3rd CHRONOS retreat, August 4-5, 2005, Chicago

Chicago.s two airports, O.Hare and Midway, are well served by the main US airlines http://www.ohare.com. Downtown is easily reached from both airports with CTA trains http://www.transitchicago.com Using the train, below are the directions from O.Hare and Midway airports. The walk from the Roosevelt station is less than 1/4 mile.

MIDWAY AIRPORT:

• Take the Orange Line train from Midway Airport towards the Loop.
• Exit at Roosevelt
• Walk East toward Wabash Street
• Make a left onto Wabash (heading North)Make a Right onto 11th Street (heading East)
• The hotel is located about half a block down.

O'HARE AIRPORT:

• Take the Blue Line Train from O'hare Airport towards the Loop.
• Exit at Jackson
• Walk accross to the Red Line Trains (free of charge) take the one going towards Dan Ryan - DO NOT take the one going towards Howard
• Exit at Roosevelt
• Walk East toward Wabash Street
• Make a left onto Wabash (heading North)
• Make a Right onto 11th Street (heading East)
• The hotel is located about half a block down.

Shared-ride shuttles [http://www.airportexpress.com/] can also take you to the hotel for approx. $22 one-way (a $2 coupon can be downloaded from the site).

The meeting will take place at the Best Western Grant Park Hotel (1100 S. Michigan Ave.) where a block of room has been reserved [http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=14120] at a rate of $95 plus tax per night for single/double room. Participants will pay for their hotel accommodation and will be reimbursed after the meeting. Information on reimbursement is given at the bottom.

Brief presentations of the accomplishments after the first phase of funding, work plan for next 6 months, discussions of issues raised by reviews

August 4, Best Western Grant Park, Lakeside meeting room (1st floor, opposite lobby)

• 8:30 AM Welcome and introduction (Cinzia Cervato and Doug Fils)

Demos and feedback on existing features and tools

• 8:50 AM PSICAT and searches (Josh Reed)
• 9:30 AM TIS (Xiaoyun Tang)
• 10:10 AM Coffee break
• 10:20 AM PaleoStrat (Walt Snyder and Christian Loepp)
• 11:00 AM CONDOOR, CONOP9, Corewall (Doug Fils)
• 11:40 AM Time Scale Creator tool (Jim Ogg)
• 12:20 PM Lunch

Work plan for the next 6 months. part 1

• 1:30 PM Science drivers and CHRONOS portal - individual evaluations and recommendations
• 2:15 PM Science drivers and CHRONOS portal - plenary session
• 3 PM Coffee break
• 3:15 PM Walk to the Field Museum for behind-the-scenes tour led by Scott Lidgard
• 7 PM Dinner at Greek Islands restaurant [http://www.greekislands.net/index.html], 200 South Halsted Str. (take bus #4 to Cottage Grove northbound at 11th and Michigan at 6:35 PM, buy a base fare and a transfer fare for $2 from the conductor, get off the bus at Jackson and Michigan, change to bus #126 to Jackson westbound to Van Buren and Halsted and walk 0.2 mi north to the restaurant)

August 5, Best Western Grant Park, Lakeside meeting room (1st floor, opposite lobby)

• 8:30 AM Services for geosciences (Doug Fils)
• 9:00 AM CHRONOS IT structure - plenary discussion
• 10 AM Coffee break
• 10:20 AM CHRONOS IT structure - plenary discussion (cont.d)
• 12 noon Lunch
• 1:00 PM Suggestions for management plan: Individual suggestions
• 1:20 PM Management plan: plenary discussion
• 2:00 PM Education and outreach plan: individual suggestions
• 2:20 PM Education and outreach: plenary discussion
• 3:00 PM Coffee break
• 3:20 PM Concluding remarks
• 4:00 PM Adjourn

Please fill out this form, attach all original receipts, and mail to Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-3212.

For the report from the third retreat, click here

Here is a picture of the group in front of Sue, from our visit to the Field Museum.