Joint symposium of Misasa 2019 &CMC
Duration: March 18 (Mon.)-21(Thu.), 2019
Place: Blanc Art Misasa
Theme: Origin, Evolution & Dynamics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors

Welcome to the Joint symposium of Misasa 2019 & CMC on the “Origin,Evolution & Dynamics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors”, jointly organized by theInstitute for Planetary Materials (IPM), Okayama University, and the MEXT
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas project “Interactionand Coevolution of the Core and Mantle Toward Integrated Deep EarthScience” (CMC).
IPM is located in Misasa town, Tottori Prefecture, which is a well-known hot
spring resort. The Institute has a long tradition, originating from the Institutefor Thermal Spring Research (1950-1985), which was reorganized into theInstitute for Study of the Earthʼs Interior (ISEI) as a national collaborative
research facility in 1985, and then into the current Institute for Planetary
Materials in 2016. The mission of IPM is to study the origin, evolution anddynamics of the Earth and other planets, and to promoting collaborative
research and education in Earth and planetary materials sciences by providing
opportunities to access its broad spectrum of unique world-class analyticaland experimental facilities to the domestic and international researchcommunity.
The five-year project “Interaction and Coevolution of the Core and Mantle
Toward Integrated Deep Earth Science” aims at clarifying the major unsolved
mysteries in deep Earth science by focusing on the core-mantle interaction
and coevolution by fusing different research fields that have developed
individually in Earth and planetary sciences.
This symposium will showcase recent, state-of-the-art developments inunderstanding the origin, evolution, and dynamics of planetary interiors.
Contributions from the broad fields of Earth and planetary sciences arewelcomed, including materials science, geophysical observations, andnumerical modeling. It is hoped that the co-organization of the symposium by

IPM and CMC will provide a great opportunity for fruitful discussions andcollaborations among scientists in related fields both in Japan and around theworld.
We look forward to meeting you in March 2019 at the symposium, and wish
you will have a great experience during your stay in Misasa.
Xianyu Xue,
Director of the Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University

Scope
This symposium will showcase recent, state-of-the-art developments inunderstanding the origin, evolution, and dynamics of planetary interiors.
Contributions from the broad fields of Earth and planetary sciences arewelcomed, including materials science, geophysical observations, andnumerical modeling.

Invited speakers (as of Nov. 7, 2018)
M.J. Walter (Geophys. Lab., Carnegie Inst.)
J.-F. Lin (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
T. Katsura (Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Univ. of Bayreuth)
E. Takahashi (Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy ofSciences)D. Mainprice (Montpellier Univ.)
J.G. Learned (Univ. of Hawaii)
T. Nakagawa (Hongkong Univ.)

Time Schedule
First circular: November 7, 2019
Second circular: December 15, 2019
Third circular: January 31, 2019
Call-for-abstracts starts: January 5, 2019

Abstract submission deadline: February 15, 2019
Symposium: March 18 (Mon)~21 (Thus), 2019

Event
March 17: Ice Breaker
March 19: Banquet
March 21: Retirement ceremony and party for Assoc. Prof. Yoneda

Local Organizing Committeel

Executive Committee Chairperson
Xianyu Xuel

Executive Committee Vice Chairperson
Takashi YoshinolProgram committee
Xianyu Xue, ＊Takashi Yoshino, Takuo Okuchi, Taku TsuchiyalPublic relations committee＊Masami Kanzaki, Shigeru Yamashita, Matthew IzawalLocation committee＊Akira Yoneda, Daisuke Yamazaki, Takuya Moriguti, Noriyoshi Tsujino, Yusuke
Yachi, Hitoshi Gomi, Kaori AnjiSponsor
Joint Use/Research Center from the Institute for Planetary Materials,
Okayama University / Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT), Japan.
Interaction and Coevolution of the Core and Mantle / Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research on Innovative Areas, Japan.

LinkPlease check for the latest information on the following website:
http://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/symp/index.php
Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University

http://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/
Interaction and Coevolution of the Core and Mantle

http://en.core-mantle.jp