Final Circular
The 2008 Asteroids Comets Meteors Conference will be held beginning 14 July 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. Late-breaking information is presented below!
- We are pleased to announce Roger Launius, Curator of the National Air and Space Museum will be our banquet speaker. The banquet meal is filet mignon with a Maryland crabcake (on the same plate). A vegetarian option is available. If you have strict dietary requirements, please talk to someone at the registration desk. The banquet is Wednesday night July 16 from 7 – 10 PM at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
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Speakers must submit and check their talks in the speaker ready room located in Kent A. We ask speakers to get their talks in the day before they will be presented at the latest. This means Monday speakers should submit their talks on Sunday during the evening reception. Note that we cannot support talks presented from your own laptop. The speaker ready room will have the following hours:
Day |
Time |
Sunday |
5-7 pm |
Monday |
7:30 - 11 am |
Tuesday |
7:30 - 11 am |
Wednesday |
7:30 - 11 am |
Thursday |
7:30 - 11 am |
Note that there are no scheduled hours for Friday, since all Friday speakers should have submitted their talks by Thursday.
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Posters may be displayed beginning noon on Monday and may remain on display until noon on Friday. Posters will be displayed in the Laurel room and Kent B & C.
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Contributing speakers should plan for a 10-minute presentation, to be followed by 3 minutes of questions and a 2-minute speaker change. Invited speakers should plan for 15-minute presentations, again with 3 minutes for questions and 2 minutes for change of speaker.
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Both Macs and PCs will be supported for presentations. The following operating systems/software will be supported: Mac: OSX 10.5 (Leopard) with MS Office 2008 for Mac; PC: Windows XP, Office 2003.
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Although we are unable to provide child care, we hope to have a hotel room set aside for short-term use by parents in need of a quiet space. Children must remain under your supervision. Please contact the Registration Desk during the meeting for details.
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Limited wireless internet will be available. Further details will be provided at the meeting.
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On Monday evening at 8 pm in the Plenary Meeting Room in the Marriott Waterfront Hotel, the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) will be hosting a Town Hall meeting for all ACM participants. SBAG advises NASA on scientific priorities and opportunities for the exploration of the small bodies in the solar system. This Town Hall is intended to introduce SBAG to our community and explain why it is important for you to participate in its activities. Although SBAG is chartered by NASA, international cooperation is expected to play a significant role in future NASA small body missions, and we encourage our non-USA colleagues to participate in the discussions.
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