National Weather Association Meeting in Madison
From: Jordan Gerth, Ex-officio Councilor and 2012 Program Chair, National Weather Association
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage those with relevant research topics to submit an abstract for the 37th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, which will be held at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, 06 - 11 October 2012. The general sessions start on Monday, 08 October.
The abstract deadline for those seeking oral presentations is Friday, 25 May 2012. If you wish to present a poster, the abstract must be submitted by Friday, 29 June 2012. There are few good excuses for missing the deadline. Most are not acceptable for requesting an extension.
There is no cost to submit an abstract. Obviously, there is a registration fee to attend the meeting. That information is not yet available, but students will be able to attend at a reduced rate.
Here are some important links:
The abstract submission form is: http://www.nwas.org/2012abstracts.html
The call for presentations is: http://nwa2012.com/info/call-for-presentations/
The meeting blog is: http://nwa2012.com/
The official web page for the meeting is: http://www.nwas.org/meetings/nwa2012/
This will be a truly exciting time as we hope to welcome over 500 operational and applied meteorologists that work in government, broadcast media, and private industry. Keynote addresses will be given by:
- NOAA Deputy Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan,
- NOAA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Weather Services Laura Furgione,
- Dr. Louis Uccellini, incoming AMS President and Director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction,
- Tom Skilling of WGN-TV in Chicago,
- Jon Davis, a risk manager and chief meteorologist at Chesapeake Weather.
The latter three are all University of Wisconsin meteorology program graduates.
The NWA is a member-led, all inclusive, non-profit, professional association supporting and promoting excellence in operational meteorology and related activities since 1975.
The theme of the 2012 annual meeting of the National Weather Association is “Synthesizing Weather Information for Society: From Observations to Action across our Communities“. Today’s meteorologists understand that the best forecast means collaborating with weather partners in education, emergency management, government, research, and broadcast media. At this year’s meeting, we welcome the breadth of the professional community to explore the emerging technologies, ideas, and science that not only allow us to improve our forecasts but tune the message to our customers.
Outside of the traditional sessions on weather and forecasting, severe convection, and radar interpretation, we plan to offer special sessions and events with a Wisconsin flavor devoted to
- upcoming and new satellite missions,
- recent advances in satellite meteorology,
- new technologies and computing platforms for weather analysis and forecasting, and
- communicating with the public and partners in disaster preparedness and response.
Additional information about meeting registration will be available soon. If you have any questions about submitting an abstract, please contact me.
I am very grateful for the assistance of a strong program committee with representation from all operational meteorology sectors, and, of course, a dominant Wisconsin presence.
