A partial list of planned meetings in 1996 with content of interest to the IJW Satellites Discipline: 1) Galilean satellite special session at Spring AGU. Baltimore, May 20-24 1996. 2) Laboratory Planetology Symposium at COSPAR. Birmingham, UK, 14-21 July 1996. 3) IJW-related sessions at the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Brisbane, Australia, July 23-27 1996. 4) DPS Tucson, AZ, USA, 23-26 October, 1996. 5) Europa Ocean: An International Conference. November 12-14, 1996, San Juan Capistrano Research Institute. 6) AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, 1996, San Francisco. ___________________________________________________________________________ 1) GALILEAN SATELLITE SPECIAL SESSION AT SPRING AGU Jim Head writes: Torrence Johnson and I are co-sponsoring a special session for the Spring AGU meeting, May 20-24, 1996 in Baltimore, Maryland, entitled Galilean Satellite Geology and Geophysics. Please bring this to the attention of your colleagues. The deadline for abstracts is February 29, 1996 (original and 2 copies to AGU; one copy to be sent to conveners by February 22nd). The full instructions and electronic submittal information are in the December 5 issue of EOS. P03 Galilean Satellite Geology and Geophysics This session focuses on geological and geophysical analyses of the Galilean satellites from Voyager, HST, and Earth-based observations. Specific contributions are solicited which highlight pre-Galileo encounter states of knowledge about processes and histories, and predictions and tests that can be made with Galileo data. Studies of other outer planets' satellites that are relevant to the understanding of the Galilean satellites are also of interest, as are plans for satellite observations during the Galileo mission. Conveners: James Head, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, tel: (401) 863-2526, fax: (401) 863-3978, e-mail: head@pggipl.geo.brown.edu; and Torrence Johnson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, tel: (818) 393-7957, fax: (818) 393-4530, e-mail: tjohnson@jpltvj.jpl.nasa.gov. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2) LABORATORY PLANETOLOGY SYMPOSIUM AT COSPAR (BELATED ANNOUNCEMENT) During the 31st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Birmingham, U. K., 14 - 21 July 1996 a symposium on "Laboratory Planetology" is organized. Here is the relevant information on this meeting : B0.5 "Laboratory Planetology" Programme Committee : Main Scientific Organizer : J. Klinger (France) Deputy Organizer : D. Moehlmann (Germany) Organizing Committee : L. Allamandola (USA) J. Blum (Germany) K. Ibadinov (Tajikistan) A. C. Levasseur-Regourd (France) G. Schwehm (The Netherlands) information on the programme This symposium is focussed on laboratory studies relevant to planetology. The main topics are : - Studies of analogues of cometary regoliths and ice - Laboratory simulations and numerical studies of preplanetary growth processes of solid matter - Optical studies of laboratory analogues of planetary, cometary and asteroidal surfaces The contributers are encouraged to present communications on experi- mental and numerical studies related to the preparation of the Rosetta mission. Such studies are for example : Formation processes of dust layers on cometary surfaces, diffusion processes in porous comet nuclei or studies of the propagation of seismic and electromagnetic waves in comet analogues. Laboratory studies related to future Mars missions and to observation campaigns of planetary surfaces are also welcome. Deadline for Abstracts : 15 January 1996 The original of the abstract should be mailed to : Copernicus Gesellschaft 31th COSPAR Scientific Assembly Postfach 49, Max-Planck-Str. 1 D 37189 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany Tel. +49-5556-1440 Fax +49-5556-4709 Internet :COP@LINAX1.DNET.GWDG.DE Please send a copy of the abstrct to me. Sincerely, J. Klinger Prof. J. Klinger tel. (33) 76 82 42 41 LGGE, B.P. 96 fax (33) 76 82 42 01 F 38402 St. Martin d'Heres CEDEX e-mail : klinger@glaciog.grenet.fr France ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) IJW-RELATED SESSIONS AT THE WESTERN PACIFIC GEOPHYSICS MEETING The Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting to be held in Brisbane, Australia July 23-27, 1996 will include several special sessions of interest to members of the DPS. A full day session is planned to cover the results of the IJW to date. Invited speakers include N. Thomas, J. Spencer, Rene Prange I. de Pater, J. Clarke, G. Ballester, G. R. Gladstone, H. Rucker, M. Klein and K. Imai. A second full day session is planned on the Early Results from the Galileo probe and orbiter. Invited speakers include R. Beebe, H. Niemann, D. Hunten, A. Seiff, B. Ragent, K. Rinnert, R. Carlson, J. Anderson, D. Williams and C. Russell. A third session will cover the remaining outer planets with invited presentations from A. Lane, K. Noll, W. Hubbard, L. Ben Jaffel, Bruce Fegley, A. Sanchez-Lavega, M. Buie, J. Trauger, D. Crisp, L. Trafton and Wing Ip. A session on the SL9 impact with Jupiter being convened by V. Meadows includes invited talks by R. Beebe, S. Brecht, J. Clarke, I. de Pater, D. Hunten, V. Meadows, Osterloo, A. Sprague and Watanabe. Other planetary sessions being organized include: inner planets (convener, J. G. Luhmann); Venus tectonics (convener, R. J. Phillips); and Australian impact craters (convener, L. Hamilton). For more information see URL http://igpp.ucla.edu/spa/activities/meetings/wpgm96.html on the World Wide Web or send an email message to ctrussell@igpp.ucla.edu. Abstract deadline is March 15, 1996 at AGU Headquarters, 2000 Florida Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20009. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) DPS 1996 Tucson, Arizona, October 23-26 1996. No details here yet. ___________________________________________________________________________ 5) "EUROPA OCEAN: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE" November 12-14 1996, San Juan Capistrano Research Institute, San Juan Capistrano, California. Abstracts due September 18, 1996. See Doug Nash (nash@sji.org) for more details.