Programme for A workshop to define the future needs of Solid Earth Infrastructure

Day 1

Welcome and introduction Andreas Rietbrock (Liverpool University)

Overview European Solid Earth Observing Systems EPOS Mission and Scientific case or justification for EPOS and RI John Ludden (BGS, NERC lead for solid earth National capability and UK EPOS lead)

Thematic presentations (Invited speakers)

  1. Dan Faulkner: Properties of the lithosphere: the view from the pressure vessel
  2. John Blundy: Igneous differentiation 100 years after NL Bowen - has anything changed?
  3. James Wookey: Future challenges and opportunities in Deep Earth Seismology
  4. Chris Hughes: Coastal Sea Level: linking the solid earth to the ocean
  5. Tim Henstock: Challenges for Marine Geophysics
  6. Tim Wright: A new era of geodetic big data - challenges and opportunities
  7. Bernd Kulessa: Permanent and mobile survey platforms, data and modelling needs in UK Polar ice sheet and glacier research
  8. Colin MacPherson: Observing Rocks: A geochemical Perspective
  9. Graham Appleby: Challenges for Geodetic Observatories

Day 2

Break outs (4 thematic groups: Seismology, Geodesy, Laboratories and Petrology)

Topic: Grand [scientific] challenges and the large Infrastructure needed to enable this research – UK and European.

Key questions to be addressed:

  • What do they need from solid earth infrastructures and monitoring systems?
  • What can EPOS do?
  • Other infrastructure needs?

Presentation– Opportunities arising from NERC's new delivery mechanism: Chris Franklin

Raporteurs report back

Next steps, proposed initiatives, Discussion lead by Andreas Rietbrock

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