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SCEC Annual Meeting 2010: What to expect

SCEC Annual Meeting 2010: What to expect. Saturday, Sept. 11 thru Wednesday, Sept. 15. Christiann Boutwell. Palm Springs, CA. Hilton Hotel. Annual Meeting Events. Several workshops for special groups of earth scientists, engineers, educators State of SCEC presentation (the main talk)

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SCEC Annual Meeting 2010: What to expect

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  1. SCEC Annual Meeting 2010: What to expect Saturday, Sept. 11 thru Wednesday, Sept. 15 Christiann Boutwell

  2. Palm Springs, CA

  3. Hilton Hotel

  4. Annual Meeting Events • Several workshops for special groups of earth scientists, engineers, educators • State of SCEC presentation (the main talk) • Several plenary talks • Special topic talks • Poster sessions • Honors Banquet (main banquet) • SCEC Advisory, Board, and Planning meetings

  5. Intern & Student Events • In the past • Only poster presentation • Innovations for this and future Meetings • Help out with registration and distribution of resources • Welcome Dinner • Pool Party • Info series Lunch • “Interrupture” Talks • Social Mixer (details in the works)

  6. Abundant Opportunities • Meet Annual Meeting attendees • Highly-acclaimed scientists • Potential mentors for future projects • Potential employers • Potential graduate school advisors • Friends (or significant other) • Experience • Presenting your research in front of a professional audience • What to do at a scientific meeting • Add to resume

  7. What to do once you get to the Meeting…

  8. Settle in • Get to the hotel • Register, Check-in to your room, get acquainted with the place • Review the SCEC Annual Meeting Proceedings, Abstracts, Agenda

  9. What Interns do at the meeting…

  10. Poster Sessions • USEIT interns show off SCEC-VDO • USEIT group members take shifts at posters • SURE and ACCESS interns present individual posters • Visit other posters!

  11. Making the Meeting a better experience for students and interns(this means YOU)…

  12. Intern Welcome Dinner • All-intern reunion • Overview of Meeting events and activities • Annual Meeting logistics • Rundown of who, what, when, where, why

  13. One-hour shifts (Sun & Mon) • Greeters- help control traffic for registration, resources table, and hotel check-in • Registration- register guests, give badges and other meeting documents/info • Resources table- give materials, talk to students (and potential mentors) about opportunities available at SCEC institutions

  14. Student Pool Party ‘nuff said…

  15. Student Lunch • Learn how to select scientific presentations of interest and how to grasp the material • Info on how to stay involved in the SCEC community • Special guests from earth science, computer science, engineering, education, etc. • Info on graduate school or other career options

  16. Intern “Interrupture” talk • Quick, 3-minute(powerpoint) talks that introduce yourself, discuss your research, and advertise your project/poster

  17. What will make at the SCEC Annual Meeting an ? YOUR EXPERIENCE OVERWHELMING SUCCESS Your help and participation!

  18. Questions? GO!

  19. See you there!

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