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Monday, 3 August 2015

4:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 3 August 2015


Registration
Location: Holiday Inn Express

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 3 August 2015


Sponsor Recognition and Student Networking Event
Location: Sammy's Tap

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

7:00 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Session
Registration
Location: Hunt Library Lobby (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting

7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

8:15 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Session
Welcoming Remarks
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Opening Comments by AMS BEC Co-Chairs, Eileen Shea and Douglas Hilderbrand

Welcome -- Walt Robinson (NC State University Marine, Earth, and Atm. Science Department Chair)

8:30 AM-9:10 AM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015

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Keynote Speaker
Keynote #1: Gary Lackmann
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Keynote: Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ.

9:10 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015

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Keynote Speaker
Keynote #2: Louis Uccellini
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Keynote: Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS

9:45 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Session
AMS Summer Community Meeting 2014 Highlights
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Speaker: Betsy Weatherhead, Univ. of Colorado

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Innovative Methods to Forecast Environmental Threats
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS
Panelists: Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather, Inc; Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS; Jonathan Blaes, NOAA/NWS; Lanz Rothfusz, NSSL

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Lunch: Dr Montserrat (Montse) Fuentes "Human Health Impacts of Extreme Weather and Air Pollution: What Big Data Tell Us”
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Speaker: Montserrat Fuentes, NC State University

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015

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Panel Discussion 2
Storm-scale Observations
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Neil Jacobs, Panasonic Weather
Panelists: Aaron Sims, Assistant State Climatologist of NC; Tye W. Parzybok, MetStat, Inc.; Marty Bell, WeatherFlow
1:15 PM
Neil Jacobs

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

3:15 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 3
Storm-scale Guidance
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Lanz Rothfusz, NSSL
Panelists: Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University; Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS/NSSL; Neil A. Jacobs, Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Kiel L. Ortega, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL
3:15 PM
Kiel Ortega

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 4
Future Role of Forecaster (Interactive Exercise)
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Panelists: Lanz Rothfusz, NSSL; Don Berchoff, TempoQuest; Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ.; Nick Petro, NWS/WFO; Harold Brooks, OAR/NSSL
4:30 PM
Harold Brooks
4:45 PM
Lans Rothfusz - Interactive Activity

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

7:00 AM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015


Registration
Location: Hunt Library Lobby (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

8:15 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Recording files available
Session
AMS Joint Broadcasters/Communications Conferences Summary
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Speaker: Nathan S. Johnson, NC State University

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015

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Panel Discussion 5
Forecast and Model Advancements in Support of the Nation's Economy
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Joel W. Cline, U.S. Department of Energy
Panelists: James Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL; O. Russell Bullock Jr., EPA; Tanya Spero, EPA; Jeffrey M. Freedman, Atmospheric Information Services
8:30 AM

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 6
Risk Communication I (language, format, consistency in short-term)
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Erica A. Grow, WNBC-TV
Panelists: Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University; Jeannette Sutton, University of Kentucky; Matthew Merritt, Novant Health; Sam Hodge, Emergency Management
10:30 AM
11:30 AM

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015


Lunch: Dr Jennifer Martineau "How to Build A Better Work-Life Fit for You and Your Organization"
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Speaker: Jennifer Martineau , Americas Center for Creative Leadership

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 7
Risk Communication II (language, format, consistency in longer-fused events)
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderators: Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina University; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania
Panelists: Mark Venters, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy; Mike Daniska, North Carolina Department of Public Safety; Jamie Rhome, NOAA/NHC
1:15 PM
Burrell Montz

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

3:15 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 8A
Transportation Pathfinder: Improving Collaboration between State Departments of Transportation and the Weather Enterprise
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton
Panelists: Kevin, P.E. Cox, DOT; Julie Gondzar, DOT; Chad Hahn, NWS/WFO
3:15 PM
Brenda Boyce
3:45 PM
4:00 PM

4:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 8B
Risk Perception and User Response
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Derek S. Arndt, University of Oklahoma
Panelists: Linda Rimer, EPA; Amanda Johnson Bryant, FEMA; Wendy Marie Thomas, NOAA/NWS; Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
4:15 PM

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 August 2015


AMS Summer Community Meeting Banquet
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Keynote: Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL

Thursday, 6 August 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 6 August 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 9
Outcome-based Verification
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Brian J. Etherton, Jupiter
Panelists: Robert S. Lee, AvMet Applications Inc.; Robyn Heffernan, NOAA Fire and Public Weather Services Branch; Barbara G. Brown, NCAR
8:30 AM
Brian Etherton

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 6 August 2015


Session
Group Discussion Reflecting back on Theme
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 6 August 2015


Session
Closing Remarks: Eileen Shea, Douglas Hilderbrand, and Mary Glackin
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Thursday, 6 August 2015


Lunch Break
Location: Duke Energy Hall (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 6 August 2015


Panel Discussion Special
The NOAA Big Data CRADA and YOU!
Location: Hunt Library Auditorium (The James B. Hunt Jr. Library)
Host: 2015 Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Matthew J. Parker, Savannah River National Laboratory
Panelists: Brian Eiler, USEC; Paul Pisano, FHWA; Ariel Gold, Global Public Sector at Amazon; Leanne Haseldon, Global Business Services/IBM; Mohan Ramamurphy, UCAR; Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL