Panel Discussion 8 State of the Private Sector

Tuesday, 14 August 2012: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
1313-DLB Auditorium (National Weather Center)
Host: The 2012 AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderators:
Mike Smith, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA and David John Gagne II, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Lab, Boulder, CO
Panelists:
Gale F. Hoffnagle, TRC Environmental Consultants, Air Quality Consulting Practice, Windsor, CT; Steven Root, AWCIA, Edmond, OK; Heidi Cullen, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ; Maria Pirone, Harris Corp. and James R. Stalker, Regional Earth System Predictability Research, Inc., N/A, Las Cruces, NM

The current state of the private sector of the weather and climate enterprise will be discussed including the health of the sector, its strength and weaknesses, and its ability to meet the needs of its customers. Areas of partnership and conflict with the public and academic sectors will be discussed, as well as the adequacy of support received from those sectors.

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