88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

1: Presidential Forum

Presidential Forum

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Sunday, 20 January 2008

7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


Conference Registration

Monday, 21 January 2008

11:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Joint Session 5
Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part I
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Presidential Forum; the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium )
Chair: William Hooke, AMS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Perspectives on Operational Hurricane Forecasting
Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV/Former National Hurricane Center Director, Miami, FL

  2:30 PM
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, 22 January 2008


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Joint Session 6
Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part II
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Presidential Forum; the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium )
Chair: William Hooke, AMS

Papers:
  3:30 PM
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
The Role of Mission Journalism in Disasters
Mark Schleifstein, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA

5:00 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


1
Q&A with Concluding Remarks
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chair: William Hooke, AMS

Papers:
  5:00 PM
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Q & A/Concluding Remarks