# Presentation: 347944

## Welcome toGlobal Odyssey2002

**Notes:**
On behalf of the organizers of the meeting I too extend to you a welcome to Atlanta and to Global Odyssey 2002.  

## Community

**Time has ceased, space has vanished.  We now ****live in a global village... a simultaneous happening...an integrated global community”**
*Marshall McLuhan 1967:  *
*Understanding Media*

**Notes:**
One of the key themes of our next 3 days together is that of Community.  That the meeting has brought together so many from so many countries creates the opportunity to formulate our international community of people committed to laboratory quality management, quality control and assessment.
Community does not imply common voice, or common opinion, but does imply a common purpose.  Our objective for the next 3 days will be to provide the opportunity to share our diversity of voice and opinion in order to express our community purpose.

## Meeting Structure

- Sunday February 24
- Welcome and Keynote Presentation
- Lunch
- Plenary Speakers
- Posters
- Mixer

**Notes:**
Our task ahead will certainly keep us busy.  Starting this afternoon we will have a series of presentations, both by speaker and by poster, to develop a sense of where laboratory assessment is today.  

## Poster Session

- Set up posters during lunch.
- Use your assigned poster board.
- Poster board will accept both pins and velcro
- The Poster session begins at 15:00 hr
- Please station yourself by your poster for the first 30 minutes
- Posters must be down by 19:30 hr (7:30 PM).

**Notes:**
Poster presenters are asked to take a few minutes to put up your posters.  The poster boards are in the back of this room.  Space for each poster has been pre-determined, and each poster has been allocated a number.  Please do not change positions of the posters.  You will no doubt find that others will be very interested in the information that you are presenting.  While we are not setting a time for authors to be positioned at their posters, we suggest that authors accommodate viewers by being near at hand to answer questions.  Unfortunately, our poster session will not be able to stay up throughout the duration of the meeting.  Posters will need to be taken down by the end of this evening’s social event at 19:30 hr.

## Monday February 25, 2002
Workgroups 1,2,3
Lunch
Workgroups 4,5,6
Social, Dinner, and Speaker

- Workgroups 1,2,3
- Lunch
- Workgroups 4,5,6
- Social, Dinner, and Speaker

**Notes:**
On Monday, your hard work begins.  You each have been assigned to two working groups.  Workgroups 1,2 and 3 will meet all morning, and Workgroups 4,5 and 6 will meet all afternoon.  Your assignment to workgroups has taken into consideration your choices expressed at the time of registration, and balance.  At this time, it would be a major disruption for delegates to change workgroups.

## Workgroups

***Please note the day begins in the workgroups.***
***Workgroups must begin****** ******promptly******  ******at  ******08:00****** and ******13:30***
- WG1: 	J.C. Libeer 		Ballroom EFG
- WG2:	H. Richardson 	Dunwoody A
- WG3: 	D. Bullock		Oakwood Room
- WG4: 	C.Heuck		Ballroom EFG
- WG5: 	D.Tholen		Dunwoody A
- WG6: 	R.Martin		Oakwood Room
***Do not switch workgroups or subgroups******.***

**Notes:**
Your workgroups will be meeting at 08:00 hour tomorrow morning.  It is essential that they start on time.  Your workgroup leader will present you with your charge, and you will move to your subgroups to address your specific questions.  The meeting has arranged facilitators and recorders  to ensure that a dialogue develops and your thoughts are captured.  The morning should go by very quickly.  
Lunch will be served promptly at 12:00, which will give you an opportunity to meet and discuss with others, but promptly at 13:30, we will start the afternoon workgroups.  The workgroups will end at 17:30.

## Subgroups

- Each subgroup has been posed specific questions.
- Each subgroup is assisted by: an assigned chairperson	-	discussion facilitator
- 	an assigned recorder		-	operations facilitator
*Each subgroup will generate the discussion and answers.*
*The Subgroup Chairs will generate the Subgroup Reports.*
*The Subgroup Reports will be compiled by Workgroup Chair.*
*The Workgroup Chair will generate a Workgroup Report.*
*The Workgroup Reports will be presented Tuesday afternoon.*

**Notes:**
The information from the subgroups will be received, compiled, and sewn into cohesive reports to be given by the workgroup leaders during the afternoon session on Tuesday.

## Workgroup Process

## Subgroup Recorders

- Some of the Subgroups are meeting in Suites.
- The Recorders have the task of getting the Suite key 10 minutes BEFORE the subgroup begins.
**08:35****	****Marinda Logan****	****	****	****Suite 512**
**14:05****	****Colleen Davis Doanes****	****Suite 212**
- Return the key as soon as the subgroup is over.  *Ms Logan and Davis Doanes will not leave until all keys have been returned*

- Plenary 				   	**08:00hr**
- Discussion Groups
- Workgroup Reports	 		**13:00hr**
- Summary and Adjournment

## Discussion Groups

- Free Flow Discussions:
- Is there a will to create a broadly international organization for EQA?
- Are there programs interested in developing mentoring relations?
- Are there programs interested in research opportunities?
- Regional solutions for regional challenges?

## Expectations Questionnaires

- An informal survey of participant opinion on expectations for Global Odyssey.
- One at the beginning and one at the end.
- Please take three minutes to complete the short questionnaire.
- Leave on the registration desk.

## Global Odyssey 2002

- Groundwork for the Future
- Foundation of the Community