<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Colleague,<br><br>We would like to invite your participation in a workshop on the “Opportunities and Challenges in Computational Geophysics” March 30-31, 2009, on the Caltech Campus in Pasadena, CA<br><br>At the workshop we will address scientific activities involving state-of-the art software such as that being supported by CIG, innovations and opportunities in computational geophysics, and ways to support and grow computational geoscience through community education programs. An important objective is to obtain community input on the future of the CIG initiative. The overall format will combine invited talks, discussion sessions and posters. Participants in all areas of our science are expected, including experts in computational science and in geophysics. Young investigators are encouraged to participate. Financial support is available for participants.<br><br>A preliminary agenda is now available at<br><a href="http://geodynamics.org/cig/future-of-cig-agenda">http://geodynamics.org/cig/future-of-cig-agenda</a><br><br>Please register now using this Registration Form:<br><a href="http://geodynamics.org/cig/upcoming/future-of-cig-meeting-reg09">http://geodynamics.org/cig/upcoming/future-of-cig-meeting-reg09</a><br><br>Accommodations are available at the Courtyard Marriott, 180 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103, phone: 800-321-2211.<br><br>The room rate is $159 a night, with check-in on March 29 (Sunday), and check-out March 31 (Tuesday). There are a few rooms available if you need to stay over Tuesday night due to travel problems. Hotel reservation cut-off date is currently February 20, but there may be an extension to March 1.<br><br>Independent of your participation in the workshop, we seek your feedback in the following survey:<br><a href="http://geodynamics.org/cig/upcoming/cig-survey09">http://geodynamics.org/cig/upcoming/cig-survey09</a><br><br>Independent of your participation in the workshop, we also would like all CIG members to provide a one-page summary of their CIG experience (very important for our CIG II proposal planning); see<br><a href="http://geodynamics.org/cig/proposalsndocs/documents/onepagers/">http://geodynamics.org/cig/proposalsndocs/documents/onepagers/</a><br><br><br>Magali Billen (UC Davis): <a href="mailto:billen@geology.ucdavis.edu">billen@geology.ucdavis.edu</a><br>Andy Freed (Purdue): <a href="mailto:freed@purdue.edu">freed@purdue.edu</a><br>Mike Gurnis (Caltech): <a href="mailto:gurnis@caltech.edu">gurnis@caltech.edu</a><br>Garrett Ito (Hawaii): <a href="mailto:gito@hawaii.edu">gito@hawaii.edu</a><br>Workshop Organizing Committee<br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; 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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div>---------------------------------------------</div><div>Associate Professor, U.C. Davis</div><div>Department of Geology, KeckCAVES</div><div><a href="mailto:billen@geology.ucdavis.edu">billen@geology.ucdavis.edu</a></div><div>(530) 754-5696</div><div><br></div><div>** Sabbatical: January - June, 2009 **</div><div><br></div><div>Visiting Professor at</div><div>Northwestern University</div><div>Room 207 Locy</div><div>Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences</div><div>----------------------------------------------</div><br></div></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>