2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other Daily Events for Monday, 23 October 2006
6:30 AM-8:30 AM
AWG Breakfast and Awards Presentation **Ticketed Event**
Loews Millennium Hall
6:45 AM-8:00 AM
Earth Science Editors Informal Meeting
Marriott 401/402/403
6:45 AM-9:00 AM
GSA History of Geology Division and History of the Earth Sciences Society Combined Business Meeting
106 B
7:00 AM-8:30 AM
GSA Archaeological Geology Division Management Board Meeting
Marriott 304
GSA Campus Rep Appreciation Breakfast
PCC 203 A
National Academy of Sciences, Sections 15 and 16, Breakfast Meeting
Marriott 308
7:15 AM-9:00 AM
National Association of Geoscience Teachers Past Presidents' Breakfast
Loews Washington Room C
7:30 AM-9:30 AM
MSA President's Breakfast
Marriott 307
7:30 AM-10:30 AM
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Officers' Breakfast
Marriott 302/303
7:45 AM-5:30 PM
Guest Hospitality Suite
Pennsylvania Convention Center 304
8:00 AM-8:30 AM
Breakfast with GSA's President and Executive Director **For Registered Guests Only**
PCC 304
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
AGI Member Society Council Meeting
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon AB
8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Guest Tour - Amish Countryside Tour
PCC Departs from the 12th and Arch Street shuttle lane
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
GSIS E-Resources Forum
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon C
9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Guest Tour - Best of Philadelphia Full Day Tour
PCC Departs from the 12th and Arch Street shuttle lane
10:00 AM-12:30 PM
GSA Bookstore presents author William Broad, The Oracle
PCC Exhibit Hall BC
10:00 AM-1:00 PM
CANCELLED - Guest Tour - Picnic at Laurel Hill Cemetery
PCC Departs from the 12th and Arch Street shuttle lane
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
GSA Engineering Geology Division Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture in Engineering Geology
PCC 112 B
Michel T Halbouty Distinguished Lecture: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle versus The Carbon Cycle
PCC 112 A
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Ground Water Editors Meeting (Sponsored by the GSA Hydrogeology Division )
Marriott 401/402/403
11:30 AM-1:30 PM
GSA Geology in Government Mentor Luncheon
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon F
11:30 AM-5:00 PM
Paleontological Society: Luncheon, Awards, Business Meeting and Reception **Ticketed Event**
Marriott Liberty Ballroom
12:00 PM-1:15 PM
GSA International Division Business Meeting and Luncheon
PCC 201 A
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
American Mineralogist Associate Editors Lunch
Marriott 307
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
American Quaternary Association Council Meeting
Marriott 304/305
12:15 PM-1:15 PM
GSA Hot Topic #2: Afghanistan Reconstruction - USGS Activities in Afghanistan
PCC 108 A
GSA Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session
PCC 113 C
Session Chair Orientation
PCC 113 C
12:15 PM-3:00 PM
GSA Engineering Geology Division Luncheon & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**
PCC 106 B
12:30 PM-3:30 PM
GSA History of Geology Division 30th Anniversary & History of the Earth Sciences Society 25th Anniversary Luncheon and Awards Reception **Ticketed Event**
PCC 203 A
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature
Loews Commonwealth Hall A2
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
AGI Media Workshop
Marriott 309/310
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
GSA Geoscience Education Division Management Board Meeting
PCC 309
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
GSA Ad-Hoc Committee of Accreditation
Marriott 306
NAGT/USGS Coop Summer Field Program
Loews Washington Room A
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting
PCC 106 B
4:00 PM-6:15 PM
GSA Northeastern Section Management Board Meeting
Marriott 302/303
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee Meeting
Marriott 308
5:00 PM-6:00 PM
GSA Foundation Development Committee
Marriott 404
PS/NSF Future of Research in Paleontology - Town Meeting
PCC 204 A
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
SEPM Student Reception
PCC Bridge Area East
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception
Loews Washington Room B
Friends of PRI Reception
Loews Congress Room B
GSA Limnogeology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception
203 A
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Members Reception
Loews Regency Ballroom C1
Stanford University School of Earth Sciences Reception
Loews Regency Ballroom B
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
GSA Coal Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception
PCC 104 B
5:30 PM-7:30 PM
GSA Archaeological Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony
PCC 109 AB
Indiana University Alumni Reception
Loews Regency Ballroom A
5:30 PM-8:00 PM
Yale/Harvard Alumni Reception
Loews Commonwealth Hall B
5:30 PM-8:30 PM
LSU Alumni & Friends Reception
Marriott Independence Ballroom, Salon II
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences/Duke University Alumni Reception
Loews Commonwealth Hall A1
5:30 PM-9:30 PM
