The 84th AMS Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA)

Sunday
Saturday, 10 January 2004
7:30 AM-9:00 AM
Short Course/Student Conference Registration (84AnnualEvents, 20WAF16NW, 18Hydro, 17PROBSTA, 14APPCLIM, SpaceWx, 6ATCHEM, FWCAO, PNFUZ, Sanders, NPOESS, 20IIPS, 2Users, 15Global, 13EDU, 8IOS)
7:30 AM
Student Conference Registration (3Student)
9:30 AM
1 Welcoming Remarks: Rosemary Auld, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and Ken Carey, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA (3Student

9:45 AM
Why Does the AMS Care About Students? Ronald D. McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA (3Student)
10:00 AM
3 Careers in the Atmospheric Sciences: A Change in Climate. Susan K. Avery, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (3Student)
10:20 AM-11:45 AM -- Room 608/609
Session 1 This is Your Career—Get Plugged In! (3Student

11:45 AM
Luncheon and Guest Speaker: Do You have what it takes to be a Broadcast Meteorologist? Todd Johnson, KOMO 4 TV, Seattle, WA (3Student)
1:00 PM-2:40 PM -- Room 608/609
Session 2 WHAT’S THE FORECAST? (3Student

2:40 PM
FEATURED SPEAKER: Weather and the Federal Government: The Extended Forecast. Brigadier General John (Jack) J. Kelly, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Washington, DC (3Student)
3:00 PM
Coffee Break (3Student)
3:20 PM-5:20 PM -- Room 608/609
Session 3 A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR (3Student

5:15 PM
Icebreaker (3Student)
6:00 PM
Buffet Dinner and Career Fair (3Student)
Sunday