Weather-Ready Nation Networking Event

Thursday, 10 January 2013: 12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Ballroom E (Austin Convention Center)
Host: First Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs:
Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc., Laurel, MD; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS, Strategic Planning and Policy, Silver Spring, MD; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc., Halethorpe, MD and Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS, NWS Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD

When it comes to building a Weather-Ready Nation, it literally "takes a village", and the lifeblood of the Weather-Ready Nation initiative is the next generation of scientists. The co-chairs of the 1st Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation's Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events cordially invite you to participate in a networking opportunity at noon on Thursday January 10th. Lunch will be provided courtesy of Mike Eilts, President and CEO of Weather Decision Technologies. Dr. Susan Jasko, Professor of Communications in the Department of Communications Studies at the University of California at Pennsylvania, will kick off the networking session, and professionals closest to the Weather-Ready Nation initiative in the public, private and academic sectors will be participating to engage students on awareness of the Weather-Ready Nation initiative, and answer any questions about additional ways students can get involved in Weather-Ready Nation activities.

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