88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 1: Welcome and Keynote

Wednesday, 23 January 2008: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS and James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office
Papers:
  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

  9:45 AM
1.5
Geostationary satellites in a WMO perspective
Jerome Lafeuille, WMO Space Programme, Geneva, Switzerland