2014 AMS Washington Forum

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Tuesday, 1 April 2014

7:30 AM-8:00 AM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Breakfast
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

8:00 AM-8:35 AM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Session 1
Call to Order and Welcome
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
8:00 AM
Call to Order -- BEED Chair, Shawn Miller

8:05 AM
Welcome -- by AMS President, Bill Gail

8:10 AM
Remarks about CWCE -- by CWCE Commissioner, Mary Glackin

8:20 AM
Remarks about CWCE Re-organization, by CWCE Past Commissioner, Matt Parker

8:30 AM
Remarks about BEC -- by BEC Chair, Betsy Weatherhead

8:35 AM-10:05 AM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Panel Discussion 1
Leveraging the Enterprise: Strengthening Our Value to Society
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Jacqui Jeras, Good Morning Washington, WJLA-TV
Robert Baron
Robert Baron, President and CEO, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL

Handout (10.3 MB)

Belay B. Demoz
Belay B. Demoz, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD

Handout (4.7 MB)

John Englander
John Englander, President, The Sea Level Institute, Boca Raton, FL

Handout (5.6 MB)

Rear Admiral Anita Lopez
Anita Lopez, Rear Admiral, Deputy Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, Washington, DC

Handout (5.0 MB)

10:05 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Session 2

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Session 3
Sharon Parrott
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Lunch & Networking
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Panel Discussion 2
Commercialization of Weather and Climate Data
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Kevin R. Petty, Vaisala Inc.
Neil Jacobs
Neil Jacobs, Panasonic Weather, Morrisville, NC

Thomas Karl
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Handout (4.6 MB)

Jon Kirchner
Jon Kirchner, President, GeoOptics Inc., Gladwyne, PA

Glenn Tallia
Glenn Tallia, Section Chief, Office of the General Counsel, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (338.8 kB)

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Panel Discussion 3
Impacts of the Changing Arctic
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Rear Admiral David W. Titley, Professor & Director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State Univ.
Bill Eichbaum
Bill Eichbaum, Vice President, Marine and Arctic Policy, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC

Handout (6.7 MB)

Sherri Goodman
Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, SVP, and Chair of the Military Advisory Board of CNA, Alexandria, VA

Handout (3.1 MB)

Julia Gourley
Julia Gourley, Senior Arctic Official, US Department of State, Alexandria, VA

Rear Admiral Jonathan White
Rear Admiral Jonathan White, Oceanographer, US Navy & Director, Space and Maritime Domain Awareness, Washington, DC

Handout (8.1 MB)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Reception (Cash Bar) -- Marriott Metro Center
Location: Grand Ballroom AB (Washington Marriott at Metro Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Tuesday, 1 April 2014


Forum Dinner with Speaker, Dr. Antonio Busalacchi, Director, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland
Location: Grand Ballroom AB (Washington Marriott at Metro Center)

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

8:00 AM-8:25 AM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Breakfast
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

8:25 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Call to Order -- by BEED Chair, Shawn Miller
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Panel Discussion 4
Congressional and Executive Branch Staffers
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Raymond J. Ban, Ban & Associates and Consultant
Fern Gibbons
Fern Gibbons, U.S. Senate - Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, Washington, DC

Sean Houton
Sean Houton, U.S. Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee , Washington, DC

Dan Pearson
Dan Pearson, U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Washington, DC

Dahlia Sokolov
Dahlia Sokolov, U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Washington, DC

Clint Woods
Clint Woods, U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Washington, DC

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Panel Discussion 5
Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate Events on Health
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: John A. Haynes, Program Manager, Applied Sciences Program, Earth Science Division, NASA
Peter Berry
Peter Berry, Senior Policy Analyst, Climate Change and Health Office, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Handout (10.9 MB)

Jose Centeno
Jose Centeno, The Joint Pathology Center, National Capitol Region Medical Directorate, Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic, Joint Base Andrews, MD

Handout (10.2 MB)

Terry Keating
Terry Keating, Office or Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

Handout (1.8 MB)

