Please join us October 12-13, 2026 for a "Symposium on Planetary Regolith and Aeolian Processes: A tribute to the life and career of Rob Sullivan" at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The program will include public lectures, keynote speakers, and contributed talks.
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/SullivanSymposium
Keynote Speakers to be announced soon.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Ithaca Marriott Downtown on the Commons
SOC: Don Banfield (Ames), Jim Bell (ASU), Alex Hayes, Julie Rathbun (Cornell)
Draft Agenda:
Sunday (10/11): (location TBD)
7 - 9 pm : Optional evening event in Celebration of Rob
Monday (10/12): 122 Physical Sciences Building (PSB), Cornell
Welcome / Introductions
8 am - 9 am : Continental breakfast in PSB Atrium
9 am - 9:30 am : Welcome / Introductions
Mars Session 1
9:30 - 10:00 am Invited/Keynote Speaker 1 (including Speaker intro)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Science Talks
12:00 pm - 1:00 lunch in PSB Atrium
Mars Session 2
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Invited/Keynote Speaker 2 (including Speaker intro)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Science Talks
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Public Lecture by Jim Bell
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner (location TBD)
Tuesday (10/13): 122 Physical Sciences Building (PSB), Cornell
8 am - 9 am : Continental breakfast in PSB Atrium
Outer Planets Session 1
9 am - 9:30 am : Invited/Keynote Speaker 3 (including Speaker intro)
9:30 am - 11:00 am: Science Talks
11:00 am - 11:30 pm : Invited/Keynote Speaker 4 (including Speaker intro)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm lunch in PSB Atrium
Small Bodies Session 1
12:20 - 1:00 pm: Invited/Keynote Speaker 5 (including Speaker intro)
1:00 - 2:30 pm : Science Talks
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Invited/Keynote Speaker 6 (including Speaker intro).
4:00 pm : Adjourn
