2010 balloon conference

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Comment by Susan Gavin on March 4, 2010 at 8:33am

The conference details are set and the announcement made. Call for papers and curriculum has been sent out. Now the work begins. Taylor and StratoStar want this to be something that encourages faculty and students, starts relationships and collaborations, brings information before people and grows the body of knowledge. This conference is for all of us - and will only be good if everyone shares (isn't that what they told us to do in kindergarden?) Okay everyone - let's plan on meeting in June! http://www.taylor.edu/cri/HARP/ahc/

Comment by Susan Gavin on January 22, 2010 at 1:53pm

The conference is a go - I am working on sending out the announcement but it will be June 22-24. It is an academic conference and will be here at Taylor.

Comment by Howard Brooks on January 22, 2010 at 1:40pm

Any updates on the possibility of this conference? The time is approaching to set our summer flight schedule.

Comment by Howard Brooks on November 12, 2009 at 1:47pm

Susan,

The timing of the conference depends on the distance that the participants have to travel. For the folks within a couple of hours by car, I would think a 1/2 day - full day format would be fine. Start in the early afternoon of day one (1 pm local time). End in the late afternoon of day two (8am - 4 pm local). The day and 1/2 format would save our school the expense of the second night of lodging.

Of course, if a lot of the audience comes from a greater distance, then you have to consider their travel time (airline schedules) and the extra half day would not matter much.

Content is another issue. If the intent is to involve faculty AND students, then I think you need to focus on experiments and practical experience. The grant writing could be offered as a side activity for the faculty, perhaps during one of the meal times.

It might be useful to have discussions/panels/presentations on: involving the K-12 students, involving the local amateur radio community, successful media relations, alternative flight prediction software, ...?

Howard

Comment by Susan Gavin on November 10, 2009 at 4:45pm

Howard,
Do you think the conference is too long or too short?

Comment by Susan Gavin on November 10, 2009 at 4:44pm

That sounds interesting and maybe a better use of time. Thanks Howard!

Comment by Howard Brooks on November 10, 2009 at 10:32am

If I have students for summer research, then a conference could work for us. I wonder about the length of the conference. I understand the balance between enough time to be worthwhile versus the expense of travel and lodging.

I don't know that a balloon flight is necessary.

Perhaps a set of presentations/posters on specific payload instruments that we have used could be informative. Particularly if the students give the presentations/posters.

Howard