PROGRAM INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Note: All events are held in the Portola Plaza hotel, with the exception of the 5K Fun Run/Walk, dinner-on-your-own on Monday evening, and the Gala Event on Tuesday evening.
| Saturday, 05 November | |
| TIME | EVENT |
| 7-9 P.M. | Registration Open |
| 9 P.M.-1 A.M. | Hospitality Room Open |
| Sunday, 06 November | |
| 7 A.M.-5 P.M. | Registration Open |
| 8:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. | Tutorials |
| 9 A.M.-12 P.M. | Board Meeting (open meeting) |
| 4 P.M. start | 5K Fun Run/Walk |
| 5-7 P.M. | E-Mail/Documentation Room Open |
| 5:30-6:30 P.M. | Newcomers' Orientation (all newcomers invited!) |
| 5:30-6:30 P.M. | Session Chairs' Orientation (for all Session Chairs) |
| 7-9 P.M. | Sweatshirt Reception (everyone's invited; wear an article of clothing with your school's logo!) |
| 9 P.M.-1 A.M. | Hospitality Room Open |
| Monday, 07 November | |
| 7-8:20 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30-8:20 A.M. | Speakers' Breakfast (by invitation - for Monday session presenters) |
| 7 A.M.-5 P.M. | Registration Open |
| 7 A.M.-9 P.M. | E-mail/Documentation Room Open |
| 8:30-10 A.M. | Opening Plenary |
| 10-10:30 A.M. | Break |
| 10:30 A.M.-12 P.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 12-1:30 P.M. | Lunch |
| 1:30-3 P.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 3-3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 3:30-5 P.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 5-6 P.M. | Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BOFs) |
| 6 -8 P.M. | Dinner on your own |
| 8-10 P.M. | Ice-Cream Social / Meet the Contributors |
| 10 P.M.-1 A.M. | Hospitality Room Open |
| Tuesday, 08 November | |
| 7-8:20 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30-8:20 A.M. | Speakers' Breakfast (by invitation - for Tues. and Wed. session presenters) |
| 7 A.M.-9 P.M. | E-mail/Documentation Room Open |
| 8:30-10 A.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 10-10:30 A.M. | Break |
| 10:30 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 12-1:30 P.M. | Box Lunch |
| 1:30 P.M.-3 P.M. | Poster Sessions with Dessert |
| 3-3:30 P.M. | Break |
| 3:30-5 P.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 5-6 P.M. | BOFs |
| 7:30-10:30 P.M. | Gala Event! (buses available for transportation to & from the Aquarium) |
| 9 P.M. - 1 A.M. | Hospitality Room Open |
| Wednesday, 09 November | |
| 7-8:20 A.M. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30-8:20 A.M. | Communication Award Winners' Breakfast (by invitation - for award winners) |
| 7 A.M. - 1 P.M. | Email/Documentation Room Open |
| 8:30-10 A.M. | Technical Sessions |
| 10:30 A.M. - 12 P.M. | Closing Plenary (you won't want to miss this!) |
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