| Monday, 15 January 2007 |
| 9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday
Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day) |
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| 10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, 205
Session 1 Big Texas Weather & Our Increasingly Big Workload |
Chair: Mark Nelsen, KPTV, Portland, OR
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| 10:45 AM | 1.1 | Introduction to San Antonio 
Alex Garcia, KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX |
| 11:00 AM | 1.2 | We're NOT on TV anymore
Gene A. Norman Jr., WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA |
| 11:15 AM | 1.3 | What's your Plus in the 24/7 world?
Jillene Wahl, WYFF-TV, Greenville, SC |
| 11:30 AM | 1.4 | Blogging from the weather center-Is it worth your time?
Mark Nelsen, KPTV, Portland, OR |
| 11:45 AM | 1.5 | PCGRIDDS-Really getting your hands dirty in the data!
Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, 205
Joint Session 1 Educational Outreach and the Broadcast Media (Joint with 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and 16th Symposium on Education) |
Organizers: Wayne Hart, WEHT-TV, Evansville, IN; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
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| 1:30 PM | J1.1 | Recalling Our Early Influences: How the Past Can Help Us Reach Out to Viewers and Students
Vince Condella, WITI-TV, Fox 6, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2:00 PM | J1.2 | Synergistic collaborations between the University of Wisconsin and WISC-TV 3
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Cannalte, S. Ackerman, J. E. Martin, and E. J. Hopkins |
| 2:15 PM | J1.3 | Citizen Science: Obtaining Environmenta Literacy through Science, Education , and Media Collaborations
Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore, K. Orr, and W. Huskin |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, 205
Joint Session 2 Communicating Climate Information to and through the Broadcast Community (Joint between the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology) |
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
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| 4:00 PM | J2.1 | State climatologists serving the public through interactions with the media
David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ |
| 4:15 PM | J2.2 | Drought and the media: a perspective from the Illinois state climatologist
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel |
| 4:30 PM | J2.3 | Misinterpretation of probabilistic seasonal climate outlooks by resource management professionals
Holly C. Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and N. Haas |
| 4:45 PM | J2.4 | The Effect of Sensor Placement on Climatological Records 
Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA |
| 5:00 PM | J2.5 | Climate Information for the broadcast community
Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. Gleason, D. H. Levinson, T. W. Owen, and D. M. Anderson |
| 5:15 PM | J2.6 | NWS New Climate Products and Services: Tools for Communicating Climate Information
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Perfect and G. Romano |
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| Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
| 8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday, 205
Session 2 Show Us Your Latest & Greatest! Vendor Presentations |
Chair: Yolanda Amadeo, WALB-TV, Albany, GA
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| 8:30 AM | 2.1 | New television system capabilities
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. R. Smith, M. A. Steinberg, and R. Ayres |
| 8:45 AM | 2.2 | WSI. The disruptive weather company
Chris Goode, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA |
| 9:00 AM | 2.3 | Weather Graphics that Connect with Viewers
Ben T. Zimmerman, Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI |
| 9:15 AM | 2.4 | Baron's Complete Weather Solution
Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL |
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| Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
| 8:30 AM-9:15 AM, Wednesday, 205
Session 3 Career Session |
Chair: Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA
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| 9:15 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday, 205
Panel Discussion 1 Career Panel; Ask the Experts |
Panelists: Larry M. & Stephanie W. Rickel, Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX; Patrick McCreery, News Director, KPTV, Portland, OR; Terry Crofoot, Terry Crofoot Group, Calabasas, CA; Gary Koelfgen, KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX; Jim Boyle, KSAT-TV, San Antonio, TX
Moderator: Jay Prater, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
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| 9:15 AM | | Ask the Experts I
Larry M. & Stephanie W. Rickel, Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX |
| 9:20 AM | | Ask the Experts II
Patrick McCreery, News Director, KPTV, Portland, OR |
| 9:25 AM | | Ask the Experts III
Terry Crofoot, Terry Crofoot Group, Calabasas, CA |
| 9:30 AM | | Ask the Experts IV
Gary Koelfgen, KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX |
| 9:35 AM | | Ask the Experts V
Jim Boyle, KSAT-TV, San Antonio, TX |
| 9:40 AM | | Panel Discussion
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| 10:30 AM-11:15 AM, Wednesday, 205
Joint Session 3 Communicating Uncertainty (Joint with 2nd Policy Symposium, 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and 6th Communications Workshop) |
Chair: Veronica Johnson, NBC4, Washington, DC
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| 10:30 AM | J3.1 | Communicating Uncertainty-A Policy and News Media Issue
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 10:45 AM | J3.2 | Weather[sic] or Not we Know for Sure
Timothy A. Cohn, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA |
| 11:00 AM | J3.3 | 7-Day, 10-Day, 14-Day Forecasts: How far can we go?
