<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">The registration deadline for the 2015 Ocean Bottom Seismology Symposium is August 21!!</b></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><b class=""><i class="">US researchers planning to attend the symposium and seeking travel support are encouraged register as early as possible to request funding.</i></b><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">The Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool (OBSIP) Management Office will be hosting a symposium to promote the science and applications of ocean bottom seismographs for geophysics research. The symposium will include sessions on OBS experiment results, and OBS technology and development efforts.<br class=""><br class="">The OBS Symposium will be held on October 5-6 in Vancouver, Washington. Attendance at the 2013 OBS Symposium exceeded 110 scientists, engineers and fleet managers and included a strong international and young scientist presence.<br class=""><br class="">Current invited speakers for the workshop include:<br class=""><br class="">Laura Wallace<br class="">Anne Trehu<br class="">Gaye Bayrakci<br class="">Seth Haines<br class="">John Nabelek<br class="">Haiying Gao</div><div class="">Rob Sohn<br class="">Huajian Yao<br class="">Justin Ball<br class="">Shawn Wei<br class="">Vedran Lekic<br class="">Susan Bilek <br class="">Maya Tolstoy<br class="">Jeff Babcock<br class="">Donna Shillington</div><div class="">Dan Lizarralde<br class=""><br class="">This workshop is being organized and planned by the following Steering Committee:<br class=""><br class="">Del Bohnensteihl<br class="">Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<br class="">North Carolina State University<br class=""><br class="">Heather Deshon<br class="">Huffington Department of Earth Sciences<br class="">Southern Methodist University<br class=""><br class="">Monica Kohler<br class="">Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering<br class="">California Institute of Technology<br class=""><br class="">Harm Van Avendonk<br class="">University of Texas Institute for Geophysics<br class="">The University of Texas at Austin<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Location:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vancouver, Washington<br class="">Date:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>October 5-6, 2015<br class=""><br class="">Registration for the workshop is open at the OBSIP website - <a href="http://www.obsip.org" class="">www.obsip.org</a><br class="">Partial participant travel support will be available for US researchers.<br class=""><br class="">Please plan to join us!<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Brent Evers<br class="">Project Manager<br class="">OBSIP Management Office<br class="">Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology<br class="">1200 New York Avenue, NW <br class="">Suite 400<br class="">202-682-2220 x156<br class=""><a href="mailto:brent.evers@iris.edu" class="">brent.evers@iris.edu</a></div></div></body></html>