Program: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Program Chairs: William Ronald Burkey ; Bradford Johnson , TriVector Services, Inc. ; J. R. Bell , Univ. of Alabama ; Rebecca DePodwin , AccuWeather, Inc.

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Sunday, 12 January 2020

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Session

Meet President Jenni Evans

Location: Ballroom Foyer (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

9:00 AM-9:40 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

Session 1: Welcome and Networking with Your Peers

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: Jordan Bell, NASA SPoRT; William Ronald Burkey; Bradford Johnson, TriVector Services, Inc.; Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.

9:50 AM-10:45 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

#ShareYourAMSStory

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Chair: Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.

CoChair: Jared Rennie, NCICS/North Carolina State Univ.

10:55 AM-11:55 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Joint Session

Breaking In: Surviving the Early Career Transition

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 19th Annual Student Conference )

Moderators: Jordan Bell, NASA SPoRT; Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.

Panelists: Bradford Johnson, Trivector Services, Inc./NOAA/OAR; Elise V. Schultz, Florida State University; Elyse Smith, KRCG 13; Justin I. Pullin

11:55 AM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

Joint Lunch Session with BPSM: Entrepreneurship and the Roads Less Traveled

Location: 205C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Moderator: Adam K.S. Simkowski, Mississippi State Univ., ACES

Panelists: Matt Rogers, Commodity Weather Group, LLC; Morgan Brown Yarker, Yarker Consulting; Brian V. Smoliak, The Climate Corporation; Alicia Wasula, Shade Tree Meteorology, LLC

1:10 PM-2:20 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

Negotiation: Maximizing Your Worth

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Moderator: William Ronald Burkey

Panelists: Mary Glackin, AMS President-Elect; Victor A. Gensini, Northern Illinois Univ.; Joshua Darr, JLT Re; Kelly Lombardo, The Pennsylvania State University; Irene Sans, WFTV Channel 9 ABC

2:30 PM-3:10 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

Mi Camino: Navigating Your Space in Broadcasting

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Speaker: Denise Isaac, NBC10 Boston

3:15 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

Networking with AMS Professionals

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: William Ronald Burkey; Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.; Jordan Bell, NASA SPoRT; Bradford Johnson, Trivector Services, Inc./NOAA/OAR

9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session

Early Career Professionals Reception

Location: Marina Ballroom II (Westin Hotel)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: William Ronald Burkey; Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.; Jordan Bell, NASA SPoRT; Bradford Johnson, Trivector Services, Inc./NOAA/OAR

Monday, 13 January 2020

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Session

Mind the Gap: Efforts to Prepare Students for the Real World

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.; Matt Rogers, Commodity Weather Group, LLC

Moderator: Stephen Bennett, Riskpulse

Panelists: Heidi Centola, The Weather Company, An IBM Business; Andrea L. Lang, University at Albany, SUNY; Lawrence Gloeckler III, Riskpulse; Maximilian Andrew Vido, Riskpulse; Sue Ellen Haupt, NCAR

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Session

Leading Up!

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: Rebecca DePodwin, AccuWeather, Inc.; Bradford Johnson, Trivector Services, Inc./NOAA/OAR

Facilitators: Elyse M. Hagner, NOAA/NWS; Molly Merrifield, National Weather Service, Miami, FL; Clark Evans, Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; Daniel DePodwin, AccuWeather

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Joint Panel Discussion 3

Future Challenges in Weather Analysis and Forecasting (Centennial)

Location: 257AB (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the Special Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the Eighth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation's Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )

Moderators: Stephen Bieda III, NWSFO; Ryan A. Lagerquist, CIMMS

Panelists: Louis Uccellini, NOAA; Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia; Yvette Richardson, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Peter Neilley, The Weather Company, an IBM Business; Betty Davis, CIMMS; Neil A. Jacobs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

8:30 AM

Centennial Panel Discussion

Stephen Bieda III, NWSFO, Amarillo, TX

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

Memorial for Bill Lapenta (Centennial)

Stephen Bieda III, NWSFO, Amarillo, TX

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Joint Session 16

Learning Does Not Stop after College: Continuing Education and Mentoring in Meteorology

Location: 258C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Education; the Eighth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion )

Cochairs: Shakila Merchant, NOAA Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies; Jared Rennie, NCICS/North Carolina State Univ.

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AMS Early Career Leadership Academy

Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, AL; and R. DePodwin, A. K. Anderson-Frey, J. Rennie, A. R. Cook, C. Vagasky, B. V. Smoliak, and M. Newberry Jr.

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J16.2

Effective Strategies to Engage Atmospheric Scientists in Online Professional Development: Meeting the Demands of a Rapidly Changing Workforce

Morgan Brown Yarker, Yarker Consulting, Cedar Rapids, IA; and M. D. S. Mesquita

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11:00 AM

J16.3

Encountering Sexism in the Field: How to Maintain Composure as an Expert, while Shutting down Toxic Behavior

Kathleen M. Magee, National Weather Service, Huntsville, AL; and A. Ravenscraft

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Handout (740.3 kB)

11:15 AM

J16.4

Becoming a Stormbreaker at Cape Canaveral: A First-Hand Look at the U.S. Air Force's Early Career Program for Civilian Meteorologists

Brian Cizek, U.S. Air Force, CCAFS/Patrick AFB, FL

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Recorded Presentation

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Sunday, 12 January 2020

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8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Meet President Jenni Evans

Location: Ballroom Foyer (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Here is your chance to have an informal chat with AMS President Jenni Evans, over refreshments. Attendees of both the Student Conference and the Early Career Professionals Conference are welcome to attend.

9:00 AM-9:40 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Session 1: Welcome and Networking with Your Peers

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Come meet the Board of Early Career Professionals and your peers in this session. Attendees will be lead through conversational exercises that set the stage for an engaged and fulfilling conference experience.

