• Investigating Cascadia Subduction Zone Geodynamics Through Scientific Ocean Drilling

April 29-May 1, 2015 – Seattle, Washington
Convener: William Wilcock

• Workshop for Scientific Drilling in the Indian Ocean Crust and Mantle

May 13-16, 2015, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Convener: Henry Dick

• Submarine Paleoseismology: Using giant piston coring within IODP to fill the gap in long-term records of great earthquakes

July 16-18, 2015 – Zurich, Switzerland
Conveners:  Michael Strasser (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Antonio Cattaneo (IFREMER, France), Ken Ikehara (AIST, Japan), and Cecilia McHugh (Queens College, City Univ. New York, USA)

• Developing Scientific Drilling Proposals for the Argentina Passive Volcanic Continental Margin

September 8-10, 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Convener: Roger Flood

• Exploring Deep Subsurface Life, Sedimentation and Tectonics in a Young Ocean: Workshop to synthesize site survey cruise data and develop new strategies for a scientific ocean drilling proposal in the Guaymas Basin

November 7-9, 2015 – Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Conveners:  Ivano Aiello, Andreas Teske and Christina Ravelo