Transportation & Meeting Services

Transportation

United has been selected as the official airline for the Fall Meeting. Purchase your ticket online at www.united.com and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares.

1. Enter your origin, destination, and travel dates.
2. On the same page scroll down and click on 'More search options' .
3. in the field marked 'Electronic certificate or promotion code' enter the AGU promotion code 585CO - then all available flights will be displayed.

There are no fees for booking on line at www.united.com when you use the AGU special promotion code. Code is case sensitive so please use capital letters.

To check schedules and take advantage of this offer, please visit, www.united.com. You can also enjoy exclusive rates on Avis® and Budget® car rentals, as well as earn Mileage Plus® miles. If you are not yet a Mileage Plus® member sign up at united.com® to start your account towards earning free travel.

Shuttle Bus

Shuttle service is scheduled:

Sunday, 14 December:	1600h – 1915h
Monday, 15 December:	0600h – 0945h
	1645h – 2000h
Tuesday, 16 December:	0600h – 0945h
From Moscone	1715h – 1900h
From Marriott	1915h – 2030h

Shuttle service will be provided at 1800h for the Atmospheric Sciences Dinner at the Empress of China and 1830h for the Planetary Sciences Reception and SPA banquet at the Four Seas Restaurant.

Wednesday, 17 December:	0600h – 0945h
	1715h – 2030h

Shuttle service will also be provided from the Marriott from 2000h – 2315h.

Thursday, 18 December:	0600h – 0945h
	1715h – 2030h

Additional shuttle service will also be provided to the public lecture at the Exploratorium.

Friday, 19 December:	0600h – 0945h
	1530h – 1845h

Hotel Routes are below, with an * indicating pick-up points.

Route 1	Parc 55*, Hotel Abri, Powell Hotel, Hotel Nikko*, Hotel Serrano, Hotel Fusion
Route 2	Westin St. Francis*, Adagio Hotel, Monaco, Handlery Union Square, Prescott Hotel, Sir Francis Drake, Villa Florence Hotel, Larkspur, Stratford Hotel, JW Marriott
Route 3	Holiday Inn Golden Gateway*, Cathedral Hill*
Route 4	Grand Hyatt*, Hotel 480, Hotel Rex, Galleria Park, Triton
Route 5	Hyatt Regency*, Omni*
Route 6	Mark Hopkins Intercontinental*, Fairmont

The following hotels will be walking to/from the Moscone Center:

Westin SF Market Street, SF Marriott, Palace Hotel, Intercontinental SF, Hotel Palomar, Courtyard SF Marriott

Meeting Services

Registration

MW, Level 1

All attendees must register and wear badges while attending all Fall Meeting functions.

Registration Hours

Sunday: 1400h – 1830h
Monday – Tuesday: 0700h – 1700h
Wednesday – Thursday: 0730h – 1700h
Friday: 0730h – 1400h

AGU Booth

MW, Exhibit Hall
Monday – Thursday, 0930h – 1800h
Friday, 0930h – 1630h

Attendee Seating

MW, Exhibit Hall; Level 2 lobby, Alcove Rooms 2021 & 2023;
Level 3 lobby. Alcove Rooms 3021 & 3023
MN, Hall D, Rooms 121, 122, 124, 125

The above areas are set with tables and chairs for attendees to relax during breaks, use the wireless network, or have informal gatherings between sessions.

Baggage Airline Guest Services, Inc., (BAGS)

Thursday and Friday at coat check locations — MW & MN

BAGS Remote Airline Check-In Services makes it easier for attendees to check-in for selected domestic flights departing from San Francisco International Airport. For a $10 fee plus applicable airline baggage fees, guests flying out of the San Francisco International Airport on any of BAGS' airline partners will be able to securely check up to two bags of up to 50 lbs. and receive their boarding pass at the BAGS kiosk in the Moscone Center. Baggage is secured and transported to the airport, where it undergoes the same TSA-screening process as baggage checked by passengers at airline ticket counters. Baggage can be checked as early as 12 hours and as late as three hours prior to departure.

Airline partners include: Air Tran, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, Jet Blue, Northwest Airlines, Song, United, Ted and US Airways.

Business Center

Monday – Friday
MN, Lower Lobby
MW, Level 1
0800h – 1800h

The Business Center’s services and products include: computer and typewriter rental, printing, secretarial service, copying, fax transmission and receipt, package shipping, office products, and other services.

Career Center

Monday – Friday
MW, Exhibit Hall
0830h – 1800h

AGU continues its acclaimed and successful Career Center, a valuable resource for employment positions, current career information, and the latest data on employment trends in the geosciences.

