The joint HIRLAM All Staff Meeting (ASM)/17^th ALADIN Workshop 2007 will take place on 23-26 April in , in the new premises of met.no’s R&D department. As was agreed at the 2006 Meeting, the ASM and Workshop will now largely have a common program, based on joint thematic sessions. One day in the programme has been reserved for the two consortia separately. The meeting will start on Monday morning 09h00, and end Thursday in the early afternoon. Prior to the ASM, a meeting of the HIRLAM Management Group and the ALADIN CSSI will take place to discuss the common plans and activities.

Accomodation:

Met.no has made a block booking of 80 rooms in the Thon Hotel Spectrum in (http://www.thonhotels.no/spectrum) from 22 April to 26 April 2007. The price is NOK 565,- per room, i.e. approximately € 72 per night. Participants are requested to make their own bookings there, with reference to the reference number of the block booking: 2733030). Deadline for booking of the hotel is April 1. Attached is a registration form, which will also be posted on Hexnet and on the ALADIN web site. The deadline for registration of participation is March 15. Note that this registration is FOR THE MEETING ONLY, and NOT for hotel bookings.

Attached is also a map of the area around the hotel. A link to an area map of the meeting place (CIENS building, Gaustadalleen 21, ) can be found at http://www.forskningsparken.no/Om-Forskningsparken/Ta-kontakt/Veibeskrivelse .

General outline of the ALADIN workshop:

Monday morning we will start with a plenary session together with HIRLAM, with presentations of common or special interest. Monday afternoon and Tuesday will be spent in thematic (cross-consortium) sessions. On Wednesday, the consortia each have their own programme and discussion sessions (climate and Nowcasting issues are intended to be under TS6, at least for presentations having little or no link with other issues). Thursday morning is again a plenary session, in which the outcome of the thematic sessions is reported and discussed. See the provisional figure for the envisaged structure of the meeting; some adjustments to this may still be made, depending on the available oral and poster contributions.

There will be some room available for side meetings throughout the meeting. As was done last year, people presenting posters will be given a brief opportunity to present them to the audience.

Registration and notification of scientific presentations and posters:

People wishing to participate to the ALADIN workshop are requested to fill out the registration form and return it to Patricia by email. In the case that you are not able to attend the whole meeting, please indicate during which days you intend to be present. Please also indicate if you wish to give a presentation or present a poster. If that is the case, you are requested to supply a (provisional) title.

The deadline for registration is 15 March. Selected speakers will be notified at 26 March at the latest. A draft programme will be sent to all participants around that time and posted on HexNet and the ALADIN website.