Registration and Schedule
DATES: October 17-20, 1998
| LOCATION: | Baton
Rouge Hilton Hotel 5500 Hilton Ave. Baton Rouge, La 70808 Phone: (504)924-5000 Fax: (504)926-8152 Driving Directions From New Orleans Airport (Hotel located at College Drive Exit) |
NOTE: |
Baton Rouge Hilton Hotel (The hotel has just undergone a total renovation. The location of the hotel is particularly nice. It is in a "corporate park." Within walking distance are a dozen restaurants to please every palate, a new Barnes & Noble, a new stadium-style seating movie theater, and a mailing business.) |
| NOTE: | Since this is a home football weekend, the hotels will be VERY crowded. Everyone should make their travel arrangements WELL IN ADVANCE, especially if they plan to be here on Friday night. |
| TRANSPORTATION: | Can fly into Baton Rouge or New Orleans.
Since there is no mass transit between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, you will want to rent
a car if you fly into New Orleans. New Orleans is about an hour drive from BR, interstate
all the way. The Hilton does have free shuttle service to-from the Baton Rouge airport. New Orleans International Airport |
3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Registration in hotel 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. OPTIONAL: Cultural Tour Cost: Estimated to be $25 per person depending upon the number of interested people.
Transportation: van
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Louisiana Space Grant Affiliates Meeting 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. SERCH Meeting 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. National Space Grant Executive Committee 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. RECEPTION at Hotel.
Cash Bar.8:00 p.m. OPTIONAL: LSU vs Kentucky football game in Tiger Stadium ("Death Valley") Tickets would have to be arranged well in advance. If an individual would like to attend the game instead of the reception, let me know and I will try to get a ticket. While LSU games are usually sell outs, an occasional single seat in the north or south end zone is available at a cost of $26. Tickets for this game will go on sale September 1 at the LSU ticket office.
A Gallery of Meeting Photographs, by Cheryl Dillard-Ewing and Margo Kelly
Panorama of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Louisiana
| 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast and Informal Networking |
| 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Call to Order, by host John Wefel Welcoming Remarks William L. Jenkins, Chancellor, LSU Edward R. Jackson , Chancellor, SU Chair's Report Secretary-Treasurer's Report State-Based Approach to NASA, L. Bilbrough, NASA HQ |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Program Update - Liz Ward Program Status & Statistics 'Best Practices'/ Challenge Upgrades |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | MORNING BREAK (refreshments) |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Ten Year Evaluation: Discussion, Liz Ward, LARC |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Interactive NSG Web Page, Hiscock, MT; Fischer, TX |
| 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | SG University Industry Ties, Panel (Moderator: L. Ward, Panel: KS, NJ, TX, CA) |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH (The Hilton Jazz Brunch) |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m | University Flight Opportunities - JPL, Joel Rademacher |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Citizen Explorer Update, E. Hanson, CO |
| 2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Space Science Enterprise Report, R. Johnson, MI |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | SERCH Report, M. Colgan, SC |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Moonlink/Nearlink & At-Risk Students, S Bast; G. French, Space Explorers |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | AFTERNOON BREAK (refreshments) |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Earth Science: Overview and Outreach, P. Chan, NASA HQ |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | HEDS Enterprise Report, J Gregory, AL |
| 5:00 p.m. | John Glenn Launch: An Informal Report, L Young, MA |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Travel to Oak Alley by Bus |
| 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | -- Oak Alley Plantation |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Creole Continental Breakfast and Informal Networking |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks, Dr. E. Joseph Savoie, Commissioner of Higher Education, LA Board of Regents |
| 8:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | " The Challenge of Communicating Science and Engineering to the Public;" Dr. Rick Chappell, Director of Science and Research Communications and Adjunct Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University (formerly Associate Director for Science at Marshall Space Flight Center). |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. | Astronomical Opportunities for Space Science Education/Public Outreach, Sandi Preston, McDonald Observatory, University of Texas |
| 10:25 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | MORNING BREAK (refreshments) |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. | NASA Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP), S. Culivan, MSFC |
| 11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Research & Education Opportunities with Stennis Space Center, A. Joyce, UAO, SSC. |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | LUNCH (Mardi Gras theme) "Plants in Space" and "Student KC-135 Flight", Mary Musgrave, LSU |
| 1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | "SG Participation in Crafting a Vision for Space," A. Ladwig, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, HQ |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. | Remote Sensing and Education using LANDSAT and GOES, L. Flynn, University of Hawaii |
| 2:05 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | "Exploring Aeronautics," Susanne Ashby, AMES Research Center |
| 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | Aeronautics Enterprise Report, Bowen, NE; Downing, KS |
| 2:50 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. | NASA Academy, Deanne Rogers, GSFC |
| 3:05 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. | Native American Working Group, V. Duca-Snowden, OK |
| 3:25 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | AFTERNOON BREAK (refreshments) |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Lockheed Martin Manned Space Systems, G. Dyer |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | REGIONAL BREAKOUT MEETINGS (Rooms TBD) |
| 5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Reports for Regional Breakout Meetings/Other Business |
| 5:30 p.m. | Meeting Adjourn |
| 7:00 p.m. - | EPSCoR Dinner with D. Atkinson and D. Detroye, NASA HQ Program staff. (in Hotel) |
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast on your own 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. OPTIONAL: Science Tour (Some combination of the following science visits: CAMD (Center for Advance Microstructure Devices) Baton Rouge, LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravity Wave Observatory) -Livingston Parish (on I-12 East on the way to Mississippi, about an hour from BR), Stennis Space Center, Mississippi (about 2 hours from BR). Lockheed-Martin Manned Space Systems, New Orleans, La.
Cost: $10.
Transportation: VanLunch and Dinner on your own.
8:00 p.m. - ? BREC-LSU-BRAS Highland Road Park Observatory. Campfire talk on astro-mythology followed by observing. (Could be scheduled if enough interest.)
