Session 2018 AMS Washington Forum

Program Chairs: Heidi Centola , Board of Enterprise Economic Development ; Thomas Fahy , Washington Forum Planning Committee

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Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Breakfast
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

9:00 AM-9:25 AM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Session
Call to Order and Welcome
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
9:00 AM
Call to Order (Heidi Centola, BEED Chair)

9:05 AM
CWWCE Remarks (Pam Emch, Commission on the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise -- CWWCE Commissioner)

9:10 AM
BEC Remarks (Jon Porter, Chair — Board of Enterprise Communications with Preview of the Summer Community Meeting in Boulder)

9:15 AM
Forum Preview (Tom Fahy, AMS Washington Forum Planning Committee)

9:20 AM
Welcome from the AMS President (Roger Wakimoto)

9:25 AM-10:15 AM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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Keynote Speaker
NOAA Keynote: Hon. Tim Gallaudet, RDML USN (ret.) Acting Under-Secretary of Commerce for Oceans & Atmosphere
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Keynote: Timothy Gallaudet, NOAA
9:25 AM
NOAA 2018 Update To The American Meteorological Society, Washington Forum -- Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, PhD, USN Ret.
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10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Networking Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:50 AM-12:20 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 1
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: William (Monty) Graham, University of Southern Mississippi
10:50 AM
Achieving a Maritime Weather Ready Nation: Challenges and Opportunities
Thomas J. Cuff, NOAA/NWS/Ocean Prediction Center, College Park, MD
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11:05 AM
Sinead Louise Farrell
Sinead L. Farrell, University of Maryland - Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), College Park, MD
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11:20 AM
Ocean Monitoring and Prediction at Surfline, Inc.
Mark C. Willis, Surfline/Wavetrak Inc., Nags Head, NC
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11:35 AM
F. Marty Ralph
F. Martin Ralph, SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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11:50 AM
Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences: Opportunities for Increased Societal Benefits -- Monty Graham
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12:20 PM-1:20 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Lunch and Networking
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

1:30 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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Session
AMS Student Members: University of Maryland Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science - Graduate Program
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
1:30 PM
Atmospheric & Oceanic Science MetoGrads -- Shaun Thomas Howe
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1:45 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 2
Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies & Applications
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Michael Van Woert, The Aerospace Corporation
1:45 PM
Saildrone: Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Ocean Data Collection at Scale
Sebastien de Halleux, Saildrone, Inc., Alameda, CA
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2:00 PM
Integrated Ocean Observing to Meet Societal Needs
Kathleen E. Bailey, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD
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2:15 PM
The NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group: Satellite-based Remote Sensing of the Ocean
Frederick S. Patt, Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Greenbelt, MD
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2:30 PM
Technologies and Applications in Support of the New Blue Economy
Richard Spinrad, Marine Technology Society (MTS), Washington, DC
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3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Networking Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:45 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Panel Discussion 3
Meet the NOAA Leadership Team
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Erica A. Grow, WNBC-TV
3:45 PM
Stuart Levenbach
Stuart Levenbach, NOAA Chief of Staff -- Office of the Acting Under-Secretary of Commerce, Washington, DC

3:57 PM
Kevin Wheeler
Kevin Wheeler, NOAA Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Washington, DC

4:09 PM
Wendy Lewis
Wendy Lewis, NOAA Director of Legislative Affairs, Washington, DC

4:21 PM
Brandon Elsner
Brandon Elsner, NOAA Senior Policy Advisor, Washington, DC

4:33 PM
Taylor Jordan
Taylor Jordan, NOAA Senior Policy Advisor, Washington, DC

4:45 PM
Julie Kay Roberts
Julie Kay Roberts, NOAA Director of Communications, Washington, DC

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Session
Closing Comments Day 1 (Heidi Centola, BEED Chair)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum

5:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Reception (Cash Bar) at the Marriott Metro Center
Location: Washington Marriott at Metro Center

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Banquet with Keynote Speaker: Dr. Margaret Leinen
Location: Washington Marriott at Metro Center
Speaker: Margaret S. Leinen, Scripps Oceanographic Institute; University of California at San Diego

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018


Breakfast
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 4
Autonomous Vehicles and Hyper-local Weather Data
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Donald H. Berchoff, TruWeather Solutions
8:30 AM
Andy Alden
Andy Alden, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

8:45 AM
Craig Marris
Craig Marris, Coretex, San Diego, CA
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9:00 AM
Meghan Conway
Meghan E. Conway, TruWeather Solutions, Albany, NY
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9:15 AM
Drive and/or Ride Safely Whatever the Weather -- William P. Mahoney III
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10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018


