This paper and panel session will focus on ideas and views on the permanent marker system for geologic repositories of nuclear waste and focus on identifying a uniform message that should be told to future generations. The hope is to get as many interested professionals, educators, and young professionals as possible together to discuss in some detail two items: 1) What internationally agreed to "message" should be included in all permanent markers programs, and 2) How/Where should these messages be archived and transmitted.  We encourage all young professionals who are interested in the topic of passing information to future generations to attend and provide their view points on the subject. After the papers are presented, the panel will discuss these issues.

Panelists include: Claudio Pescatore, NEA-OECD (France); Erik Setzman, SKB (Sweden); Roger Seitz, SRNL; Jantine Schroder, SCK-CHEN (Belgium); Simon Wisbey, NDA (United Kingdom); and Peter C. van Wyck, Concordia University (Canada).