Third Annual CCM Forum

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Sunday, 17 January 2010

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 1
Specialized Services
Location: B214 (GWCC)
Host: Third Annual CCM Forum
Chair: John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc.
  8:30 AM
1.1
Determining hurricane winds for forensic analysis
Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL
  8:45 AM
1.2
Forensic Meteorology & Climatology: A rapidly emerging niche
Elizabeth Austin, WeatherExtreme Ltd., Fallbrook, CA
  9:00 AM
1.3
Climate Change and Professional Consulting: An Insurance Perspective
Kyle Beatty, Willis Re Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and S. Bennett and S. Smith
  9:15 AM
1.4
  9:30 AM
1.5
Panel: Speakers on The evolution of specialized services by CCMs

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 2
Changing Climate of Consulting
Location: B214 (GWCC)
Host: Third Annual CCM Forum
Chair: John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc.
  11:15 AM
2.2
Opportunities for linking climate consulting and climate services
Peter Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  11:45 AM
2.5
Panel: On the changing climate of consulting

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 3
Operational Support
Location: B214 (GWCC)
Host: Third Annual CCM Forum
Chair: John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc.
  1:30 PM
3.1
Census of Private Sector Meteorology
Gale F. Hoffnagle, NCIM, Windsor, CT
  2:00 PM
3.3
Weatherwise, Otherwise, and CCMs
J. Giraytys, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA; and C. Anderson
  2:15 PM
3.4
The Role of the CCM in the Air Quality Industry
Anthony Schroeder, Trinity Consultants, Covington, KY; and G. Schewe

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Joint Session 7
Communication Among Stakeholders That Addresses Issues of Policy, Operations, and New Opportunities
Location: B212 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the First Environment and Health Symposium; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; the Presidential Forum; the Third Annual CCM Forum; and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research )
Chair: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona
  4:00 PM
J7.1
Great expectations: Improving climate data services
Trisha U. Ralph, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and H. Lau and T. H. Sopoco
  4:15 PM
J7.2
Customer satisfaction at NOAA's NESDIS data centers
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
  4:30 PM
J7.3
Applied climatology guidance for development of Army materiel for world wide use
Charles C. Ryerson, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and L. Spears, G. Stullenbarger, and L. Page
  4:45 PM
J7.4
NOAA Climate Users Engagement Using Training and Education Activities
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Verdin, J. Jones, and R. S. Pulwarty
  5:15 PM
J7.6
Beyond the boundary: it takes a village to provide climate services
Daniel Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Owen

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 (GWCC)