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, NASA (invited), NOAA (invited), 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 - 10:00	Committee and Working Group Meetings	To Be Assigned
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	Joint session of Environmental Decision Making breakout with some or all of the other breakouts. Format is short reports from each breakout group followed by further breakouts to discuss role of Environmental Decision Making in each application. Environmental Decision Making (Phillips) Data Preservation/ Stewardship (Corcoran) Air Quality (Freer A) Water (Freer B) Climate Literacy/Education
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