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Saturday, 11 January 2020
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
7:30 AM-8:00 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
9:00 AM-10:10 AM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
10:10 AM-10:25 AM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
10:25 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to find the perfect job or get into the best graduate school that we forget to take care of our mental and physical health. These breakout sessions will focus on just that; stretching your mind, taking care of your body, and maintaining a healthy attitude towards work and personal time. There are three rotations in this session so you can visit each room in your preferred order.
Session 2A: Mind
Location: Ballroom East (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Between classes, research, and extracurriculars, finding the time to take care of our mental health can be difficult. This session will delve deeper into subjects related to mental health, including managing stress in school and the workplace, time management, maintaining hobbies, and knowing when and how to ask for help.
Work and stress can impact your body’s health just as much as your mental health, especially during finals, field work, and thesis/dissertation writing. Finding a physical activity you enjoy such as running, yoga, hiking, or weight lifting can be an effective strategy for dealing with physical stress. This session will cover different ways our speakers have prioritized their body’s health and how it helps them be better meteorologists.
Maintaining our mental and physical health are important aspects for lifelong health, but a healthy attitude can keep us happy along the way! Listen to Becky and David discuss how to stay positive through stressful times, handle negative social media comments, mitigate imposter syndrome, learn how to respectfully say no and more.
12:05 PM-12:30 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
We have a wide variety of professionals from diverse parts of the atmospheric science field ready to answer your questions! In this introduction, our speakers will briefly introduce themselves so that you can choose who you’d like to meet in the next session.
12:30 PM-2:00 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
Lunch Break
Location: Ballroom West (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
2:00 PM-3:45 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
This session will give you the opportunity to ask our speakers about their education, career path, and more in a small-group, less formal setting. Choose one room for each rotation and get to know professionals in sectors of our field that interest you!
Learn the inside scoop about graduate student life from current graduate students.
Speak to professionals who evaluate graduate admission materials to learn about what makes a good application and mistakes to avoid.
3:45 PM-4:00 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
There are so many different paths that your geoscience degree can take you. Use this session to explore just a few of the possibilities for post-grad!
Ever wondered how a weather forecast is used to inform emergency managers and other decision-makers? This session will familiarize you with the Integrated Warning Team and provide information about how to get started with emergency management.
In today's competitive job market, recruiters get hundreds of applications. A great resume is the first step to standing out and securing the job of your dreams. Come to this session to learn the elements of a great resume or CV, ask questions on the hiring process, and receive specialized tips on how to customize your resume for different sectors in meteorology.
So you’re planning on getting your PhD? Great! But what does that entail exactly? This session features individuals with experience in that realm, helping to answer questions like, “What is expected of a good advisor?”, “What kind of work will I do?”, or even “Should I get my PhD?”.
Think that all you can do with your degree is forecast or research? Think again! The weather is relevant to nearly every profession, and this session will highlight just a few of the types of jobs students may not think of when deciding to get a geoscience degree.
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2020
Career Resource and Graduate School Fair (Saturday)
Location: East Registration (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Sunday, 12 January 2020
7:30 AM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Registration (Sunday)
Location: North Lobby (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Meet and Greet (Sunday)
Location: Ballroom Foyer (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Here is your chance to have an informal chat with AMS President Jenni Evans, over refreshments. Attendees of both the Student Conference and the Early Career Professionals Conference are welcome to attend.
8:30 AM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Academic Family Tree (Sunday)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
9:00 AM-9:40 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Come meet the Board of Early Career Professionals and your peers in this session. Attendees will be lead through conversational exercises that set the stage for an engaged and fulfilling conference experience.
9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
In keeping with the theme for the centennial meeting, this session will discuss progress in the community’s understanding of extreme weather over the last hundred years, our current understanding of extreme events, and the impacts of climate change on extreme events in a look towards the future.
