Sponsors
The Buoy
Workshop ‘2008 is conducted with support from the Ocean Engineering and
Marine Systems Group of the Office of Naval Research, and by the Marine Technology
Society, Columbia, Maryland.
Coordination
Workshop Chair
Dr. Walter Paul, MS #7
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1056
tel: (508) 289-3506
fax: (508) 457-2191
email: wpaul@whoi.edu
Workshop Co-Chair
Rick Cole
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
tel: (727) 553-1522
fax: (727) 553-1189
e-mail: rcole@marine.usf.edu
Registration Contact
Judith Rizoli White, MS #12
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1056
tel: (508) 289-2456
fax: (508) 457-2194
email: jrizoli@whoi.edu
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Hotel
& Travel
Accommodations
We will be staying in the modern hotel tower of the Hollywood Casino
in Bay St. Louis. Forty rooms have been set aside for the night
of March 3, 2008 (Monday), and sixty rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday,
and five on Thursday, for a $97.01 total per night. To guarantee
the discounted rate, call 1-800-562-4425 and mention the Buoy Workshop.
Our block code is BUO303. Cutoff date for this rate is February
15, 2008.
Transportation from and to Area Airport
The Hollywood Casino is located in Bay St. Louis, about 60 miles east of New Orleans and 25 miles west of the Gulfport/Biloxi Airport. Parking is free at the Casino.
We have contracted with Gulf Coast Transportation Company to provide ground transportation from the Gulfport/Biloxi Airport (GPT) to the Hollywood Casino on Monday, March 3rd, with return trips to the airport on Thursday, March 6th at the closure of the Workshop. Vehicles will be standing by at the airport for our group. The one-way fare for this service is $15 payable to the driver; the trips take 35 to 40 minutes.
After finalizing your travel reservations please e-mail Judy at jrizoli@whoi.edu with the dates of your flights, airline, flight numbers, and time of arrival and departure. . Gulfport Coast Transportation will have vans or buses standing by at the time of your arrival and departure.
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