Presidential History Symposium (Expanded View)

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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 14 January 2007
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday, East Registration
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday, East Registration
Conference Registration
 
Monday, 15 January 2007
7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday, East Registration
Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January
 
9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday
Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall D
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions end for the day
 
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall C
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall D
Exhibits Open
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 213A
Session 1 Volunteers and Pioneers
Organizer: Kristine C. Harper, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
11:00 AM1.1George Washington Carver - Volunteer Weather Observer  
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD
11:30 AM1.2Andrija Mohorovicic: A pioneer of atmospheric rotor research?  
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Orlic
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
12:00 PM-1:45 PM, Tuesday
Arakawa Symposium Luncheon
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, 213A
Session 2 Meteorology and Politics
Chair: Diane Rabson, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM2.1The south polar front: the poltical context of Antarctic meteorology, 1939-1959  
Adrian Howkins, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas
2:00 PM2.2From scientific Siberia to Astro-Boulder: the early development of Boulder, Colorado as a city of atmospheric knowledge  
Joseph P. Bassi, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2:30 PM2.3Weather diplomacy: mitigating the 1966-67 Bihar drought  
Kristine C. Harper, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall D
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, 213A
Session 3 Climate Change
Chair: Joseph P. Bassi, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
3:30 PM3.1Steam, combustion, and CO2: The life and work of Guy Stewart Callendar  
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, ME
4:00 PM3.2An overview of climate change coverage in US and international media since 1950  
Robert Henson, UCAR, Boulder, CO
4:30 PM3.3Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: History, challenges, outlook  
Richard C. J. Somerville, Scripps/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
 
5:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day
 
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, Meeting Room Foyer
Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM-6:45 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall D
Exhibits Open
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall C
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
5:30 PM-6:45 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall D
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
5:30 PM, Wednesday
Sessions end for the day
 
7:00 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday, Ballroom C123
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 
Thursday, 18 January 2007
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall C
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall D
Exhibits Open
 
12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall D
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle
 
3:00 PM, Thursday
Registration Desk Closes
 
4:00 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Close
 
5:30 PM, Thursday
Conference Ends
 
6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday
Rasmusson Symposium Banquet
 

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