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STIP Working Meeting April 2009

Schedule

Tuesday, April 21

8:00–10:00 STIP Orientation
10:30–12:00 E-Link and STI Products Demonstration
1:00–5:00 DOE Feds Meeting
1:00–5:00 DOE Contractor Meeting

Wednesday, April 22

8:00–4:30 STIP Working Meeting

Thursday, April 23

8:00–4:30 STIP Working Meeting

DoubleTree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead
Atlanta, GA
Piedmont Ballroom

Agenda

Wednesday, April 22

8:00 a.m.	Meet and Greet
8:30 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks and Introductions	Walter Warnick, SC/OSTI
8:55 a.m.	Science and the Drive for Transparency	Jeff Salmon, SC-4
9:45 a.m.	Open Access: Enabling Scientific Discovery	Heather Joseph, SPARC
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	OSTI and STIP: Working Together for a Public Good	Sharon Jordan, OSTI
11:30 a.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.	Mining Your Org Chart for Hidden STI	Dave Hamrin, ORNL
1:30 p.m.	LANL’s Review and Approval System - Getting It Right	Miriam Blake, LANL
2:00 p.m.	Partnerships and Tool-Kit for Making STI More Visible	Sharon Jordan, OSTI
2:30 p.m.	STI Finder Pilot: JLAB and OSTI on the Hunt for JLAB STI	Kim Kindrew, JLAB Kathy Waldrop, OSTI
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Managing R&D Records to DOE, NARA, and ISO Standards	Kathy Macal, ANL
3:45 p.m.	NLLC (National Lab Library Coalition) Knowledge Management Working Group	Mary Petersen, BNL
4:00 p.m.	STI Highlights: Site Reports	Round Table (All)
4:45 p.m.	Day 1 Closing Remarks	Sharon Jordan, OSTI
6:30 p.m.	Group Dinner at Basil’s Restaurant (Hotel offers shuttle)

Thursday, April 23

8:00 a.m.	Meet and Greet
8:30 a.m.	Digitization Activities: Who, What, When, and Where	Mark Martin, OSTI
9:00 a.m.	Multi-Media STI: It’s Not What A/V Used To Be	Jannean Elliot, OSTI Mark Martin, OSTI
9:30 a.m.	Directives Working Session – Revisions	All
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Directives Working Session – Revisions (cont’d)	All
12:00 noon	Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m.	Directives Working Session – Revisions (cont’d)	All
2:00 p.m.	Group Consensus on Directives Revisions	Sharon Jordan, OSTI Kathy Waldrop, OSTI
2:15 p.m.	Not Business as Usual Projects	Joanna Martin, OSTI
2:45 p.m.	Data Cleanup: The Never-Ending Story	Kathy Waldrop, OSTI Mark Martin, OSTI
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Hot Topics & Miscellaneous Discussions	All
4:15 p.m.	Meeting Wrap-Up/Actions	Sharon Jordan, OSTI

Location

Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead
3342 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
Tel: 1-800-222-TREE
Fax: 1-404-231-5236

Reservations and Rates

Reserve your room by Friday, March 27, 2009
Call 1-800-222-TREE and reference the STIP Working Meeting.
The Room rate is $129.00 per night plus tax.

Transportation

MARTA, Atlanta’s rapid transit system runs from the Hartsfield Jackson International Airport to the Buckhead Station, 100 yards from the hotel. The hotel is centrally located in Buckhead, within walking distance of many dining options, and offers complimentary van service within a 3 mile radius.

Transportation Between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead

The Atlanta Link Airport Shuttle offers shuttle service to and from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Buckhead. The shuttle service leaves the airport every 15 minutes between 6:00 a.m. and midnight. They offer one-way and roundtrip rates with a discount if you book roundtrip shuttle service. You can reserve the service and pay online via their website or call 404-524-3400.

While making your reservation you may want to confirm the location that the shuttle will be picking you up to transport you to the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead. According to their website the Atlanta Link Airport Shuttle vehicles are not located in Ground Transportation. They are instead located outside of the Delta Baggage Claim South Terminal in the middle island.

Should you have any difficulties in locating the booth at the airport, please call 404-524-3400.