8:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcome

Warren Muir, Executive Director, Division on Earth and Life
Studies (DELS) of the National Academies

Bob Ryan, Chief Meteorologist, NBC4
Morning Master of Ceremonies

9:30

Keynote Address: Where am I Going and How Did I Get Here?

Warren Washington, Chairman, National Science Board and Head of the Climate Change Research Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

and

Andrea Sealy, Graduate Student in Atmospheric Science, Howard University

Following their talks, Ms. Sealy and Dr. Washington will take questions from the floor.

10:30

Break – refreshments available in exhibit area

11:00

Multimedia Presentation: The Sky is Not the Limit!

Don Middleton, Head of the Visualization and Enabling Technologies Section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Visualizations will include models of climate change, wildland fire/weather, atmospheric turbulence, global circulation, typhoons and hurricanes, and solar magnetic eruptions.

11:45

Panel Discussion: Work From the Insides of Planets to the Bottom of the Oceans: How I Got to Sit at This Table and Tell You About My Life

Moderator: John Childers, president, Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

Panelists:
Catalina Martinez, Scientist, Office of Ocean Exploration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Genene Fisher, Policy Fellow, American Meteorological Society -- research interests in atmospheric sciences and space weather

Susan Sakimoto, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST) Associate Research Scientist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center -- research interests include terrestrial volcanism and planetary geology and geophysics

Julio Friedmann, Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Geology, University of Maryland – research interests include stratigraphy, sedimentology, and tectonics

Following their presentations, panelists will take questions from the floor.

12:45

Lunch – box lunches available in the Rotunda – dessert set up in exhibits area

1:45

Orlando Taylor, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Howard University
Afternoon Master of Ceremonies

Panel Discussion: Who Knows Where You’ll End Up? and Who You’ll End Up Influencing?

Moderator: Ron McPherson, Executive Director of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Lixion Avila, Hurricane Specialist, National Hurricane Center within the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Chris Bedford, Owner and Chief Meteorologist, Sailing Weather Services

Kevin Petty, Scientific Investigator, National Transportation and Safety Board

Ana Unruh, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Edward Markey for environmental and energy policy and former American Meteorological Society Congressional Fellow and Rhodes Scholar – academic background in earth sciences and geochemistry.

Following their presentations, panelists will take questions from the floor.

2:45

So, You Want to be an Astronaut??

Piers Sellers, Mission Specialist (Astronaut), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Following his presentation, Dr. Sellers will take questions from the floor.

3:30

Break – refreshments available in exhibit area

4:00

5:30-
7:00

Panel Discussion: The Rest of Your Life: How to Make a Real Difference

Moderator: Rick Anthes, President of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

David Jhirad, Vice President for Research, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Maria Pirone, Vice President for Product Development, Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), Inc.

Margaret Leinen, Assistant Director, Geosciences Directorate, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Rodney Hunt, President and CEO of RS Information Systems, Inc.

Following their presentations, panelists will take questions from the floor.

Reception --
Great Food, Local Jazz Combo