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Please plan to register on-site at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 200 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX, during the hours listed below.
Monday, January 24, and Tuesday, January 25
7:30 A.M.–4:00 P.M.
Wednesday, January 26, and Thursday, January 27
8:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M.
Friday, January 28
8:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M.
| Before December 3, 1999 | After December 3, 1999 | ||
| Regular Member | |||
| (More than 1-Day) | $ 225 | $ 260 | |
| (1-Day) | $ 113 | $ 148 | |
| Student Member | |||
| (More than 1-Day) | $ 96 | $ 131 | |
| (1-Day) | $ 48 | $ 83 | |
| Undergraduate Member* | |||
| (More than 1-Day) | $ 96 | $ 131 | |
| (1-Day) | $ 48 | $ 83 | |
| Retired Senior Member** | |||
| (More than 1-Day) | $ 96 | $ 131 | |
| (1-Day) | $ 48 | $ 83 | |
| Nonmember | |||
| (More than 1-Day) | $ 265 | $ 300 | |
| (1-Day) | $ 133 | $ 168 | |
| Student Nonmember | |||
| (More than 1-Day) | $ 136 | $ 171 | |
| (1-Day) | $ 68 | $ 103 | |
Top of PageRoom rates do not include state and local taxes. See the hotel locator map for locations.
Hotel Locator Map
The Hilton Palacio del Rio, a Mobil 3-Star and AAA-4 Diamond hotel, is located on the Riverwalk, next to La Villita, and is across the street from the Convention Center. All guest rooms have private balconies with in-room coffee makers, hair dryers, ironing boards with irons, voice mail, dataport, and 2 phone lines. The Fitness Room is open daily, 6:00am-10:30pm, and features Stairmaster, treadmills, exercise bikes, and Mercy 2 Station Gym. Valet parking is available for $19.50 per day. Self-parking is available for $8.50 per day.
2. SOLD OUT -- Holiday Inn Crockett (HIC)
Rates: $99 single, $109 double
The Holiday Inn Historic Crockett Hotel is located just 10 steps from the Alamo, directly across the street from the RiverCenter Mall and the emerald waters of the San Antonio River. One block further is the San Antonio Convention Center. Valet parking is available for $11.00 per day. Self-parking is available at parking lots adjacent to the hotel.
3. SOLD OUT -- La Quinta (LQC)
Rates: $97 single, $107 double
La Quinta Inn is located across the street from the RiverCenter Mall, a 2-block walk to the Alamo, and 1 1/2 blocks to the Riverwalk. Guest rooms feature in-room movies, Nintendo, free local calls with dataport phone. Parking is FREE.
4. SOLD OUT -- Menger Hotel(MEN)
Rates: $108 single or double
The historic Menger Hotel is located next to the Alamo, adjacent to RiverCenter Mall, the IMAX Theater, and Riverwalk, and 2 blocks to the Convention Center. The hotel fronts Alamo Plaza where the Sea World shuttle and sightseeing tours depart. Valet parking is available for $12.00 per day. Self-parking is available for $8.00 per day.
5. Ramada Emily Morgan (EMA)
Rates: $99 single, $109 double
The Ramada Emily Morgan Hotel is ideally located directly beside the Alamo, one block from the romantic Riverwalk and RiverCenter Mall, and 2 1/2 blocks from the Convention Center. Guest rooms feature hair dryers, coffee makers, irons/ironing boards, remote cable TV, voice mail, and data-port telephones. Parking is available for $8.00 per day.
To Make Reservations
Housing Deadline: December 3, 1999
Hotel reservations must be made directly through the Housing Bureau. You must print and complete the Housing Request Form (also available in the September 14, 1999 issue of Eos) and mail or fax your request to the housing bureau. [NOTE: If your computer does not have the Acrobat Reader software, you must download it in order to access the Housing Request Form.]
No telephone requests are accepted. It is very important that you complete the entire Housing Request Form and select the hotels in the order you desire. Use hotel codes only.
