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