Second Circular
CPS 9th International School of Planetary Sciences
Date: 24-29 June 2012
Venue: Seapal Suma, a casual seaside resort located in the west part of Kobe, Japan
Address: 1-1-1 Sumaura-dori, Suma, Kobe 654-0055 Japan
Phone: +81 78 731 6815 / Fax: +81 78 734 1896
Japanese site:
http://www.seapalsuma.com/
English site:
http://web.travel.rakuten.co.jp/portal/my/info_page_e.Eng?f_no=13907&f_ptn1=&f_teikei=Objective and Scope:
The objective of the school is to promote education and research in planetary sciences
for highly motivated graduate students and young researchers by providing them with
an opportunity to interact with leading scientists in a specific field. Note that the term
“Planetary Sciences” is used in a broader sense to include astronomy, astrophysics,astrochemistry, astrobiology, astromineralogy, geosciences, space science, cosmology,
and other related fields.
Topic of the coming school:
Across the Earth into Exoplanets
Recent wonderful discovery of exoplanets requires us to rethink the earth andgeneralize our understandings of the planet. For the sake of doing so, we should firstabsorb up-to-date knowledge about the structure of the earth from the deep interior to
the surface and dynamics producing various geological and geophysical phenomena. We
could then apply the knowledge to various conditions of planets such as the early earth,the other planets in the solar system, and exoplanets. This application enables us tobetter understand the coevolution of a solid planet’s interior and its surface in terms of asearch for a habitable exoplanet.
Attached below is the program of the school. The schedule may change without notice.
Please visit our official school website for thedetailed and updated program:Abstract:-Abstract for all lectures and poster presentations is now ready to download athttps://www.cps-jp.org/~pschool/pub/2012-06-24/doc/pschool9_booklet.pdf

Short Talk and Poster Presentation:-Participants who put up a poster will be given 1-minute each for a short oralpresentation of the poster (without discussion time) at the beginning of poster sessions(25-26 June).
-Please prepare 1-page slide (pdf file) for this talk and upload it. Go to the CPS Web
page, where you have uploaded your abstract, then click "edit", a pencil-like icon, andreplace your abstract with your 1-page slide. The deadline for slide uploading is 6 June.
-All posters will be on display from Sunday (24 June) to Thursday (28 June).
-The size of a poster should not exceed 900 mm W x 2100 mm H.
Registration Fee:
10,000 JPY is to be paid by CASH ONLY. Please pay at the registration desk upon
arrival.
Accommodation:
Participants:-4 persons share one traditional Japanese-style tatami room
-The room has a toilet but no bathtub and shower-An ocean-view public bath located at the top floor is available until 23:00 dailyLecturers:-Western style twin rooms with a shower are reserved for single use-Please let us know should you prefer to stay in a Japanese-style room
Rates per person in Japanese YenStandard, 4 in 1 room Single Use
47,000 62,000**Reserved for Lecturers-The rate includes 13 meals during your stay in Seapal Suma
-Please make a payment at the hotel front desk upon arrival-Payment can be made by cash or credit cards (visa, master, amex, diners, and JCB)Excursion-Half-day excursion will be organized on Wednesday afternoon. If you wish to join theshort trip, please sign up at the registration desk.
-The destination will be given in the next circular.
-Note that the registration fee, 10,000 JPY, does not include any excursion expenses aswell as the dinner on Wednesday.
AccessPlease refer to the following link
https://www.cps-jp.org/~pschool/pub/2012-06-24/index.html
Important Dates:
All deadline times are 23:59 Japanese Standard Time, UTC+907 February 2012 Travel Grant Application Deadline
15 February 2012 Registration Application Deadline
15 February 2012 Abstract Submission Deadline
29 February 2012 Result Notification
06 June 2012

Short Talk Slide File Upload Deadline

24-29 June 2012 CPS Int'l Sch. of Planet. Sci.
10 July 2012 Poster PDF File Upload Deadline
PROGRAM
Sunday 24 June
1500-1800 Registration
1800-2100 Opening Reception
Monday 25 June
0730-0845 Breakfast
0845-0900 Opening Keynote: Yoshitsugu Nakagawa (CPS, Japan)
0900-1015, 1045-1200
Lecture I: David J. Stevenson (California institute of Technology, USA)

Theoretical overview of structure and dynamics of the Earth: its particularity anduniversality
1230-1330 Lunch
1400-1515, 1545-1700
Lecture II: Taku Tsuchiya (Ehime Univ., Japan)
High pressure physics of the Earth and beyond
1800-1900 Dinner
1900-2100 Poster
Tuesday 26 June
0730-0900 Breakfast
0900-1015, 1045-1200
Lecture III: Shun-ichiro Karato (Yale Univ., USA)
Earth mantle dynamics from planetary perspective
1230-1330 Lunch
1400-1515, 1545-1700
Lecture IV: Philippe Lognonné (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France)
Planetary seismology and geophysics
1800-1900 Dinner
1900-2100 Poster
Wednesday 27 June
0730-0900 Breakfast
0900-1015, 1045-1200

Lecture V: Francis Nimmo (Univ. of Santa Cruz, USA)
Evolution of rocky and icy planets in the solar system1230-1330 Lunch
1400-1800 Excursion
1800-1900 Dinner
1900-2100 Free Discussions
Thursday 28 June
0730-0900 Breakfast
0900-1015, 1045-1200
Lecture VI: Yasuhito Sekine (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
Coupled evolution of the interior and surface environment of the Earth and planets
1230-1330 Lunch
1400-1515, 1545-1700
Lecture VII: Diana Valencia (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Earth-like exoplanets: predictions and observations
1800-2100 Banquet
Friday 29 June
0730-0900 Breakfast
End of the school