NEWS
| 13 November 2002
AGU Release No. 02-36 | Contact: Harvey Leifert
(202) 777-7507 hleifert@agu.org |
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2002 FALL MEETING Moscone Convention Center 747 Howard Street San Francisco, California December 6-10 (Friday to Tuesday) Press Room, Press Conferences, Gala Press Evening, Press Registration Information and Form |
Contents of this messageImportant note: This message should be read in conjunction with Media Advisory 2 of October 14, as it does not repeat important information in that message. See: http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0232.html 1. Press Room The Fall Meeting Press Room is Room 111 of the Moscone Convention Center (same room as last year). Moscone is located at 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, California.. Room 111 is down the escalator from the main entrance on the north side of Howard Street. The phone number for incoming calls is +1 (415) 905-1007.
The Press Room is open daily during the meeting from 7:30 a.m. until at least 5:30 p.m. It will remain open as long as feasible to accommodate journalists who are writing and filing stories. The room is equipped with phones and phone lines for modem connections (no charge for business calls), a fax machine, a computer with Internet access and printer, and a photocopy machine. Breakfast will be provided in the Press Room from 7:30 a.m., and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m., daily. Press releases relevant to the meeting will be available in the Press Room, as provided by participating scientists and their institutions. The Press Briefing Room is Room 112, adjacent to the Press Room. This is the venue for press conferences, with one exception. It is equipped with microphones and a mult box for recording sound directly from the room's microphones. When not in use for press conferences, the Briefing Room may be used for interviews.
The following press conferences are planned, as of the date of this advisory. They are still works in progress, and any of them may be rescheduled to a different time or day or may be canceled. Other press conferences may be added. This list will be updated in Media Advisory 4 in late November, which will include names of press conference participants and an explanatory statement about each topic. Any subsequent changes will be announced in the Press Room at the meeting. All press conferences take place in Room 112 Moscone, except one noted below. Day: Friday, December 6
Day: Friday, December 6
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Day: Saturday, December 7
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Day: Sunday, December 8
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Day: Monday, December 9
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Day: Monday, December 9
3. Gala Press Evening Day: Friday, December 6
Whether you live in the Bay Area or are attending Fall Meeting from afar, keep Friday evening open. We have organized, in cooperation with Northern California Science Writers Association, an evening of fun, information, and camaraderie, not to mention good food and drink. ***** Press Reception Time: 5:00 p.m.
Put down your quill, turn off your modem, and relax with your science writing colleagues at the end of Fall Meeting's long first day. Greet your old friends and meet new ones at our annual wine and cheese reception. As usual, we have invited members of NCSWA who are not otherwise covering Fall Meeting to join us. ***** Book and Author Program for Science Writers
Two authors who regularly attend Fall Meeting will discuss their new books in this program, which is designed specifically for science writers. Richard Anthes, President of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), is co-editor of Hurricane! Coping with Disaster (AGU). Hurricane research implies something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, scientists have striven to understand and track hurricanes, while charting their societal effects. Hurricane! Coping with Disaster tells the dramatic history of that effort by leading meteorologists, the men and women who brought hurricane science into the 21st century, and those who sustain it today. Although not a trade book, it is intended for both scientists and lay readers interested in climatology and hurricane research. Nigel Hey, freelance writer and former public information officer at Sandia National Laboratory, will discuss Solar System (Weidenfeld & Nicolson , London.; Sterling Publishing, New York). Solar System is a general-readership book about the planets and other bodies of the solar system and the technologies (i.e. telescopes, spacecraft, launch vehicles, sensors/imagery, telemetry, guidance and control) that are employed in their exploration. Solar System is described as "a laptop coffee-table book," because of its attractive layout, copious illustrations, including original paintings by Malcolm Godwin, and high quality production. It includes twelve essays by experts including Arthur C. Clarke and Freeman Dyson, who take on topics ranging from space navigation to the peculiarities of Uranus and Venus. Hey describes it as a "nonfiction adventure story," designed for readers new to planetary science as well as college students seeking supplementary material to their textbooks. ***** NCSWA Holiday Party
(The following information was provided by NCSWA. This is not an AGU event.) Chalk up your pool cue and break out the dancing shoes for NCSWA's holiday bash at Jillian's, a restaurant and late-night dance club in San Francisco's bustling Sony Metreon entertainment complex. Join us for hors d'oeuvres - enough to satisfy a hearty dinner appetite - and schmoozing in Jillian's billiard room. The 10 pool tables are free, courtesy of NCSWA, and we have the room for mixing and partying until 10 p.m. At 9, Jillian's turns into a dance club, which attendees are welcome to join. But the Metreon offers many other options, ranging from virtual bowling and video games to an IMAX movie or a trip through Where the Wild Things Are. Jillian's is creating a spread that includes a variety of finger foods, passed around by butlers and laid out at table stations. We've planned for about 10 pieces per person. The hors d'oeuvres include: Chicken skewers with satay
No-host bar Cost: $30 per person for NCSWA members. Because NCSWA is partly subsidizing the food, each member may bring only one guest at the price of $30. All other guests, including AGU attendees, are $35 each. Students are $25. Send checks made out to "NCSWA" to:
Deadline: Jillian's needs a final count 5 days before the event. If you want to attend, get your check in the mail today!
Following is the list of press registrants as of the date of this advisory.
If you believe you have registered, but your name does not appear below,
please resubmit the form (in Section 6, below). If your
name is misspelled or your affiliation is incorrect, please notify Harvey
Leifert asap, as this list will be copied onto the badges.
Robert Adler, Freelance
5. Press Registration
Press registrants receive a badge that provides access to any of the scientific sessions of the meeting, as well as to the Press Room and Briefing Room. No one will be admitted without a valid badge. A press registration form will be found at the end of this message. Eligibility for press registration is limited to the following persons: * Working press employed by bona fide news media: must present
a press card, business card, or letter of introduction from an editor of
the publication.
Note: Representatives of publishing houses, for-profit corporations, and the business side of news media must pre-register through the AGU web site or register at the main registration desk at the meeting and pay the appropriate fees.
An online version of this form is available at http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/fm02pressreg_cgi.html The version below may be copied and returned (please, do not send back this entire media advisory!) to Harvey Leifert by email <hleifert@agu.org> or by fax (202-328-0566). Once the Abstracts are available in CD-ROM and/or book form, and while
supplies last, they
The press pre-registration deadline is Friday, November 29, 2002. The form must be received at AGU by that date for your badge to be available upon arrival, avoiding delay. You may, of course, also register in the Press Room. Fax to:
Mail to:
Or, take the completed form to Fall Meeting Press Room.
Name (to be printed on badge): Mailing Address:
Telephone: Fax: Email Address: Media or organizational affiliation: If freelance: Check below one basis of your eligibility below and bring
relevant proof to meeting.
Abstracts:
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