Networking Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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Keynote Speaker
Weather Enterprise Keynote: Dr. Antonio Busalacchi
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Keynote: Antonio Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
10:30 AM
BEYOND THE ATMOSPHERE S2S as an example of Earth system prediction -- ANTONIO J. BUSALACCHI
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11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 5
Business Continuity and Risk Management
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Heidi Centola, The Weather Company | IBM Watson & Cloud Platform
11:00 AM
Matthew Lanza
Matt Lanza, Cheniere Energy, Houston, TX
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11:15 AM
Kevin Cei
Kevin Cei, RMS, Hoboken, NJ
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11:30 AM
Lucas McDonald
Lucas McDonald, Walmart, Bentonville, AR
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12:30 PM-12:45 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018


Session
AMS Student Members: Howard University - NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum

12:45 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018


Lunch and Networking
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

1:50 PM-2:50 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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Session
Executive Briefing: Sandra A. Cauffman
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Speaker: Sandra Cauffman, NASA
1:50 PM
Science from Satellites in Service to Society NASA's Earth Science Division -- Sandra A. Cauffman
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2:50 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018


Networking Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:15 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 6
Greatest Observational Needs: A Community Survey and the Path Forward
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma
3:15 PM
Keynote Address
Hon. Neil A. Jacobs, NOAA -- Office of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction
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3:30 PM
Community Survey on Observational Needs
Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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3:45 PM
Karen St. Germain
Karen St. Germain, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Silver Spring, MD
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3:55 PM
Sandra A. Cauffman
Sandra Cauffman, NASA, Washington, DC
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4:05 PM
Joseph A. Pica
Joseph Pica, NOAA National Weather Service, Office on Observations, Silver Spring, MD
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4:15 PM
Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr., VADM USN (ret.)
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, GeoOptics, Pasadena, CA
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5:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018

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Session
AMS Student Members: Millersville University -- Master of Science in Integrated Scientific Applications
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
5:00 PM
M.S in Integrated Scientific Applications -- Sheila-Ruth A.
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5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Wednesday, 25 April 2018


Session
Closing Comments Day 2 (Heidi Centola, BEED Chair)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum

Thursday, 26 April 2018

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8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 26 April 2018


Breakfast
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

9:00 AM-9:15 AM: Thursday, 26 April 2018

Recording files available
Keynote Speaker
Ocean Enterprise Keynote: Hon. Jon White, RADM USN (ret.)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Keynote: Jonathan White, Consortium on Ocean Leadership
9:00 AM
The Ocean Enterprise -- Jon White, RADM, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
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9:15 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 26 April 2018

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Session
AMS Student Members: University of Maryland Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science - Undergraduate Program
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
9:15 AM
UMD Undergraduate Program -- Dr. Canty
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9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 26 April 2018


Session 7
Congressional Staffers
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Meg Thompson, Federal Science Partners
9:30 AM
Fern Gibbons
Fern Gibbons, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee -- Subcommittee on Oceans & Atmosphere, Fisheries and USCG

9:45 AM
Pamitha D. Weerasinghe
Pamitha Weerasinghe, House Science, Space and Technology Committee -- Subcommittee on Environment

10:00 AM
Charles Kolo Rathburn
Kolo Rathburn, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Washington, DC

10:15 AM
Blaise Sheridan
Blaise Sheridan, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Washington, DC

10:30 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 26 April 2018


Short Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 26 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 8
Beyond the 5-day forecast -- American Industry Using Weather & Climate Data for Business Growth
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Morgan Reed, The App Association
10:45 AM
Steve Woll
Steve Woll, Synoptic Data
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11:00 AM
Steven Brumpy
Steven Brumpy, Descartes Labs, Santa Fe, NM
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11:15 AM
Rich Sorkin
Rich Sorkin, Jupiter Intel, Silicon Valley, CA
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11:30 AM
Jonathan C. Porter
Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA
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12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 26 April 2018


Lunch and Networking
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 26 April 2018

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 9
Federal Agency Leadership
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Rich Spaulding, Earth Networks
1:15 PM
Gary Geerneart
Gary Geernaert, DOE Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, Washington, DC
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1:30 PM
Louis Uccellini
Louis Uccellini, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD
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1:45 PM
Russell Callendar
Russell Callender, NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS), Silver Spring, MD
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2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 26 April 2018


Networking Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 26 April 2018

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Panel Discussion 10
Infrastructure Requirements for the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (Public Law 115:25)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics
3:15 PM
Nick Powell
Nicolas Powell, Raytheon Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
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3:30 PM
Bob Goldhammer
Robert Goldhammer, WeatherCall Services, LLC, Parker, CO
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3:45 PM
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., VADM USN (ret.)
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, GeoOptics, Pasadena, CA
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4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 26 April 2018


Session
AWF Closing Remarks (Pam Emch, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems and Tom Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2018 AMS Washington Forum
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