Decisions Breakouts at Winter 2010 Meeting

This page describes the Environmental Decision-Making breakouts at the Winter 2010 Meeting. All listed names are tentative, unless marked "confirmed". See also:

Tues AM: Plenary 1

1. Federal Agency Panel on Science Supporting Decision Making - Invited: EPA, NASA, NOAA, USGS

2. Decision Maker Panel from the Field: National - Regional - Local (Invitations to Capitol Hill, NCAR/RALS, RISAs, Forest Service)

Tues 1:30-4:45PM: Case Studies - what worked and what didn't Session leader: Ana Prados

Six 30-minute presentations from decision makers, spanning multiple applications. Each presentation should explicitly address: application area/context, data inputs, decision tools used, and decision-making process.

1. E. Lucien Cox (NASA HQ)/Will Pozzi (WaterNet)

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Wed AM: Plenary 2

See Full Meeting Agenda

Wed 2:00-5:00PM: Tools/Methods/Data integration Session leader: Karl Benedict

Seven 20-minute presentations from technologists and decision scientists describing decision tools, methods, services, and models, data integration, handling uncertainty, and how to make decision components more usable and interoperable. Co-organized with Information Technology and Interoperability Committee.

1.Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.. Topic: Enabling Decision Makers Along the Gulf Coast

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3. Drew Pilant, US EPA. Topic: Decision Support for Ecosystem Services in the Coastal Carolinas

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Wed 5:00-5:30PM: Science data inputs Session leader: Menas Kafatos

Two 15-minute presentations from scientists describing science data inputs for decision makers

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Thurs 10:30AM-12Noon: Application needs Session leader: Will Pozzi

Six 15-minute presentations from application areas describing application-specific needs.

1. Air Quality Working Group

2. Water Cluster

3. Disaster Management

4. Defense

5. Agriculture

6. Insurance (work with Tami Huston, NCDC to identify people)

Thurs 1:30PM: Solutions - toward better informed decisions Session leader: Chuck Hutchinson

1. Decision metrics

2. Open discussion on solutions

3. Where do we go from here?