January 9-10, 2008, ESIP Federation Meeting, Washington, DC

Venue

The Winter 2008 ESIP Federation meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Washington DC Convention Center January 9-10, 2008. All meeting activities will take place at the hotel which is located at 900 10th Street, NW in Washington, DC.

Lodging

A small block of rooms has been reserved at the Embassy Suites for the nights of January 8 and 9 and is available on a first-come, first-served basis at the conference rate of $179/night for a single room (plus tax). Please use the group code of ESI when reserving your room.

Preliminary Agenda

The preliminary meeting agenda is posted below. There will be a poster session and reception on the evening of January 9. Posters must be no larger than 3' x 4' (height x width). Abstracts are submitted when you register for the meeting. If you are interested in presenting a demo, please call 877-870-3747 to reserve a 20" monitor. Monitors are limited in number and available on a first-requested basis.

January 9, 2008

!width="100"|Time !width="600"|Session !width="250"|Location |- |7:30||Registration || TBA || |- |9:00-9:15|| Welcome, Charles Hutchinson, ESIP Federation President || TBA || |- |9:15-10:45|| NOAA Climate Presentations, Chester Koblinsky, NOAA Climate Program Office and Thomas Karl, NOAA/National Climatic Data Center (invited)|| TBA || |- |10:45-11:00|| Break || TBA || |- |11:00-12:00|| [Earth Information Exchange Presentations || TBA || |-height="25px" |12:00-1:30|| Lunch with Speaker, Berrien Moore, University of New Hampshhire (confirmed) || TBA || |- |1:30-3:30|| Breakout Sessions || TBA || |- |3:30-3:45|| Break || TBA || |- |3:45-5:45|| Breakout Sessions || TBA || |- |6:00-8:00|| Poster Session and Reception || TBA || |- |}