2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Portland, Oregon
Other Daily Events for Sunday, 18 October 2009
7:00 AM-8:30 AM
GSA President's Student BreakfastExxonMobil Exploration Company (Cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Company)
Oregon Convention Center Oregon Ballroom 201/202/203
7:30 AM-9:00 AM
GSA Leadership Training - Incoming Councilors, Committees, Sections, Divisions
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Grand Ballroom Parlors (B-C)
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
GSA Environmental & Engineering Geoscience Editorial Board Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Boardroom East
GSA Short Course: #517 Reducing Student Misconceptions about Plate Tectonics using Interactive MethodsGSA Geoscience Education Division (Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Morrison Room (WB)
8:00 AM-1:00 PM
American Geological Institute (AGI) Executive Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Council Suite
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
GSA Short Course: #518 Watch Faults Grow Before Your Very Eyes! Using a Deformational Sandbox in High School and Middle School Earth Science ClassroomsGSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, National Science Foundation (Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, National Science Foundation)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Oregon (PNW)
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Water Stations
Oregon Convention Center Various Locations
8:30 AM-10:30 AM
GSA Publications Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Forum Suite
9:00 AM-11:00 AM
GSA Education Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Senate Suite
GSA Foundation Pardee Coterie **By Invitation Only**
World Trade Center
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
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
9:00 AM-1:00 PM
GSA Guest Tour: #101 City Tour - Weird & Wonderful
Oregon Convention Center Martin Luther King, Jr Lobby
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
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: #519 When Worlds Collide: Communication between Scientists and Emergency Managers during Crises
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Idaho (PNW)
9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Business Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Galleria II
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
GSA Guest Seminar #1 - School Days
Oregon Convention Center F150/151
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting I
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway I
11:00 AM-1:30 PM
GSA Bulletin and Geosphere Associate Editor Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway III
GSA Geology and Lithosphere Editorial Board Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway II
11:30 AM-1:00 PM
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and GSA Geoscience Education Divsion Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**
Oregon Convention Center Oregon Ballroom 204
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Paleontological Society (PS) hosting Association of North American Paleontological Societies (ANAPS)
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Studio Suite
12:00 PM-1:15 PM
GSA Geology and Health Division Business Meeting and Luncheon
Oregon Convention Center E147/148
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
GSA Women in Geology Mentor ProgramSubaru of America, Inc (Cosponsored by Subaru of America, Inc)
Oregon Convention Center Oregon Ballroom 203
Paleontological Society (PS) Workshop on Grant Opportunities (NSF and Others) for Early Career Paleontologists
Oregon Convention Center C122
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
GSA Short Course: #520 Using and Developing Historical Image Archives to Investigate Landscape ChangeNational Science Foundation, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Geoscience Education Division (Cosponsored by National Science Foundation, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Geoscience Education Division)
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Weidler & Halsey Room (LCB)
12:15 PM-1:15 PM
GSA Geoscience Legislation in Congress
Oregon Convention Center C124
GSA Lunchtime Keynote Lecture: Patricia A. Woertz, GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecturer, "Toward a Shared Energy Future: Carbon Sequestration and the Global Corporation"GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture (Cosponsored by GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture)
Oregon Convention Center D135/136
GSA Session Chair Orientation
Oregon Convention Center C123
GSA Student Volunteer Technical Program Orientation
Oregon Convention Center C123
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
American Geological Institute (AGI) Government Affairs Advisory Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Forum Suite
GSA Engineering Geology Management Board Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Directors Suite
1:00 PM-6:00 PM
Cushman Foundation (CF) Board of Directors Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Broadway IV
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Geoscience Division Fall Meeting and Reception
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Grand Ballroom Parlors (A-B)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Town Hall Meeting: Tectonomagmatic Research Targets in the Gulf of Mexico RegionGSA Geophysics Division (Cosponsored by GSA Geophysics Division)
Oregon Convention Center E143/144
4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Micropaleontology Project Board of Directors
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Senate Suite
4:30 PM-7:00 PM
American Geological Institute (AGI) Past Presidents Reception & Dinner
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Galleria II
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
2009 GSA Gold Medal Lectures
Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom 254
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Revision of Bivalvia, Informal Discussion Meeting
Oregon Convention Center F149
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
A Taste of Basalt (and Sandstone): The Pardee Wine Tasting Event
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland Lloyd Center Ross Island & Morrison Rooms (WB)
5:30 PM-9:00 PM
International Association of Engineering Geology C1 Committee Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Directors Suite
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
GSA Welcome Reception and Exhibits Opening
Oregon Convention Center Halls C/D
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
GSA Author Book Signing Event
Oregon Convention Center Halls C/D
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Board Meeting
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Council Suite
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Affiliation of Christian Geologists Reception and Discussion
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Grand Ballroom Parlors (A-B)