PSI 2010 Annual Retreat Program

Westward Look Resort
245 East Ina Road, Tucson, Arizona 85704-6296

Phone:  520-297-1151

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 - PSI West Wing

1:00 - 4:00 Board of Trustees meeting (WW Conference Room)
5:00 - 7:00 Pre-Retreat Soiree! Sandwiches, wine, beer! Visit with old friends and make new ones!


MONDAY, AUGUST 23 - Westward Look Resort

9:00-9:30 Mark Sykes - Welcome, Corporate Staff Introductions, Announcements
9:30-10:00 Mark Sykes - State of PSI

10:00-10:15 Susan Benecchi - "Icy Bodies at the Edge of our Solar System"
10:15-10:30 Julie Rathbun - "Time-Variability in Active Ionian Volcanoes"
10:30-10:45 Marc Fries - "Doppler Weather Radar as a Meteorite Recovery Tool"
10:45-11:00 Scott LaPlante - "Enhanced Visualization Techniques in Planetary Science"
11:00-Noon [Open Time]
  • Terrill Yuhas and Kathi Gardner will be available for a short tutorial to people interested in learning how to edit their PSI webpages in Omni Update.
  • Frank Chuang is available for anyone interested in our institutional licenses (ArcGIS, ENVI, IDL): how to install, how to access a license, general questions, etc.
Noon-1:30 Lunch
1:30-1:45 Dan Berman - "Socet Set: Important New In-house Tool for PSI Scientists"
1:45-2:15 EPO Opportunities and Strategies
  • David Crown - Current PSI programs
  • Sanlyn Buxner - "Supplemental Education and Outreach Grants"  Opportunities, in-house help and coordination
2:15-2:45 Amy Hartmann-Gordon, Mark Sykes - "PSI Development Plans"
2:45-3:45 [Open Time]
  • Terrill Yuhas and Kathi Gardner will be available for a short tutorial to people interested in learning how to edit their PSI web pages in OmniUpdate.
  • Frank Chuang is available for anyone interested in our institutional licenses (ArcGIS, ENVI, IDL):  how to install, how to access a license, general questions, etc.
3:45-4:00 Mary Chapman - "Global Warming Suggested as the Cause of Mass Extinctions at the TJ Boundary: A NASA Exobiology Study Result"
4:00-4:15 Ross Irwin - "Geology of the Holden Crater Candidate MSL Landing Site"
4:15-4:30 Jade Bond - TBD
4:30-5:00

Paul Abell - "The Hayabusa Mission" 

And discussion on possible future opportunities with JAXA (w/Bob Reedy)


Banquet (Janos Restaurant) - 6:00 p.m. Cash Bar; 6:30 p.m. Dinner
On the Westin La Paloma property at 3800 East Sunrise Drive Tucson, AZ 85718; Janos phone 520-615-6100

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 - Westward Look Resort

9:00-9:15 Welcome back, Admin items
9:15-9:45 Group Photo
9:45-10:00 Renu Malhotra - "Asymmetric impacts of near-Earth asteroids on the Moon"
10:00-10:15 Mark Sykes - "Dawn Update" PSI has 7 scientists who are Co-Investigators or Participating Scientists. Mission activity timeline. Creating opportunities for expanding PSI scientist participation (Dawn collaborators), positioning for future data analysis programs.
10:15-10:30 Deborah Domingue Lorin - "MESSENGER Update"  PSI has 5 scientists who are participating scientists. Mission activity timeline. Data products to be available for PMDAP.  Stimulating analysis ideas.
10:30-10:45 BREAK
10:45-11:00 Faith Vilas - "Atsa Suborbital Observatory"  PSI expands into human space flight
11:00-11:30 Bill Hartmann & Cyrena Goodrich - "Remarkable Event - The Almahata Sitta Fall"
11:30-Noon

Bill Feldman - "New Breakthrough Results on Martian Ice"

And discussion of new ideas for PSI investigations?
Noon-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 [Open Time]
  • Breakout for Mars planning discussion (1:30)
  • Breakout for Dawn planning discussion (2:30)
3:30-4:00 Mark Sykes - "Shaping NASA Policy and our Future - The Politics of our Business"
4:00-4:30 Meeting wrap-up
4:30 End

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