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Scheduled meetings of the LPS research community

The LPS research community meets for the purposes of decision-making and long-term planning once a year, and has done so since 2000 (2000, Tokyo, Japan; 2001, Verbania, Italy; 2002, Durban, South Africa; 2003, Padova, Italy; 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2005, Larnaka, Cyprus; 2006, Prague, The Czech Republic; 2007, Budapest, Hungary). Other meetings are convened when possible, coincident with major international conferences. The 2008 meeting will be held in Monterrey, Mexico, on July 14 and 15.

In addition, a Team Conference has been held in Melbourne (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), followed by a Team Retreat at Wilson's Promontory National Park (2003, 2004, 2005), subject to the availability of funds. In 2008, funding has been obtained to continue this practice for a further three years. The 2008 LPS Team Conference and Retreat will be held from December 3 to 12.

2008 LPS Team Meeting: Monterrey, Mexico, July 14 and 15

In 2008, the LPS Team Meeting will be held in Monterrey, Mexico, on July 14 and 15, immediately following the ICME11 conference. At this meeting the videoPortal data networking system will be officially launched.

2007 LPS Team Meeting: Budapest, Hungary, August 27 and 28

The 2007 meeting of the LPS Research Community was held in Budapest over one and a half days: August 27 and 28. The meeting was attended by representatives from Research Groups in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In addition, Niels Brouwer from the Netherlands attended most of Day One as an observer.

2006 LPS Team Meeting: Prague, the Czech Republic, July 23 and 24
The meeting was attended by representatives from Research Groups in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Japan, Norway, The Philippines, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In addition, interested researchers from Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Taiwan also attended the meeting.