Program of 2018 CMOS Congress / Programme Du Congrès De La
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français Welcome to Halifax NS Welcome to the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s 52nd Congress and the annual meeting. The congress will be held from 10 June to 14 June, 2018 at the new Halifax Convention Centre in Halifax NS, Canada. This year’s congress theme is “marine and environmental risks and impacts". The congress will bring together a wide range of scientists and other professionals from across Canada and other countries with a focus on topics in atmospheric, ocean and earth science. PLATINUM SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS PARTNER HOST REFRESHMENTS On-Line Registration and payment is available here Welcome to the registration information for the 52nd CMOS Congress being held at the Halifax Convention Centre (HCC) in Downtown Halifax, NS, Sunday – Thursday, June 10 – 14, 2018. Note that the science program for Thursday will be a full day program. Registration desk hours During Congress the desk will be open as follows: Sunday 14.00 - 18.30 Monday 07.00 - 17.30 Tuesday 07.00 - 17.00 Wednesday 07.30 - 17.00 Thursday 08.00 - 14.00 Registration Fees Full Congress fees include one ticket for each of the East Coast Icebreaker, the Patterson-Parson’s Luncheon and the East Coast Lobster Feast Awards Banquet. Please order extra tickets only for your invited guests. Associate member organizations are the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) or the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU). Consider becoming a CMOS member or renewing your CMOS membership here. For the Full Congress Early Bird – Until May 25, 2018 Member: CMOS / CMOS $635 Associate CMOS Student $290 Retired / Life $290 Non-member: Regular $715 Student $310 After May 25, 2018 Member: CMOS / CMOS Associate $790 CMOS Student $360 $360 Retired / Life Non-member: Regular $870 Student $380 Single Day Fees Member: CMOS / CMOS $355 Associate CMOS Student $165 $165 Retired / Life Non-member: Regular $395 Student $175 Workshops GOES-R (details $50 available here) Extra Tickets for your guests East Coast Icebreaker June 10 (Sunday) $40 Patterson-Parson`s Lunch June 12 (Tuesday) $50 East Coast Lobster Feast Awards June 13 $80 Banquet (Wednesday) Additional Information GOES-R Workshop: A workshop is being held on Sunday June 10 for an additional fee of $50.00. Further details are available here. You may register to attend this workshop without registering for the Congress. Social Activities: Many activities are planned during the Congress including Student Events to which MEOPAR students are welcome. Further information on these activities will be available soon. Accommodation: Excellent hotel rates are available here. Indicate “CMOS” when you make your booking. MEOPAR attendees are encouraged to book at the Hampton Inn. MEOPAR: The Annual Training Meeting (June 12-13) and Annual Science Meeting (June 14-15) are being held in parallel with the CMOS Congress. These meetings are only open to MEOPAR personnel. Abstracts: The CMOS Congress APP will link to the sessions and abstracts and speaker bios. Abstracts will be available on-line at http://www.cmos.ca before, during and after the congress. Special Needs: If you have any special needs (e.g. meals, allergies, mobility), please indicate it on your on-line registration form. Please note that the CMOS Awards East Coast Lobster Feast on Wednesday evening features a seafood meal. Please specify on the registration form if you do not want lobster. Alternatives are chicken or vegetarian. Cancellation Policy: Notices of cancellation for the complete meeting or a specific event must be received at the CMOS office by email or mail at least 14 days prior to the event (Not later than May 25th ), in which case approximately 90% of the amount involved will be reimbursed. Cancellation between May 26 and June 5 will result in approximately 50% of amount involved being reimbursed. We regret that cancellations at a later date or failure to attend will not qualify for a refund. Notices must be addressed as follows: By e-mail: [email protected] By mail: CMOS, P.O. Box 3211, Station D, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1P 6H7 Privacy Policy: All of the information that you will be submitting is subject to the CMOS Privacy Policy. For further information, please consult the CMOS Privacy Policy page at http://www.cmos.ca Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) Chair LAC Dave Wartman Facilities Steve Beauchamp AV ‐ Primary Doug Steeves AV ‐ alternate Ken Kirkwood Scientific Program Clark Richards Student Program Chris Gordon MEOPAR Research Alexa Reedman Coordinator MEOPAR Training Laura Avery Volunteer Coordinator Jinyu Sheng Volunteer Coordinator ‐ Alternate MEDIA / Promotion Heather Desserud Sponsors/Exhibitors Jim Abraham Exhibitors Mac MacLeod Registration David Waugh Registration Alternate Colleen Farrell Social Program Claire McIntyre Social ‐ Alternate Shannon Nudds Public Lecture Blair Greenan