2008 AMS Meeting Notice…updated January 15, 2008
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Happy New Year! We wish you a healthy and productive 2008. As you
know, the 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting is just a few
days away. The events and programs kick off on Saturday, 19 January and
continue through Thursday, 24 January. This is the last in our series of
emails pointing out a few of the highlights and special programs of
interest. Again, this is just a glimpse of the many scientific sessions
and events at the meeting. You can find all the information online at http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/
SUNDAY EVENING SPECIAL GEOSS SESSION
We have a very special “after dinner” event planned for Sunday evening on the
Global Earth Observation Systems (GEOSS) from 8:00–9:30 p.m. at the Hilton
Riverside Hotel, Grand Ballroom. The goal of GEOSS is to drive a deeper
understanding of Earth’s complex systems in a way that will greatly improve our
predictive capabilities and bring vital societal benefits to people around the
globe. The Special Session on GEOSS will feature a presentation by
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher,
Jr., Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA
Administrator, who represents the
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
We also encourage you to attend the AMS Annual Business
Meeting and Fellows Reception on Sunday, 20 January starting at 5 p.m.
The one-hour business meeting includes remarks from the AMS President and AMS
President-Elect, presentations on the various Commissions and the 21st Century
Campaign. This is a good chance to learn about workings of your
Society. The business meeting will be followed by a reception from 6 – 8
p.m. to honor the 25 newly elected Fellows. Don’t miss the chance to
congratulate your colleagues on this great distinction and enjoy the music of
the Joe Simon Jazz Trio.
CCM FORUM
The First Colloquium on Industrial Meteorology and Certified Consulting
Meteorologists will be held on Wednesday, 23 January. The program will feature
a combination of broad discussions on selected topics and detailed examples.
The three topics selected for this year’s colloquium are Education of Future CCMs, CCMs in Forensic
Meteorology, and the Role of the CCM in Severe Weather Forecasting. For
the complete program see http://ams.confex.com/ams/88Annual/techprogram/programexpanded_458.htm
DAILY WEATHER BRIEFINGS
Need to get your weather forecast fix? AccuWeather, Inc. will provide the weather briefings for
the 2008 AMS Annual Meeting. The 30-minute interactive briefings will be
provided twice each day, Monday–Thursday, 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The morning
weather briefing will review the past day's significant weather events in the
United States and around the world, discuss major weather events coming in the
next few days, and provide a short-range forecast for the New Orleans area. The
lunchtime weather briefing will discuss forecasted weather events for the
following 1–7 days throughout
WEATHER VIDEO PREVIEW THEATER
The Third Annual Weather Video Preview Theater will be yet another highlight at
this year’s Annual Meeting. The theater will be open Monday–Thursday, 8:00
a.m.–5:30 p.m.
There will be continuous scheduled showings of a selection of exciting and
educational DVDs on weather, storms, and the environment providing an opportunity
for educators and weather enthusiasts to preview the DVDs for use at home, in
the classroom, and at AMS chapter meetings, as well as for other educational
purposes. Most DVDs will be available for purchase at the conference (
SPECIAL SHOWINGS OF
There will be a special showing of the IMAX film Hurricane on the Bayou on
Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. with an encore at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. Narrated by
Meryl Streep, it highlights music by Dr. John, Allen
Toussaint and Fats Domino, some astounding post-Katrina aftermath shots, and
the need to restore coastal wetlands. The film will be followed up by a
film on "NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)."
WOMEN IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES LUNCHEON
A "Women in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences" Luncheon is scheduled
for Tuesday, 23 January, from 12:00–1:30 p.m. in Room R05. The luncheon is an
excellent opportunity to meet, interact, and network with women in the
profession. Women and men at all stages of their career and from all aspects of
the discipline are encouraged to participate. There will also be a
presentation or panel discussion accompanying the luncheon. A cash and
carry may be purchased on site.
