The Conferencing and Special Events Group is located in room GE-140 in the Forrestal Building, with office hours from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm.
The office supports all your conferencing needs, including:
- Conference Room Facilities and Reservations
- Conference Equipment - Speaker phones, LCD Projectors, TV/VCR, etc.
- Broadcast Services
- Fixed Facilities
- Engraving
Headquarters Conferencing Facilities
Forrestal
Call (202) 586-6651 to schedule rooms.
Keys can be picked up Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., in Room GE-140.
Germantown
Call (301) 903-4352 to schedule rooms.
Keys can be picked up Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. in room E-055.
| Forrestal Room Number | Capacity |
|---|---|
| BE-069 | 50 |
| GE-086 | 189 |
| GJ-015 | 56 |
| GH-019 | 35 |
| GH-027 | 35 |
| GH-035 | 35 |
| 1E-245 | 100 |
| 4A-104 | 40 |
| 5A-092 | 20 |
| 5E-069 | 30 |
| 5E-081 | 30 |
| 6A-092 | 30 |
| 6A-110 | 30 |
| 6E-069 | 60 |
| 8E-037 | 15 |
| 8E-089 | 70 |
| 8E-090 | 20 |
| Germantown Room Number | Capacity |
|---|---|
| A-410 | 45 |
| E-114 | 14 |
| E-301 | 45 |
| G-207 | 35 |
| G-426 | 20 |
| Auditorium | 317 |
| Z-231 | 20 |
TV/VCR: Utilized to show videos of meeting, classes or events. These can delivered to the conference rooms on individual offices.
35 mm Slide Projectors: Utilized to project 35 mm slides on to large screens.
Screens: Utilized with projection equipment to show large images.
Camcorders: Utilized to video record meetings or events by the client.
LCD Projectors: Utilized with desktop or laptop computers to project the image on the monitor onto a large screen.
DVD Players: Utilized with a video monitor (TV) to play DVD discs.
35" Monitors: Utilized desktop of laptop computers to show large image on the monitor.
Cassette Recorders: Utilized to audio record meetings or events.
Podiums: Utilized to support documents and displays during meetings.
Laser Pointer: Utilized on large projections to pinpoint specific data information.
Speaker phones: Utilized to allow large meeting to hear an outside attendee.
Display Boards: Utilized to display charts, graphs and pictures on 7'x10' panel board. Velcro is utilized to adhere material to the boards.
Broadcast Quality Television and Audio Production - Live and recorded production for training, conferencing, and special events
Satellite and T-1 Transmission - Broadcast to DOE field offices, stakeholders, and news organizations.
C & Ku band Satellite Television Reception - Reception of distance learning, conference, and news feeds for recording, display and redistribution on in-house television channels at DOE/HQ facilities.
Interactive Audio & Video for Conference Support - Video conference support for large audiences, extension of live television programming and distance learning. "Listen only" and full interactive audio connection for single or multiple off site conference participants.
Intra-facility Television Distribution - Local broadcast, recorded programming, in-house live feeds and satellite TV reception distributed on-demand to DOE/HQ facilities via Cable, Fiber and Microwave transmission.
Forrestal Main Auditorium
Multi-camera television production facility capable of fully interactive video conference via satellite and compressed digital transmission.
Forrestal Small Auditorium
Single camera television production facility, capable of fully interactive video conference via satellite and compressed digital transmission.
Germantown Auditorium
Single camera television production facility, capable of fully interactive video conference via satellite and compressed digital transmission.
TV Production Facility Multi-camera television production facility, capable of fully interactive video conference via satellite and compressed digital transmission using a wide array of set configurations and backdrops.
Studio Editing (Non-Linear). Two televised program editing/effects, post-production, and graphic development suites.
Duplication Facilities. Tape and Disc video duplication of non-copyrighted DOE programming. Audio CD duplication.
The Conferencing and Special Events Group supports all your engraving needs, including:
- Desk name plate requests
- Office directory name changes
- Wall plate requests
- Room number
- Special signage
To request engraving services please submit DOE F 4250.2 (pdf) , Requisition for Supplies Equipment, or Service, available in the Forms section.
Use this link to the Contact Us page for the Conferencing and Special Events contacts.