CMOS HQ _ ED Gordon Griffith Website & APP Simon Higginson Budget Cindy Vallis Science Program Committee (SPC) Desjardins, Serge (EC) Clark Richards (Chair) Alexa Reedman Teakles, Andrew (EC) Blair Greenan Chris Algar Dave Barclay Dave Wartman Doug Wallace Emmanuel Devred Ritchie, Hal (EC) Ian Folkins Jim Abraham Kim Davies Laura Avery Chisholm, Lucy (EC) Mélany Belzile Code of Conduct The CMOS Centre - Halifax is committed to providing an environment of safety and respect for employees, contractors, board members, committee members and volunteers. We endeavour to ensure no one will be subject to discrimination, harassment, abuse or any other conduct that diminishes dignity and worth of the individual. We endeavour to ensure no one will be subject to discrimination, harassment, abuse or any other conduct that diminishes dignity and worth of the individual. What is discrimination? Discrimination is differential treatment based on one of the following grounds that has an adverse impact on an individual or group: race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status and disability. What is harassment? Harassment refers to any abusive or unwelcome behaviour, conduct, talk and/or written correspondence that is directed at and is offensive to any person. Harassment may be based on the grounds listed above, or may be personal harassment. Examples The following are examples of inappropriate conduct that may be in violation of this Code of Conduct: - Derogatory or inappropriate comments, teasing, bullying, innuendoes or taunting. - Display or circulation of inappropriate, derogatory or offensive written materials, cartoons or pictures. - Stalking. - Inappropriate physical contact. - Physical or verbal abuse. - Refusing to communicate, converse or work with an individual. - Sexual assault/abuse. - Suggestive looks, leering, staring or gestures. - Unwelcome and unsolicited sexual advances. - Reprisal or threat of reprisal for the rejection of a sexual advance. How may I contribute to an environment free of discrimination and harassment? - Treat all people fairly and with dignity and in the manner you wish to be treated. - If you are unsure whether a remark, action or written comment may be considered offensive, do not make it. - Don't make jokes at another person's expense. - Speak up against harassment and do not tolerate conduct or comments of a discriminatory nature. What is the process for reporting misconduct? The CMOS Centre - Halifax wants everyone to feel safe at meetings, sessions and work place settings. If you encounter misconduct of any nature, please report it immediately. Any breach of this code of conduct may result in immediate suspension of duties and privileges. The chain of reporting is as follows: 1. Chair - CMOS Centre - Halifax - Jim Abraham (email: [email protected]) 2. Chair of the CMOS Congress 2018 Local Arrangements Committee - Dave Wartman (email: [email protected]) Poster Presentation Guidelines There are two poster sessions . Poster Session 1 (1810010) is on Monday, Poster Session 2 (1810011) is on Wednesday. The Exhibits Floor Plan will show the poster board areas. The maximum poster size is 105 cm x 105 cm (3' 6'' x 3' 6"). Poster presenters are responsible for hanging and removing their own posters. Velcro fastener supports will be provided. Be sure to hang your poster on the assigned numbered board to allow grouping by theme and avoid confusion. Volunteers will be available to help finding board locations. Posters should be up by 11:00 am on Monday for the first poster session and 10:30 am Wednesday for the second poster session. Any posters not removed by 15:30 on Thursday will be discarded. Prizes will be awarded by CMOS for the best student posters. Student poster presenters wishing to be considered for these prizes must sign up on the list BEFORE 12.00 on the day of their poster session. The list will be at the Registration Desk. Including your photo in the poster is a good plan. Judges may want to discuss your poster with you. Oral Presentation Guidelines Each oral presentation has been allotted 15 minutes, including 12 minutes for presenting and 3 minutes for questions/comments. Some invited speakers have been allotted 30 minutes total and plenary speakers have been allotted 45 minutes. Please arrive well ahead of time (30 minutes is suggested) to your session to ensure your presentation can be loaded on to the session computer from your USB drive before the session begins. Please be sure to have your presentation on a standard USB Thumb drive to ensure compatibility with session computers. Session computers will not be able to load from DVDs. You should also bring a pdf version of your presentation in case there are any compatibility issues with your presentation software. Lecture room screens will be best suited to slides with the 16:9 aspect ratio (widescreen) but the older (standard) 4:3 ratio slides should be projected satisfactorily. Naming presentation files All file and folder names should contain your Last Name followed by First Name and Abstract ID.