Date

Call for Papers
4th Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
89th American Meteorological Society Association Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona
11-15 January 2009

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 15 August 2008

For further information, please go to:
http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/call.html

Or contact:
Sheldon Drobot
Phone: 303-492-8143
Email: drobot [at] colorado.edu

Or:
Mark Shafer
Phone: 405-325-3044
Email: mshafer [at] ou.edu

Or:
Genevieve Maricle
Phone: 303-735-4174
Email: genevieve.maricle [at] colorado.edu

Or:
Julie Demuth
Phone: 303-497-8112
Email: jdemuth [at] ucar.edu

Papers are invited for the 4th Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic
Research, to be held 11-15 January 2009, as part of the 89th American
Meteorological Association (AMS) Meeting, in Phoenix, Arizona.

The AMS Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research provides a forum
for scholars to share their policy and socio-economic research results
and report on recent progress to other scholars in this field, to
converse with scientists about these results, and to engage in dialogue
with policy makers, practitioners, and federal agency officials in this
area. This Symposium will allow for better coordination, iteration, and
direction in the field, as well as an assessment of the body of
knowledge designed to inform existing decision-making processes.

Papers for this symposium are solicited on:
1. Policy and socio-economic aspects of urbanization, including
sustainability;
2. Communicating, interpreting, and using uncertainty in weather and
climate forecasts;
3. Societal dimensions of weather and climate hazards;
4. Evaluation and use of decision-support systems;
5. Socio-economic research methods and their applications;
6. Policy issues, challenges, and research methods; and
7. Socio-economic aspects of surface transportation and
weather/climate.

The abstract fee of $90 (refundable only if the abstract is not
accepted) includes abstract submission, posting of the extended
abstract, and uploading and recording of the presentation, which will be
archived on the AMS web site.

Abstracts must be submitted electronically by Friday, 15 August 2008.
Authors of accepted presentations will be notified by mid-September
2008. The abstract fee is charged at the time of submission. To submit
an abstract, please go to: http://ams.confex.com/ams/89annual/oasys.epl.

For further information about this symposium, please go to:
http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/call.html

Or contact the program co-chairpersons:

Mark Shafer
Phone: 405-325-3044
Email: mshafer [at] ou.edu

Genevieve Maricle
Phone: 303-735-4174
Email: genevieve.maricle [at] colorado.edu

Julie Demuth
Phone: 303-497-8112
Email: jdemuth [at] ucar.edu

Sheldon Drobot
Phone: 303-492-8143
Email: drobot [at] colorado.edu

For further information about the AMS Meeting, please go to:
http://www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/index.html