[meteorite-list] 2nd Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference (AICAC II)

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.fsac.ac.ma/aicaii/index.html

THE SECOND ARAB IMPACT CRATERING AND ASTROGEOLOGY CONFERENCE (AICAC II)
13-20 November 2011, CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
	
HASSAN II CASABLANCA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
In partnership with
Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences
ORGANIZES the second
ARAB IMPACT CRATERING
AND ASTROGEOLOGY CONFERENCE (AICAC II)

13-20 November 2011, CASABLANCA, MOROCCO


CONTACT:
Conference chair - Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane
e-mail:h.chennaoui at fsac.ac.ma
Casablanca Hassan II University, Faculty of Science

Laboratoire GAIA, Equipe Patrimoine Géologique du Maroc
Km 8, Route d'El Jadida, BP 5366 Maârif Casablanca Maroc
Tél : +212 661 31 71 06 / +212 522 23 06 80/72 
Fax : +212 522 23 06 74

PRESENTATION:

The Faculty of Sciences, Casablanca Hassan II University, in partnership
with the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS) and the
Arab Geologist Association (AGA), organizes the 2nd ARAB IMPACT
CRATERING AND ASTROGEOLOGY CONFERENCE (AICAC II). This conference will
open in the evening of 13 November 2011 and involves talks on 14 and 15
November at the Faculty of Science of the Hassan II Casablanca
University. This is followed by a 5 day excursion through Morocco.

This conference comes after the first AICAC meeting that was initiated
by the AUASS at the University of Jordan in Amman on 9-11 November 2009.
It has been a successful meeting (participants from 22 countries,
including 6 Arab countries).

The conference aims at establishing cooperation between well-established
groups in the field of impact cratering and Astrogeology and researchers
from the Middle East and North Africa where many impact craters exist
and numerous meteorites have been collected. The conference will be a
unique opportunity for Arab researchers to meet other experts of the
analysis of terrestrial impact structures and meteorite collections and
will promote exchanges about the most advanced techniques for the
characterization of shocked material. The conference will increase
awareness in Arab countries, where meteorites abound and impact craters
exist or have yet to be discovered, but where the scientific importance
of this research field has not been systematically pursued yet. The
objectives are to stimulate careful documentation of impact craters, to
promote new research in Astrogeology and Meteoritics, and to increase
interest among universities and scientific institutions in the Arabic
countries.


IMPORTANT DATES:
1 April 2011 Deadline for indication of interest form
15 May 2011 Second Announcement
25 August 2011 Deadline for abstract submission  
25 September 2011 Final Announcement and program with abstracts
15 October 2011 Deadline for early registration