New WHOI President and Director Susan Avery pays a visit aboard the research vessel Knorr. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network

Annual Meeting and Dinner Event

Come One. Come All.

Space is limited! Make reservations ASAP.

I am very excited about inviting all members and guests to attend our Annual Meeting and Dinner event. It is particularly exciting that Dr. Susan Avery will address our group. She has assured me that she is extremely interested in fostering closer and more productive connections with industry and government to better understand our ocean resources and our global climate. Join me and the entire MOTN board in welcoming Susan to New England! Cheryl Zimmerman, MOTN President and President of Farsounder, Inc.

Date: Tuesday May 27, 2008

Place: WHOI Quissett Campus, 5th Floor Clark Conf. Room and Foyer

Time: 5:00 Reception Clark 5th Floor
6:30 PM Dinner 7:20: Brief MOTN Annual Mtg.
7:40 Dr. Susan Avery, Director, WHOI  

MOTN Member Price:  $65    Non-Member Price: $80

Catered buffet dinner with beverages, coffee and desert.

Directions: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8956

Driving Directions from Boston, Massachusetts
Take Route 3 south; follow signs for Cape Cod. Cross the Sagamore Bridge, take the first exit off Route 6, and follow signs for Falmouth and Route 28. Travel south along the Cape Cod Canal until you reach the rotary at the base of the Bourne Bridge. Three quarters of the way around the rotary, bear right and continue south on Route 28.
At the second rotary on Route 28, travel halfway around, bearing right to continue south to the town of Falmouth. Bear right at the Gulf station onto Woods Hole Road. Travel two and one-half (2.5) miles to WHOI’s Quissett campus (on the left). Follow signs to Clark Building. Parking is available.
Driving Directions from Providence, Rhode Island
Take Route 195 east, then Route 25 east; follow signs for Cape Cod. Cross the Bourne Bridge, travel halfway around the rotary on the Cape side of the bridge, and follow signs to Route 28, Falmouth, and Woods Hole. Follow directions in paragraph above.

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Featured Speaker: Dr. Susan Avery, Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution (WHOI) Avery is the ninth director and the first woman in WHOI’s 78-year history to hold the position. Avery officially took office on Feb. 4, 2008, succeeding James R. Luyten, who has served as acting president and director since June 2006, and Robert B. Gagosian, who served as director from 1993 to 2006.

Avery is an atmospheric physicist with extensive experience as a leader within scientific institutions. She comes to WHOI from the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB), where she was interim dean of the graduate school and vice chancellor for research. She previously served as director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), a 550-member collaborative institute between UCB and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Avery feels that her atmospheric science background is key because, “the time is right to take a new approach. The next decade will be a ‘climate decade,’ and the oceanographic and atmospheric science communities, working in partnership, can make greater contributions to the policy discussions and research direction on global warming issues.”

Avery’s research interests include studies of atmospheric circulation and precipitation, climate variability, and water resources, and the development of new radar techniques and instruments for remote sensing. As director of CIRES, Avery worked with NOAA and the Climate Change Science Program to help formulate a national strategic science plan for climate research.

Reservation Form:

May 27 MOTN Annual Meeting and Dinner Event

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 5thFloor Clark, Quissett Campus

Please Make Reservations by May 21, 2008

Contact: Eric Takakjian, Quest Marine Services, MOTN VP.

Email: rvquest@comcast.net Call-in Reservations to: 508.789.5901

Mail checks and completed reservation forms to: Quest Marine Services, 502 Sconticut Neck Rd. Fairhaven, MA 02719. Make checks payable to: Marine and Oceanographic Technology Association

Pay by credit card: Complete the information below and Fax to:508.548.8855 c/o Steve Withrow, Trinity International, MOTN Treasurer or mail to address above.

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!!!Sponsorship Opportunity!!!

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