Reaching the Mantle Frontier Workshop
Agenda
(Subject to Change)
Day one – Thursday September 9, 2010
13:00-13:30
Introduction/Opening remarks/Meeting goals
Introduction/Opening remarks/Meeting goals (Kiyoshi Suyehiro, Jesse Ausubel and Russell Hemley)
13:30- 15:00 Deep Carbon Observatory overview (Robert Hazen, Connie Bertka and Erik Hauri)
15:00-15:20Break
Break15:20-15:40Oceanic Moho and Mantle - what we learned from recent active source seismic studies
Oceanic Moho and Mantle - what we learned from recent active source seismic studies (Shuichi Kodaira)
15:40-16:00Kanazawa Mohole meeting summary and Mohole history (Benoit Ildefonse)
Kanazawa Mohole meeting summary and Mohole history (Benoit Ildefonse)16:00-17:00Keynote address - Drilling the MOHOLE - More Difficult than Landing Men on the Moon?"
Keynote address - Drilling the MOHOLE - More Difficult than Landing Men on the Moon?" (Donald Beattie)
17:00-20:00Reception and dinner
Reception and dinnerDay two – Friday September 10, 2010
07:00-08:45 Breakfast at Carnegie Institution
08:45-09:15Linking in-situ information to global and planetary scale processes. Uses and limitations
Linking in-situ information to global and planetary scale processes. Uses and limitations and why is in-situ sampling useful (Donna Blackman)
09:15-09:45Global chemical cycles and relation to mantle dynamics/petrological processes (Yoshiuki Tatsumi)
Global chemical cycles and relation to mantle dynamics/petrological processes (Yoshiuki Tatsumi)9:45-10:00 Break
Break10:00-10:30Microbiology – extent of life (Matt Schrenk)
Microbiology – extent of life (Matt Schrenk)10:30-11:00Deep energy, environment and climate (Peter Kelemen)
Deep energy, environment and climate (Peter Kelemen)11:00-12:00Breakout sessions
Breakout sessions 1- Mantle and global chemical cycles (chairs: Erik Hauri and Matthew Jackson) 2- Mantle dynamics, from petrophysics to large scale imaging
(chairs: Jason Phipps Morgan and Donna Blackman)
3- Deep energy and life (Chairs: Matt Schrenk, others TBN)13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:00-13:45Continue breakout sessions
Continue breakout sessions13:45-14:45Plenary Session – Results of breakout
Plenary Session – Results of breakout 14:45-15:00Break
Break15:00-16:00Discussion on outcome of previous MoHole planning workshops- Science and Sites - Links to DCO
Discussion on outcome of previous MoHole planning workshops- Science and Sites - Links to DCO (Chair: Benoit Ildefonse)
16:00-17:00Discussion of results from previous workshop – Rationale and requirements – Links to DCO
Discussion of results from previous workshop – Rationale and requirements – Links to DCO (chair: Eric Hellebrand)
Day three – Saturday September 11, 2010
07:00-08:45 Breakfast at Carnegie Institution
08:45-9:45 Present technological capabilities and limitations and discussion (Greg Myers: Ocean Leadership)
Present technological capabilities and limitations and discussion (Greg Myers: Ocean Leadership)09:45-1000 Break
Break10:00-10:20Drilling Fluid technology (Michael Freeman: MI-SWACO)
Drilling Fluid technology (Michael Freeman: MI-SWACO)10:20-10:40 Riserless Mud Recovery technology for deep holes in deep water
(John Cohen: AGR Drilling Services)
10:40-11:00Self-sinking capsules to investigate Earth's interior (Michael I. Ojovan: Sheffield University)
Self-sinking capsules to investigate Earth's interior (Michael I. Ojovan: Sheffield University)11:00-11:20Sub sea equipment manipulation (Larry Karl: Oceaneering)
Sub sea equipment manipulation (Larry Karl: Oceaneering)11:20-11:40Blow out preventors and sea floor isolation devices (John Kotrla: Cameron)
Blow out preventors and sea floor isolation devices (John Kotrla: Cameron)11:40-12:00Managing the project- cost, timeline, resources (John Thorogood: Drilling Global Consultants LLC)
Managing the project- cost, timeline, resources (John Thorogood: Drilling Global Consultants LLC)12:00-13:00Lunch
Lunch13:00-14:30Implementation BREAKOUT (break available during breakout at 14:00)
Implementation BREAKOUT (break available during breakout at 14:00)1- Funding (chair: TBN)2- Technical (operations and engineering, milestones and road mapping (chair: TBN)14:30-15:30Plenary Session - Capture consensus items (chair: Yoshiuki Tatsumi)
Plenary Session - Capture consensus items (chair: Yoshiuki Tatsumi)15:30-17:00Path forward
Path forward
