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         THE FOURTH ANNUAL GREATER IPAC SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM             
                                                             
                >>>> CALL FOR TITLES <<<<                     
                                                              
           Title Deadline:   Tuesday, 25 February 2003             
                                                              
                                                              
             Symposium:                                       
                                                              
             Date:      6 and 7 March, 2003                 
                                                              
             Location:  Winnett Lounge, Caltech               
                                                              
             Reception: Chandler Hall, 7 March 5-7pm 

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The Fourth Annual Greater IPAC Science Symposium will be held on Thursday 
and Friday, March 6 and 7, 2003.  The format of the Symposium will be
~15 minute contributed science talks by Greater IPAC staff (IPAC, SSC, MSC),
along with one or two special Invited Talks each day given by an IPAC staff 
member.  The Symposium will be concluded with the "State of IPAC" presentation
by Executive Director George Helou, followed by a catered reception at 
Chandler Hall.  All Greater IPAC staff are welcome and encouraged to attend.

For those of you new to IPAC, the Science Symposium is a forum for all staff 
of IPAC, the SIRTF Science Center and the Michelson Science Center to 
present, discuss and learn about the diverse research that is being carried 
out at the "Greater IPAC."  IPAC staff members who wish to make a contributed 
science presentation are asked to submit a talk title no later than Tuesday, 
February 25 to Roc Cutri (roc@ipac.caltech.edu).  Email submission is 
preferred.  If the topic of your presentation is not immediately apparent 
from the title, please provide a descriptive sentence for scheduling purposes.
Abstracts are not necessary.

The atmosphere of the Symposium is intended to be fun and informal, and the 
location, the Winnett Lounge (upstairs from the Caltech Bookstore), is 
designed to get us away from our offices and project work.  Preferred attire 
for the Symposium includes a Hawaiian shirt.  Don't embarass yourself by
being the only one there not wearing one, so start shopping now.

For questions and title submissions, please contact Roc Cutri 
(roc@ipac.caltech.edu) or Bill Latter (latter@ipac.caltech.edu), 
GISS Co-chairs.  For further information, please see the 2003 GISS
web page at:

http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/roc/giss/2003/