Preliminary agenda

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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Session Time Session Details Room
7:00 - Registration Desk Open
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome, James Frew, ESIP Federation President Phillips
8:45 - 10:15 Federal Agency Panel on Science Supporting Decision Making - Pai-Yei Whung, EPA Chief Scientist, Mike Freilich, Earth Science Division Director,NASA, Mary Kicza,NOAA/NESDIS Assistant Administrator, Bryant Cramer, USGS Associate Director for Geography Phillips
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Decision Maker Panel from the Field: National - Regional - Local - Panelists: Pamela Whitney, US House Science and Technology Committee; Caitlin Simpson, NOAA RISA Program; Roy Rasmussen, NCAR Research Applications Lab; Brad Quayle, US Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center; Linda Mearns, Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment, NCAR Phillips
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch, with speaker - Sheril Kirshenbaum, "How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future" National (2nd floor)
1:30 - 3:00
Environmental Decision Making
(Phillips)
Data Preservation/ Stewardship
(Corcoran)
Air Quality
(Freer A)
Water
(Freer B)
Climate Literacy/Education
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:45
Environmental Decision Making
(Phillips)
Data Preservation/ Stewardship
(Corcoran)
Air Quality
(Freer A)
Water
(Freer B)
Climate Literacy/Education
4:45 - 6:00 Poster Session
6:00 - 8:00 Poster Session and Reception National

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Session Time Session Details Room
7:30 - 5:00 Registration Desk Open
8:30 - 9:30 Jake F. Weltzin, Executive Director, USA National Phenology Network (USGS) Phillips
9:30 - 10:30 Rich Engel, Director, Climate Change and State Stability Program, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Phillips
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 ESIP Federation Business Meeting Phillips
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch

[NASA Tech Infusion Working Group gather in Freer]

2:00 - 3:30
Environmental Decision Making
(Phillips)
Data Preservation/ Stewardship
(Corcoran)
Air Quality
(Freer A)
Water
(Freer B)
Climate Literacy/Education
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:30
Environmental Decision Making
(Phillips)
Data Preservation/ Stewardship
(Corcoran)
Air Quality
(Freer A)
Water
(Freer B)
Climate Literacy/Education
5:30 - 6:30 NASA Tech Infusion Working Group Corcoran B

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Session Time Session Details Room
7:30 - 3:00 Registration Desk Open
8:30 - 9:30 Committee, Working Group, and Cluster Meetings To Be Assigned
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 12:00 Joint Session: Environmental Decision Making Forum combining all breakout groups
Reports from each breakout on application-specific Decision Making needs (45 min)
Return to breakouts by application area (air, water, disaster mgmt, etc.) (60 min)
Report back to all (15 min)
Phillips
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00
Environmental Decision Making
(Phillips)
Data Preservation/ Stewardship
(Corcoran)
Air Quality, if necessary
(Freer A)
Water
(Freer B)
Climate Literacy/Education
3:00 Adjourn