Deadlines & milestones
| Date | Task | Group |
|---|---|---|
| 14 December 2016–31 January 2017 | Call-for-sessions: public can suggest sessions in the various Programme Groups | Community |
| 01–08 February 2017 | Session Programme Finalisation based on the Call-for-Sessions suggestions | SOC |
| 15 February 2017 | Call-for-abstracts, start of the abstract submission | Community |
| 09 May 2017, 13:00 CEST | Abstract submission deadline | Community |
| 09–17 May 2017 | Convener Part 1 + 2 (SOI + II) Convener Part 1: acceptance, rejection, transfer of abstracts to other sessions (no oral/poster selection at this stage), additional upload of abstracts by conveners are possible Convener Part 2: Session Tagging, i.e. conveners communicate wishes and requirements regarding room size, time blocks, no-overlap requests, to SOC |
Conveners |
| 18–29 May 2017 | PCI (SOC Part 1): evaluation of rejected and unassigned contributions, finalization of sessions that have not completed SOI task | SOC |
| 29 May – 04 June 2017 | PCII (SOC Part 2): assigning of time blocks, rooms, days and exact session times to each session on the basis of convener requests and consistency for the programme | SOC |
| 01 June 2017 | Letter of acceptance (information to authors if their abstract is accepted and in which session, no information about oral or poster decision) | Copernicus |
| 05–14 June 2017 | Convener Part 3 (SOIII): oral/ poster selection (according to assigned timeblocks), ordering of presentations | Conveners |
| 15–21 June 2017 | PCIII (SOC Part 3): finalization of programme | SOC |
| 22 June 2017 | Letter of schedule (information to authors with precise information regarding session, time and length of presentation, etc.) Upload of conference programme on website |
Copernicus |
| 13 July 2017 | Deadline for information to be included in programme book (welcome text, adverts, etc.) | SOC |
| 15 August 2017 | Deadline for letter of invitation requests | Community |
| mid-August 2017 | Deadline for booking accommodation at discounted rate | Community |
| 31 August 2017 | Deadline for daily programme | Conveners |
| 17–22 September 2017 | European Planetary Science Congress 2017 | Community |