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Program of Events

TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2006

• 5:00- 7:00pmWelcome Reception and Early Registration

WEDNESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 2006

• 8:30Registration
• 9:00Opening Remarks
  Nancy Colleton, President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; Executive Director, Alliance for Earth Observations
  
  Introduction of Forum Emcee, Jonathan T. Malay, Director, Civil Space Programs, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• 9:15Welcome from Forum Chairman
  Wes Colburn, Vice President, Earth Observing Systems, GOES-R Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• 9:30Keynote: The Need for Improved Observations and Forecasting
  Shaun McGrath, Program Manager, Western Governors' Association
  The Honorable Jim Geringer, former Governor of Wyoming, Director of Policy and Public Sector Strategies, ESRI
• 10:00The Integrated Earth System: Moving Forward
  Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.), Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; NOAA Administrator
• 10:30Break
• 11:00Panel 1: Creating the Global Earth Observation System--Balancing Public and Private Interests
  
  Moderator: J. Garrett Ralls, Principal Cohen and Company
  Panelists:
  Tom Fry, President, National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA)
  Charles Huyck, Senior Vice President, ImageCat, Inc.
  Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.), Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; NOAA Administrator
  John A. Orcutt, Director, Center for Earth Observations and Applications, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

• 12:00Lunch
• 1:00GEOSS: Innovation for a Changing Planet, James I. Palmer, Jr. Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Atlanta, GA
• 2:00Panel 2: Climate Change and Managing Risk
  Moderator: Peter Backlund, Director of Research Relations, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  Panelists:
  Karl J. Dreher, Director, Idaho Department of Water Resources
  Gerry Hoetmer, Executive Director, Public Entity Risk Institute
  Jay Lawrimore, Chief, Climate Monitoring Branch, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA
  

• 3:00Break
• 3:15Panel 3: All-Hazards Emergency Response Strategy
  Moderator: Rob Lawson, Vice President, Ocean and Atmosphere Programs, Naval Maritime Solutions, SAIC
  Panelists:
  Ellis Stanley, CEM, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness
  Marcia McLaren, Senior Seismologist, Earthquake Risk Management, Pacific Gas & Electric
  William Hooke, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society
  

• 4:15Adjourn
• 5:30Reception: Demonstration of Enabling Technologies

THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2006

• 8:30Registration
• 9:00Opening Remarks
• 9:15Bringing Earth Observations to the Marketplace
• 9:45Introduction of Working Groups
• 10:00Break
• 10:15Roundtable Discussions

A total of six roundtable discussions will be convened, with four of them focusing on the needs and interests of four specific sectors: energy, insurance and banking, public health, and water. Each of these sector-focused roundtables will engage industry experts in discussion of the following questions:

The resulting recommendations produced by the roundtables will be forwarded to appropriate U.S. and international Earth observation planning entities.

• 12:00Working Lunch

Boxed lunches will be provided to continue Roundtable discussions.

• 2:00Reports of the Working Groups
  Energy Roundtable
  Insurance and Banking Roundtable
  Public Health Roundtable
  Water Roundtable
  Cyber Infrastructure Roundtable
  The Human Component Roundtable
  
• 3:00Break


• 3:15Panel 4: Shaping the GEOSS Marketplace
  Moderator: The Honorable Jim Geringer, former Governor of Wyoming, Director of Policy and Public Sector Strategies, ESRI
  Panelists:
  Ron Birk, Director, Applied Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
  Graeme Rae, Scientific Product Manager, Surfline.com
  Warren Isom, Senior Vice President, Willis Re Inc.; Board Member, Weather Risk Management Association(Download Talking Points)
  Michael Jones, Keyhole Chief Technical Officer, Google Earth
  Paul Smith, Executive Vice President, GlobeXplorer, LLC
  

• 4:00Summary Remarks
• 4:30Adjourn

 

The Forum on Earth Observations II Program Committee

David Carttar
Lead Modeler Manager Spatial Data
Risk Management Solutions

Wayne Chen
President
W. T. Chen & Company

Nancy Colleton
President
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Paul Cooper
Senior International Business Developer
Science Applications International Corporation

Robert Lawson
Vice President
Science Applications International Corporation

Scott McFarland
Business Development - Earth Science Applications
The Boeing Company

Shaun McGrath
Program Manager
Western Governor's Association

Clark Nelson
Senior Director, Marketing and Global Communications
Spot Image Corporation

Richard Ohlemacher
Manager, Environmental Systems
Northrop Grumman

Lisa Shaffer
Director, Policy Programs and International Relations
SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography

Ashbindu Singh
Regional Coordinator, Division of Early Warning & Assessment
United National Environmental Programme

Carla Sullivan
Senior Policy Advisor
NOAA - Office of Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

Mike Wooster
Director, Environmental Programs
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation