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Call For Field Trip, Short Course, and Technical Session Proposals

22–25 October

Seattle, Washington, USA

GSA 2017 Seattle Meeting

Thank you to all the 2016 GSA Denver Annual Meeting attendees. SHOW THE GEOLOGY BY LEADING A FIELD TRIP.
We hope you enjoyed the geology, networking, and libations. It’s
time to plan for our 2017 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, Field Trip proposal deadline: 1 Dec. 2016
USA. GSA is excited to head back to the Pacific Northwest. Our 2009 Trips can be anywhere from a half day to 5 days long. Field trip
meeting in Portland, Oregon, USA, attracted nearly 6,500 attendees
from over 50 countries, so our 2017 meeting should be international, proposals may be submitted by any member of GSA, its affiliated
well attended, and full of excitement! societies, or anyone else. The proposal form is online at https://
gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/fieldtrip/cfs.cgi.

A highlight will be the Seattle-area geology: Glaciation, deposi- EXCHANGE THE GEOLOGY BY ORGANIZING AND
CHAIRING A TECHNICAL SESSION.
tion, tectonics, crustal deformation, unconformities, erosion,

bedrock structures, and drumlins. We challenge you to propose a Technical Session deadline: 1 Feb. 2017
field trip, short course, and/or technical session that will teach Proposals are being taken for both Pardee Keynote and Topical
your colleagues and promote discussion about the incredible
regional geology. Sessions. The proposal form is online at https://gsa.confex.com/
gsa/2017AM/cfs.cgi.

SHARE THE GEOLOGY AS AN INSTRUCTOR THROUGH

A SHORT COURSE.

Short Course proposal deadline: 1 Feb. 2017
Courses run the Friday and Saturday before the Annual

Meeting and are typically a half day to two full days. The proposal
form is online at https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/
shortcourse/cfs.cgi.

Glaciated peaks of the North Cascades National Park, Washington. Photo by Marli Miller, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon.