Public Session in JpGU Meeting 2011

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Sessions widely open to the public. We are waiting for everyone including a middle school and high school students. The Four of Public Sessions in JpGU Meeting 2011 are described below.

– Date: May 22, Sunday, Friday, 2011
– For a Public Session abstract submission and participation fees are free of charge.
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session
ID		 title     convener
O-20 Poster presentations by senior high school students
@		 Tatsuhiko Hara 
@		 iInternational Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute)
@ Senior high school students show poster presentations on topics in fields of earth and planetary science. We provide an opportunity for senior high school students to give their presentations in the conference and to have discussions with them. This session has been presented as a public outreach session since 2006. The JpGU Publicity and Outreach Committee members are conveners of this session.
O-21 Recent Advances in Earth and Planetary Science
@		 Tatsuhiko Hara iInternational Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute)
@ This is an outreach session, in which invited speakers present their recent findings and developments in the fields of earth and planetary sciences. This session has been presented as a public session since 2005. The JpGU Publicity and Outreach Committee members are conveners of this session.
O-22 Geopark
@		 Mahito Watanabe iInstitute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technologyj
@ Activities in geoparks and prospective geoparks such as education of earth science, training of guides, conservation of geoheritage and regional development by tourism will be reported and discussed. We expect participation of wide ranges of people who are interested in geoparks.
O-23 Presentation of the prospective Geoparks
@		 Mahito Watanabe iInstitute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technologyj
@ Presentations for the evaluation of prospective Geoparks by Japan Geopark Committee will be made by the candidate areas. The evaluation process includes this presentation, discussion by the Committee members closed to the public and on-site survey. After this evaluation process, new Japan Geoparks and the candidate to Global Geoparks will be decided in this autumn.