Convention Agenda and Presenters

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Friday:
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Pre-Registration and Ice Breaker (with pay bar and free snacks)
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm	Vasquez Forecasting Class (separate registration required)

Saturday:
7:30 am - 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast (included) and Registration
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Welcome by Tim and Roger
8:15 am - 9:15 am	Jon Davies	BIO	Where's The Tornado? The June 7, 2009 NW Missouri Hail Bomb Storm
9:15 am - 10:15 am	Tim Marshall	BIO	The May Tricks of 2009
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Dr. Josh Wurman - CSWR	BIO	VORTEX2 (Including the Goshen County, WY tornado)
11:30 am - 12:00 Noon	Vendor Presentations
12:00 Noon - 1:30 pm	Lunch on your own
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Mike Bettes - The Weather Channel	BIO	VORTEX2, The Great Tornado Hunt
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Dr. Howie Bluestein - University of Oklahoma	BIO	Mobile Doppler Radar Data Collection during VORTEX2
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Break with drinks and cookies (included)
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm	Dr. Erik Rasmussen	BIO	What's Left To Learn About Tornadoes?
4:45 pm - 6:30 pm	Vendor Fair (pay bar) and Free Time
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Banquet dinner (included)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dr. Greg Forbes - The Weather Channel	BIO	Keynote: Storm Master G – Perspectives on the Decade
9:00 pm - 12:00 Midnight	Video Night (with pay bar)
	Please bring your videos with you and submit them to the tech team on Saturday. Videos over 10 min. in length will be rejected.

Sunday:
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Chris Novy	BIO	Safe and Responsible Chasing
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Jon Davies	BIO	Pick a cell, any cell: Chase targeting issues
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Break with drinks (included)
10:15 am - 11:00 am	Greg Stumpf - NSSL	BIO	The Evolution of Hazardous Weather Warning Services
11:00 am - 12:00 Noon	Dr. Greg Forbes - The Weather Channel	BIO	Severe Weather and Flash Flood Forecasting
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm	NWS Spotter training (optional, free and open to anyone)

Latest Schedule as of 2/6/10