Glenn Schwartz, NBC10 - Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, PA |
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| 11:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 205
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Is Any Number Better Than No Number? (Joint between Sixth Communications, 35th Broadcast Conference, and the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research) |
Panelists: Larry Rickel, The Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX; Stephanie Rickel, The Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX; Patrick McCreery, News Director, KPTV, Portland, OR; Gary Koelfgen, KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX
Moderator: Veronica Johnson, NBC4, Washington, DC
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, 205
Session 4 Old Shows & New Ideas |
Chair: Ronald A. Hearst, KYTV, Springfield, MO
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| 3:45 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, 205
Session 5 Severe Storms: Coverage You Can Count On? |
Chair: Patrick T. Powell, WLUK-TV, Green Bay, WI
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| 3:45 PM | 5.1 | In the middle of the night
Gene A. Norman Jr., WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA |
| 4:00 PM | 5.2 | Coverage of major severe weather events
Ronald A. Hearst II, KYTV, Springfield, MO |
| 4:15 PM | 5.3 | Using ARMOR. TV's first Dual Polarimetric Doppler radar
Dan Satterfield, WHNT-TV Huntsville, Huntsville, AL |
| 4:30 PM | 5.4 | How Severe Storm Reports Are Increasing
Daniel McCarthy, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer |
| 4:45 PM | 5.5 | The Enhanced Fujita Scale
Daniel McCarthy, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer and C. Maier |
| 5:00 PM | 5.6 | Storm-based Warnings-Changes to NWS Warnings for the Digital Age
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and D. Freeman, E. Jacks, and J. M. Looney |
| 5:15 PM | 5.7 | All-Hazards radio-A Central Texas success story
Bob Rose, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, TX; and J. Spencer |
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| Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, 205
Session 6 Tropical Weather; Our Storm Stories |
Chair: David Bernard, WFOR-TV, Miami, FL
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| 8:30 AM | 6.1 | The Hurricane Hunters: The 2005 Hurricane Season
Speaker To Be Determined, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - USAF, Biloxi, MS |
| 9:00 AM | 6.2 | Planning for Katrina
Carl C. Arredondo III, WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA |
| 9:15 AM | 6.3 | Katrina: A personal perspective
Jeff Baskin, Chief Meteorologist KOIN-TV, Portland, OR |
| 9:30 AM | 6.4 | Hurricane Katrina-The drowning & rebirth of FOX 8
Bob Breck, WVUE-TV, New Orleans, LA |
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| 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, 205
Session 7 Tropical Weather II: Can We Do More? |
Chair: Katie Armato, KCTV, Kansas City, MO
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| 11:00 AM | 7.1 | Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans...what went wrong?
Warren Davis Nolan, WKRN TV, Nashville, TN |
| 11:15 AM | 7.2 | Hurricane Rita threatens Houston, Texas-What the Media did right and wrong
Frank Billingsley, KPRC-TV, Houston, TX |
| 11:30 AM | 7.3 | Elements of an emergency communications plan-And why the current sytem doesn't work
Bryan Norcross, WFOR/CBS-TV, Miami, FL |
| 11:45 AM | 7.4 | Hurricane visualization for tv viewers
Joe Witte, WJLA TV 7, Arlington, VA |
| 12:00 PM | 7.5 | Development prospects are good
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc., State College, PA |
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| 1:30 PM-2:00 PM, Thursday, 205
Panel Discussion 2 Meet the Broadcast Board |
Panelists: David Bernard, WFOR-TV, Miami, FL; Gene A. Norman, Jr., WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA; Jay Prater, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS; Katie Armato, KCTV, Kansas City, MO; Mark Nelsen, KPTV, Portland, OR; Patrick T. Powell, WLUK-TV, Green Bay, WI; Ronald A. Hearst, II, KYTV, Springfield, MO; Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA; Veronica Johnson, NBC4, Washington, DC; Wayne Hart, WEHT-TV, Evansville, IN; Yolanda Amadeo, WALB-TV, Albany, GA
Moderator: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
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| 2:00 PM-2:30 PM, Thursday, 205
Session 8 Professional Development & The Broadcast Board |
Chair: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
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| 2:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, 205
Session 9 The Smartest People In The Newsroom? The Station Scientist |
Chair: Gene A. Norman, Jr., WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA
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| 2:30 PM | 9.1 | Stargazing Highlights in 2007
J. Kelly Beatty, Night Sky Magazine, Cambridge, MA |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall with Raffle
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| 3:30 PM | 9.2 | Station Scientist Workshop
Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV, Detroit, MI; and G. A. Norman |
| 4:45 PM | 9.3 | Your credibility as station scientist
Michael R. Smith, WeatherData, Inc., Wichita, KS; and M. A. Steinberg |
| 5:00 PM | 9.4 | Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science-Helping You be the Station Scientist
Emilie Lorditch, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD; and A. Torres |
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