<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics Community,<div><br></div><div>This e-mail is an update of and reminder to register for the </div><div><br><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 67px; text-indent: -67px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b>July 9-11, 2008 Workshop for Advancing Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection </b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 67px; text-indent: -67px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b> and Lithospheric Dynamics</b></p><div><br></div><div>Registration Deadline is May 30th, but you can help us with planning and allocation of travel support</div><div>by registering now (it'll take less than 5 minutes!):</div><div><a href="http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/mc/workshops/litho2008/litho08/">http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/mc/workshops/litho2008/litho08/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Update:</b></div><div><br></div><div>* We now have confirmed funding from NSF. The total amount is less than we requested, but </div><div> we will be able to guarantee travel support for Graduate Students and Post-Docs (including some </div><div> non-US participants). </div><div><br></div><div><div>* We may be able to provide some support for other participants (including non-US participants),</div><div> but we will not know that level of support available until the end of May.</div><div><br></div></div><div>* All accommodations (in on-campus dorms) and meals will be provided by the workshop. </div><div><br></div><div>* An updated schedule and speaker list is now available on the CIG workshop website:</div><div><a href="http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/mc/workshops/litho2008/litho08/"> http://www.geodynamics.org:8080/cig/workinggroups/mc/workshops/litho2008/litho08/</a></div><div><br></div><div>* There are currently about 50 people registered for the workshop and we expect that number to</div><div> increase to about 60-70 people. We can accommodate up to 80 participants.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Please let us know if you have question regarding the workshop.</div><div><br></div><div>We hope to see you in July,</div><div><br></div><div>Magali Billen</div><div>Thorsten Becker</div><div>Jolante van Wijk</div><div>Scott King</div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>---------------------------------------------</div><div>Assistant Professor</div><div>U.C. Davis, Geology</div><div>(530) 754-5696</div><div><a href="mailto:billen@geology.ucdavis.edu">billen@geology.ucdavis.edu</a></div><div>----------------------------------------------</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>