NWA sponsored Annual Meetings, Conferences and Special Events

October 11-16, 2008 The 33rd NWA Annual Meeting will be held at the Galt House Hotel and Suites (www.galthouse.com) on the waterfront in Louisville, Kentucky. Abstracts are due by 1 June 2008
October 25, 2008 Ninth Annual Southern New England Weather Conference
Held at the Clay Center at Dexter and Southfield Schools in Brookline, MA, the conference offers presentations for professional scientists as well as the public. The Southern New England Chapter of the NWA is one of the sponsors. More information is available at http://www.sneweatherconf.org/index.shtml.
March 6-8, 2009 34th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference
This is sponsored by the Lyndon State College AMS/NWA Chapter. Dr Howard Bluestein will be the banquet speaker and Wendy Abshire will be the invited speaker at the Ice Breaker. More information is located at http://apollo-dev.lsc.vsc.edu/ams/index.php?page=nesc.
March 27-28, 2009 The 2009 Southeast Severe Storms Symposium
This is the eighth annual symposium sponsored by the East Mississippi Chapter of the NWA and AMS. Learn more at http://www.msstate.edu/org/nwa/sympos.shtml.
March 28, 2009

The 7th Annual Great Lakes Meteorology Conference
This is sponsored by the Valparaiso University AMS/NWA Chapter. This year's conference will take place at Strongbows Inn located in Valparaiso, IN. Registration begins at 9am CST. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Tim Marshall from Haag Engineering. Abstracts will be due by February 8, 2009. Conference information will be located at: http://www.valpo.edu/organization/nwa/index.html.

April 2-4, 2009 13th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference: Tentatively scheduled April 2-4, 2009
Sponsored by the Central Iowa Chapter of the NWA, conference information will be posted at http://www.iowa-nwa.com/ as plans progress.

Other Meetings, Conferences and Special Events

October 7-9, 2008 12th Annual Great Divide Workshop will be held in Billings, MT and is sponsored by the NOAA/NWS Forecast Offices in Billings and Glasgow.
November 5-6, 2008 10th Northeast Regional Operational Workshop
Co-sponsored by the NWS Albany, NY office and the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Albany, the workshop will be held in Albany, NY at the Center for Environmental Science and Technology Management Auditorium. The registration deadline is October 23. Learn more at http://www.erh.noaa.gov/aly/NROW/nrow10.htm or 518-435-9569.
December 2-4, 2008 Next Generation Warning Services Workshop
This workshop hosted by the University of Oklahoma and NOAA’s NWS will bring together technical and operations experts from the private weather enterprise, the broadcast media, emergency managers and academia to determine needs for accurate, accessible, and timely watch, warning, and advisory services from the NWS . Register at http://apps.weather.gov/partners/index.php.
December 8-12, 2008 8th NOAA Satellite Direct Readout Conference will be held in Miami, FL and will provide information regarding the direct readout from meteorological and environmental satellites and prepare users for upcoming changes to both satellite series.
January 11-15, 2009 89th AMS Annual Meeting
The meeting will be held at the Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ. http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/index.html
March 24-27, 2009 Seventh Annual Climate Predication Applications Science Workshop
This workshop will be held in Norman, OK at the National Weather Center. More information is available at http://climate.ok.gov/cpasw/ or by calling Diane Perfect at 301-713-1970 ext. 132.
April 7-8, 2009 13th Annual Northern Plains Weather Workshop
The Workshop will be held in Rapid City, SD, and is sponsored by the NWS and the SD School of Mines and Technology. Invited talks will be given on VORTEX2, dual-polarization radar, incident support meteorology, tower strikes and high-speed lightning photography, and climate services and mesonet applications. Abstracts are due 1 March 2009. Details are available at: http://www.ias.sdsmt.edu/NPWorkshop/index.htm

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