Hotel rooms are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Please have five choices in mind when making your request. In the event your selected hotels are sold out, the housing bureau will assign a hotel by room rate or location, which ever choice you have marked on your housing request form as more important. Any requests for pre- or post-arrivals/departures are not always available at convention rates.
All hotels require a major credit card to guarantee your reservations.
Reservations are now being accepted on a space-available basis only and rates are subject to change.
Confirmation of Reservation
The housing bureau will send you a hotel acknowledgment via fax or mail and the hotel will send actual confirmation with policies. Please review the confirmation carefully for accuracy. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 14 days after sending the request, please contact the housing bureau by fax at +1-210-207-6702.
Changes/Cancellations
Please notify the housing bureau directly in writing of any changes to or cancellation of your reservation before January 3, 2000. Beginning January 4, 2000, you will need to call the hotel holding your reservation directly for changes and cancellations.
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The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: New Views of an Old Ocean
Presented by David M. Karl, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is the largest ecosystem on our planet. However, this expansive habitat is also remote, poorly sampled, and therefore not well understood. In October 1988, an ocean time-series research program was established to study ecosystem processes in the gyre, including rates and pathways of carbon and energy flow, spatial and temporal scales of variability, and coupling of ocean physics to biogeochemical processes. After a decade of ecosystem surveillance, this sentinel observatory has produced an unprecedented data set and some new views of an old ocean. Foremost is evidence for dramatic changes in microbial community structure and in mechanisms of nutrient cycling in response to large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions. These and other observations demand reassessment of current views of physical-biogeochemical processes in this and other open-ocean ecosystems.
A View of the West-Coastal Ocean
Presented by James C. McWilliams, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
Eastern boundary currents--in particular the California Current System off the West Coast of the continental United States--exhibit a variety of distinctive phenomena not prevalent elsewhere in the oceans. A view of the statistical equilibrium dynamics of this regime will be presented, based on recent additions to observational methodologies from satellite and drifting instruments and models of the regional circulation and biogeochemistry.
Top of PageThe National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is a formal collaboration among twelve federal agencies that supports oceanographic research and education. Through NOPP, these agencies identify broad issues of critical importance in oceanography and promote the examination of these issues by soliciting proposals that partner institutions from academia, industry, government and non-profit organizations. NOPP currently supports well over 100 partners on 36 education and research projects around the globe. At this session, representatives of NOPP member agencies and NOPP principal investigators will be available to provide information on the Partnership Program, including future funding opportunities, and to answer your questions.
The Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) Program
Wednesday, January 26
5:30 P.M.-7:30 P.M.
Convention Center, Room 210B
Dr. Rick Jahnke of Skidaway University, Chair of the Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) Program as of December 1999, will lead this open meeting. Community input and discussion is welcome.
New Ocean Carbon Research Initiatives: OCTET, EDOCC, and SOLAS
Thursday, January 27
5:15 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Convention Center, Room 212
Three new research initiatives in ocean biogeochemistry will be described: OCTET, Ocean Carbon Transport, Exchanges and Transformations; EDOCC, Ecological Determinants of Oceanic Carbon Cycling; and SOLAS (Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study). These initiatives are in varying stages of development; workshops for all three programs are planned shortly after the Ocean Sciences meeting. After description of the programs, members of the planning committees for each initiative will entertain questions. Discussion of important scientific issues is encouraged.
Talking Science: New Techiques and Technologies for Science Talks
Thursday, January 27
5:15 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Convention Center
Randy Olson, Ann Close, and Tony Michaels of the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California, will review the "Do's and Don'ts" of giving a scientific presentation. The latest in new techniques and technologies for giving scientific presentations will be reviewed, including graphics, style of presentation, and use of video.
Using Satellite Ocean Color Data for Marine Conservation
Thursday, January 27
5:15 P.M.-7:30 P.M.
