CORS USERS FORUM 

        THEME: COORDINATING REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE CORS NETWORKS

                        PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

7:30 - 8:30    On-Site registration

8:30 - 11:45   CORS Informative Session - Dave Doyle, Moderator

               NOAA/NOS Welcome
               The National & Cooperative CORS Program
                    Richard Snay, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
               The California CORS Program
                    Yehuda Bock, California Spatial Reference Center
               The North Carolina CORS Program
                    Gary Thompson, North Carolina Geodetic Survey
               The Michigan CORS Program
                    Brian Dollman-Jersey, Michigan Dept. of Transportation
               The International CORS Program
                    Ruth Neilan, International GPS Service
               CORS Contributions to Weather Forecasting
                    Seth Gutman, NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory
               A View of CORS in the Future
                    Gerald Mader, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey

               Question & Answer Session
                    Panel of the speakers

11:45 - 1:15   Lunch

1:15 - 4:30    Interactive Users' Assessment (Each Forum attendee will be
               asked to participate a discussion group, containing 8 to 10
               people, to consider in the following questions.)

* What are the roles of the Federal Government in coordinating CORS networks?
* What are the roles of state and local governments in coordinating CORS networks?
* What are the roles of academia, professional organizations,
    and nonprofit organizations in coordinating CORS networks?
* What are the roles of private industry in coordinating CORS networks?