[time-nuts] NIST time and frequency seminar - 11-14 June in Boulder, CO

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Over the course of decades, we sent a lot of people to this workshop. It was typical to 
have a new engineer head out to it after a year or so on the job. I don’t remember any of 
them coming back saying that they had found it all way past their ability to comprehend. 
Compared to doing the same sort of training in-house, the NIST workshop is dirt cheap ….

Indeed *some* of what was presented each year was a challenge. I would be very surprised
if that was not the case. NIST is targeting a wide range of people and thus presents a lot of 
information as part of the workshop. Some of it (inevitably) will be targeted in an area that 
is not your primary focus. 

Bob

> On Feb 18, 2019, at 8:39 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) <lists at packetflux.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm actually debating on whether to attend this or not.   I really
> need to understand a lot of the things related to time and Frequency
> better, and it looks like this covers pretty much all of the bases.
> The price, although high, isn't out of the range of expectations for
> this type of workshop.
> 
> For those who have attended in the past, I'd appreciate it if someone
> could characterize how much underlying time and frequency knowledge is
> needed to be able to at least follow along.  Based on Tom's
> description and the topic titles in the agenda, I suspect that I'll be
> better than ok, but it is $1900 and I'd really hate to show up and
> find out that I'm lost 30 seconds into the first session on the first
> day.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 12:09 AM Tom Van Baak <tvb at leapsecond.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2019/06/2019-nist-time-and-frequency-seminar
>>> 
>>> Mother of God, John, what makes this meeting worth the price?
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> Yes, it sounds high but perhaps not out of line for multi-day professional conferences / seminars these days. True, you have to factor in Denver flights and Boulder hotels. But when you consider where it's held and who's speaking and how long it lasts, it starts to look like something between a bargain and a worthy bucket list item. NIST takes T&F seriously; this is not some sort of cheap corporate or product marketing show.
>> 
>> Look over the agenda and note both the wide range of topics covered and the personnel doing so. The sessions tend to be very high quality. A portion of attendees are the kind sent by their companies to "learn about time & frequency" this week, so as a practicing time nut you are well above that. On the other hand, NIST keeps the conference current and practical and detailed so even the most seasoned time nut will learn a great deal. You may also meet lifelong contacts. I have attended and highly recommend it.
>> 
>> If it's just registration price that keeps an energetic curious time nut from attending let me know. In years past I've recommended NIST allow a limited time nut discount and that's worked. Let me know off-list if this is something you'd like to be considered for.
>> 
>> /tvb
>> 
>> 
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> -- 
> - Forrest
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