The meeting comprises 3,476 oral and poster presentations in more than 110 sessions over five days. It will be held in the beautiful, well equipped Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. We are in the process of organizing a series of press conferences, to bring some of the most important new discoveries to reporters covering the meeting. These will be described in subsequent advisories.
2. Book Hotel Rooms by 20 January
Six hotels are offering rooms to Meeting attendees at prices ranging from $87 to $189 per night, plus tax. The deadline for booking at these rates is 20 January 2006, but some hotels sell out sooner.
For further information, including cancellation policy, and online booking, see http://www.agu.org/meetings/os06/?content=accomodations
3. News Media Registration Information
International reporters: If you are neither a citizen nor a permanent resident of the United States, you need a visa to cover meetings in the U.S. This applies also to reporters from countries in the Visa Waiver Program, who do not need visas to visit the U.S. as tourists. For current information, see the official State Department web site: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1276.html. Please apply for your visa early.
News Media registrants receive a badge that provides access to any of the scientific sessions of the me
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Contact: Harvey Leifert
hleifert@agu.org
202-777-7507
American Geophysical Union
2-Dec-2005