Thread: SSA & LACSC Seismology of the Americas: Deadline for Session Proposals 2 October 2017

Seismology of the Americas: Deadline for Session Proposals 2 October 2017

The Seismological Society of America (SSA) and the Latin American and
Caribbean Seismological Commission (LACSC) welcome the submission of
proposals from across the fields of geotechnical and earthquake
engineering, earthquake science and seismology. The Program Committee
encourages all members of the seismological community to help make this
joint meeting impactful by creating sessions related to their own
cutting-edge research, methodology, and technology developments. To see
examples of sessions from last year’s SSA meeting, visit the 2017 meeting
website at http://meetings.seismosoc.org/special-sessions.

*Submission Process*

Please use the online submission form https://goo.gl/forms/WVD8vx6h
PQoJ6D9e2> to submit your proposal no later than 2 October 2017. You will be
asked to provide a session name, a 1-2 paragraph description of the session
topic, and the name, affiliation and contact information of at least one
convener, preferably two, for each session. Each convener must have agreed
to participate at the meeting.

Please do not extend invitations to authors before receiving approval for your
session. The Program Committee will reach out to session proposal submitters
to let them know if their session has been approved, and all approved
sessions will be published on the meeting website,
http://seismology2018.org/, by 1 November 2017.

For questions about proposing a session, please contact the Program Co-chairs
at program<at>seismology2018.org. More information about the meeting and
the submission process can be found on the 2018 Seismology of the Americas
website (http://seismology2018.org/).