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Annual Participant Meeting 2000

The annual meeting of all participating schools in the IMS will be jointly in Boulder and Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Date:   Th/Fr  13/14 April 2000   (click here for travel information)

Wednesday, 12 April 2000:

Overseas and US guests best fly into Denver (DIA), rent car or public transportation, arrive in Boulder. We have block booking at reduced rate at the Ramada Inn (Ramada Inn, 800 28th Street, Boulder, CO 80303, +1 (303) 443-3322, 5 min. to CU, $65/night. Please contact hotel yourself, or call Alex for arrangements.

Thursday, 13 April 2000:

We have a 15 person bus that will take us south to Colorado Springs and the Air Force Academy. We will visit sites on the way. All transportation is provided for.

10:00       - Air Force Academy - Aerospace tour.

12:00       - tour of Colorado Springs Facility

           - campus

            - laboratories

            - air force academy

            - sightseeing: Garden of Gods, Pikes Peak

              (train to top of 4200 meter hill)

17:00       - early dinner in Colorado Springs,

              then drive to Boulder

19:15       - Charles teaches class, rest is shuttled

              to Boulder.

              arrive around 21:30 for bed,

              or a late tea on mall.

Friday 4/14:

9:00 a.m.:    Continental Breakfast at CU - BioServe

9:30 a.m.:    Continuation of meeting and topics from

              Thursday:

          - status on student exchanges underway to

                date: problems, lessons learned,

                information sharing,

          - web site for IMS

          - financial support after first 3 years

                sustainability

          - course catalogue updates, status, format

                (printed, web, ...)

          - program expansion (non EU, non-US):

                Asia, South America,..

         - student recruitment

          - PR

          - annual report FY 1999/2000 (2nd year)

          - goals for FY 2000/2001 (3rd year)

          - tour of Boulder facilities

         - campus

         - laboratories

          - dinner on the house

Saturday 4/15:

             - sightseeing: Rocky Mountain National Park,

                National Canter Atmospheric Research,

                Pearl Street Mall

Sunday 4/16:

             - More sightseeing, or:

              - departure from Denver or Colorado Springs

              - departure to Denver International Airport                 - departure to other schools

depending on your preferences, you may want your own rental car. Alternatively, public transportation can get you to Boulder on Wednesday evening.

Transport to  Colorado Sprigs on Thursday by mini-bus (don't' need your own car).

Friday in Boulder we can shuttle you around.

Saturday / Sunday depending on your travel / sightseeing / sporting needs, a car may be advantageous, but slightly more expensive to rent in Boulder than in Denver (airport). But, 1 day rental is cheaper than 3 day rental