| Date | Public | Conveners | Programnme and Science Committee/Copernicus |
| 25 March 2011 | Abstract submission with waiver or award applications | ||
| 28 March – 01 April 2011 | Ranking of support applications | ||
| 21 April 2011 | Abstract submission | Support selection: letter to applicants | |
| 02 – 12 May 2011 Transfer of abstracts until 06 May 2011 |
Session Organisation Convener Part 1 (SOI): Abstract acceptance, transfer, upload & rejection Convener Part 2 (SOII): Convenor requests on scheduling: no-overlap, back-to-back, length of session |
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| 14 – 27 May 2011 | Session Organisation PSC Part 1: Abstract implementation & session tagging Session Organisation not finalised by Conveners (SOI&SOII) Draft lay-out of Programme |
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| 24 May 2011 | PSC Meeting (PSC Part 2): Schedule of oral & poster Sessions |
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| 30 May – 09 June 2011 | Session Organisation Convener Part 3 (SOIII): Oral/poster selection and ordering/scheduling of presentations, Assignment of chair person(s), finalising of draft session programme |
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| 14 – 22 June 2011 |
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Session Organisation PSC Part 3: Scheduling Finalise session programme, check on overlaps |
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| 27 June 2011 | Letter of schedule to key authors | Upload of session programme on the Internet | |
| 30 June 2011 | Deadline for Exhibitors | ||
| 30 June 2011 | Request for letter of invitation: no guarantee for in-time provision after this date | ||
| 12 August 2011 | Pre-registration closes | ||
| 31 August 2011 | Deadline for Daily Programme | Deadline for Daily Programme | |
| 12 – 16 September 2011 | 11th EMS / 10th ECAM | ||