Preliminary agenda

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
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

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 (Freer A) Water (Freer B) Climate Literacy/Education
3:00	Adjourn