2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009) Portland, Oregon

Other Daily Events for Saturday, 17 October 2009

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Breakfast
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Senate Suite

GSA Council Meeting, Day 1
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Forum Suite

GSA Short Course: #507 Helping Your Students Investigate Plate Tectonics Just Like Scientists
Oregon Convention Center F149
GSA Short Course: #508 Education Research I: Conducting Qualitative Geoscience Education Research
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Weidler Room (LCB)

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Council Meeting
Oregon Convention Center F151

Paleontological Society (PS) Short Course: Conservation Paleobiology: Using the Past to Manage for the Future
Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom 252

GSA Short Course: #503 Hazard Zone Delineation for Debris Flows, Lahars, and Rock Avalanches using LAHARZ in GISUSGS-Cascades Volcano Observatory (Cosponsored by USGS-Cascades Volcano Observatory)
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory Conference Room
GSA Short Course: #504 Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate StudentsExxonMobil Exploration Company, Chevron, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, British Petroleum (Cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Chevron, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, British Petroleum)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Ross Island & Morrison Rooms (WB)
GSA Short Course: #505 Fundamentals of Seismic Structural Analysis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Analysis for Graduate StudentsConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division (Cosponsored by ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Sellwood Room (WB)
GSA Short Course: #510 Three-Dimensional Geologic MappingGSA Geology & Public Policy Committee (Cosponsored by GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Oregon (PNW)
GSA Short Course: #511 Laser Ablation ICP-MS: An Overview of the Technique and a Look at New Advances in Quantitative Microanalyses for Geological, Biological, and Environmental ApplicationsGSA Sedimentary Geology Division (Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Broadway Room (LCB)
GSA Short Course: #512 Establishing and Sustaining an Undergraduate Research Program: A professional development workshop for new and future facultyCouncil on Undergraduate Research [CUR] (Cosponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research [CUR])
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Idaho (PNW)
GSA Short Course: #513 Teaching Climate Change & Earth History Using Ocean Drilling Data in Introductory Geoscience CoursesNational Science Foundation, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division (Cosponsored by National Science Foundation, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Halsey Room (LCB)
GSA Short Course: #514 Pacific Northwest Earthquakes and Tsunamis for Middle School TeachersThe National Association of Geoscience Teachers (Cosponsored by The National Association of Geoscience Teachers)
University of Portland Franz Hall, Room 34
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Studio Suite
NSF-CCLI-Sponsored Workshop on Using Google Earth in Undergraduate Geoscience EducationNSF-DUE-CCLI (Cosponsored by NSF-DUE-CCLI)
Oregon Convention Center F150

Water Stations
Oregon Convention Center Various Locations

National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway I

EarthChem/MetPetDB Usability Workshop
Oregon Convention Center D132
GSA Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Grand Ballroom Parlors (B-C)
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Short Course - Environmental Geochemistry Applied to Metal Mines and Their Remediation
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Alexander's

GeoScience World (GSW) Advisory Council Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway III-IV
GSA Short Course: #506 Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin ExplorationExxonMobil Exploration Company, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division (Cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Company, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)
Oregon Convention Center C122
GSA Short Course: #516 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using ArcGIS for Geological and Environmental Science ApplicationsESRI (Cosponsored by ESRI)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Alaska (PNW)

GSA Short Course: #515 Introduction to the Acquisition, Visualization, and Interpretation of Airborne LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation ModelsGSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Portland State University Geology Dept, Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries (Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Portland State University Geology Dept, Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries)
Portland State University Cramer Hall, Room 1

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Lunch
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Senate Suite

GSA Division Chairs Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Galleria North

American Geological Institute (AGI) Workforce Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Forum Suite
Geosciences Information Network WorkshopNational Science Foundation, USGS, Arizona Geological Survey (Cosponsored by National Science Foundation, USGS, Arizona Geological Survey)
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Galleria South
GSA Short Course: #509 Education Research II: Conducting Quantitative Geoscience Education Research
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Weidler Room (LCB)

GSA Publications Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway II

GSA International Section Management Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Grand Ballroom Parlor A

GSA Session Chair Orientation
Oregon Convention Center C123
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Oregon Convention Center C123

GSA Welcome Reception for 2-year Geoscience FacultyGSA Education Committee (Cosponsored by GSA Education Committee)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Mt. St. Helens Room (CB)

NSF Key Concepts in Geomorphology Textbook Vignette Creation WorkshopNational Science Foundation, University of Vermont, University of Washington, W. H. Freeman (Cosponsored by National Science Foundation, University of Vermont, University of Washington, W. H. Freeman)
Portland State University Cramer Hall S17

GSA Geoscience Educators' Social ReceptionGSA Education Committee, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, GSA Geoscience Education Division, IRIS Consortium, Digital Library for Earth System Education, On the Cutting Edge, Earth Scope, American Geological Institute, Deep Earth Academy, UNAVCO, National Earth Science Teachers Association (Cosponsored by GSA Education Committee, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, GSA Geoscience Education Division, IRIS Consortium, Digital Library for Earth System Education, On the Cutting Edge, Earth Scope, American Geological Institute, Deep Earth Academy, UNAVCO, National Earth Science Teachers Association)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Mt. Hood & Mt. Bachelor (CB)
Paleontological Society (PS): Reception, Awards Ceremony and Reception Buffet **Ticketed Event**
Oregon Convention Center Oregon Ballroom 201

Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Executive Board Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Forum Suite
Seds and Suds: An informal Forum for the Sedimentary Geology CommunityGSA Sedimentary Geology Division, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) (Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM))
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Pavilion West

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Awards Dinner **Ticketed Event**
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Pavilion East

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballrooms 251/258

Keck Geology Consortium Representatives Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Studio Suite

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Reception
Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom Lobby