Session 1 |
| | Welcome and Keynote |
| | Cochairs: Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
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| 8:30 AM | 1.1 | Introductions (Logistics & Conference Format) 
James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and G. K. Davis |
| 8:45 AM | 1.2 | Welcome / Conference Overview / Goals (Invited Speaker)
Abigail Harper, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:00 AM | 1.3 | GOES: a Key Component of GEOSS (Invited Speaker)
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:15 AM | 1.4 | GOES (End) Users: Who They Are, How They Matter, What They'll Need, and Why They'll Pay (Invited Speaker)
William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC |
| 9:45 AM | 1.5 | Geostationary satellites in a WMO perspective
Jerome Lafeuille, WMO Space Programme, Geneva, Switzerland |