19th Annual Weather Summit
When: | January 6-12, 2008 |
Host Site: | Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation |
| Steamboat Springs, Colorado | |
| www.steamboat.com | |
Conference Hotel: | Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel |
| Steamboat's Only AAA Four-Diamond Resort | |
| www.steamboatgrand.com | |
Description: |
Designed as a hands-on, interactive exchange of information, ideas, and experiences for meteorologists, the Steamboat Weather Summit has gained a national reputation over the years as one of the most productive, educational and enjoyable experiences in the industry, both for speakers and attendees.
Approximately twenty-five meteorologists attend this invitation-only conference, representing a majority of the Top-50 television markets in the United States and major television stations in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The conference features daily seminars, story production and live remotes.
Steamboat provides the use of its resort based satellite uplink facility throughout the conference for live remotes or to feed videotape back to individual stations. The resort generally produces 80 to 100 live remotes during the course of the week. Additionally, several pre-produce feature packages dealing with speakers/topics are available to meteorologists to accent their weekly coverage or use at a later time back at their station.
The conference has featured some of the most notable speakers in their fields including: Jim Willi, Audience Research & Development; Dr. Bill Gray, Colo. State Univ.-Hurricanes; Howie Bluestein, Univ. of OK-Tornadoes; Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center; Dan McCarthy, Storm Prediction Center; Justin Dombrowski, Fire Weather; Mike Mogil, How The Weather Works; consultants Mackie Morris and Fred Ostby; Jim White, Univ. of Colo.; Ed Viesturs, American’s Foremost High Altitude Mountaineer; Jonny Moseley, 1998 Olympic Gold Medalist; Knox Williams, Colorado Avalanche Center; as well as several influential speakers from NOAA and NCAR in Colorado.
Major Markets That Have Attended:
| Atlanta | Boston | Chicago | Cincinnati |
| Cleveland | Dallas | Denver | Houston |
| Kansas City | Las Vegas | London | Los Angeles |
| Minneapolis | Miami | Nashville | New York |
| Orlando | Philadelphia | Phoenix | Pittsburgh |
| Portland | Raleigh | St. Louis | Salt Lake City |
| San Francisco | Spokane | Tampa | Toronto |
| Washington DC | West Palm Beach | CNN-Atlanta | The Weather Channel |
Live Remotes and Packages For WX08:
To facilitate feature production and make sure that the viewers at home don’t miss you, Steamboat provides the use of its resort based KU-Analog satellite uplink facility and hired satellite truck throughout the conference if you wish to either conduct your weathercast live from the resort or feed tape back to your station. Steamboat will arrange for satellite time and will book it on a first-come, first-served basis. Beta SP videographers will be on hand to shoot stories and a state-of-the-art digital editing system will be available for custom packages.
In addition, several pre-produced packages are available to meteorologists to augment live shots, fed back to your home station or take back with you.
Cost For WX08:
The conference package includes lodging accommodations at the AAA Four Diamond Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel, most meals, five-day lift ticket, five-day rental, professional sessions, and all planned conference activities. The all-inclusive participant fee is $1,195. Guest fee is $125 per day and does not include transportation; however, we can book your guest’s travel with yours through Steamboat Central Reservations ®.
