Session 2019 AMS Washington Forum

Program Chairs: Heidi Centola , The Weather Company, An IBM Business ; Thomas Fahy , Capitol Meteorologics

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Wednesday, 27 March 2019

8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Breakfast
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

9:00 AM-9:25 AM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Session
Call to Order and Welcome
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
9:00 AM
Call to Order (Heidi Centola, BEED Chair)
Heidi Centola, The Weather Company, An IBM Business, Phoenix, AZ

9:05 AM
Forum Preview (Tom Fahy, AWF Planning Committee Chair)
Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics, Washington, DC

9:10 AM
BEC Remarks (Jon Porter, BEC Chair with SCM preview)
Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA

9:15 AM
CWWCE Remarks (Pam Emch, CWWCE Commissioner)
Pam Emch, Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA

9:20 AM
Welcome from the AMS President (Jenni Evans)
Jenni L. Evans, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

9:25 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Keynote Speaker
Administration Leadership Keynote
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
9:25 AM
Hon. Kelvin K. Droegemeier
Kelvin Droegemeier, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:50 AM-12:20 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Session 1
Agribusiness and Smart Farming -- The Importance of Weather Prediction for Future Farming and Sustainability
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Chair: Heidi Centola, The Weather Company, An IBM Business
Moderator: Heidi Centola, The Weather Company, An IBM Business
10:50 AM
Brad Colman
Brad Colman, Bayer Crop Sciences - The Climate Corporation, Seattle, WA

11:00 AM
Weather's Impact on Agriculture and Financial Markets
Chris Alston, Kraft Heinz, Chicago, IL

11:10 AM
John Manobianco
John Manobianco, BASF, Bellefonte, PA

12:20 PM-1:20 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Lunch and Networking
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

1:30 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Session
Peering Through the Looking Glass: Preparing Alice for the Next Gen Weather Business Enterprise
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
1:30 PM
Richard D. Clark
Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA

1:45 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Keynote Speaker
NOAA Leadership Keynote
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Keynote: Hon. Timothy Gallaudet
1:45 PM
Hon. Timothy Gallaudet
Timothy Gallaudet, NOAA, Washington, DC

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:00 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Session
University of Maryland (Undergraduate Students)- College Park, MD
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
3:00 PM
University of Maryland (Undergraduate Students)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Session 2
Session 2: NOAA Leadership Team
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Joel Widder, Federal Science Partners
3:15 PM
Stuart Levenbach
Stuart Levenbach, NOAA Chief of Staff -- Office of the Acting NOAA Administrator, Washington, DC

3:30 PM
Kevin Wheeler
Kevin Wheeler, NOAA Director of Policy, Washington, DC

3:45 PM
Taylor Jordan
Taylor Jordan, NOAA Senior Policy Advisor, Washington, DC

4:00 PM
Kevin M. O’Connell
Kevin O’Connell, NOAA Office of Space Commerce, Washington, DC

4:15 PM
Julie Kay Roberts
Julie Kay Roberts, NOAA Deputy Chief of Staff, Washington, DC

4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Session
Closing Comments for Day 1 (Heidi)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

5:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


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

6:00 PM-8:30 PM: Wednesday, 27 March 2019


Banquet with Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan K. Avery
Location: Grand Ballroom AB (Washington Marriott at Metro Center)
6:00 PM
Susan K. Avery
Susan K. Avery, Avery Consulting, LLC

Thursday, 28 March 2019

7:45 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Breakfast
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session 3
Hurricane Resiliency: Protecting American Life and Property from Storms of the Future
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Cochairs: Erica A. Grow, CBM: WNBC-TV; Yaitza Luna-Cruz, Jupiter Intelligence; Donald H. Berchoff, TruWeather Solutions
Moderator: Erica A. Grow, CBM: WNBC-TV
8:30 AM
Ada Monzon
Ada Monzón, CBM -- Chief Meteorologist, WIPR-TV and Univision Radio, San Juan, PR

8:45 AM
Leslie Chapman-Henderson
Leslie Chapman-Henderson, FLASH (Federal Alliance for Safe Homes), Tallahassee, FL

9:00 AM
Debra Ballen
Debra Ballen, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, Tampa, FL

9:15 AM
Mark Bove
Mark Bove, Munich Reinsurance, Princeton, NJ

10:00 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session
Millersville University (Masters in Integrated Scientific Applications) - Millersville, PA
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
10:00 AM

10:10 AM-10:20 AM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Quick Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:20 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session
Are We There Yet? Measuring the Atmosphere from Space, Then and Now
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Jamison Hawkins, Lockheed Martin
10:20 AM
Jamison Hawkins
Jamison Hawkins, Lockheed Martin, Arlington, VA

10:35 AM
Anne Connor
Anne Connor, Harris Corp., Herndon, VA

10:50 AM
Martin Frederick
Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman, Falls Church, VA

