Session 2016 AMS Washington Forum

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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


Breakfast
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

9:00 AM-9:20 AM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


Plenary Session
Call to Order and Welcome
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
9:00 AM
Call to Order — Shawn Miller, BEED and Program Committee Chair

9:05 AM
CWWCE Remarks — Bill Mahoney, CWWCE Commissioner

9:08 AM
BEC Remarks — Doug Hilderbrand, BEC Chair

9:11 AM
Welcome — Fred Carr, AMS President

9:14 AM
Introduction of Student Rapporteur Teams

9:20 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


Session
Keynote Speaker
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Speaker: DJ Patil, Chief Data Scientist from the Office of Science and Technology
9:20 AM
DJ Patil
DJ Patil, Chief Data Scientist from the Office of Science and Technology, Washington, DC

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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Theme Session
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Erica A. Grow, WNBC-TV
Panelists: Elijah Hutchinson, New York City Economic Development Corporation; Robert M Rauber, Univ. of Illinois; Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang/The Washington Post; Arthur Charo, National Research Council
10:30 AM
Hutchinson
Elijah Hutchinson, New York City Economic Development Corporation, New York, NY
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10:45 AM
Rauber
Robert M. Rauber, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

11:00 AM
Fritz
Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang/The Washington Post, Washington, DC
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11:15 AM
Charo
Arthur Charo, National Research Council, Washington, DC
PDF file

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


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

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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Water Resources
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Curt Barrett, USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
Panelists: Thomas Graziano, NOAA/NWS; James D. Rufo-Hill, City of Seattle; Richard Wright, American Society for Civil Engineers; Margaret Walls, Resources for the Future
1:00 PM
Water Resources Intro -- Curtis Barrett
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1:15 PM
Graziano
Thomas Graziano, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
PDF file

1:30 PM
Learning from Seattle's Recent Extreme Weather
James Rufo Hill, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA
PDF file

1:45 PM
Walls
Margaret A. Walls, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
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2:00 PM
Wright, Adapting Infrastructure and Civil Engineering Practice to a Changing Climate
Richard Wright, American Society for Civil Engineers, Reston, VA
PDF file

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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Space Weather
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: William J. Murtagh, NOAA
Panelists: Frank Koza, PJM Interconnectors; Sten Odenwald, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center; Mark MacAlester, FEMA; Thomas H. Fahey III, Delta Airlines
3:00 PM
Risks of Space Weather -- William Murtagh
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3:15 PM
MacAlester - Preparing the Nation for the Risks of Extreme Space Weather
Mark MacAlester, FEMA, Washington, DC
PDF file

3:30 PM
Fahey
Thomas H. Fahey III, Delta Airlines, Atlanta, GA
PDF file

3:45 PM
Odenwald
Sten Odenwald,
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4:00 PM
Koza
Frank Koza, PJM Interconnectors
PDF file

4:30 PM-4:50 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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A Few Words from Academia, Maryland University Students
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
4:30 PM
Message from Acedamia -- University of Maryland
PDF file

Closing Comments

5:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


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

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 April 2016


Forum Dinner
Location: Washington Marriott at Metro Center
Speaker: William Hohenstein, Director of the Climate Change Program Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016


Breakfast
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016


Session
Congressional Staffers
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather, Inc
Panelists: Taylor Jordan, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Pamitha Weerasinghe, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Sara Gonzalez-Rothi Kronenthal, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation; Fern Gibbons, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
8:30 AM
Jordan
Taylor Jordan, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

8:45 AM
Weerasinghe
Pamitha Weerasinghe, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

9:00 AM
Gonzalez-Rothi Kronenthal
Sara Gonzalez-Rothi Kronenthal, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation

9:15 AM
Gibbons
Fern Gibbons, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

10:45 AM-11:05 AM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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A Few Words from Academia, Howard University Students and Opening Remarks
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
10:45 AM
Comments — Matt Parker, President-Elect
PDF file

11:05 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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COP21 Impacts
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Speaker: Tamara Dickinson, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy
11:05 AM
Dickinson
Tamara Dickinson, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC
PDF file

11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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A Few Words from Academia, Millersville University Students
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
11:45 AM
Message from Acedamia -- Millersville University
PDF file

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016


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

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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Renewable Energy
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Melinda Marquis, NOAA
Panelists: Michael Goggin, American Wind Energy Association; John Moore, Natural Resources Defense Council/Sustainable FERC Project; Charlie Smith, Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group; Christopher T. Clack, University of Colorado
1:00 PM
Renewable Energy Intro -- Michael Goggin
PDF file

1:15 PM
Goggin
Michael Goggin, American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC
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1:30 PM
Moore
John Moore, Natural Resources Defense Council/Sustainable FERC Project, Washington, DC
PDF file

1:45 PM
Smith
Charlie Smith, Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group, Reston, VA
PDF file

2:00 PM
Clack
Christopher T. Clack, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
PDF file

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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The Value of Open Data and Big Data to the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Edward J. Kearns, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI
Panelists: Barry Lee Myers, AccuWeather, Inc.; Mary M. Glackin, The Weather Company; Laura Furgione, NWS; Berrien Moore III, National Weather Center/Univ. of Oklahoma
3:00 PM
Myers
Barry Lee Myers, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA
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3:15 PM
Glackin
Mary M. Glackin, The Weather Company, Washington, DC
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3:30 PM
Berrien
Berrien Moore III, National Weather Center/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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3:45 PM
Furgione
Laura Furgione, NWS, Silver Spring, MD
PDF file

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016

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Challenge.gov Program
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Jennifer Gustetic, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Open Innovation
4:30 PM
Harnessing the Ingenuity of the Public to Accelerate Science and Technology Innovation
Jennifer Gustetic, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Open Innovation, Washington, DC
PDF file

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Wednesday, 13 April 2016


Session
Closing Remarks
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum

Thursday, 14 April 2016

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8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 14 April 2016


Breakfast
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 14 April 2016

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Arctic Security
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: John M. Lanicci, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.
Panelists: Adrianna Muir, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Noor Johnson, Smithsonian Institution; Martin Jeffries, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; David Kennedy, NOAA
9:00 AM
Artic Security -- Dr. John M. Lanicci
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9:15 AM
Jeffries
Martin Jeffries, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC
PDF file

9:30 AM
Kennedy
David Kennedy, NOAA, Washington, DC
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9:45 AM
Johnson
Noor Johnson, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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10:00 AM
Muir
Adrianna Muir, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Washington, DC
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10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 14 April 2016


Coffee Break
Location: Foyer (AAAS Building)

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 14 April 2016

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Federal Agency Leads
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
Moderator: Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma
Panelists: Richard Spinrad, NOAA; Michael H. Freilich, NASA; Gary Geernaert, US Department of Energy; Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force
11:00 AM
Spinrad
Richard Spinrad, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
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11:15 AM
Freilich
Michael H. Freilich, NASA, Washington, DC
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11:30 AM
Geernaert
Gary Geernaert, US Department of Energy, Washington, DC
PDF file

11:45 AM
Stoffler
Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC
PDF file

12:30 PM-12:35 PM: Thursday, 14 April 2016


Session
Closing Remarks
Location: Auditorium (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum

12:35 PM-1:00 PM: Thursday, 14 April 2016


Session
Lunch
Location: Abelson/Haskins (AAAS Building)
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum

1:00 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 14 April 2016


Session
AMS 2016 Washington Forum Adjourns
Host: 2016 AMS Washington Forum
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