9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
AMS Oral History Project (Sunday)
Location: Westin Hotel
Guest Welcome and Information Desk
Location: North Lobby (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
9:50 AM-10:45 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
As AMS celebrates its 100th year of being a professional society, we want to hear from its members! How has being a member influenced you, both personally and professionally? Who has AMS connected you to that’s made a difference in your career? Why do you think being a member is beneficial? If you have a story you want to tell, we want to hear it during this interactive session of sharing!
In addition to knowing all about how the atmosphere works, it’s also important to develop professional skills that will help you land that dream job. This session will feature four rotations to allow you to choose what skills are most important for your chosen career path.
Social media can be both a powerful and daunting platform for science communication! Stop by this rotation to learn how to navigate through it effectively. Topics to be discussed include conveying sensitive but important subjects in a respectful manner, sharing your work and networking, building a following, and social media verbiage/etiquette both with the general public and the scientific community.
Presentations are how we communicate our scientific findings to other scientists and the general public. Ensuring that these presentations are not only effective communicating the main point of your work, but also interesting is a talent that this session will address. Come by for tips and tricks to make sure your next presentation is stellar!
Getting a job can be an arduous process. Getting a faculty position at any university is no exception. Understanding the ins and outs of applying and interviewing for a faculty position could make the difference between getting your dream professor position or having to look elsewhere. Stop in to learn about the process from someone who has already gone through it all.
To conduct field work is an achievement in itself, let alone managing a project. Stop by and learn about the process of conducting and managing successful field work campaigns and managing workers in a unique environment.
How do you tell a scientific story with your writing? As meteorologists, we must effectively communicate challenging concepts to a variety of audiences. This session will address the hidden link between engaging narratives and technical writing. Come learn how to make hydrostatic balance sound as exciting as Harry Potter.
What is it like to be the face of the weather enterprise? What is it like to spend time every day conveying weather information to the public? This session will give you an opportunity to learn about having a career in the public eye and skills you need to be successful talking to the public.
10:45 AM-10:55 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
10:55 AM-11:50 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Why participate in field work? While observation is critical for research, skills and insights gained from experience in the field offer many areas for professional development. This session touches on a day in the life in the field and explores how it can be a valuable experience for students and early career professionals.
10:55 AM-11:55 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Transitions early in one’s career can be exciting and challenging. Whether it is transitioning to graduate school or into the job market or event from one job to another the unknowns one may face have been faced before by your colleagues and peers. This diverse panel discussion will consist of early career professionals having an open discussion about the challenges and opportunities faced with early career transitions. The panel will not only focus on the professional side of the transition but also personal side.
11:50 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
11:55 AM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
The Board of Private Sector Meteorologists joins the Early Career Board for a unique paneled perspective of alternative routes through the weather enterprise. Hear from individuals who have started their own businesses or who have carved out new roles for themselves that did not exist before. Learn the challenges and benefits of the roads less traveled.
A boxed lunch is included.
12:00 PM-12:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Speaker Ready Room (Sunday)
Location: 102B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
12:00 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Poster Hall
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Special Presidential Forum Preview: "A Climatologist, an Engineer, and a Social Scientist Walk Into a Bar: Tough Choices on a Warming Planet"
Location: 210AB (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
12:35 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Lunch (grab a to-go meal and attend the Presidential Forum!)
1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Round-table discussion on the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Program, Success stories, and future efforts.
1:10 PM-2:20 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Who thinks they are maximizing their worth? Who wants to leave money, or extra vacation days on the table, or pay more on their bills? As with most everything in life, negotiation is a skill that you will need to learn and master in order for this to not happen to you! While the main focus will be on learning to negotiation a better salary, more vacation days, a new title, or other job perks, learning to be a better negotiator can also help you lower cable bill, credit card rate, gym membership, or your cell phone bill. So what is the magic sauce to becoming a negotiation master? You must pick your battles, do your research, practice, and make your case to support getting what you want.
2:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Dive into a new subject and join the fun with these interactive sessions. From learning python to becoming an ally, we have an option for everyone. Note that you need to have signed up in advance for some of these sessions. If you didn’t sign up prior to attending, please feel free to join the audience in the broadcast tape swap or see if there are any additional slots in the resume workshop.
