SLIP: 10 years ago and 10 years from now

Founded in 1999, the ACM SLIP Workshop is now in its 12th year. The 2010 SLIP Panel session will highlight perspectives from three individuals who have had great influence on the course of SLIP, and provide an opportunity for lively discussion by workshop attendees of prospects for the next 10 years of SLIP. This panel summary records preliminary thoughts of the panelists on two starting questions

NASA Workshop on future directions in surface modeling and grid generation

Given here is a summary of the paper sessions and panel discussions of the NASA Workshop on Future Directions in Surface Modeling and Grid Generation held a NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, December 5-7, 1989. The purpose was to assess U.S. capabilities in surface modeling and grid generation and take steps to improve the focus and pace of these disciplines within NASA. The organization of the workshop centered around overviews from NASA centers and expert presentations from U.S. corporations and universities. Small discussion groups were held and summarized by group leaders. Brief overviews and a panel discussion by representatives from the DoD were held, and a NASA-only session concluded the meeting. In the NASA Program Planning Session summary there are five recommended steps for NASA to take to improve the development and application of surface modeling and grid generation

Workshop in OCL and Textual Textual Modelling: Report on Recent Trends and Panel Discussion

This paper reports on the panel session of the 17th Workshop in OCL and Textual Modeling, As in previous years, the panel session featured several lightning talks for presenting recent developments and open questions in the area of OCL and textual modeling. During this session, the OCL community discussed, stimulated through short pre- sentations by OCL experts, proposals for improving OCL to increase the attractiveness of textual modeling. This paper contains a summary of the workshop from the workshop organisers as well as summaries of two lightning talks provided by their presenters

What's that doing in my library? Intellectual Freedom Stories and Advice [2009 BC Library Conference Session Summary]

Intellectual freedom is one of the central principles of libraries. But what does this mean in practice? And how do trustees, librarians, and library staff cope with difficult questions of censorship, human rights, and freedom of speech? Who makes these difficult decisions? This is a summary of a conference session led by a panel of trustees and librarians discussing what happens when a library is faced with challenges to the books it has on its shelves, the people it has in its meeting rooms, and what people access via Internet stations

India @ 70: is ‘virtual water’ a useful concept for India?

The second panel at the LSE India Summit 2017, presented by Apollo Tyres Ltd, reflected on India’s water security and understanding how water is used – or indeed overused – in certain sectors. Arjun Bhatia offers a summary of the session

Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Criminal Law

This article summarizes most published criminal law decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia Court ofAppeals sitting en banc, issued between July 1, 1998 and July 1, 1999. This article also includes selected published panel opinions oftheVirginia Court of Appeals and a summary of the most significant criminal law enactments from the 1999 session of the Virginia General Assembly

SUMMARY OF THE 25TH SESSION OF THE OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE:

The twenty-fifth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-25) took place in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 26-28 April 2006. The meeting was attended by approximately 270 participants representing governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations. The meeting saw the acceptance of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and adoption of its Overview Chapter, thereby realizing several years of work by the IPCC. Delegates also took action in relation to the IPCC programme and budget for 2007-09, further work on emission scenarios, election procedures, a policy and process for admitting observer organizations, the future work programme of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, consideration of a Special Report on Renewable Energy, and a review of the IPCC’s terms of reference. Discussions also took place on communication

Power Engineering Education: Challenges and Opportunities

This paper presents a summary of the presentation given at the IEEE Power Engineering Society 2008 General Meeting in the Panel Session Education of the Power Engineer of the Future. In this paper the author presents the challenges facing the current engineering student and the faculty who teach them. Challenges include declining student interest, volatile job markets, and the changing profile of the power and energy industry

Adopting the IS 2009 Model Curriculum: Apanel Session to Address the Challenges for Program Implementation

This panel session is designed to initiate an open forum and frank discussion of the IS 2009 Model Curriculum proposed by the Joint IS 2009 Curriculum Task Force and developed as a cooperative effort by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Following an introduction to the new model curriculum, a summary and overview of the changes from IS 97/2002 to the IS 2009 recommended core and elective courses will be presented and a panel representing academia and business will address possible issues, challenges, and implications of implementing the suggested curriculum changes on the major stakeholders that include students, faculty, administration, infrastructure resources, and the business community. Concluding the session will be an open forum to allow audience participation in the discussion for the purpose of exchanging ideas on the implementation of the new model curriculum

Panel discussion: What {\it don't} we know about confinement?

The participants in this discussion session of the QCHS 9 meeting were each asked the following question: "What would be the most useful piece of information that you could obtain, by whatever means, that would advance your own program, and/or our general understanding of confinement?" This proceedings contains a brief summary of each panel member's contribution to the discussion, provided by the panel members themselves.Comment: 8 pages. Roundtable discussion at the Quark Confinement and Hadron Spectrum 9 conference (Madrid, Aug. 29 - Sep. 3, 2010). To appear in the conference proceedings, published by the AIP. v2: References added. v3: Reference correcte