Child Care

Monday through Friday
0730h – 1830h
Moscone North

KiddieCorp provides a professional children's program at the meeting. Fees are $7 per hour, per child for children ages 6 months through 12 years, and $9 per hour per child for children under 6 months. Children must be registered for a minimum of two consecutive hours per child per day. For more information, please contact KiddieCorp by phone at +1-858-455-1718. Child care services are a contractual agreement between each individual and the child care company. AGU assumes no responsibility for the services rendered.

A screened area is reserved for use by lactating mothers.

For more information please contact KiddieCorp by phone +1-858-455-1718 or by email at info@kiddiecorp.com. Register online https://www.kiddiecorp.com/fallkids.htm, or print a registration form.

Coat Check

MN to Upper Lobby
MN, Hall D Lobby
Monday – Friday: 0730h – 1830h

There is a charge of $2.00 per checked item.

Donor Circle Lounge

Monday through Friday
0700h – 1800h
Moscone North, Room 123

The Donor Circle Lounge offers a quiet atmosphere for Supporting Members and special AGU guests to start the morning, unwind in the afternoon, ingle, prepare for a presentation, and check e-mail. There is ready access to computers, printers, the Internet, newspapers, and a message board.

AGU gratefully acknowledges these sponsors for their support of Union outreach activities and Section events: Ball Aerospace, Battelle, Chevron, Decagon Devices, Inc., Elsevier, ExxonMobil, Li-Cor Biogeosciences, Lockheed Martin - Space Technology, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Sciences, The Planetary Society, RBR Ltd., Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration, Sequoia Scientific, Springer, Swiss Re, UNAVCO.

Exhibits

MW, Exhibit Hall
Tuesday – Thursday, 0930h – 1800h
Friday, 0930h – 1630h

E-Mail Stations

Monday – Friday
MW Exhibit Hall
MN, Hall D Lobby
0800h – 1800h

Emergency Contact

We recommend that you create emergency contact information in your cell phone listed as ICE (In Case of Emergency) for use by health care providers or other emergency personnel if necessary.

Facilities Desk

MN, Hall D Lobby
Monday – Friday: 0730h – 1800h

Staff will be available to assist you with your poster location and other on–site needs. Push pins, tape, and scissors will be available for your use. Additional supplies may be available. However, if you have special needs for your poster presentation, we suggest you bring those supplies with you to the meeting. Presenters will also be able to place on-site orders for audio-visual equipment here.

First Aid

MW, Level 1
Monday – Friday
0800h – 1800h

A registered nurse will be on-call during regular meeting hours to provide basic first aid services and supply items such as bandages, acetaminophen, etc.

Guests

Guests or spouses not attending the scientific sessions may register at the meeting at no charge. A guest is a spouse, friend, or adult child (18 years old and older) who is not working in a geophysical science-related occupation or field. A colleague or working associate in a related geophysical sciences field or studying geophysics in school may not register as a guest. Registered guests may only go to the Exhibits and attend and purchase tickets to social events at the advertised rates.

Leadership/Honors Booth

MW, Exhibit Hall
Sunday: 1400h – 1830h
Monday – Tuesday: 0700h – 1700h
Wednesday – Thursday: 0730h – 1700h
Friday: 0730h – 1400h

This booth serves as the hub for volunteer and honoree activities and questions.  Staff will be on hand to assist with ribbons; VIP/volunteer registration, tickets and guest badges; and Honors Banquet ticket sales, table reservations, and overflow questions.  Information regarding the Outstanding Student Paper Program will also be available here. Council and Executive Committee members may pick up materials for their meeting at this location.

Leadership Lounge

Monday through Friday
0700h – 1800h
Moscone West, Room 2019

The Leadership Lounge welcomes AGU officers, Section presidents, Presidents' Club/President's Circle members, and benefactors. The Lounge offers a quiet atmosphere for Supporting Members and special AGU guests to start the morning, unwind in the afternoon, mingle, prepare for a presentation, and check e-mail. There is ready access to computers, printers, the Internet, newspapers, and a message board.

Lost and Found

Lost and Found will be located at the Message and Information Booth during session hours. At the end of each day, articles will be brought to Central Security on Level 1. The Moscone Security Control room can be contacted by dialing 4021 on a white house courtesy phone. Detailed information on hours and location can be found under “Message and Information Booth.”