Convention Center, Room 209
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) will present a tutorial workshop immediately following the afternoon session entitled, "Remote Sensing of the Ocean." The primary purpose of the workshop will be to provide a basic introduction to software for processing SeaWiFS and upcoming MODIS ocean color data, and will include a web-based demonstration and hands-on experience. The workshop will benefit not only researchers but marine managers who may utilize the data as a tool in environmental quality studies.
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The luncheon speaker will be Dr. Margaret Leinen, a well-known researcher in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. Her work focuses on the history of biogenic sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to global biogeochemical cycles, and the history of eolian sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to climate. She is a past president of The Oceanography Society, and is on the Board of Governors of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions and the Ocean Research Advisory Council. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Dr. Leinen to head its geosciences directorate, effective January 2000. Dr. Leinen also will be responsible for coordinating environmental science and engineering programs within NSF, and for environmental cooperation and collaborations between NSF and other Federal agencies. Her presentation is entitled, "Geosciences and the Environmental Initiatives of
the National Science Foundation."
$ 24 per person (ticketed event)
Top of PageThe Institute of Texan Cultures located in Hemisfair Park, site of the 1968 World's Fair, is a university educational center dedicated to enhancing the understanding of the history and diverse cultures of Texas. The institute features displays of more than 26 ethnic and cultural groups of Texas.
Docents will be available during the reception to guide you through the exhibits and answer your questions and you will see the institute's exciting multimedia show, Faces and Places of Texas.
A variety of ethnic and cultural food will be provided to showcase the best of what Texas can offer. A cash bar will be available for beer, wine, and specialty drinks. The ticket fee of $25.00 per person provides a buffet style meal, entrance to the museum, and shuttle service. The institute is within walking distance of the convention center and hotels. However, free round-trip shuttle bus service will be provided between the convention center and the institute.
A limited number of tickets is available for this event. Tickets may not be available for purchase on-site.
Top of PageTelephone messages will be posted on message boards. Please plan to check these boards regularly in case other attendees are trying to reach you. Individuals cannot be paged. Outside of registration hours or for urgent or critical messages, it is recommend that messages be left at the individual's hotel room.
Limited fax and photocopying services will also be available. Incoming faxes will be received and a message will be placed on the message boards for the recipient. Outgoing faxes are available at a cost of $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page. Photocopies are $.25 per page. Transparencies are $.50 per page.Limited fax and photocopying services will also be available.
For more information on how to register for child care at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, contact KiddieCorp, Tel: +1-858-455-1718, E-mail: oceans@kiddiecorp.com, Web site: http://www.kiddiecorp.com. Advance reservations are required by January 3, 2000.
Child care services are a contractual agreement between each individual and the child care company. Neither ASLO nor AGU assumes responsibility for the services rendered.
Exhibits will be open Tuesday through Thursday, January 25–27, 8:30 A.M.–5:00 P.M. The ASLO and AGU Booths will also be open Monday, January 24, 8:30 A.M.–5:00 P.M.
Exhibitors: The Ocean Sciences Meeting offers you the opportunity to present your geophysical instruments, computer software and hardware, equipment, books, and educational, research, association, and government programs to more than 2000 scientists in the ocean sciences field. The exhibit booth fee includes complimentary meeting registration(s), abstract volume(s), and program(s). For additional information, please contact Mary Thompson, Tel: +1-202-777-7604, E-mail: exhibits@agu.org.
Top of PageEmployers: Need to fill a position? Take advantage of AGU's Career Center service. Register at the center for a small fee. Then post your positions and review hundreds of resumes.
Job Candidates: Looking for a new position? Come to the Job Center daily and view the job postings. Bring five copies of your resume for review by potential employers. All job candidates must be registered for the meeting.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Giesler, Tel: +1-202-777-7512, E-mail: jgiesler@agu.org
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A workshop will be offered for teachers of precollege students, giving teachers a chance to meet the scientists doing the research that is defining our physical world and its environment in space. For further information, please contact Frank Ireton at AGU, Tel: 1-800-966-2481, ext. 508, or +1-202-777-7508, E-mail: fireton@agu.org.