Rebecca Noe
Rebecca S. Noe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (extreme cold events/public reception and perception of warnings), Atlanta, GA

Handout (1.8 MB)

William Solecki
William Solecki, Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities, Professor, City University of New York, New York, NY

Handout (6.0 MB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Lunch & Networking
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Panel Discussion 6
Space Weather Mitigation: Recovery from a Carrington Event
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Christina Cody, Senior Program Officer - Critical Infrastructure, National Assn. of Regulatory Utility Commissions
Chair: Genene Fisher, Senior Advisor for Space Weather, National Weather Service, NOAA
Madhulika Guhathakurta
Madhulika Guhathakurta, Lead Program Scientist, Living with a Star Program, NASA, Washington, DC

Handout (7.0 MB)

William Lapenta
William Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD

Handout (6.4 MB)

Peter Vincent Pry
Peter Vincent Pry, Task Force on National and Homeland Security, Shelbyville, TN

Lisa Wei
Lisa Wei, AER, Lexington, MA

Handout (5.1 MB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 2 April 2014


Panel Discussion 7
Federal Agency Leads
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL
John Balbus
John Balbus, Senior Advisor for Public Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Handout (9.0 MB)

Olivia Barton Ferriter
Olivia Barton Ferriter, U.S. Geological Survey - Acting Associate Director for Office of Budget, Planning, and Integration, Washington, DC

Handout (13.9 MB)

Mike Freilich
Michael H. Freilich, Earth Science Division Director, NASA, Washington, DC

Handout (11.8 MB)

Louis Uccellini
Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (7.0 MB)

Thursday, 3 April 2014

8:00 AM-8:25 AM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Breakfast
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

8:20 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Remarks and Call to Order
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
8:20 AM
Remarks by BGS Chair and Past BEED Chair, Melinda Marquis

8:25 AM
Remarks by AMS President-Elect, Alexander MacDonald

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Panel Discussion 8
Some Current Capabilities and Future Plans for Surface Transportation Weather Support
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Paul A. Pisano, Team Leader, Road Weather & Work Zone Management, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Jim Kolb
Jim Kolb, U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Washington, DC

Kenneth Leonard
Kenneth Leonard, Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Joint Program Office, RITA, USDOT, Washington, DC

Handout (5.1 MB)

Bob Moran
Bob Moran, CEO/Founder, Weather Telematics Inc., Ottawa, ON, Canada

Handout (26.6 MB)

Andrew Stern
Andrew Stern, Acting Director, Analyze, Forecast and Support Office, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (5.1 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Panel Discussion 9
Water-Energy Nexus
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Angel McCoy, McCoy Environmental Group, Inc.
Kristen Averyt
Kristen B. Averyt, RISA/WWA, Boulder, CO

Handout (27.7 MB)

Camille Coley
Camille Coley, Associate Director, Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC), Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Handout (3.2 MB)

Claudia Copeland
Claudia Copeland, Congressional Research Service, U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Handout (1.2 MB)

Gerald Geernaert
Gerald Geernaert, DOE, Washington, DC

Handout (951.7 kB)

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Lunch & Networking
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Panel Discussion 10
Typhoon Haiyan
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Cory Springer, Director, Weather & Environment Strategic Operations, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Curt Barrett
Curt Barrett, Consultant to USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Westminster, MD

Handout (5.6 MB)

Nicholas Behnken
Nicholas Behnken, Sr. Technical Representative, Pacific Disaster Center, Kihei, HI

Handout (24.4 MB)

Fred Branski
Fred Branski, WMO, President of Commission for Basic Systems, and NWS, International User Requirements Liaison, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (2.1 MB)

David Robinson
David A. Robinson, Professor, Rutgers University and NJ State Climatologist, Piscataway, NJ

Handout (3.5 MB)

2:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


Session 4
Closing Remarks by the BGS Chair and Past BEED Chair, Melinda Marquis
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2014 AMS Washington Forum

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 3 April 2014


AMS 2014 Washington Forum Adjourns
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)