2023 GLOBE Annual Meeting (In-person)

How to Plan for the 2023 Annual Meeting

Start getting ready for the 2023 GLOBE Annual Meeting by downloading the GLOBE Observer app before the event. 

View the 2023 Annual Meeting Program Schedule (pdf). Some sessions will be recorded and uploaded daily to the GLOBE YouTube channel.

For more information, email globemeetings@ucar.edu.

Information for Presenters

Poster Session and Printing Requirements

The Student Research Exhibition and Community Poster Session will be on Monday, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (MST). Presenters must set up their posters in advance of the session by 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Posters will remain on display through Thursday. 

For presenters who cannot bring their poster to the meeting, email the poster (as a PDF file) to globemeetings@ucar.edu and GLOBE will print it for the meeting. Attendees wishing to have GLOBE print their poster must email their file by 30 June.

Recommended poster size is 1.8 meters wide by 1.2 meters tall. Posters will be mounted on poster boards – provided at the meeting – that are 2.4 meters wide by 1.2 meters tall. To affix posters to boards, push pins and velcro will be available on site. 


Oral Presentations

All presenters must email their presentations (as PowerPoint, PDF or Keynote files) to globemeetings@ucar.edu by 7 July. Presentation files should follow this template: “Name_Session Date”. Presentations created in Google Slides should be saved as a PowerPoint or PDF file. Be sure to also bring a copy of your presentation on a USB drive.

Presenters will be provided with a conference laptop, speakers, a projector, screen and internet access in the presentation room. You may not use personal computers for a presentation, so be sure to email your presentation ahead of time so it can be ready on the conference laptop.

In the first slide of your presentation, include a list of all presenters and collaborators. If you would like to use a GLOBE PowerPoint template, there are two versions: 

Meals and Transportation

Your registration includes the following meals:
  • Monday, 17 July: working breakfast, working lunch, opening reception
  • Tuesday 18 July: working breakfast, working lunch
    • To submit a question for GLOBE sponsors at the Tuesday working breakfast, stop by the registration desk by noon on Monday.
  • Wednesday 19 July: working breakfast, afternoon cake for those on the NCAR tour
  • Thursday 20 July: working lunch, dinner

For meals not provided, there is a restaurant in the hotel and a lot of great food options within walking distance from the hotel.

The Curtis Hotel is about a 40-minute drive from the airport. If you rent a car, the Curtis Hotel charges a daily parking fee. For more information on parking rates, contact the hotel directly.

Ride shares (such as Uber and Lyft), taxis, rental cars and public transportation are available from the airport. For more information about bus and light rail transport into the city, visit the RTD Public Transportation Service website. All rides on the RTD (buses and trains) are free in July. To get to the Curtis Hotel from the airport by RTD, take the train to Denver downtown and then transfer to the 16th Street mall shuttle.

Weather and Clothing

The temperature  in Denver in July is typically 80-90 degrees F (25-35 degrees C) during the day and 60-70 degrees F (15-25 degrees C) during the evening. There are frequently thunderstorms during the summer, typically in the afternoon.


The dress code for the Annual Meeting is business casual, but dinner on Thursday night will be a formal banquet. For the banquet, attendees are encouraged to dress in their regional attire or other dressier outfits. 

Attendees planning for outdoor training sessions and the NCAR Mesa Lab tour should bring a hat, comfortable shoes, lightweight pants and a long-sleeved lightweight shirt for protection from bugs and the sun. The outdoor sessions will still happen even if it rains, so bring rain clothes. 

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Visa Support

To request a letter of support for aid in applying for a U.S. visa, email globemeetings@ucar.edu with the following information:

  • Full Name (exactly as in your passport)
  • Email address associated with your GLOBE Account
  • GLOBE School name (as in the GLOBE System)
  • GLOBE Role (GLOBE Teacher, Country Coordinator, Assistant Country Coordinator, Working Group or GISN Member)
  • GLOBE Country

Medical insurance

Meeting attendees must ensure that they have adequate medical insurance to cover the duration of the meeting and their time in the U.S.