The new NCAR employee orientation is hosted by the NCAR Director and provides an overview of labs and major programs. The event includes a luncheon with the directors and speakers. Also included are tours of selected facilites. These orientations are scheduled to run every six months.
The September 12 orientation will have a similar agenda, presentations, and tours to those at the December 13 event.
Agenda:
| Description | Presenter Name |
| Welcome, NCAR Overview | NCAR Director |
| Career Development, Mentoring, and Reclassification Process | Delaine Orendorff, Human Resources |
| Introduction to Earth Observing Laboratory and tours | Vanda Grubisic, EOL Director |
| EOL Tours: Design and Fabrication Services; Remote Sensing Facility | |
| Advanced Study Program | Chris Davis, ASP Director |
| Integrated Science Program | Peter Backlund, ISP Administrator |
| Introduction to NCAR Earth System Lab and tours | Jim Hurrell, NESL Director |
| NESL Tours: Chemistry Lab, Greenhouse Lab | |
| Catered Lunch | All presenters and attendees |
| Introduction to Research Applications Lab | Sue Haupt, RAL |
| Introduction to High Altitude Observatory | Gang Lu, HAO Deputy Director |
| HAO Tours: Mesa Lab exhibit, HAO Observatory | |
| Introduction to Computational & Information Systems Lab | Tom Engel and Gene Harano, CISL |
| CISL VisLab demonstration |