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Dining Reservations
Creative Dining will assist you with individual or group restaurant and entertainment reservations. Menus from many of San Antonio's top restaurants will be on display for your review.
Top of PageAmerican Airlines is offering a 10% discount off the unrestricted midweek coach fare or 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares, including First Class. To obtain these special discount fares, you or your travel agent must call the American Airlines Meeting Services desk at 1-800-433-1790 and refer to Starfile Number 4910UH. Dedicated reservationists are on duty 7 days a week, 5:00 A.M.–12:00 midnight, Central Time.
Southwest Airlines is offering a 10% discount on most of its already low fares. You or your travel agent must call Southwest Airlines Group and Meetings Reservations at 1-800-433-5368 and reference I.D. Code V6620. Reservations Sales Agents are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M., and Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 A.M.–3:30 P.M. in all time zones. You must make reservations 5 or more days prior to travel to take advantage of this offer.
Travel Insurance
Participants traveling from outside the United States may wish to purchase accident and medical insurance protection during their visit to San Antonio. Seabury and Smith, an association service organization, offers coverage through their Gateway USA program. Insurance must be purchased for a minimum of 15 days, up to a maximum of 60 days. Prices will vary depending upon the individual's age and choice of benefit package. For more information, please contact Seabury and Smith at +1-202-457-6842.
Top of PageFinal program order will not be changed except under emergency situations. Requests for changes require approval by one of the Program Cochairs.
Oral Presentations
Oral sessions are located in the 200 series meeting rooms.
Presentation Time: The standard time allotted to a contributed paper is 15 minutes (10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion and changeover time between speakers). If the program allows more time for your presentation, you should adjust your time accordingly.
Audiovisual Equipment: Standard projection equipment for oral sessions includes two 35 mm slide projectors, two overhead (viewgraph) projectors, two screens, an electric pointer, one microphone at the lectern, and one lapel microphone. Should you require any additional audiovisual equipment for your presentation, inquire at the Facilities Desk located in Exhibit Hall C. Additional equipment rental is based on availability and a rental fee will apply.
Slide Viewers: A slide preview area is located in Hall C. Speakers may preview slides Monday through Thursday, 7:30 A.M.-6:00 P.M., and Friday, 7:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
Poster Presentations
Poster sessions are located in Hall C.
Presentation Information: Each poster presenter is provided with a mounting area (corkboard) measuring 4 feet high by 8 feet wide, less the one-inch posterboard frame. The boards are assigned by numbers posted on the boards, corresponding to the paper numbers. Pushpins, tape, scissors, etc., will be available at the Facilities Desk in Hall C for your use.
Posters should be set up between 7:30 A.M. and 8:30 A.M. on the day of your presentation. All posters, whether scheduled for the morning or afternoon session, should stay posted all day. Posters must be removed between 5:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.
You must be present at your poster for a minimum of one hour during your session. For morning sessions, between 9:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M.; and for afternoon sessions, between 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.
Audiovisual Equipment: For those presenters who ordered personal computers or VHS players and paid for this equipment in advance, equipment will be placed as close as possible to your posterboard approximately 30 minutes prior to your presentation time. Presenters who ordered internet access prior to the meeting will have access at their board. Each connection will be clearly marked with an IP address. Equipment will be available for your scheduled session hours only. If you did not order equipment in advance, you may order equipment for your session, depending on equipment availability, at the Facilities Desk in Exhibit Hall C. (Internet connections may not be available for on-site request.) Equipment rental is based on availability, and a rental fee will apply.
Information for Session Chairs
Preparation meetings for session chairpersons will be held Monday, January 24, or Wednesday, January 26, from 7:30 A.M.-8:15 A.M. in Room 209 of the convention center. Session chairs are encouraged to attend one of these preparation meetings.
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