<html>
Please excuse the cross-postings...<br><br>
This is the final announcement for the IBPSA-USA Meeting in
Chicago. Please note the extended deadline for reservations listed
below.<br><br>
<font color="#FF0000"><b>New in this announcement:</b>
</font><font color="#000080"><b>Extended reservation deadline (now
Tuesday, January 21)<br>
</b>
<b>Guest Speaker title<br><br>
</b></font><div align="center"><img src="cid:.0" width=166 height=166 alt="925b77.jpg"></b><font size=7 color="#FF0000">IBPSA<br>
</font><font color="#000080">International Building Performance
Simulation Association<br>
USA Affiliate<br><br>
IBPSA-USA invites you to join us in Chicago, Illinois for our winter 2003
meeting!<br><br>
</div>
<b>Meeting
Highlights:</b><x-tab> </x-tab></font><font color="#FF0000"><b>Software
Demonstration<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Social
Hour and Dinner<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Business
Meeting<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Guest
Speaker: Marija Todorovic, Belgrade University<br><br>
<br>
</font><div align="center"><font color="#000080">IBPSA-USA MEETING
ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
</font><font color="#FF0000">Dinner RSVP requested</b></font> (see
below)<br>
<b>4 PM, Saturday, January 25, 2003<br>
Chicago, Illinois<br><br>
</div>
Location:
<font color="#000080">Renaissance Chicago Hotel<br>
</b></font>
1 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601 <br>
1 312 372 7200<br>
[3 blocks from the Palmer House Hilton (ASHRAE Headquarters
Hotel)]<br><br>
<b>4:00 PM - 5:30 PM <font color="#000080">Software
Demonstration<br>
</b></font>
View the latest in simulation software available from a variety of<br>
developers. Developers interested in demonstrating their software<br>
should contact <font color="#0000FF"><u>Les Norford
<lnorford@mit.edu></u></font>.<br><br>
<b>5:30 PM - 6:30 PM <font color="#000080">Social hour with cash
bar<br><br>
</font>6:30
PM
<font color="#000080">Dinner<br>
</b></font>
$25/person for IBPSA-USA members (membership applications and <br>
renewals will be accepted on-site and via email--see below)<br>
$35/person for non-members<br>
$15/person for students with a valid university ID<br><br>
<b>7:45 PM </b>(approx)<b> <font color="#000080">Business
Meeting<br><br>
</font>8:00 PM </b>(approx)<b>
<font color="#000080">After-dinner talk<br>
</b></font>
Dr. Marija Todorovic<br>
Professor, Belgrade University<br>
Title: A GLOBAL SPACE FOR BUILDING SIMULATION SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY<br>
Network of excellence for sustainable buildings integrated<br>
projects - energy efficiency, renewable resources, environmental<br>
technologies, and ethics of sustainability <br><br>
<br>
<font color="#FF0000"><b><u>Reservations</u>:</font>
<font color="#FF0000">Reservations should be made with
</b></font><font color="#0000FF"><u>Rick Strand
<r-strand@uiuc.edu></u></font><font color="#FF0000"><b> via email
by Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 5PM (CST).</font> </b>Confirmation of
reservations will be sent via email (usually within two business
days). If you have not received a confirmation of your reservation,
please resubmit your request.<br><br>
<font color="#000080"><b><u>2003 Membership:</u></b></font>
The IBPSA-USA Board of Directors has voted unanimously to extend our
policy of free membership through 2003. Those interested in
renewing their membership or becoming new members may do so by expressing
their desire to be IBPSA-USA members for 2003 and providing updated
contact information (company name, mailing address, phone number, email
address). Renewing or establishing membership may be done either
on-site at the IBPSA-USA Meeting in Chicago or by sending an email to the
IBPSA-USA Secretary, <font color="#0000FF"><u>Rick Strand
<r-strand@uiuc.edu></u></font>.<br><br>
For the latest information on the IBPSA-USA meeting in Chicago, please
check out:
<a href="http://www.ibpsa.org/ibpsa_usa" eudora="autourl">http://www.ibpsa.org/ibpsa_usa</a><br><br>
We look forward to seeing you there!<br><br>
Les
Norford<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Rick
Strand<br>
President,
IBPSA-USA<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Secretary,
IBPSA-USA</html>