For attendees who signed up at the time of registration , bring your resume to get tailored, one-on-one feedback from job recruiters and professionals across the many sectors of the geoscience nexus. You do not need to attend the first part of the workshop in order to sign-up.
Selected students will present pre-recorded broadcasts to a panel of professional broadcast meteorologists. All are welcome to watch the next generation of broadcasters and learn from our experienced panel of TV meteorologists!
Harassment and bullying endanger the professional and personal well-being of individuals and their communities, and create hostile climates. This interactive workshop, led by the ADVANCEGeo Partnership team, will identify factors that contribute to hostile and exclusionary behaviors in scientific research environments, and provide community bystander intervention strategies and active practice of interventions through discussion of scenarios.
Are you looking to make the transition to Python but unsure of where to start? Do you already know Python but want to see atmospheric science specific applications? Are you looking for data? If so, then please join us for a hands-on Python Users’ Workshop where beginners and experts alike will learn skills that will enhance your ability to find, analyze, and explore data, all while doing so in the cloud. Specialized local software installations are not necessary. All you need is a laptop or tablet (a keyboard may be helpful) and a GitHub login to participate. In-person follow-up help will be available all week, as well as remotely once our time together as a community in Boston comes to an end.
Ensuring public safety during hazardous weather events is no solo performance. Join professionals from the broadcast and public sectors of meteorology, emergency managers, and other leaders in an interactive Integrated Warning Team exercise. With the guidance of these professionals, you will learn how these groups collaborate to protect the public and how physical science and social science intertwine to support decision-making.
2:30 PM-3:10 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Denise Isaac is a bilingual meteorologist at NBC10 Boston, a native of Panama, a two-time Emmy award winner, and a graduate in Meteorology from Florida State Univ.. She has held several positions in broadcast across the country.
2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Newcomer's Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
3:15 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Ever wonder what AMS can do for you? This is your chance to find out from high-ranking AMS officials! Join this informal coffee break where many AMS members will be on hand, including
- AMS Past-Presidents
- AMS Council Members
- AMS Staff
- AMS Commissioners
- AMS Chairs of Boards and Committees
- Current and former members of the Board for Early Career Professionals
- Winners of the AMS Award for Early Career Achievement
- Newly elected AMS Fellows
This is a great chance to meet and network with members, leading up to the Presidential Forum.
4:00 PM-6:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Career Resource and Graduate School Fair (Sunday)
Location: East Registration (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Student Conference Poster Session
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Welcome Reception Honoring 2020 AMS Awardees and Newly Elected Fellows
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
6:30 PM-8:35 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
The American Weather and Climate Industry Association (AWICA) Reception
Location: Marina Ballroom III (Westin Hotel)
7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Colour of Weather Reception
Location: Marina Ballroom I (Westin Hotel)
9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020
Early Career Professionals Reception
Location: Marina Ballroom II (Westin Hotel)
Do you consider yourself an early career professional? Are you trying to find your niche within the AMS community? Or, perhaps you are looking to connect with other AMS early career professionals? If so, you are not alone! Consider yourself invited to attend this Annual Reception for Early Career Professionals, which will offer an opportunity to mix and mingle with others who are beginning their careers in the public, private, and academic sectors. Cash bar and snacks will be available.
Monday, 13 January 2020
7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Quiet Room (Monday)
Location: Commonwealth C (Westin Hotel)
Registration (Monday)
Location: North Lobby (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Speaker Ready Room (Monday)
Location: 102B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020
Through the past decades the AMS has had extensive interactions with NSF in general, and the Geosciences directorate in particular. During the early years, along with members of the Univ. Consortium for Atmospheric Research, AMS leadership played an active role in articulating the case for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The AMS has also been a venue for the wider dissemination of the scientific outcomes resulting from NSF-sponsored research in Hydrology, Atmospheric Sciences and Geospace Sciences.
This will be the third year of this exciting session. Breaking away from the traditional speaking sessions, presenters will be at tables sharing their demonstrations.
