Dear Colleague,

I am pleased to invite you to participate in the International Lithosphere Program congress in Berlin

(Potsdam, 6-8 October 2010), where I will convene (together with Proff. U. Dogan and M. Dogan)

the session "Volcanoes and society: environment, health and public outreach".

This session deals with works related to the various aspects of volcanism that are remarkable

for society, therefore embracing geological, petrographic, structural, volcanological, geological

engineering, etc, studies related to recent/active volcanoes; the evaluation of dangerousness

and risk; the environmental aspects; the relationships between dangerous minerals, volcanic

phenomena and human health; and the methods to enhance public outreach and awareness raising.
Deadline for abstracts: May 30, 2010
The congress sessions:
- 1 From microseismicity to large earthquakes: studies related to seismic hazard assessment,

carbon sequestration and sustainable resource management. 
- 2 Continental collisional orogens: from atomic scales to mountain buildings. 
- 3 Probing subduction zones: what is the physical nature of the subduction channel? 
- 4 3d geomechanical modelling of geodynamic processes in the lithosphere. 
- 5 Tracking supercells through earth history. 
- 6 What is the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary? 
- 7 Mantle dynamics and plate architecture beneath north Africa. 
- 8 Circum-Arctic lithosphere evolution. 
- 9 Sedimentary basins. 
- 10 Volcanoes and society: environment, health and public outreach.

The congress fees have been kept very low thanks to a generous contribution

from ILP: the 50 Euro registration fee (20 Euro for students) include the proceedings,

the admission to the three-days conference, three lunches, an evening gala dinner,

the coffee breaks.
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Hoping to see you in Potsdam,
Alessandro Tibaldi
University of Milan Bicocca, Italy