Deadlines & Milestones
| Date | Public |
| 01 – 17 March 2008 | First Announcement and Call for sessions |
| 01 April – 16 May 2008 | Second Announcement and Call for abstracts |
| 16 June 2008 | Abstract Submission Deadline |
| 16 June – 27 June 2008 | Convener Part 1: accept, reject, transfer, add abstracts (no oral/poster selection at this stage) Convener Part 2: convenors communicate wishes and requirements regarding room size, time blocks etc to the conference committee |
| 30 June – 11 July 2008 | Programme Committee Part 1: - evaluate rejected and not assigned contributions - assign time blocks, rooms, days and exact session times to each session, on the basis of convenor requests and consistency of the programme |
| 14 July 2008 | Letter of Acceptance to Authors |
| 14 July – 18 July 2008 | Convener Part 3: Now convenors select oral/poster presentations and assign the order of presentations, according to allowed time slots |
| 21 July – 30 July 2008 | Programme Committee Part 2: finalise programme |
| 31 July 2008 | Letter of Schedule to Authors |
| 24 August 2008 | Pre-registration |
| 24 August 2008 | Deadline for Hotel Reservation via Contingent |
| 21 – 26 September 2008 | European Planetary Science Congress 2008 |
