U-Series Workshop 2026

Welcome to the information page for the U-Series Workshop!

Held on October 10, 2026, this will be a 1-day workshop for U-series scientists on the day before the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting October 11-14 in Denver, CO.

We will provide periodic updates to the information on this website for participants of the workshop. For now, here are some basic details on the workshop:

Where: The Slate Hotel, 1250 Welton Street, Denver, CO (meeting room TBA)

When: October 10, 2026, from 9am - 4:30pm (with optional social hour to follow)

Lunch and coffee will be provided!

Time

Session

9:00–9:20am

Welcome & Goals

9:20–10:00am

Previous Intercalibration Efforts: Lessons Learned

10:00–10:30am

Discussion: Why Past Efforts Succeeded or Failed or ?

10:30–10:45  am

Coffee Break 

10:45–11:15 am

Breakout Groups on Community Perspectives: What We Know, What We Need

11:15–11:30 am

Report- back & Full-Group Synthesis

11:30 am–12:15 pm

Standards, Spikes, and Intercalibration Solutions 

12:15–1:15  pm

LUNCH (catered)

1:15–2:45

Intercalibration — Roadmap development and Working Sessions

2:45–3:00 pm

Coffee Break 

3:00–3:45 pm

Roadmap Review and Discussion

3:45–4:15 pm

Ownership Assignments & Timeline for the Path Forward

4:15-4:30 pm

Closing 

Questions? please reach out to me or another of the workshop organizers:

Elizabeth Niespolo (niespolo -at- princeton -dot- edu), Frankie Pavia, Oana Dumitru, and Kathleen Wendt