Tuesday, September 30th

8:30 Conference Kickoff

9:00 Keynote Address

NOAA or CNES representative

9:30 STAT: Building Capacity to Manage, Analyze and Share Animal Tracking Data

Michael S. Coyne, Seaturtle.org, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Brendan J. Godley, Marine Turtle Research Group, Penryn, United Kingdom

10:00 Keynote Wildlife Speaker: Just How Good Has ARGOS Been for Sea Turtles?

B. J. Godley, Marine Turtle Research Group, Penryn, United Kingdom; J.M. Blumenthal, Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; A. C. Broderick, Marine Turtle Research Group, Penryn, United Kingdom; M. S. Coyne, SEATURTLE.org, Durham, North Carolina, USA; M. H. Godfrey, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA; L. A. Hawkes, Marine Turtle Research Group, Penryn, United Kingdom; M. J. Witt, Marine Turtle Research Group, Penryn, United Kingdom

10:30 BREAK - Exhibits and Posters

11:00 Application and Use of the Argos System for Stratospheric Airship and Payload Technology Development

James A. Moryl, Helene E. Webb, Jennifer L. Alvarez, Joe R. Deres, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA

11:30 Movements of Bald and Golden Eagles in the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Elizabeth K. Mojica and Bryan D. Watts, Center for Conservation Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

12:00 LUNCH - Hosted by Microwave Telemetry

Exhibits and Posters

2:00 Interference on Argos Frequencies: An Update

The CLS Group

2:30 Two Decades of Argos use on NASA High Altitude Scientific Ballooning, a Historical Perspective

Andrew Denney and Joseph Jones, Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, USA

3:00 BREAK - Exhibits and Posters

3:30 A Look at the U.S .JTA Program

Eric Locklear, USA JTA Representative of Country, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

4:00 Argos Location Processing

The CLS Group

4:30 1st Day Wrap-up

6 pm – 9 pm Argos Reception Mainsail Main Ballroom

Wednesday, October 1st

8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 NOAA/AOML Global Drifter Center: 20 Years of Progress

Mayra Pazos, NOAA/AOML, Miami, Florida, USA

9:30 Argos-3 and Platform Messaging Transceiver (PMT) Update

Michel Guigue, CLS, Toulouse, France; Bill Woodward, CLS America, Largo, Maryland, USA

10:00 Global Open Ocean Lagrangian Drifting Buoys and Argos III

Andy Sybrandy and Glen Montgomery, Pacific Gyre, Inc., Oceanside, California, USA

10:30 BREAK - Exhibits and Posters

11:00 Migrational Routes and Timing of Black Scoters, Surf Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks Along the Atlantic Flyway After Being Instrumented with Satellite Transmitters

Alicia M. Berlin, Matthew C. Perry and Glenn H. Olsen, USGS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA

11:30 The Global Ocean Observation System for Climate: An Overview

Candyce Clark, NOAA Climate Observation Division, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

12:00 LUNCH – Hosted by CLS America, Inc.

Exhibits and Posters

2:00 The New Argos Processing System: 30 Years of Progress

The CLS Group

2:30 Argos-4: The Next Generation

The CLS Group

3:00 BREAK - Exhibits and Posters

4:00 2nd Day Wrap-up

Thursday, October 2nd

8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 Eighteen Years of Recovering Balloon-borne Instruments Parachuted from the Edge of Space, Antarctic to Arctic

Terry Deshler, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

9:30 MEMMS: Marine Ecosystem Modeling and Monitoring by Satellite

The CLS Group

10:30 BREAK - Exhibits and Posters

11:00 ArgosWeb Features

Debbie Stakem, CLS America, Largo, Maryland, USA

11:30 Understanding ArgosWeb Observations

Posters

AN ASSESSMENT OF SATELLITE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE. A CASE STUDY APPROACH

Bindi Thomas, Institute of Natural Resources – Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

ANTARCTIC AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION PROGRAM: 1978-2008

George A. Weidner, Jonathan E. Thom, and Shelley L. Knuth, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

CONNECTIVITY AMONG RESTORED OYSTER BARS IN THE SEVERN RIVER ESTUARY; IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT

C.N. Steppe, D.W. Fredriksson, L. Wallendorf, A. Barlow, and J. Orr, United States Naval Academy, Maryland, USA

DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF ARGOS SATELLITE COLLARS FOR LARGE MACAWS

Donald J. Brightsmith, Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA; Robin Bjork, SalvaNATURA Programa de Ciencias para la Conservación, San Salvador, El Salvador; Janice Boyd, Amigos de las Aves, Slidell, Louisiana, USA; Roan Balas McNab, Wildlife Conservation Society-Guatemala Program, Flores, Peten, Guatemala; Gabriela Vigo, Tambopata Macaw Project, Lima, Peru; Victor Hugo Ramos, Wildlife Conservation Society-CEMEC/CONAP, Flores, Peten, Guatemala; Rony Garcia, Wildlife Conservation Society-Guatemala Program, Flores, Peten, Guatemala

GLACIER ABLATION SENSOR SYSTEM

Dr. Robert A. Shuchman, Charles Hatt, Dr. Edward Josberger and Chris Roussi, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan, USA

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN HABITAT USE AND POST-NATAL DISPERSAL ECOLOGY OF HEN HARRIERS CIRCUS CYANEUS IN NORTHERN ENGLAND

Stephen G. Murphy, Natural England

Exhibitors (Argos Manufacturers)

	Brightwaters Instrument Corporation, Brightwaters, New York, USA
Kenwood Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JAPAN
	Lotek Wireless, Inc., New Market, Ontario, CANADA
Microwave Telemetry, Inc., Columbia, Maryland, USA
	North Star Science and Technology, LLC, King George, Virginia, USA
Pacific Gyre, Inc., Oceanside, California, USA
	Sirtrack Ltd., Havelock North, Hawkes Bay,NEW ZEALAND Sirtrack Ltd. North America, North Liberty, Iowa, USA
Wildlife Computers, Redmond, Washington, USA