12th International Conference on AMS Spectrometry

The Twelfth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry will be held in Wellington, New Zealand at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, (Te Papa) on 20–25 March 2011.

Scientists from all over the world will come together to discuss recent technological progress, applications and future trends of accelerator based isotope techniques for studies in archaeology, nuclear physics and astrophysics, cosmogeochemistry, biomedical sciences, environment, geology, hydrology, ocean sciences, and nuclear safeguards.

AMS-12 is hosted by the GNS Science National Isotope Centre.

The call for abstracts and registration will open on 1 August 2010.

The conference website will be the official site for all updated conference information, sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, conference hotel information and bookings, and conference registration. Note the address and check it regularly for further updates.

Get a feel for Wellington, the range of accommodation, the harbour, transportation and entertainment available here.

For further information including sponsorship and exhibition opportunities contact:
ams12@gns.cri.nz
www.gns.cri.nz/ams12

Albert Zondervan
AMS-12 Convener
National Isotope Centre
T: +64-4-570 4617
a.zondervan@gns.cri.nz

20th International Radiocarbon Conference

When I entered graduate school far too long ago, I had a research assistantship with Paul Damon at the University of Arizona on geomagnetic modulation of atmospheric radiocarbon concentration. This is what first got me interested in changes in the magnetic field strength over the past few millennia, which led to my master's thesis on archaeomagnetism. The rest, is history.

My first professional presentation was at the 9th International Radiocarbon Conference in Los Angeles and La Jolla, 1976. Nobel Prize winner Willard Libby was there. Now the 20th Conference is coming to Hawaii, and the abstract deadline is March 15.
From http://www.radiocarbon2009.org/ :

Hosted by the Arizona AMS Laboratory, the 2009 Radiocarbon conference will be held on the Big Island, Hawaii, from May 31–June 5, 2009.

Abstract submission and Registration are now available online. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 15, 2009. Information on the Pre-Conference field trip to the lava flows is here.

Bigger than the other Hawaiian islands combined, Hawaii's "Big Island" provides a fascinating backdrop for the Radiocarbon 2009 meeting. For some quick facts on the island and the many activities available, visit Hawaii's official tourism site.

As with previous Radiocarbon Conference proceedings, the journal Radiocarbon (which now keeps back issues online) will publish the 2009 proceedings.