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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 20 January 2008
	7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday 2008 Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2008 Conference Registration
Monday, 21 January 2008
	11:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday 2008 Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall A Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane Joint Session 5 Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part I (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research, and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium)
Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
1:30 PM J5.1 Perspectives on Operational Hurricane Forecasting   Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV Hurricane Specialist and Former National Hurricane Center Director, Miami, FL 2:00 PM J5.2 Hurricane Research: Prospects for Improved Forecasts   Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA 2:30 PM J5.3 The Social Context of Meteorology: A view Post-Katrina   Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment, New Orleans, LA
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane Joint Session 6 Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part II (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research, and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium)
Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
3:30 PM J6.1 Race, Place, and the Environment in the Aftermath of Katrina   Beverly Wright, Dillard University, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Baton Rouge, LA 4:00 PM J6.2 The Role of Mission Journalism in Disasters   Mark Schleifstein, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA 4:30 PM J6.3 How the Perception of a Hurricane's Structure at Landfall Can Directly Impact Preparation For and Recovery From a Storm Like Katrina   Keith G. Blackwell, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
	5:00 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane 1 Q&A with Concluding Remarks
Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
5:00 PM Q & A/Concluding Remarks

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