Summer 2010 Meeting
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ESIP Federation Summer 2010
The outline below comprises the outline for elements of the ESIP Federation Summer Meeting (July 20-23, 2010 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville). The program is beginning to evolve. Feel free to contribute your ideas below.
Possible Themes
- Energy and Climate
- Carbon and Climate (takes advantage of expertise at ORNL/UT in carbon)
- Climate Indicators (highlights the Federation role in providing information; GCMD has a distinct keyword category for this; analogous to "environmental indicators" that is in popular use)
- Climate and Biodiversity (2010 is the official International Year of Biodiversity)
Possible Speakers
Jim Rogers, Duke Energy
Jim Hansen, NASA
Someone from UTK Baker Center (http://bakercenter.utk.edu/main/)
California Energy Commission
Utilities
Military/National Security
TVA
FERC
Potential Breakout Tracks
- Science Communication (or a possible workshop topic)
- communicating with media
- communicating with public
- using social media for communication
- using visualizations as communication methods
Technical Workshops
Education Workshops
Open Meeting Day
NASA Standards Process Group - All day, July 22 - Tentative topic: Reference Architectures and Standards for Decadal Survey Data Systems
Poster Session
FUNding Friday
Possible Side trips
- Tour of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Will need to be set up ahead of time, but possible.
- Dollywood (http://dollywood.com/)
Relevant Links
UT Conference Center (http://www.outreach.utk.edu/Conferences/new/Conference%20Center/facilities.html)
