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Doubletree Hotel Washington
1515 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Terrace Ballroom
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
6:00 to 7:30 PM Welcome Reception. All participants and attendees are invited.
Thursday, March 9, 2006
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast. All participants and attendees are invited.
8:25 AM Call to Order. Master of Ceremonies: Bill Mahoney, Director, Weather Systems & Assessment Program, NCAR Research Applications Laboratory; Chair, AMS Board on Enterprise Economic Development, and member of the Executive Committee of the AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise.
8:30 AM Welcome. Speaker: Franco Einaudi, AMS President and Director, NASA Earth-Sun Exploration Division, Goddard Space Flight Center
Session 1: Agency Initiatives, Plans, and Opportunities
Session Chair: Bill Bergen, Raytheon Company
Each of the agency speakers are asked to look ahead one to five years and identify future programs and initiatives that may lead to business opportunities for AMS Corporate Members.
8:45 AM NOAA Initiatives and Plans. Jack Kelly, Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Suggested topics: IOOS, GEOSS, climate services, satellite program status, budget outlook
9:15 AM NOAA – Open Discussion (10 min)
9:25 AM NASA Earth Science Initiatives and Plans. Jack Kaye, Director, R&A Program, Earth-Sun System Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA. Suggested topics: Status of the Earth-Sun science programs, satellite programs, opportunities for public/private partnerships, budget outlook
9:55 AM NASA – Open Discussion (10 min)
10:05 AM Status of the Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center. Bruce Davis, Department of Homeland Security. Suggested topics: Emerging meteorological science and service opportunities, critical infrastructure protection, countermeasure portfolios, emergency preparedness and response
10:35 AM DHS – Open Discussion (10 min)
10:45 AM Break
Session 2: The American Competitiveness Initiative - Panel Discussion
In December 2004, the Council on Competitiveness published a report titled “Innovate America” that concluded that innovation will be the single most important factor in determining America’s success in the 21st century. Legislation designed to enhance America’s world competitiveness has been introduced in the House and Senate and during the State of the Union address President Bush introduced an American Competitiveness Initiative. Panelists each have 10 minutes for an opening statement and/or presentation outlining issues, industry reports, and administration and congressional activities related to these initiatives.
11:00 AM Panel Discussion. Moderator: Brenda Philips, University of Massachusetts
-- Dan Byers, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
-- Peter Rooney, Deputy Chief of Staff (Majority), House Committee on Science
-- Toby Smith, Associate Director of Federal Relations, Association of American Universities
-- Jim Wilson, Democratic Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Science
12:00 PM Luncheon - Guest Speaker: Ashok Kaveeshwar, Administrator, USDOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). Introduced by Franco Einaudi
Session 3: Legislative Topics Panel Discussion
1:30 PM Moderator: Ron McPherson, Executive Director Emeritus, AMS
Each panelist has 5-10 minutes for an opening statement. This will be followed by a 30 min discussion period of legislative news and issues relating to the Weather and Climate Enterprise with emphasis on progress made on programs and pending legislation that may provide opportunities for AMS members. Suggested topics include, progress on NOAA’s Organic Act, reprioritization of NASA’s Earth Science Program, homeland security issues, hurricane response, and the Federal budget outlook for weather and climate related activities. The panelists:
-- Amy Carroll, Staff Director (Majority); Environment, Technology, and Standards Subcommittee of the Science Committee of the U.S House of Representatives
-- Jean Fruci, Professional Staff Member (Minority); Environment, Technology, and Standards Subcommittee of the Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
-- Tom Jones, Staff Director (Majority); Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee of the U.S. Senate
3:00 PM Break
Session 4: Coping with Hazards – Panel Discussion
3:20 PM Panel Discussion. Moderator: Jon Malay, Director with Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Recent global and U.S. experience with a range of hazards – tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, avian flu, and many others – is driving extensive rethinking across federal, state, and local governments and the private sector about coping strategies. This panel describes activities and initiatives underway in NOAA, and across the federal government more generally, as well as a mix of private-sector and government activities following the December AMS- Space Enterprise Council- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Policy Forum on Building America’s Resilience to Hazards held in December 2005. Panelists each have 10 minutes for an opening statement and/or presentation. The panelists:
-- Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center
-- Gene Whitney, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
-- Bill Hooke, Director, AMS Policy Program
4:50 PM Wrap-Up Day 1, Bill Mahoney
5:00 PM Adjourn for the day.
5:30 PM Reception. All participants and attendees are invited.
6:00 PM Dinner Banquet. All participants and attendees are invited. Guest Speaker: Paul Pisano, Road Weather Team Leader, Office of Transportation Operations, Federal Highway Administration. Topic: The Use of Vehicles as Weather and Road Condition Probes
Friday, March 10, 2005
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast. All participants and attendees are invited.
8:25 AM Call to Order. Master of Ceremonies: Bill Mahoney, Chair, AMS Board on Enterprise Economic Development
Session 5: Agency Program Updates
Session Chair: Josh Foster, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and NOAA Climate Program Office
Each agency speaker is asked to look ahead one to five years and identify future programs and initiatives that may lead to business opportunities for AMS Corporate Members.
8:30 AM Joint Planning & Development Office – Aviation Weather Services for 2025, Kevin Johnston, Forecasts Team Leader in the Joint Planning and Development Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
9:00 AM The National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD), Glenn Austin, Digital Services Transition Manager, NOAA/NWS
9:30 AM Global Earth Observing Systems of Systems (GEOSS), Carroll Hood, GEOSS Chief Architect, Raytheon
10:00 AM Department of Commerce Critical Infrastructure Protection – Dave Jarrell, Program Manager, Department of Commence Critical Infrastructure Program
10:30 AM Break
Session 6: NOAA Climate Services – Panel Discussion
10:50 AM Moderator: Veronica Johnson, NBC-4 Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program held a workshop on Climate Science in Support of Decision Making in November 2005 to discuss the capability of climate science to inform decision makers. NOAA, an active participant in the CCSP, is currently exploring options to provide such information and is seeking input on this topic from the weather and climate community. In particular, NOAA has asked AMS to help organize a series of meetings to discuss how the community as a whole can work together to improve the provision of climate information services to the nation. Planning is starting for the first Climate Services Community Meeting.
Panelists will each have 10 minutes for an opening statement and/or presentation outlining current activities, plans, requirements, and issues. The panelists:
Rick Rosen, Senior Science Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce, NOAA
Jim Cooper, Director of Business Development, EarthSat Weather, MDS Federal, Inc.
Mariana Leckner, Emergency Management Planner, New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and representative of the National Hydrologic Warning Council’s East Coast Users Group
Judah Cohen, Scientist, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
12:15 PM Wrap-Up. Bill Mahoney
12:30 PM Corporate Forum Adjourns
Informal Post Meeting Discussion
CWCE’s Boards on Enterprise Communication and Enterprise Economic Development invite all Corporate Forum attendees and participants to stay for lunch and participate in an informal post-meeting discussion. We would appreciate your ideas about what worked in this meeting, and what didn’t work, as well as your suggestions for improving future meetings. A buffet lunch will be available. If you plan to join the discussion, please let us know when you check in.
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