The Fifth Australian Mars Exploration Conference
‘Roving the Red Planet’
19th - 21st August, 2005
Keynote Speaker – Call for Papers – Registration – Program – Venue – Accommodation – Travel Information
The Mars Society Australia will be holding its annual
conference AMEC 2005 in Canberra this year, over the weekend of 19th
– 21st August, 2005. It will be hosted by the School
of Psychology at the Australian
National University. The program
will include a range of local and international speakers across both days,
covering diverse disciplines including geology, astrobiology, psychology/human
factors, biomedicine, engineering and robotics. Download a conference poster
here.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The keynote speaker for AMEC 2005 will be
Professor Steve Squyres.
A professor of astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Mr Squyres is a
principal investigator for NASA's
Mars Exploration Rover Missions.
Spirit and Opportunity.
Along with his work on MER, he is also a co-investigator on the 2003
Mars Express.
and 2005
Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter missions, a member
of the Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Flight Investigation Team for the Mars Odyssey mission, and a member
of the imaging team for the Cassini to Saturn.
He will be in Australia promoting his recently published book
Roving Mars.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The call for conference papers is now open.
This year’s theme, Roving the Red Planet reflects the prime importance
of mobility in the exploration of Mars, both now and in the future and
MSA’s "Year of the Rover" focus. Overall there will be six themes,
you are asked to consider submitting within one of these:
Theme 2 – Planetary science and astrobiology
Theme 3 – The human factor
Theme 4 – Analogue studies
Theme 5 – Education and outreach
Theme 6 – Policy and planning
Expressions of interest should be forwarded
to Dr. Jonathan Clarke, 02-6292 0969, .
AMEC 2005 Program (85K pdf)
VENUE
Manning Clark Lecture Theatre,
Australian National University,
Canberra ACT.
View a campus map
here
Discount shared accommodation will be available at the Medina
Executive James Court serviced apartments, Civic. People should
place their bookings directly with Medina Executive James Court
(Stacey Dykes (02) 6240 1234) and mention that they are booking
under the Mars Exploration Conference. In order to get this
heavily discounted rate people need to book before the 19th of
July. If people wish to share a room with others, but don't
know who to share with, they can contact .
The website for these apartments is
www.medinaapartments.com.au (follow the links to James Court).
View a map of
inner city Canberra
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Some useful travel links for online booking
of airfares are:
QANTAS - http://www.qantas.com.au/
Virgin Blue - http://www.virginblue.com.au/
For finding your way around Canberra and other Australian cities, try
Streetdirectory.com
You can search Australian telephone directories
online at http://www.whitepages.com.au/