SPECIAL SESSION: ASSESSING DIVERSITY AMONG GEOSCIENTISTS
We also want to let you know about a Special Session
of the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric
Sciences on "Assessing Diversity among Geoscientists.” This session
takes place on Monday, 21 January, 7:00–8:30 p.m., Convention Center. The
focus of this session: statistical techniques used to study diversity within
our ranks, difficulties encountered when dealing with relatively small
demographic populations, and on the results of such studies.
BOOK SIGNINGS
Various authors will be signing books--including some exciting new releases--at
the
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Kerry
Emanuel "What We know About Climate Change" (MIT Press 2007) and
"Divine Wind" (
·
Louis
Uccellini "Northeast Snowstorms" (AMS Books
2004)
·
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Bob
Henson "The Rough Guide to Weather 2" (Rough Guides 2007) and
"The Rough Guide to Climate Change 2" (Rough Guides, forthcoming in
2008)
·
Jack
Williams "Hurricane Watch" (Vintage 2001)
POSTERS, POSTERS, POSTERS
Poster sessions are an integral part of the AMS Annual Meeting. There will be
two distinct poster sessions, each two days long. The first is Sunday evening
through Tuesday morning, and the second is Wednesday morning through Thursday
evening. Exhibit Hall B will be open for poster viewing 8:00 a.m.–5:30
p.m., Monday–Wednesday, and 8:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Formal poster
session viewing times are as follow: Sunday, 5:30–7:00 p.m.; Monday,
2:30–4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, 9:45–11:00 a.m.; Wednesday, 2:30–4:00 p.m.; and
Thursday, 9:45–11:00 a.m.
And don’t forget to take a look at the AMS local
chapter posters featuring chapter their chapter history and activities.
Local Chapter posters will be displayed near the
AMS AWARDS BANQUET
The AMS Annual Awards Banquet will be held on Wednesday, 23 January starting at
7:00 p.m. at the Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom. Come and honor your
colleagues and friends in their achievements and enjoy the music of the Louis
Ford Jazz Quartet. An Awards Banquet Reception will be held in Exhibit
Hall A from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Please note, each
Full-Week Registration Package includes one banquet ticket. Additional
banquet tickets may be purchased for $45 by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 22 January,
at the AMS Registration Desk.
AMS PRESS ROOM
Don’t forget the AMS runs a press room at the Annual Meeting. Feel free
to stop by to check out the press operations anytime and be aware that there
will be reporters attending sessions to learn more about our sciences. If
you regularly work with a reporter in your hometown, feel free to invite them
to come to an AMS meeting. They can contact Stephanie Kenitzer
at Kenitzer@ametsoc.org for more details.
DON’T FORGET TO UPLOAD YOUR PRESENTATION!
Attention all presenters -- be sure to stop by the Speaker Ready Room near the
Registration Desk to upload your presentation on the Speaker Ready Room
computers, which are networked to the proper meeting room. The use of personal
laptops for presentations, which can cause technical delays and cut into a
presenter’s time, is strongly discouraged. The Speaker Ready Room will be open
Sunday from 2 – 6:30 p.m. and then each day between 7:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
GIVE THE OK TO BE RECORDED
We also encourage you to grant permission to have your
presentation recorded to expand the audience for presentations and to provide a
more complete and permanent record of your remarks. The AMS will record
the voice of authors and their slides as their presentations are being made in
cases where you are willing to grant the Society permission. To facilitate the
recordings, and to make things easier for all attending the meeting, you are
asked to load their presentation in the Speaker Ready Room well in advance of
the start of your session if it is to be loaded on site. Just think, those recordings are a great tool for those that could not
attend the meeting; provide a valuable historic archive for future generations;
and allow the Society to capture the many ground-breaking theory or hypothesis
presented during a conference.
Rick Anthes
AMS President
Ken Carey
2008 Annual Meeting Organizing Committee Chairperson
Chris Velden
2008 Annual Meeting Organizing Committee Chairperson