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session 4
Augmented Weather Applications from Artificial Intelligence
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Chair: Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics
Moderator: Daniel Rothenberg, ClimaCell Inc.
11:00 AM
Daniel Rothenberg
Daniel Rothenberg, ClimaCell Inc., Boston, MA

11:15 AM
Sarvesh Garimella
Sarvesh Garimella, ACME AtronOmatic, LLC, Portland, OR

11:30 AM
Shawn W. Miller
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO

11:45 AM
Mary Glackin
Mary Glackin, The Weather Company, An IBM Business, Washington, DC

12:00 PM
Rich Sorkin
Rich Sorkin, Jupiter Intelligence, Silicon Valley, CA

12:30 PM-1:00 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session
NOAA Leadership Keynote
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
12:30 PM
Hon. Neil A. Jacobs
Neil A. Jacobs, Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Lunch and Networking
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

2:00 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session
Space-based Environmental Intelligence for Ocean Needs
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Cory Springer, Ball Aerospace
2:00 PM
Cory Springer
Cory Springer, Ball Aerospace, Arlington, VA

2:15 PM
Carlos Del Castillo
Carlos Del Castillo, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

2:30 PM
Joellen L. Russell
Joellen L. Russell, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2:45 PM
CAPT A. J. Reiss
A.J Reiss, USN, ONR Code 32 Military Deputy, Norfolk, VA

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session 5
Weather Decision Support for Mariners: Improving Maritime Safety and Strengthening National and Economic Security
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Chair: Thomas J. Cuff, Ocean Prediction Center and Weather Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS
Moderator: Kathryn Gilbert, Ocean Prediction Center and Weather Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS
3:15 PM
Helen Brohl
Helen Brohl, U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System, Washington, DC

3:30 PM
Rear Admiral Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, NOAA Corps, Office of Coast Survey, NOAA, Silver Spring,, MD

3:45 PM
Joseph Sienkiewicz
Joseph Sienkiewicz, NOAA Ocean Prediction Center, College Park, MD

4:00 PM
Commander Heather Quilenderino
Heather Quilenderino, U.S. National Ice Center / Naval Ice Center, Washington, DC

4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session
University of Maryland (Graduate Students)- College Park, MD
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
4:45 PM
University of Maryland (Graduate Students)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

5:00 PM-5:15 PM: Thursday, 28 March 2019


Session
Closing Comments for Day 2 (Heidi)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum

Friday, 29 March 2019

7:45 AM-8:30 AM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Breakfast
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Session 6
Engaging the Enterprise: Ways to Expand Impact
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Chair: Zdenka Willis, Veraison Consulting LLC
Moderator: Lawrence Friedl, NASA, NASA Applied Sciences Program and USGEO co-chair agency
8:30 AM
Lawrence Friedl
Lawrence Friedl, NASA, NASA Applied Sciences Program and USGEO co-chair agency, Washington, DC

8:45 AM
Ann Bartuska
Ann Bartuska, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC

9:00 AM
Anthony Burn
Anthony Burn, Radiant Earth Foundation, Washington, DC

9:15 AM
Kevin Pomfret
Kevin Pomfret, The Centre for Spatial Law and Policy, Tysons, VA

9:30 AM
Erik Noble
Erik Noble, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC

9:45 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 29 March 2019

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Session 7
Session 7: (Congressional Staffers) Discuss Legislation
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Mike S. Henry, American Institute of Physics

11:00 AM-11:15 AM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Short Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

11:15 AM-12:30 PM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Session 8
Value of Weather Information and Services
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Cochairs: Jennifer Sprague-Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Wendy Marie Thomas, NOAA/NWS
Moderator: Jennifer Sprague-Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS
11:15 AM
William H. Hooke
William Hooke, AMS Associate Executive Director, Washington, DC

11:30 AM
Jeffrey Lazo
Jeffrey Lazo, Jeffrey K. Lazo Consulting LLC, Gunnison, CO

11:45 AM
Brian Golding
Brian W. Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

12:00 PM
Monica Grasso
Monica Grasso, Office of the Chief Economist, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

12:15 PM
Jeremy Weirich
Jeremy Weirich, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Washington, DC

12:30 PM-1:30 PM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Lunch
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Session 9
Federal Agency Leadership
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum
Chair: Keith Seitter, Executive Director, American Meteorological Society
Moderator: Rob Mitrevski, Environmental Solutions at Harris Corporation
1:30 PM
Louis Uccellini
Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

1:45 PM
Ralph Stoffler
Ralph O. Stoffler, Director of Weather, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC

2:00 PM
Sandra Alba Cauffman
Sandra Alba Cauffman, Acting Earth Science Division Director, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC

3:00 PM-3:10 PM: Friday, 29 March 2019


Session
Closing Remarks (Pam and Tom)
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2019 AMS Washington Forum