As global recognition of space weather societal impacts continues to increase, numerous efforts have come into existence to advance the space weather sciences, improve and sustain observations, implement better space weather services, and integrate space weather risks into emergency management and critical infrastructure plans and sectors. These activities are national, international, and multinational in scope. In this session, we will hear from agency leaders of ongoing space weather activities and as well as planned activities, funding priorities, and opportunities. We will also be updated on the latest Space Weather Action Plan (SWAP), the status of recent space weather legislation, and agency plans to respond.
Discussions on how weather forecasting impacts the day-to-day operations of grid operators
This session follows the overarching theme of AMS centennial celebration: “The AMS Past, Present and Future: Linking Information to Knowledge to Society (LINKS)”. Talks given in this session will set the stage for the rest of the conference by providing a historical context for current and future research endeavours in all three major components of ARAM as well as their corresponding sub-disciplines (e.g., historical overview of turbulence, icing, ceiling and visibility and convective hazards for aviation).
A large fraction of atmospheric aerosols acts as CCN (cloud condensation nuclei), but only a very minor and strongly temperature dependent fraction called INPs (ice nucleating particles) contributes to the primary ice formation in both mixed-phase and cirrus clouds. These direct impacts of aerosol particles on cloud formation are followed by a variety of secondary processes like coalescence, riming, or ice multiplication, which play major roles in the life cycles and climatic impact of clouds as well as the formation, distribution and intensity of precipitation. Ongoing effort in laboratory, field and modelling work aims at better understanding, quantifying and modelling basic cloud condensation, ice nucleation and precipitation formation processes at scales from the microscopic to the global level. This session welcomes contributions from laboratory, field, and modeling work on basic CCN and ice nucleation processes, the development and model application of cloud microphysical parameterizations, ground based and aircraft based CCN, INP and cloud microphysics measurements, as well as new instrument and method developments for measuring CCN, INPs and cloud microphysical processes.
Representatives of national modeling centers will present their organization's current progress in modeling development as well a vision for the future.
How we (re)design cities will play a major role in alleviating climate stressors and building community resilience to extreme events as the world continues to urbanize. Moving forward, the impact of the built environment on urban climate cannot be considered in isolation; it needs to be examined holistically in the context of the human environment, i.e. the people who live in cities, social structures, and public policy implications. This requires a paradigm shift from urban adaptation and mitigation solutions to personal and societal outcomes if those solutions were to be implemented.
This session solicits outcome-focused studies that address critical issues in the urban atmosphere and their impacts on people, communities, and society. We welcome submissions of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams and encourage collaborative studies with practitioners, stakeholders, city managers, emergency responders, NGOs, and partners from industry. We are also interested in studies that help build community resilience to extreme events, support decision-making, and potentially transform policy and practice. Observational and modelling studies are welcome, as well as qualitative and mixed methods research and work that employs novel sensing or simulation techniques, big data products, and machine learning.
This session will cover remote sensing aspects related to ceilometers, microwave radiometers and radiative transfer.
We seek abstracts that explore practices of co-production of science and stakeholder work in weather and climate contexts.
We invite speakers to discuss topics related to Susan’s inspirational leadership in tackling environmental challenges and highlighting environmental successes. Topics include the historical evolution of environmental policy, what we have learned from policy successes, the challenges currently facing our global society, and roadmaps to future success.
A number of regional and national real-time flood forecasting systems are emerging for a variety of different flood-related applications. These new systems are taking advantage of new national hydrologic data standards, new advances in supercomputing availability and improvements in model parameterizations and meteorological forcing datasets. This session encourages contributions from all sectors of the AMS enterprise (academic, government and the private sector) who have built and deployed such systems. Additionally, contributions are welcome from researchers who have developed novel methodologies to sense and model flood generation dynamics at a variety of time and space scales. Research and application contributions from within the U.S. as well as internationally are also encouraged.
Please note that there is a different session in this conference on heavy precipitation events, flood risk under climate change (see "Heavy Precipitation and Flood Risk under a Changing Climate").
This session seeks to increase the visibility and highlight the work of t