AGU Fall Meeting 2007 Materials

Conference Information

Official Conference Webpage Abstract Deadline: Passed (Sep 6, 2007) Pre-Registration Deadline: Friday, Nov 2

Sessions of Interest IN12: Building Community and Governance within Earth and Space Science Content Models IN08: Ontology Integration: A Pressing Challenge for Earth and Space Science Informatics IN11: Semantic Issues and Infrastructure for Next Generation Virtual Observatories IN15: Data, Metadata and Mark-Up Languages IN18: Putting Ontologies to Work: Real-World Applications in the Earth and Space Sciences IN05: Standards-Based Interoperability Among Tools and Data Services in the Earth Sciences

MMI Representation

MMI Email Announcement

Want to send your colleagues an announcement about MMI activities at AGU? Check out the "canned" message here

News Item on MMI site

We've prepared a News item for the MMI site. If you're a primary "MMI Author", please be sure to update this as needed/wanted!

MMI Handout

We are working on a MMI brochure, that will be handed out at all posters/presentations, etc.
Here's the final draft of the general brochure,and the insert for AGU

MMI Label

Want to include MMI on your materials, or advertise that you're an MMI affiliate? You can use this jpeg, or we'll have labels for you to stick just about anywhere...

Heard about the MMI video?

John, Luis and Caryn are working on a video, to highlight OOSTethys as an eGY Demonstration. John will be in the eGY booth on Tuesday, December 11, 09:30-12:00.

Please do stop by the eGY booth, check out the demo, represent MMI to passers by, and see some of the cool things eGY is involved in...

FYI, eGY stands for Electronic Geophysical Year. Check out this news item for more info...

Official MMI Abstracts, Presentations, etc

Session	Presentation Type	Contact	Abstract Information	Presentation Information
IN12	Oral Presentation	John	Building Community and Governance of Metadata and Ontologies Within the Marine Community Abstract Reference Number: 12065 Paper Number: IN52A-06	Friday, 14 December Location: MS, Room 305 Starting Time: 11:20 Time allotted: 12 minutes
IN05	Oral Presentation	John (lead) Caryn Dawn Luis	Marine Interoperability Efforts and Standards: What's Missing? Abstract Reference Number: 10001 Paper Number: IN44A-05	Thursday, 13 December Location: MS, Room 305 Starting Time: 16:51
IN 05	Oral Presentation	Luis, et al.	Data and Semantic Interoperability for the Oceans Sensor Web Abstract Reference Number: 10001 Paper Number: IN43C-06	Thursday, 13 December Location: MS, Room 305 Starting Time: 14:46
IN08	Poster	Dawn, Luis, et al.	A Prototype Ontology Tool and Interface for Coastal Atlas Interoperability Abstract Reference Number: 13958 Paper Number: IN53B-1211	Friday, 14 December Location: MS, Exhibit Hall B Starting Time: 13:40
IN12	Convener	Luis	Building Community and Governance withing Earth and Space Science Content Models	Presentation Session Friday, 14 December Location: MS, 305 Starting Time: 10:20 Poster Session Friday, 14 December Location: MS, Exhibit Hall B Starting Time: 13:40
IN12	Poster	Nan (lead) Karen Caryn Andy Luis	MMI: Increasing Community Collaboration Abstract Reference Number: 12438 Paper Number: IN53A-0951	Friday, 14 December Location: MS, Exhibit Hall B Starting Time: 1340
IN05	Poster final image of poster	Caryn (lead) Luis Nan John	DIVE Into Metadata With MMI Abstract Reference Number: 10924 Paper Number: IN41A-0069	Thursday, 13 December Location: MS, Exhibit Hall B Starting Time: 0800

MMI Affiliate Abstracts, Presentations, etc

Session	Abstract Number and/or Title	Contact	Poster and/or Presentation
IN19	Title:Lessons Learned From 104 Years of Mobile Observatories	Steve Miller	Final Poster here
IN05	The Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) Synthesis	Bob Arko	Coming Soon...

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Poster / Presentation Logistics

POSTER PRINTING SERVICE

Due to heightened security at airports and all the last minute changes that happen to posters, AGU has made arrangements with a local San Francisco printer to get your posters printed and available for pick up at the Moscone Center. The cost will be $75 per poster. To upload files for printing, please go to www.ftp.dpi-sf.com (Login: AGU2007; Password: agudpi). Please note that payment must be received in order to pick up posters. Credit card payments will be accepted at the DPI booth. Fall Meeting participants will also be able to arrange poster printing on site for pickup later in the week. Please note that DPI needs at least 3 days to fulfill each order. Questions about this service can be directed to Sanjay Sakhuja, DPI, 645 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94107; (415) 216-0031; www.dpi-sf.com

PRESENTER INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES

Please review guidelines to prepare your session, order AV equipment, and pre-submit your presentation. (This information will be available by 1 November). We strongly encourage you to pre-submit your visual aids not later than 5 December. Instructions will be provided on the AGU Web site

REGISTRATION and HOUSING INFORMATION

The pre-registration deadline is 2 November; after 2 November, registration fees will increase. The housing deadline is 9 November. Please print the confirmation information and bring these documents to the Meeting with you.

OTHER MEETING SERVICES

The Fall Meeting offers a variety of services, such as childcare, a message service, and more. For a complete list of available services, Click here.
Note: Information about other Meeting services is posted as details become available.

COMPLETE MEETING PROGRAM

A complete searchable Meeting database will be posted on the Web site by close of business, 22 October.

MEETING CD OF THE PROGRAM WITH ABSTRACTS

Only a limited number of CDs will be available at the Fall Meeting. We strongly encourage you to burn your own CD following the instructions that will be provided on the Web site.