Insulated Conductors Committee

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Spring 2010 PES-ICC Meeting


Nashville, TN, March 21-24, 2010 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel

An Invitation

Dear ICC Members and Guests:

Happy New Year!

With this letter, I cordially invite you to the 127th meeting of the Insulated Conductors Committee. I look forward to working with all of you as we go to a new location - the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, TN!

Please note that the hotel block closes in just over 6 weeks on February 17, 2010, however it will close sooner if the rooms book up. So please make your reservations soon.

More information can be found below. In addition, please check the ICC Website frequently for updates.

Hope to see you in Nashville!

Sincerely,

Rachel Mosier

Chair of ICC

Meeting Agenda A Final agenda has been posted here.  Any last minute changes will be posted at registration.

(Updated 3/16/2010)

Presentations

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Educational Program

As the meeting is still a long way off, there are few details right now.  Check back frequently for updates. The Subcommittees will sponsor many Technical Presentations on key topics in their fields of interest. More details will be posted closer to the meeting.  (Updated 3/16/2010)

Attention Presenters: Guidelines for Presentation Material Published in PES – ICC Minutes

The theme of the Spring 2010 Educational Program will be announced soon.  Abstracts of the presentations can be found here.

NEW!  0.4 CEUs will be offered for this session.  You must register in order to receive CEUs.  (Please note, in order to receive these credits towards a Florida PE License, you MUST provide Thomas Arnold with your FL PE License number prior to the session.

Registration

We have completed our new website, http://www.pesicc.org, and we are offering you the opportunity to register on-line and to pay using a credit card. Please note that the use of credit cards is only available during the pre-registration period. On-Line Registration will be open from Monday, February 15 through Friday, March 12.
We encourage you to register on-line even if you do not plan to pay with a credit card. The option to register and mail a check or to pay on-site with cash or check is also available with on-line registration.
The new website http://www.pesicc.org can be used by everyone, both members and guests, and will speed registration for everyone.  Pre-registration will save you time and hassle when you arrive, as your nametag will be ready and waiting for you.
Please note our new policy on refunds.
For those that cannot register online for any reason, an offline registration form is available here. (Updated 2/1/2010)

Historical ICC Minutes NEW!  Historical ICC Meeting Minutes DVD – For the first time ever, we are offering for sale a DVD containing the ICC Meeting Minutes from the very first meeting in 1947 through Spring 2008.  All of the minutes contained on this DVD are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and are searchable either from within Acrobat Reader or using the Windows search engine.  The DVD is available for purchase during registration.
Mini-Expo The Spring meeting will feature a Mini-Expo for vendors to make table top displays of equipment and services related to the scope of the ICC. You can sign up for a table top display using the meeting Registration form. A list of exhibitors can be found here.  Guidelines on displays can be found here.

A special note for any exhibitor that will be shipping to the hotel.  This meeting's hotel has very strict policies on packages.  All packages should be labeled as follows:
Name of Group Contact and/or On-Site Contact
Name and Date of Meeting
Michelle Shaffer
c/o Sheraton Music City Hotel
777 McGavock Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Box(es)____of____(Multiple boxes MUST be numbered)
Packages should not arrive more than three days prior to arrival. A storage fee of $5.00 per box per day will be billed to your hotel account for boxes shipped to the hotel. This charge will also apply for any boxes stored during your meeting. 

(Updated 1/12/2010)

New Member Orientation First Meeting? Want to know more about the ICC? Please attend the Orientation Session on Sunday afternoon. There are many different sessions at ICC meetings and they cover a multitude of subjects related to insulated conductors. Information presented at Orientation will help you find the sessions that are of most interest to you.
Hotel Information

The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, TN.  Our block will close as soon as it’s full. Please note that the ICC is committed to a minimum occupancy. To help the ICC avoid a hefty penalty, please consider staying at the Sheraton.

To get our special rate of $149.00, call 1(888)627-7060 (+1 615 885 2200 from outside North America) and ask for “ICC” rate.  You can also follow this link: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/2010iccmtg and book online.

The hotel location is as follows:
Sheraton Music City Hotel
777 McGavock Pike
Nashville, TN 37214

Room rate is exclusive of applicable state and local taxes, which are currently 15.25% plus a $2.00 per night city assessment. No resort fee will be charged. These rates will be offered three days prior and three days after the meeting dates, based on availability, until the designated cut off date of 2/17/2010, or the hotel reaches 85% occupancy. These rates include self-parking, use of the fitness center, wireless internet access in public areas, and use of the Business Center.
The hotel is very near the Nashville airport, and a shuttle operates daily from 5:30 am until 11:00 pm.

(Updated 12/31/2009)

Hospitality Suites If your company plans to have a hospitality suite in conjunction with the Spring 2010 meeting, be sure to see the Guideline page.
Spouse Activities TBD
Tourist Information Airport – The nearest airport is Nashville International Airport (BNA).  The hotel airport shuttle operates daily from 5:30 am until 11:00 pm.

The hotel’s airport shuttle departs the Sheraton Music City Hotel on the hour and the half-hour when requested at the front desk or called from the airport. It arrives at the airport 15 minutes prior to the hour and 15 minutes after the hour upon request.

The Sheraton suggests that the guest call the hotel from the baggage claim area at the phone bank (button #46). The hotel operator will inform you to go down one level from baggage claim to the hotel shuttle level.

Numerous other transportation options can be found here.

Help Wanted As a service to our attendees, we will have a “help wanted” board.  If your company has an opening and would like to advertise to the most talented cable engineers in the world, please feel free to post an ad in the “help wanted” section of our bulletin board at Registration.

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