Just wondering, when will the presentation schedule be made available (titles, author etc.)
Thanks, Stefan On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Barry A. Baines <[email protected]> wrote: > Time is quickly approaching for the upcoming AMSAT Symposium to be held > November 4-6. This year's Symposium marks the 50th anniversary of the launch > of the first amateur radio satellite into space. The Symposium is being > held in San Jose, CA which is the home of Project OSCAR, the organization > that built amateur radio's first satellite. As part of our commemoration, > the ARRL is bringing an OSCAR 1 prototype which has been refurbished to help > highlight this significant milestone. Our banquet speaker, Lance Ginner, > K6GSJ was a member of the team that built OSCAR 1; he subsequently was > involved with a number of follow-on amateur radio satellite projects. > Lance's presentation promises to be a fascinating look at the early days of > amateur radio in space as well as perhaps some lessons learned. > > Along with recognizing this significant milestone, the Symposium is an > excellent opportunity to learn about the success of ARISSat-1 as well as > AMSAT's latest project, Fox and the steps that we're taking to continue to > keep amateur radio in space. There are some excellent presentations > scheduled that will cover the gamut from satellite engineering to satellite > operations to education outreach. This year's "Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA > Space Symposium and Annual Meeting", which is provided to every Symposium > attendee contains 21 papers and is over 250 pages in length. While not all > papers will be presented, there are also several presentations scheduled to > be presented where the material was not finished in time for publication. > > Along with the outstanding materials presented, Symposium offers a great > opportunity to meet the AMSAT leadership (the Board of Directors members as > well as Senior Officers), other satellite enthusiasts, and interact with our > volunteers who are involved with our engineering projects. Symposium is both > a presentation/educational opportunity as well as a social event. > > If you haven't yet registered for this year's Symposium, please consider > joining us. Details on the Symposium and registering can be found at: > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php Please note that > deadline for taking advantage of the block or rooms that AMSAT has reserved > expires on October 24, so time is indeed running out for making your > arrangements. The last time that AMSAT held a Symposium in California was in > 2006; this may be the best chance for AMSAT members and others living on the > West Coast to participate in a Symposium and have direct interaction with the > AMSAT leadership for some time. Hopefully, those of you living in the Bay > Area will take full advantage of this opportunity. Alan Bowker, WA6DNR and > his team have done a great job preparing for an outstanding weekend in San > Jose. > > See ya in San Jose! > > Barry Baines, WD4ASW > President-AMSAT > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