9:50 AM-10:45 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

#ShareYourAMSStory

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

As AMS celebrates its 100th year of being a professional society, we want to hear from its members! How has being a member influenced you, both personally and professionally? Who has AMS connected you to that’s made a difference in your career? Why do you think being a member is beneficial? If you have a story you want to tell, we want to hear it during this interactive session of sharing!

10:55 AM-11:55 AM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Joint Session Breaking In: Surviving the Early Career Transition

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Transitions early in one’s career can be exciting and challenging. Whether it is transitioning to graduate school or into the job market or event from one job to another the unknowns one may face have been faced before by your colleagues and peers. This diverse panel discussion will consist of early career professionals having an open discussion about the challenges and opportunities faced with early career transitions. The panel will not only focus on the professional side of the transition but also personal side.

11:55 AM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Joint Lunch Session with BPSM: Entrepreneurship and the Roads Less Traveled

Location: 205C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

The Board of Private Sector Meteorologists joins the Early Career Board for a unique paneled perspective of alternative routes through the weather enterprise. Hear from individuals who have started their own businesses or who have carved out new roles for themselves that did not exist before. Learn the challenges and benefits of the roads less traveled.

A boxed lunch is included.

1:10 PM-2:20 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Negotiation: Maximizing Your Worth

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Who thinks they are maximizing their worth? Who wants to leave money, or extra vacation days on the table, or pay more on their bills? As with most everything in life, negotiation is a skill that you will need to learn and master in order for this to not happen to you! While the main focus will be on learning to negotiation a better salary, more vacation days, a new title, or other job perks, learning to be a better negotiator can also help you lower cable bill, credit card rate, gym membership, or your cell phone bill. So what is the magic sauce to becoming a negotiation master? You must pick your battles, do your research, practice, and make your case to support getting what you want.

2:30 PM-3:10 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Mi Camino: Navigating Your Space in Broadcasting

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Denise Isaac is a bilingual meteorologist at NBC10 Boston, a native of Panama, a two-time Emmy award winner, and a graduate in Meteorology from Florida State Univ.. She has held several positions in broadcast across the country.

3:15 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Networking with AMS Professionals

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Ever wonder what AMS can do for you? This is your chance to find out from high-ranking AMS officials! Join this informal coffee break where many AMS members will be on hand, including

AMS Past-Presidents
AMS Council Members
AMS Staff
AMS Commissioners
AMS Chairs of Boards and Committees
Current and former members of the Board for Early Career Professionals
Winners of the AMS Award for Early Career Achievement
Newly elected AMS Fellows

This is a great chance to meet and network with members, leading up to the Presidential Forum.

9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020

Early Career Professionals Reception

Location: Marina Ballroom II (Westin Hotel)

Do you consider yourself an early career professional? Are you trying to find your niche within the AMS community? Or, perhaps you are looking to connect with other AMS early career professionals? If so, you are not alone! Consider yourself invited to attend this Annual Reception for Early Career Professionals, which will offer an opportunity to mix and mingle with others who are beginning their careers in the public, private, and academic sectors. Cash bar and snacks will be available.

Monday, 13 January 2020

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9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Mind the Gap: Efforts to Prepare Students for the Real World

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

The July 2019 Mind the Gap Workshop in Boulder, CO, brought together students, academics, and private sector meteorologists to tackle the misalignment between graduating meteorologists and critical skill sets that prevent success in private sector career paths. The workshop’s five core objectives:

1) Identify curriculum gaps related to preparing students for careers in the private sector.

2) Discuss these gaps, challenges, and creative solutions that can be scaled across the academic and private sectors.

3) Create a set of recommendations that can be used by departments across the country to modify their curricula in order to address these gaps.

4) Create a set of recommendations for the private sector to take a more active role in directly addressing skills gaps through internships, capstones, and partnerships with academic programs.

5) Promote future venues for sparking mutual innovation between the private sector and academia, driven by students were discussed at length by groups comprised of private sector professionals, students, and academic faculty members.

At the end of the workshop, group leaders guided report outs that led to the development of short-range (weeks to months), medium-range (months to years), and long-range (several years) goals to address workshop objectives. These goals underpin a roadmap that includes several AMS committees. This roadmap will be presented and discussed during this panel discussion.

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Leading Up!

Location: 255 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

In coordination with the Early Career Leadership Academy, this session will focus (much as the title suggests) on leading up in whatever capacity or sector you work in within the WWC Enterprise. Attendees will be actively participating in this session, discussing real-life, tricky-to-navigate scenarios in small groups. Once you've come up with the answer (or not!), these scenarios and solutions will be presented and discussed amongst the entire group, with facilitators leading the conversation and providing insight and expertise into possible resolutions and ways to lead up in your organization.

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Joint Panel Discussion Future Challenges in Weather Analysis and Forecasting (Centennial)

Location: 257AB (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

The session is scheduled to be a 90-minute panel discussion moderated by the co-chairs of the 30th WAF/26th NWP conferences. A 5-minute introduction from each panelist will start the session, with each panelist discussing what they see as Future Challenges in Weather Analysis and Forecasting and how their work addresses said challenges. The remainder of the session (about 60 minutes) will be an open-floor discussion, where audience members will be encouraged to ask questions to the panelists about Future Challenges in Weather Analysis and Forecasting. The discussion will be guided by the moderator(s) as needed.

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Joint Session Learning Does Not Stop after College: Continuing Education and Mentoring in Meteorology

Location: 258C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Most operational meteorologists don't become great at forecasting until they've been in the field for some time. Also, with emerging technologies out there, it's important to stay up to date on these things, as they look to move up in their career. This is one example for this session.

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