U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
Scientific Investigators' Workshop
September 8 - 16, 1998
University of New Hampshire
New England Center
Great Bay Room

TENTATIVE AGENDA

NOTE: This agenda is based on the agenda from the 1996 SI Workshop and has not yet been tayored for the 1998 SI Workshop. Please use this agenda only as a guideline; it will certainly change.

The workshop is intended to foster both disciplinary and interdisciplinary exchanges between investigators.

To do this, we have scheduled disciplinary group meetings for the morning sessions and interdisciplinary group meetings for the afternoon. During days 2 to 4, talks will be given which are intended to "set the stage" for the synthesis work to be accomplished during and after the workshop. These talks will focus on the modeling context for doing the population dynamics of the target species and the data required to initialize the models and verify model results, on the broad-scale patterns of distributional abundance of the target species, and on the vital rates of these species. This structure is intended to be quite flexible and subject to modification by the working groups and investigators during the course of the workshop.

Please note that discussions about the 1999 field program are scheduled for Sunday, the 13th of September and the election of new EXCO members will take place (by ballot and via email) between Friday and Monday with results to be presented on Tuesday, the 15th of September.

Workshop participants are encouraged to suggest additional topics for discussion.

Tentative Agenda
Great Bay Room

Day 1 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)

	 Set up (e.g. network connections will occur throughout the day
1500	 Plenary session
         	Organizational meeting
	 	Review workshop objectives, goals, and products
	 	Set up initial working groups
1800	 Reception (main dining room)
1900     Dinner (main dining room)
	
	
Day 2 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)

0900	 Working group meetings - disciplinary meetings
		(e.g. Physical Oceanography, Population Structuring,
			Population rates, Modeling)
		Define goals and strategies
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session
		Overview of program's goals and current status
		Brief reports from working groups
		Form additional working groups if needed
1530	 Break
1600	 Lecture: Modeling
evenings Individual and small groups to work on data sets


Day 3 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)

0830	 Working group meetings - disciplinary meetings
		Modeling - focus on circulation
		Physical Oceanography -
		Population Rates -
		Population Structuring - 
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session - cross disciplinary
		Brief reports from working groups
		Open discussion
1530	 Break
1600	 Lecture: Biology, zooplankton and fish
evenings Individual and small groups to work on data sets

Day 4 (Friday, September 11, 1998)

0830	 Plenary meeting - Discuss election of Executive Committee
		Distribute nominating committee ballot to attending
			electorate and via email (for those not 
			attending)
0900	 Working group meetings - disciplinary meetings
		Modeling - focus on fish
		Physical Oceanography -
		Population Rates -
		Population Structuring - 
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session - cross disciplinary
		Brief reports from working groups
		Open discussion
1530	 Break
1600	 Lecture: Physical Oceanography
evenings Individual and small groups to work on data sets

Day 5 (Saturday, September 12, 1998)

0830	 Working group meetings - disciplinary meetings
		Modeling - focus on zooplankton
		Physical Oceanography -
		Population Rates -
		Population Structuring - 
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session - cross disciplinary
		Brief reports from working groups
		Open discussion
1530	 Break
1600	 Lecture: Vital Rates
1800	 Reception
1900	 New England Clambake

Day 6 (Sunday, September 13, 1998)

0930	 Plenary session
		Cruise Planning
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session
		Cruise Planning
evenings Individual and small groups to work on data sets		
		
Day 7 (Monday, September 14, 1998)

0830	 Plenary session
		Synthesis talks
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session
		Synthesis talks
evenings Individual and small groups to work on data sets

Day 7 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)

0830	 Plenary session
		Synthesis talks
1200	 Lunch
1300	 Plenary session
		Synthesis talks
evenings Individual and small groups to work on data sets

Day 8 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)

0830	 Plenary session
		Synthesis talks
1000	 Break
1030	 Plenary session: workshop wrap-up and discussion of plans for
	    additional synthesis/publication preparation	
1200	 Workshop ends
         Lunch will be provided after the close of the workshop.

Notes

1. Breakfast is served from 0700 - 0930 and lunch is served from 1130 - 1330. Unless otherwise noted, dinner is served from 1730 - 1930.
2. Photo copies and transparancies can be made at the New England Center for a charge of $.10 and $.75, respectively.
3. Incoming Fax(s) - $1.00 per page. The cost is $.50 per page over 20 pages. The FAX number for the Conference is 603-862-4351. There is also a FAX at the hotel. Its number is 603-862-4897.
4. Outgoing Fax(s) - $2.00 for the first page, 1.00 for each additional page. There is no charge for the cover sheet if additional pages follow.
5. International Outgoing Fax(s) - $10.00 for the first page, 1.00 for each additional page.
6. Phone messages will be posted on a bulletin board located outside the meeting room. The New England Center's phone number to leave messages is 603-862-2712.