2011 CAS Visit

Draft Schedule and Agenda for Visit of Chinese Academy of Sciences / Institute of Botany Staff

to the United States

• Google Map of Washington

• Arrive 1645 United 898. You will arrive at Dulles International (IAD), it is a 60 minutes taxi ride (cost $65 USD) to downtown. Directions to the Hotel Harrington for taxi driver will be supplied.
• If you are hungry and would like to eat dinner, we recommend
• If you arrive in Washington not too late in the evening and if you are not too tired, Smithsonian staff will accompany you to dinner

• 0830 - 0900: Meet in lobby of Hotel Harrington, walk to Smithsonian Libraries
• 0900 - 930: Meet with Tom Garnett [confirmed]
• 945 - 1045: Copyright and collections discussion with Bianca Crowley (Grace)
• 1045 - 1130: Integrating BHL China Content (Bianca, Keri, Grace) [question list]
• 1130 - 1300: Lunch [Food trucks at Cap Gallery, eat on roof, visit Freer/Sackler]
• 1300 - 1430: Workflow and general technical discussions [Keri, Joel, etc.] [with Boris Jacob, BHL-Europe]
• 1500 - 1600: Workflow and general technical discussions [Keri, Joel, etc.] [w/ Boris Jacob]
• 1615 - 1700: Visit Library of Congress FedScan scanning facility [w/ Boris Jacob, Bianca, Grace]
• 1700 - 2100: Dinner on Capitol Hill and walk back to hotel [w/ Boris Jacob]

• 0900 - 0930: Meet in lobby of Hotel Harrington, walk to Smithsonian Libraries
• 0930 - 1000: Meet with Erick Mata, EOL Director, EOL Offices, NMNH [confirmed]
• 1000 - 1030: Visit to the Cullman. Our group will be joined by Anne-Lise Fournier, Library Director, SANBI
• 1030 - 1100: United Stations National Herbarium visit (4th floor, NMNH collection area) with Rusty Russell [w/ Boris Jacob]
• 1100 - 1200: Pam Smith NH technology [w/ Boris Jacob]
• 1200 - 1330: Lunch [to be determined]
• 1330 - 1400: Meet with Mary Augusta Thomas, SIL Deputy Director [confirmed]
• 1400 - 1700: Free Time
• 1700 - 2100: Dinner at Jaleo other similar in Gallery Place neighborhood

• 10:30 Meet at Hotel
• 11:00-12:30 Drive to Great Falls, walk around
• 12:30-13:30 Light lunch somewhere maybe Chevy Chase?
• 13:30-14:00 maybe shopping at Mazza Gallerie?
• 14:00-16:00 Or Pentagon City and/or stop at Haines Point?
• 14:00 alternate: drop off at Hotel free time to see Smithsonian
• 17:30 Leave from hotel drive to
• 18:00 Dinner at Martin Kalfatovic's house
• Return to hotel

• what else?

• 1220 Depart DCA, United 279, Arrive ORD 1328

• Global BHL Meeting Second-Global-BHL-Planning-Meeting

• Life and Literature Conference

• Life and Literature Conference

1. Remain in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Tourism during the day or BHL Work meeting.
2. Fly with Chris Freeland and William Ulate to ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI on the evening for meetings at Missouri Botanical Garden.

• 0900 - 0930: Meet and Greet at CBI, CBEC Building
• 0930 - 1030: Library Tour with Doug Holland, Director of the Peter Raven Library, Monsanto Building
• 1030 - 1100: Go to Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson office.
• 1100 - 1130: Meet Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Missouri Botanical Garden's Director, President's Conference Room
• 1130 - 1200: Meet Nick Turland, co-director of the Flora of China Project
• 1200 - 1300 Lunch at the Garden, Sassafras Cafe
• 1300 - 1500 Garden tour & [Herbarium Tour, Lehman Building]
• 1500 - 1700 Introductory meeting: Overview of the BHL-China program, IT Conference Room, CBEC Building.[Notes and Action Items]
• 1700 - 1800 Adjourn
• 1800 - 2000 Dinner, TBD

• BHL talks and exchange all day. IT Conference Room, CBEC Building.

• The CAS delegation may choose to fly from St. Louis on this day or stay and visit the Missouri Botanical Garden.