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Penrose Conference—Snake River, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA. 9–13 September 2009. Photo by Kea Giles. The Next Step for Your Annual Meeting Science: March 2012 Penrose Conference location: Castelvecchio Pascoli, Lucca, Italy.
PENROSE CONFERENCES
and THOMPSON FIELD FORUMS
You’ll be networking with 6,000+ colleagues in Baltimore, and this Thompson Field Forums are designed to capture the essence of
can be a great catalyst for generating intriguing scientific discussions exciting discoveries or controversial topics via forays into the field for
and field study ideas. That’s what GSA’s Penrose Conferences and on-the-spot discussions of a particular geologic feature or area. This is
Thompson Field Forums are for. both an opportunity to get out into the field and to bring together
experts on the topic at hand to exchange current knowledge, ideas,
Penrose Conferences have a long history of bringing together multi- and theories.
disciplinary groups of geoscientists to facilitate open and frank discus-
sions of ideas in an intimate, informal atmosphere and to inspire Learn more at:
individual and collaborative research. www.geosociety.org/meetings/
penrose-thompson.htm
or contact Becky Sundeen at
bsundeen@geosociety.org.
