scientists, to get information on the City of Montreal, or to sit and relax with your peers!

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THANK YOU! NEWS FROM THE 2011 AGU FALL MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO

Several hundred visitors stopped by our Geochemical Society and Goldschmidt 2012 booth during the AGU conference in San Francisco between December 5-9, 2011. Thank you! We answered a lot of questions on the conference and the city of Montreal, and handed out several raffle prizes: a Registration Voucher for Goldschmidt 2012, and nine gift certificates for free nights or hotel room upgrades at one of the major hotels around the convention center.