Overview

NASA will hold an open community meeting November 1-4, 2004, to engage the broad Earth science education community in developing a 10-year plan to guide the NASA Earth science education program and insure that future generations of Earth explorers have the knowledge and ability (including skills using tools and other resources) required to understand and protect our home planet and contribute to NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration.

The roadmap development will be based on community priorities, challenges, needs, and best practices and begins with the NASA ESE Education Plan (June 2004), “Inspire the Next Generation of Earth Explorers,” which presents a strategic consideration for extending the Agency’s accomplishments in Earth system research and applications in support of national priorities for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The Earth Science Education Plan is available at http://www.earth.nasa.gov/education.

The community meeting will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, an ocean front conference facility that is part of the California State Park system located on the Monterey peninsula.

All members of the Earth science education and research communities are invited to participate in this important planning activity. Please plan to join your colleagues at this community meeting and help shape the future of NASA’s Earth science education program.

NOTE: The meeting will be held during the 2004 Presidential Election; be sure to apply for an absentee ballot and join us at Asilomar!

Dates To Remember

• Travel Support Requests: Friday, September 10, 2004
• Poster Session Abstracts: Monday, September 27, 2004
• Hotel Reservations: Monday, October 18, 2004
  

Registration Fee

On-site registration will be permitted; however, pre-registration via this web site is strongly encouraged for your convenience as well as our planning purposes.

• Pre-registration - $70 Received by Monday, September 27, 2004. EXTENDED TILL October 15, 2004!
• On-site Registration - $100 After Thursday, October 7, 2004

The registration fee includes breaks, bonfire, and meeting materials. An optional visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium is tentatively planned for Thursday afternoon, November 4, and will incur a separate charge.