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Annual Meeting Agenda November 2004

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Logistics

Where: KU Union, Biodiversity Research Center, & Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Hotel: SpringHill Suites Hotel, Lawrence
When: November 2-5, 2004 (Tues - Fri)
Local Arrangements: Lori Schlenker, 785 864-4540
Local Program: Jim Beach, 785 864-4645
Weather: Historical Current
Local Buzz: Lawrence Journal World
After Hours in Lawrence November 2-5: http://www2.lawrence.com/events/2004/nov/02/

Agenda

Monday, Nov 1

  • Arrivals from Airport
  • 8:00 PM Seek-Exec working dinner

Tuesday, Nov 2 Venue: KU Union and Biodiversity Research Center

  • 8:00 Coffee (free continental breakfast at hotel or hot breakfast 2nd Fl Union Cafeteria)
  • 8:30 Opening Plenary: brief working group presentations and discussion of progress-to-date
    • Room: JAYHAWK, 5th Floor (Expect about 20 minutes maximum for each working group.)
      • Kepler
      • SMS / KR
        • Williams, Villa/Krivov, Bowers, Ludaescher
      • Taxon
        • Kennedy (TDWG exchange schema), Stewart (SEEK taxon database and services), Thau (GUIDs, KR)
      • BEAM
      • EOT
      • EcoGrid
      • Usability issues (Downey)
      • DISCUSSION
  • 12:30 PM Lunch (1 hour, Union Cafeteria, 2nd floor)
  • 1:30 Afternoon Breakout Sessions
    • Rooms Available: CENTENNIAL (6th), GOVERNORS (5th), INTERNATIONAL (5th)
      • Taxon
      • KR
  • 5:00 Finish
  • 5:30 SEEK Demonstration session, Reception, Room: BRC Informatics Department
  • 7:30 Dinner at your leisure, Downtown

Wednesday, Nov 3 Venue: KU Union

  • 8:00 AM Coffee (free continental breakfast at hotel or hot breakfast 2nd Fl Union Cafeteria)
  • 8:30 Breakout Sessions
    • Rooms available: PINE (6th), WALNUT (6th), GOVERNORS (5th)
      • AMS/Kepler
      • Taxon
  • 12:30 PM Lunch (1 hour, Union Cafeteria, 2nd floor)
    • EOT Working Lunch (Bill Michener identifies victims)
  • 1:30 Breakout Sessions
    • Rooms available: PINE (6th), WALNUT (6th), GOVERNORS (5th)
      • EcoGrid
      • SMS
  • 5:00 Finish
  • 7:00 PM Group Banquet: Thai House, 700 block Massachusetts Street, Downtown Lawrence (EtOH: out-of-pocket)

Thursday, Nov 4 Venue: Dole Institute of Politics, West Campus

  • 7:30 AM Transit from hotels to Dole Center
  • 8:00 Coffee (free continental breakfast at hotel, breakfast bites at Dole Center)
  • 8:30 Plenary
    • Application integration of Taxon group
    • How does taxon stuff integrate with EcoGrid, SMS, KR, etc. to be useful to case studies?
    • Room: SIMONS CONFERENCE ROOM
  • 12:30 PM Lunch (1 hour, Union Cafeteria, 2nd floor)
  • 1:30 Plenary
    • Technical needs for Ecological Niche Modeling case study
    • Room: SIMONS CONFERENCE ROOM
  • 5:00 Finish, transit to downtown, then dinner at your Leisure, Downtown Lawrence
  • 7:00 Seek-Exec Dinner Meeting (No Leisure)

Friday, Nov 5 Venue: KU Union

  • 8:00 AM Coffee (free continental breakfast at hotel or hot Breakfast 2nd Fl Union Cafeteria)
  • 8:30 Plenary
    • Technical needs for Biodiversity case study
    • Room: KANSAS (6th)
  • 12:30 PM Lunch (1 hour, Union Cafeteria, 2nd floor)
  • 1:00 Closing Plenary
    • Room: KANSAS
    • Usability discussion
    • Calendaring and other administrative business
  • 3:30 Adjournment
  • 5:30 and later, flights scheduled from Kansas City International

Guests

  • Elizabeth Blood, NSF
  • Sylvia Spengler, NSF
  • Randy Butler
  • John McGee



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