christiann boutwell. palm springs, ca hilton hotel
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Christiann Boutwell
Palm Springs, CA
Hilton Hotel
Annual Meeting Events Several workshops for
special groups of earth scientists, engineers, educators
State of SCEC presentation (the main talk)
Several plenary talks
Special topic talks
Poster sessions
Honors Banquet (main banquet)
SCEC Advisory, Board, and Planning meetings
Intern & Student Events In the past
Only poster presentation
Innovations for this and future Meetings Help out with
registration and distribution of resources
Welcome Dinner Pool Party Info series Lunch “Interrupture” Talks Social Mixer (details in
the works)
Abundant OpportunitiesMeet Annual Meeting attendees
Highly-acclaimed scientists Potential mentors for future projects Potential employers Potential graduate school advisors Friends (or significant other)
Experience Presenting your research in front of a professional
audience What to do at a scientific meeting Add to resume
What to do once you get to the Meeting…
Settle inGet to the hotel
Register, Check-in to your room, get acquainted with the place
Review the SCEC Annual Meeting Proceedings, Abstracts, Agenda
What Interns do at the meeting…
Poster Sessions
•USEIT interns show off SCEC-VDO •USEIT group members take shifts at posters•SURE and ACCESS interns present individual posters •Visit other posters!
Making the Meeting a better experience for students and interns(this means YOU)…
Intern Welcome DinnerAll-intern reunion
Overview of Meeting events and activities
Annual Meeting logistics Rundown of who, what, when, where, why
One-hour shifts (Sun & Mon)
Greeters- help control traffic for registration, resources table, and hotel check-in
Registration- register guests, give badges and other meeting documents/info
Resources table- give materials, talk to students (and potential mentors) about opportunities available at SCEC institutions
Student Pool Party
‘nuff said…
Student LunchLearn how to select scientific presentations of
interest and how to grasp the material
Info on how to stay involved in the SCEC community
Special guests from earth science, computer science, engineering, education, etc.
Info on graduate school or other career options
Intern “Interrupture” talk
Quick, 3-minute(powerpoint) talks that introduce yourself, discuss your research, and advertise your project/poster
What will make
at the SCEC Annual Meeting an
?Your help and
participation!
OVERWHELMING SUCCESS
YOUR EXPERIENCE
