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Agenda for the LTER All Scientists Meeting 2003

Embarking on a Decade of Synthesis
Renaissance Seattle Hotel
Seattle, WA

Updated September 5, 2003 10:49 AM

Day 1 (Wednesday, September 17, 2003)

  • TRAVEL DAY for Executive Committee and participants in joint Estuarine Research Federation/LTER symposium - Arrivals and check-in
  • Afternoon/Evening:
    • 3:00-5:00 LTER and ERF/LTER Registration – Washington State Convention and Trade Center Room 400 N
    • 6:00-10:00 Executive Committee dinner meeting – State Room, Renaissance Seattle Hotel

Day 2 (Thursday, September 18, 2003)

  • TRAVEL DAY for Coordinating Committee and other ASM participants - Arrivals and check-in
  • Morning
    • 6:30-7:30 Breakfast on own
    • 8:00 - 12:00 Registration – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Room 400 N
    • 8:00-12:00 Generalizing Regional Patterns in Coastal and Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems: Long-term and Large-scale Patterns in Coastal and Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems (Washington State Convention and Trade Center Rooms 4C1 & 4C2; co-sponsored joint ERF-LTER session)
  • Afternoon/Evening
    • 12:00-1:00 Lunch on own
    • 12:00-3:00 Registration – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Room 400 N
    • 1:00-5:00 Generalizing Regional Patterns in Coastal and Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems: Long-term and Large-scale Patterns in Coastal and Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems (co-sponsored joint ERF-LTER session) - Continued
    • 1:00-4:30 Agricultural Transects (AGTRANS) business meeting – East Room, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
    • 4:00-5:00 Meeting of graduate student poster committee, Ballroom
    • 4:00-7:00 Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
    • 5:00 -8:00 Joint mixer with ERF – Washington State Convention and Trade Center Room 6E (ticket required)
    • 8:00 10:00 Dinner (on your own at local restaurants)

Day 3 (Friday, September 19, 2003)

  • Morning (Town Hall):
    • 6:30-7:30 Breakfast on own
    • 7:00-12:00 Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
    • 7:00-8:00 Coffee service – Town Hall Lobby
    • 8:00-8:30 Welcome and Introduction – Jim Gosz
    • 8:30-9:30 NSF’s View of LTER’s Future – Dr. Henry Gholz, DEB
    • 9:30-10:30 Keynote address – Synthesis and Collaboration: The Tools and Culture of Information Sharing – Dr. O.J. Reichman, Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
    • 10:30-11:00 Break - Town Hall Lobby
    • 11:00-12:00 Plenary address I – Long Term Studies in Estuarine Ecosystems: Where Have They Lead Us? – Dr. Anne Giblin, The Ecosystems Center
    • 12:00-1:30 Lunch - Student-PI luncheons – Visions Room, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
      Lunch on own
  • Afternoon (Renaissance Seattle Hotel):
    • 12:00-5:00 Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
    • 1:30-4:30 Concurrent workshops I
    • 4:30-6:00 Free time and ad hoc meetings
    • 4:30-6:00 Graduate student poster committee – Ballroom and Compass Room
    • 4:30-7:30 Ad-hoc workshops - room sign-up at the LTER booth.
    • 4:30-7:30 LINX project meeting – East Room, third floor
    • 5:00-7:30 Coordinating Committee working dinner – Visions Room
  • Evening:
    • 6:00-7:30 Poster set up – Ballroom and Compass Room
    • 6:00-7:30 Dinner (on your own at local restaurants)
    • 7:30-10:30 Reception and poster session (cash bar; Renaissance Seattle Hotel – Ballroom and Compass Room)
    • 10:30-12:00 Graduate student poster committee – Ballroom and Compass Room

Day 4 (Saturday, September 20, 2003)

  • Morning:
    • 6:30-7:30 Breakfast on own
    • 7:00-12:00 Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
    • 8:00-10:30 Concurrent workshops II (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)
    • 10:30-11:00 Break – Town Hall Lobby
    • 11:00-12:00 Plenary address II – The Challenge of Combining the Social with the Ecological - Dr. Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Indiana University (Town Hall)
    • 12:00-1:30 Lunch - Student-PI luncheons – Visions, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
      Lunch on own
  • Afternoon:
    • 12:00-5:00 Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
    • 1:30-4:30 Concurrent workshops III
    • 4:00-6:00 Coffee service – Visions Room
    • 4:30-6:00 Strategic Planning and Future Funding discussion followed by open forum - (Visions Room, Renaissance Seattle Hotel)
    • 4:30-7:30 Ad-hoc workshops - room sign-up at the LTER booth.
  • Evening:
    • 6:00-7:30 Dinner (on your own at local restaurants)
    • 6:00-7:30 Poster set up – Ballroom and Compass Room
    • 7:30-10:30 Reception and poster session (cash bar; Renaissance Seattle Hotel)
    • 10:30-12:00 Graduate student poster committee – Ballroom and Compass Room

Day 5 (Sunday, September 21, 2003)

  • Morning (Renaissance Seattle Hotel):
    • 6:30-7:30 Breakfast on own
      7:00-9:30 Coffee service
      7:00-12:00 Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Renaissance Seattle Hotel
      8:00-11:30 Concurrent workshops IV
      8:00-4:00 LTER Education Representatives Meeting – Madison Room
      11:30-1:00 Lunch on own
  • Afternoon:
    • 1:00-4:00 Concurrent workshops V
  • ASM ends - departures
    • 6:00-7:30 Dinner (on your own at local restaurants)
    • 8:00-10:00 ILTER social – Visions Room

Day 6 (Monday, September 22, 2003) LTER ASM Follow-On Meetings

  • Morning (Renaissance Seattle Hotel):
    • 6:30-7:30 Breakfast on own
    • 8:00-11:30 LTER Information Managers – East Room
      ILTER/NSF meeting – Visions Room
    • 11:30-1:00 Lunch on own
  • Afternoon:
    • 1:00-5:00 LTER Information Managers – East Room
      ILTER/NSF meeting – Visions Room
    • 6:00-7:30 Dinner (on your own at local restaurants)
  • Departures