The 6th International Planetary Probe Workshop will be held at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 23 – 27 June 2008. This looks to be an interesting workshop. It also includes an Extreme Environment Technologies course which will be held on the weekend preceding the workshop, 21-22 June 2008. Here's part of the blurb from the first announcement:
"The goal of the workshop is to bring together an international group of scientists, technologists, engineers, mission designers, and policy makers with an interest in the exploration of solar system bodies with substantial atmospheres. The workshop scope covers the technological challenges and scientific opportunities that are both enabled and constrained by entry, descent, landing and flight in planetary atmospheres.The 6th workshop will build on the success of the previous workshops to promote international cooperation in probe missions to solar system moons and planets bearing atmospheres, and to provide the opportunity for students, the next generation of planetary scientists, spacecraft engineers, technologists, mission planners, and policy makers to participate in these endeavors.
The world’s space community is focused on expanding our knowledge of planetary atmospheres and their moons, as well as comets and asteroids. In addition to NASA’s studies to define the next major missions, and ESA’s focus on its Cosmic Vision program, the international community has numerous missions in various states of study and development that will target major destinations in our solar system. IPPW-6 is a timely event that welcomes your participation."