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Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks. Mr. Samuel P. Williamson Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research. Closing Remarks. Thanks to everyone for making this a success Objectives were met Executive Summary of conference proceedings will be published by 1 October

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Closing Remarks

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  1. Closing Remarks Mr. Samuel P. Williamson Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research

  2. Closing Remarks • Thanks to everyone for making this a success • Objectives were met • Executive Summary of conference proceedings will be published by 1 October • Forum Proceedings should be published within 3-4 months • Please – safe trip home!

  3. A Closing Thanks to the Partners • The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate • Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM)

  4. A Very Special Thanksto Everyone!! • Thanks to everyone who helped make sure Challenges in Urban Meteorology: A Forum for Users and Providerswas a success! • Members of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology staff • Science and Technology Corporation • Key Speakers • Chairpersons • Panelists • Moderators • Rapporteurs and Timers • A Very Special “Thank You” to the participants of the conference, who were instrumental in making this conference a success

  5. Great Speakers FromDay 1 • Dr Kathie Olsen, Associate Director of Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy • Ms Nancy Suski, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Portfolio, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security • Mr Eric Webster, Majority Staff Director, House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards • Dr Ronald McPherson, Executive Director, American Meteorological Society • Dr Gilbert Brunet, Associate Director, Meteorological Research, Meteorological Services of Canada

  6. Great Speakers FromDay 2 • Dr Walter Bach Jr., Program Manager, Environmental Sciences Division, Engineering Sciences Directorate, U.S. Army Research Office • Dr. James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Deputy Administrator

  7. Great Speakers FromDay 3 • Mr Dave Jones, Founder, President and CEO, StormCenter Communications Inc. and President, Foundation for Earth Science • Dr Richard Rosen, Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA • Ms Chris Elfring, Director, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Academy of Sciences • Dr Elbert Friday, WeatherNews Professor of Meteorology and Founding Director of the Sasaki Applied Research Institute, University of Oklahoma • Dr Paul Try, Senior Vice President, Science and Technology Corporation

  8. SUPER PANELSPanel 1 • Co-moderators: • Dr John A. Dutton, Professor Emeritus of Meteorology and Dean Emeritus College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University • Mr Ray Ban, Executive Vice President of Meteorology Science and Strategy, The Weather Channel • Panelists: • Dr John Hayes, NOAA/NWS • Dr Josephine Malilay, CDC • Mr Richard Carbone, NCAR • Dr Sharon Leduc, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

  9. SUPER PANELSPanel 2 • Co-moderators: • Dr Douglas DeMaster, NOAA/NMFS • Dr Laurence S. Kalkstein, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware • Panelists: • Dr Leroy Spayd, NOAA/NWS Meteorological Services Division • Mr Allan Stahl, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA • Charles B. Chestnut, Institute for Water Resources, USACE • Dr Sue Grimmond, Professor Indiana University, President, International Association for Urban Climate

  10. SUPER PANELSPanel 3 • Co-moderators: • Dr Rayford P. Hosker, Jr., NOAA/OAR • Dr Ken Crawford, Oklahoma State Climatologist • Panelists: • Dr Walter Dabberdt, Vaisala • Mr Richard Fry, DTRA • Dr Jan Dutton, AWS Weather Bug • Dr John McGinley, NOAA, Forecast Systems Laboratory

  11. SUPER PANELSPanel 4 • Co-moderators: • Dr Alexander MacDonald, Director, NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory • Dr J. Marshall Shepherd, Research Meteorologist, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center • Panelists: • Dr Robert Bornstein, San Jose State University • Dr Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center • Mr John Pace, DTRA • Mr David Williams, EPA, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Division

  12. SUPER PANELSPanel 5 • Co-moderators: • Mr Harvey Ryland, President and CEO, Institute for Business and Home Safety • Ms Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center • Panelists: • Mr Ranger Dorn, Battalion Chief, Ventura Co. Fire Department • Mr John Gambel, DHS/FEMA • Ms Janet Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management

  13. Great Workshop Sessions • Workshop 1A: • Dr Stephen Lord, NOAA/NCEP • Col Mark Weadon, Air Force Weather Deputy for Federal Programs, NOAA • Workshop 1B: • Dr Betty Hearn Morrow, Consultant and Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, Florida International University • Mr Floyd F. Hauth, Colonel, USAF (Ret), Senior Scientist, Science and Technology Corporation

  14. Great Workshop Sessions • Workshop 2A: • Mr Richard Fry, Defense Threat Reduction Agency • Dr Sharon LeDuc, Deputy Director, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC • Workshop 2B: • Dr Douglas DeMaster, NOAA/NMFS • Dr John R. Scala, Millersville University

  15. Great Workshop Sessions • Workshop 3A: • Dr David Krantz, Columbia University • Ms Sandy Thomson, WANE-TV, Fort Wayne, IN • Workshop 3B: • CDR Stephanie Hamilton, USN, DTRA • Dr Steve Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health

  16. Thanks for the Great Support THE DOUBLETREE Ms Trina Gomez

  17. Conference Proceedings • Forum executive summary and presentations on-hand will be posted to the OFCM Web Page within two weeks • Forum proceedings should be available in 3-4 months

  18. THANK YOU

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