ASHRAE 2010 Winter Conference January 23-27, Orlando, Florida

ASHRAE’s 2010 Winter Conference will take place January 23-27 in Orlando, Florida. 

The headquarters hotel will be the Rosen Shingle Creek, which is within walking distance of the Orange County Convention Center, the site of the ASHRAE co-sponsored AHR Exposition.  The technical program is now being organized.  To see the tracks, topics and scheduled dates and times, click on the link below.  To view additional information about a topic, hover your cursor over the selection.

Orlando Track Grid

Click on the track grid link to see the slotted tracks and topics for three-quarters of the Orlando technical program. Program submitters: please view this track grid before submitting your program. The grid will be updated periodically with the number of program submissions received for each time slot.

http://xp20.ashrae.org/orlando2010sessions/orlandosessions.php    

Call for Seminar and Forum Program Proposals

Program Proposals Are Now Being Accepted  • Proposal Deadline July 10, 2009

Programs for the conference are requested that relate to the conference theme and tracks. The submittals will be reviewed by the Conferences and Expositions Committee and, based on the information submitted, will determine what programs will be scheduled.  Submit programs online at Orlando Abstract Central: http://ashraewinter2010.abstractcentral.com. 

Note: See the “How to Submit” step below to select a particular time slot for presentation before submitting your program on Orlando Abstract Central.

How to Submit

Please review the Orlando Track Grid above to see if your proposed program relates to the tracks or session slots listed. If so, use that track and session when submitting your program on Orlando Abstract Central.

If your seminar or forum does not relate directly to the track, submit your program on Orlando Abstract Central and select “Unassigned to tracks” in the Tracks submission box. 

The Orlando Track Grid will be updated periodically to show how many programs are submitted for a particular time slot.

Program Selection Criteria

The program submittals will be reviewed and prioritized by the track chairs based on the program quality determined by the following criteria (in order of priority):

• Strength of the abstract.  Criteria: quality of the program based on the quality of the submittal including the abstract for the session as well as abstracts for the speakers’ presentations; speakers and completeness of the submittal.
• Resubmittal from a previous conference. Criteria: submittal was submitted for the Louisville Conference and not selected.
• Timeliness of the topic.  Criteria: a hot topic or one that meets an immediate industry need.
• Relevance to the track/grid description.  Criteria: the track descriptions are suggested topics for programs; however consideration is given to submittals that closely match the track description for the time slot.
• Relevance to the theme.  Criteria: addresses the conference theme Humidity and Sustainable Indoor Environment.
• NY PDH program.  Criteria: willingness to submit paperwork and all of the speakers’ PowerPoint presentations by November 6, 2009.

In addition, a program can only be submitted for one track/grid slot.  Multiple submissions of the same program will be removed from the selection process. 

Note: You are submitting for a specific time and date.   A program submitted for a track, and not selected, WILL automatically be considered for an open session time slot.

With this new selection criteria, TC rankings of programs will no longer be required. 

Looking Ahead

Alternative ways to present programs, such as in TC meetings, in the assigned TC meeting room, is encouraged.  This alternative presentation method will be advertised on the meeting program.  Note that audio-visual equipment will not be available for these sessions.

Look for program information for the 2010 Annual Conference in Albuquerque to be posted prior to the Louisville Conference and for the 2012 Winter Conference in Las Vegas to be posted in the Summer 2009.  The Conference and Expositions Committee is working to post calls for papers and programs 18 months in advance of a conference to help TCs plan their programs accordingly.

With this new criteria and program submission and selection methodology we anticipate the presentation of higher quality programs which are schedule well in advance of the meetings so that we can attract higher attendance to our programs.

Thank you for your assistance in improving the quality of our programs.

Questions

For assistance with submitting a program proposal, please email Tony Giometti at giometti@ashrae.org.

Transactions Sessions and Papers

ASHRAE seeks to advance the state of the art in indoor environmental control by focusing the technical program on the theme “Humidity and Sustainable Indoor Environment.”  Transactions Sessions and papers will address the latest developments in humidity control that contribute to making indoor environments sustainable.  Also, Transaction Sessions will relate to the conference tracks, which include Energy Conservation and Alternative Energy Sources, Sustainability, Humidity and Load Calculations. 

Eighteen transactions sessions have been selected for the Orlando conference.  They are:

• Achieving Required Humidity for Preservation Environments 
• ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Metal Building U-factors 
• Cleanroom Airflow Rate Modeling, Humidity and Airborne Contamination Controls 
• Climatic Information Research Results
• Data Center Energy Efficiency  
• Datacom Environment Contamination
• Design Guides for Improving Energy Performance of Military Buildings 
• Heat Load from Electrical Equipment 
• High Density Cooling Issues Update 
• Moving Forced-Air Distribution Systems in the Conditioned Space in New Residential Construction 
• Natural Ventilation Applications and Principles in Transit Systems
• Nature, Significance and Control of Solar-Driven Diffusion in Wall Systems (1235-RP) 
• Recent Advances in Thermal Storage
• Simulation Tools for Evaluating Control Algorithms and Diagnostic Methods for Air-Handling Units 
• Site Energy, Source Energy and Carbon Emission Metrics and Issues
• Solar Cooling and High-Combi Systems
• Understanding the Carbon Footprint of CHP Systems 
• Validating Building and HVAC&R Component Performance