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception
PCC 201 A
5:45 PM-6:45 PM
Concept Study for Lunar Science Sortie Missions and Astronaut Field Training
Pennsylvania Convention Center 103 B
5:45 PM-8:00 PM
GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture, Business Meeting and Reception
PCC 105 AB
6:00 PM-7:00 PM
GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Mixer
104 A
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Carleton College Alumni Reception
Loews Commonwealth Hall C
6:00 PM-8:30 PM
Bryn Mawr College
Embassy Suites Philadelphia 23rd Floor
University of Southern California Alumni Reception
Loews Washington Room C
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
University of Texas at Austin
Maggiano's Little Italy 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Alumni Reception
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon A
University of Colorado - Dept of Geological Sciences Alumni Reception
Loews Congress Room C
University of Colorado - Dept of Geological Sciences Alumni Reception
Loews Congress Room C
University of Kentucky Alumni Reception
Marriott Independence Ballroom, Salon I
University of Tennessee Alumni Reception
Loews Congress Room A
7:00 PM-9:30 PM
Albion College
Loews Millennium Hall
Allegheny College
Loews Millennium Hall
Bowdoin College
Loews Millennium Hall
Bowling Green State University
Loews Millennium Hall
Bucknell University
Loews Millennium Hall
Colgage University
Loews Millennium Hall
College of William and Mary
Loews Millennium Hall
College of Wooster
Loews Millennium Hall
Colorado State University
Loews Millennium Hall
Dartmouth College
Loews Millennium Hall
Dickinson College
Loews Millennium Hall
Franklin & Marshall College
Loews Millennium Hall
GSA Group Alumni Reception
Loews Millennium Hall
Hamilton College
Loews Millennium Hall
Hartwick College
Loews Millennium Hall
Iowa State University
Loews Millennium Hall
Juniata College
Loews Millennium Hall
Keck Geology Consortium
Loews Millennium Hall
Kent State University
Loews Millennium Hall
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
Loews Millennium Hall
Miami University
Loews Millennium Hall
Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences Alumni Reception
Loews Regency Ballroom C2
Middlebury College Geology Department
Loews Millennium Hall
Northern Arizona University
Loews Millennium Hall
Northwestern University/University of Chicago Alumni Reception
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon B
Oberlin College
Loews Millennium Hall
Ohio Wesleyan University
Loews Millennium Hall
Oregon State University
Loews Millennium Hall
Penn State Alumni Reception
Marriott Liberty Ballroom, Salon A
Princeton University
Loews Millennium Hall
Purdue University
Loews Millennium Hall
Queens College, CUNY
Loews Millennium Hall
Rice University
Loews Millennium Hall
Rutgers University
Loews Millennium Hall
Syracuse University Alumni Reception
Loews Anthony Room
Temple University
Loews Millennium Hall
Texas Tech University
Loews Millennium Hall
The University of Alabama
Loews Millennium Hall
Trinity University
Loews Millennium Hall
Tufts University
Loews Millennium Hall
U.S. Geological Survey
Loews Millennium Hall
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon C
University of Iowa
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Montana
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Nebraska
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Nevada, Reno
Loews Millennium Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Loews Millennium Hall
University of North Dakota
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Utah
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Washington, Seattle
Loews Millennium Hall
University of Wisconsin System Alumni Reception
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon D
University of Wyoming
Loews Millennium Hall
Western Connecticut State University
Loews Millennium Hall
Williams and Smith Colleges Alumni Reception
Marriott 401/402
Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association
Loews Millennium Hall
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Rio Grande Universities (U New Mexico, New Mexico State, U Texas El Paso, and NM Tech)
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon E
SEPM Research Group - 1
PCC 110 AB
SEPM Research Group - 2
PCC 112 A
SEPM Research Group - 3
PCC 112 B
University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences Alumni Reception
Marriott Independence Ballroom Salon III
University of Illinois Alumni Reception
Loews Commonwealth Hall D
University of Michigan Geological Sciences Alumni Reception
Loews Howe Room
University of Minnesota - All Campuses Alumni Reception
Marriott Grand Ballroom, Salon F
7:30 PM-9:00 PM
GeoEarthScope Review Committee
PCC 204 B
7:30 PM-9:30 PM
The University of Kansas Department of Geology Alumni Reception
Loews Lescaze Room
7:30 PM-10:00 PM
The Ohio State University - School of Earth Sciences - Alumni (formerly Geological Sciences)
Loews Tubman Room
7:30 PM-10:30 PM
SUNY Binghamton Alumni Reception
Independence Brew Pub
8:00 PM-11:00 PM
University of Massachusetts Alumni Reception
Marriott Liberty Ballroom, Salon B
8:30 PM-10:30 PM
City University of New York - Private Alumni Reception
Loews Commonwealth Hall A2