Message and Information Booth

MW, Level 2
MN, Hall D Lobby

Sunday: 1400h – 1830h
Monday – Tuesday: 0700h – 1700h
Wednesday – Thursday: 0730h – 1700h
Friday: 0730h – 1400h

Phone: +1 415-348-4415
Fax: +1 415-348-4417

This central information center is accessible to anyone trying to contact meeting attendees. Messages can be left at the number listed above. Telephone messages will be posted on message boards. Incoming faxes should be sent to the fax number listed above. Faxes will be received and a message will be placed on the message boards for the recipient. Please check these boards regularly in case other attendees are trying to reach you. Individuals cannot be paged. Outside of registration hours it is recommended that messages be left at the attendee’s hotel.

Poster Services — DPI Printing Services

Sunday: MW, Level 1, 1400h – 1830h
Monday – Thursday: MN, Hall D Lobby, 0730h – 1800h
Friday: MN, Hall D Lobby, 0730h – 1400h

AGU has made arrangements with a local San Francisco printer to get your posters printed and available for pick-up at the Moscone Center. The cost will be $90 per poster.

To upload files for printing, please go to: www.ftp.dpi-sf.com

Login: agu2008
Password: agudpi

Please note that payment for all posters must be received in order to pick-up. Credit card payments will be accepted at the DPI booth. Fall Meeting participants will also be able to arrange poster printing on-site for pick-up later in the week. Please note that DPI needs at least 3 days to fulfill each order.

Questions about this service can be directed to:

DPI
645 Mariposa Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 216-0031
www.dpi-sf.com
Contact Name: Sanjay Sakhuja

Press Room

MW, Room 2015
Monday – Thursday: 0730h – 1800h
Friday: 0730h – 1400h

Phone: +1 415-348-4432

AGU operates a newsroom and holds news conferences as part of this international meeting. News releases and copies of journal articles about research being presented at the meeting are made available to reporters in the newsroom.

Program Look-up Stations

MW, Levels 2 & 3, Exhibit Hall
MN, Poster Hall, Rooms 121-125

To view the time of individual papers, computers with the AGU Fall Meeting Web site are located throughout the Moscone Center. Printers are also available to print your daily itinerary.

Refreshments

MN, Hall D; MW, Exhibit Hall; Levels 2 & 3
1000h – 1100h: Coffee and Soft Drinks
1530h – 1630h: Coffee, Soft Drinks and Beer

Registration Services

MW, Level 1
Sunday: 1400h – 1830h
Monday – Tuesday: 0700h – 1700h
Wednesday – Thursday: 0730h – 1700h
Friday: 0730h – 1400h

Staff will be on-hand to process lost registrations, supply certificates of attendance, print guest badges and answer any questions related to the registration process.

Reservations Tonight

MW, Level 1
Monday, 0930h – 1730h
Tuesday – Wednesday, 1030h – 1750h
Thursday, 1030h – 1830h

San Francisco’s premier conference concierge service offers answers for all your restaurant and entertainment needs. Contact them at www.reservationstonight.com or call/fax toll free in the U.S. 800-392-DINE. International 707-795-4885.

Speaker Ready Room

MW, Room 2001

ALL speakers are required to check into the Speaker Ready Room at least 24 hours before their presentation. Those presenting on Monday, 15 December must check in on Sunday, 14 December between 1400h and 1900h.

Sunday: 1400h – 1900h
Monday – Thursday: 0700h – 1800h
Friday: 0700h – 1500h

Special Needs

The AGU staff will work with its vendors to provide reasonable support to anyone with special needs. During the meeting contact an AGU staff person at the Facilities Desk in MN outside of Hall D, or in the registration area of MW if you require special assistance.

Webcasting

The following sessions will be webcast live:

Monday, 0800h – 1000h
U11C MESSENGER at Mercury: The Second Flyby I

Monday, 1830h – 1930h
U15A Frontiers of Geophysics Lecture

Tuesday, 1020h – 1220h
U22B The Great 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: A Multidisciplinary View II

Wednesday, 0800h – 1000h
U31B Episodic Tremor and Slip I: Field Studies; A Growing Cottage Industry

Thursday, 1020 – 1220
U42B Interaction of Earth Reservoirs

Friday, 1020h – 1220h
H52B Arsenic and Other Metals as Contaminants in Hydrologic Systems II

With the exception of the Frontiers of Geophysics Lecture, these will be available to view on the Fall Meeting Web site. All named lectures will be webcast to view on demand at agu.org.

Wireless Internet & Help Desks

Monday-Friday, 0900h – 1700h

Wireless internet access is available throughout all areas of Moscone Center if your laptop is equipped with a Wi-Fi or 802.11B wireless network card (PC) or airport card (Macintosh). Wireless Help Desks are located in MN, Hall D, and MW, Levels 2 and 3.

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