NWA sponsored Annual Meetings, Conferences and Special Events

August 27–28, 2009 The 13th Annual High Plains Conference
Sponsored by the High Plains AMS/NWA Chapter, this conference will be held at the Mid-Plains Community College – North Campus, North Platte, NE. Abstracts are due by July 15th. More information is available at http://www.highplains-amsnwa.org.
October 17–22, 2009 34th NWA Annual Meeting
The 34th NWA Annual Meeting will be held at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia. The theme will be — The Future is Now: New Technologies and Techniques to Support the Weather Enterprise and Society: 2010 and Beyond.

Other Meetings, Conferences and Special Events

August 6–14, 2009 2009 Summer WAS*IS (Weather and Society * Integrated Studies) Workshop
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Societal Impacts Program (SIP) announces the call for applications for the 2009 Summer WAS*IS workshop to be held in Boulder, CO. All application materials are due by Friday, March 27, 2009.
November 2–5, 2009 50th Anniversary Meteorological Satellite Experiment Symposium & 6th GOES Users' Conference
The 50 year anniversary of the 1st meteorological satellite experiment (on Explorer VII) will be commemorated on Monday, November 2nd (2009). The program will begin at 5pm and will consist of presentations, followed by a reception at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The experiment, flown on Explorer VII, measured the radiative energy balance of Earth. The architects of the radiometer were the University of Wisconsin's V. Suomi and R. Parent. The NOAA 6th GOES Users' Conference will follow from 3-5 November. Specifics are at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/meetings/guc2009/.

The Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET®) has professional development opportunities online at www.meted.ucar.edu.