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 Japan Geoscience Union Mail News No.14 March 10, 2008.
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 Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2008 (JpGU Meeting 2008)
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 Important Dates
 for the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2008 (25-30 May in Makuhari. Chiba)

Abstract Submission was closed. Thank you for a lots of  contributions.
Editing procedures are underway.
We can show details in the next Mail News.

Reception Party will be held on May 28, Wednesday from 18:30 to 20:30 at the restaurant on the 1st floor after the council meeting.
Fee in advance is 1500 yen for undergraduates and 4000 yen for the general.
On site fee is 2000 yen for undergraduates and 5000 yen for the general.
You can only apply for it in advance on the pre-registration site.

Advertisements for JpGU Meeting 2008 program are wanted!
4500 programs has been distributed on JpGU Meeting 2007.
This programs is A3 size dual page print. (like newspapers)
Please utilize them for the advertising measures for the earth science related researchers.

Companies exhibiting in JpGU 2008
Ihttp://www.jpgu.org/meeting/2008exhibi.html
http://www.jpgu.org/meeting/info/20071208.html

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 What's New !
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(1)SELENE (KAGUYA) got Aviation Week Laureate Award for space!
SELENE (KAGUYA) project (JAXA) got aviation week laureate award for space on March 4.
It may be first time o receive such award by Japanese mission.
Aviation Week is the famous publisher of the aerospace magazine of the United States.
Congratulations on all the people involved in SELENE (KAGUYA).
http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm

(2) Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committees

2nd International Earth Science Olympiad are to be held from August 31 to September 7
in the Philippines.

Japan are going to dispatch 4 high school students there.
Application for the first selection was closed on February 29th.
357 students of 44 junior and senior high schools from 25 prefectures applied.
http://www.jpgu.org/ieso/senbatu1.html
!st selection: March 16, 2008 at each school 20 students are to be selected.
2nd selection: May 31, 2008 at Tokyo University 4 students are to be selected.
Japan Earth Science Committee has been formally set up.

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