| Saturday, 28 January 2006 |
| 7:30 AM-7:31 AM, Saturday
Short Course and Student Conference Registration |
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| Sunday, 29 January 2006 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 30 January 2006 |
| 7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday
Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February |
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| 12:00 PM-1:10 PM, Monday
Plenary Session 1 AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer) |
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College, London United Kingdom; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 12:00 PM | PL1.1 | Forum opening
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna |
| 12:10 PM | PL1.2 | How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?
Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
| 12:40 PM | PL1.3 | THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (M2) |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:30 PM, Monday
Holton Symposium Banquet |
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| Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
| 8:30 AM-8:45 AM, Tuesday, A404
Session 1 Symposium Introduction |
Cochairs: Neil A. Stuart, NOAA/NWS, Wakefield, VA; Mary M. Cairns, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD
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| 8:45 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, A404
Session 2 Public Sector |
Organizer: Lanz Rothfusz, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1) |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhbits Open (T) |
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| 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, A404
Session 3 Private Sector |
Chair: Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc, State College, PA
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| 11:00 AM | 3.1 | XM Satellite Marine Weather - The successful result of Stennis Space Center's technology cluster 
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, GeoResources Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and E. Valenti and Y. Li |
| 11:15 AM | 3.2 | Title to be announced
Christopher D. Bedford, Sailing Weather Services, Watertonw, MA |
| 11:30 AM | 3.3 | Title to be announced.
Jan Dutton, AWS Convergence Tech../WeatherBug Government and Professional Services, Gaithersburg, MD |
| 11:45 AM | 3.4 | Title to be Announced..
Steven Root, WeatherBank, Inc., Edmond, OK |
| 12:00 PM | 3.5 | Maximizing the Benefits of the American Weather Enterprise
Barry Lee Myers, AccuWeather Inc, State College, PA |
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| 12:15 PM, Tuesday
Plenary Session Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.) |
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| 1:45 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, A404
Session 4 Academic Sector |
Chair: Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 1:45 PM | 4.1 | Developing a “Weather Cluster”—How Academic Meteorology Can Contribute to Local and Regional Economic Development
John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 2:00 PM | 4.2 | Mixing Politics and Science
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA |
| 2:15 PM | 4.3 | Academic Interactions with the Public and Private Sector: Opportunities and Challenges
Holly C. Hartman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 2:30 PM | 4.4 | Some Personal Memories of Developing Commercial Lightning Detection Systems
E. Philip Krider, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 2:45 PM | | Discussion
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (T2) |
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| 3:30 PM, Tuesday, A404
Session 5 Discussion of Policy and Issues |
Moderators: George L. Frederick, Jr., AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise and Vaisala Measurement Systems, Georgetown, TX; Neil A. Stuart, NOAA/NWS, Wakefield, VA; Mary M. Cairns, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD
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| Thursday, 2 February 2006 |
| 12:00 AM, Thursday
Symposium Ends |
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