PROGRAM
See the week at a glance. The full program and the program booklet is posted online. Please note that scientific sessions will include Friday afternoon and that there will be a workshop on Saturday. All talks were recorded and are available to registered participants. An e-mail from LPI on behalf of the organizers has been sent to your e-mail address that you used to register for the meeting. E-posters can be still viewed.
Instructions for presenters are now available. All talks were recorded by our broadcasting provider and will be available end of September 2021. In-person and remote participants can still upload their e-poster until September 15, 2021. The online poster session was held on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, the week before the main meeting.
SCHEDULE:
MetSoc Check-in (3rd floor Hilton Chicago)
Sunday, August 15, 2021: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Monday, August 16, 2021: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday, August 17, 2021: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Wednesday, August 18, 2021: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Scientific Sessions
August 16-20, 2021
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: mornings and afternoons, 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM; 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM.
Meeting rooms are Waldorf and Williford on the 3rd floor of the Hilton Chicago
The final program and author index is now available:
All in-person talks (10 min + 5 min Q&A each) will be broadcast live to all online viewers. The prerecorded talks (10 min each; Q&A will be live in the block following all prerecorded talks) will be played back in the session after the in-person talks. At the end of each session there is a live Q&A session for in-person and online participants. All talks (in-person and prerecorded) will be available after the session for viewing for a year after the meeting. This will enable participants to view all talks. A link to the virtual meeting and instructions for remote participants will be provided before the meeting.
Poster Sessions
Wednesday, August 11, 8:30 AM Chicago time: virtual poster session.
Tuesday, August 17, 2021: 5:30-7:30 PM. Williford C. Please note that the Thursday posters was merged into the Tuesday poster session.
View: E-posters
Barringer Lecture: Prof. Leslie Rogers, The University of Chicago: Glimpsing the Exoplanet Composition Distribution
Monday, August 16, 2021, 6:00 PM, Waldorf.
Townhall: OSIRIS-REx Sample Analysis
Monday, August 16, 2021, 12-1 PM, Waldorf.
Townhall: Status of the Mars Sample Return Campaign
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 12-1 PM, Waldorf.
Meteoritical Society Award Ceremony 2020 and 2021:
Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 8:30 AM-12 PM, Waldorf.
Meteoritical Society Business meeting:
Thursday, August 19, 2021, 12-1 PM, Waldorf.
Workshop on "Meteorite Ownership and Legal Issues"
Saturday morning, August 21, 2021, ~8:30-12:00 (more info), Field Museum of Natural History, Founders Room.
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Welcome reception, Hilton Chicago, North of lobby stairs up (Blvd A and Foyer), Sunday, August 15, 2021, 4-6 PM.
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Banquet, Field Museum of Natural History, Stanley Field Hall, Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 6 PM.
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Guided visits to the Field Museum's meteorite and fossil collections, Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 2-5 PM. Sign-up before August 9, 2021 required. Meet in West Lobby of Field Museum.
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Adler Planetarium, August 21, 2021, 12:00-1:45 PM
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Coffee/tea/water 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM