# Presentation: 212979

## Slide 1

**Notes:**
Script / 15 minutes

0830 Ms. Smith to brief Admin Notes

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Ms. Smith to Introduce Wes Bush, President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Ms. Smith to Introduce Col Wagner

0845 Colonel Wagner to introduce General Arnold

## Administrative Notes
This meeting is UNCLASSIFIED
Personal Electronic Devices are permitted
Set all devices to “Silent” alert 
Event badges give access to STPC only – BADGES SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES
Telephones are provided in the Lobby 
Emergency Contact Number (Lobby) 310-813-1002
Security Manager: Rich Mulligan (Rm 119) 310-812-1233
Operations Manager: Suzanne Enriquez (Rm 127) 310-813-5632
Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided in the tent beside the building each day
Drinks may be brought into facility but must have the provided lids – Please no food in the facility

- This meeting is UNCLASSIFIED
- Personal Electronic Devices are permitted
- Set all devices to “Silent” alert
- Event badges give access to STPC only – **BADGES SHOULD BE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK AND MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES**
- Telephones are provided in the Lobby
- Emergency Contact Number (Lobby) 310-813-1002
- Security Manager: Rich Mulligan (Rm 119) 310-812-1233
- Operations Manager: Suzanne Enriquez (Rm 127) 310-813-5632
- Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided in the tent beside the building each day
- Drinks may be brought into facility but must have the provided lids – Please no food in the facility

**Notes:**
FACILITY RESTROOMS
-North side of Bldg
-Outside North side of Tent (executive washrooms)

## Day 1 (19 October 2004)
Current Polar Programs
7:30 am	Registration and Morning Refreshments
8:30 am	Administrative Notes
8:45 am	Welcome - Lt Gen B. Arnold (SMC/CC)
9:00 am	Keynote -  Dr. Ghassem Asrar (NASA Science Deputy Administrator)
9:30 am 	DMSP Session -  Moderator  Col. John Wagner (SMC/WX)
9:45 am 	Overview  -  Col. John Wagner (SMC/WX)
10:15 am 	DMSP F16 Instrument Calibration/Validation -  D. Boucher (DMSP    Aerospace), G. Poe (NRL), P. Straus (Aerospace)
10:45 am 	Break
11:00 am 	Environmental Space Situational Awareness Technology Process - K. Scro (SMC/WXT)
11:30 am	Risk Reduction and Technical Transition Activities in Support of Current and Future Polar Satellite Missions at Aerospace - Omaha  - T. Kopp (Aerospace), B. Thomas (Aerospace)
12:00 pm 	Satellite Data and High Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction for Air Quality and Emergency Response -  L. Belsma (DMSP Aerospace), M. McAtee (Aerospace)

***Current Polar Programs***
**7:30 am****	****Registration and Morning Refreshments**
**8:30 am****	****Administrative Notes**
**8:45 am****	****Welcome - Lt Gen B. Arnold (SMC/CC)**
**9:00 am****	****Keynote -  Dr. Ghassem Asrar (NASA Science Deputy Administrator)**
**9:30 am ****	****DMSP Session -  Moderator  Col. John Wagner (SMC/WX)**
**9:45 am ****	****Overview  -  Col. John Wagner (SMC/WX)**
**10:15 am ****	****DMSP F16 Instrument Calibration/Validation -  D. Boucher (DMSP    Aerospace), G. Poe (NRL), P. Straus (Aerospace)**
**10:45 am ****	****Break**
**11:00 am ****	****Environmental Space Situational Awareness Technology Process - ****K. Scro (SMC/WXT)**
**11:30 am****	****Risk Reduction and Technical Transition Activities in Support of Current and Future Polar Satellite Missions at Aerospace - Omaha  - ****T. Kopp (Aerospace), B. Thomas (Aerospace)**
**12:00 pm ****	****Satellite Data and High Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction for Air Quality and Emergency Response -  L. Belsma (DMSP Aerospace), M. McAtee (Aerospace)**

## Day 1 cont.
12:30 pm	Session Wrap Up by Moderator 
1:00 pm 	Lunch Presentation - “International Earth Observing System” Greg Withee (NOAA/NESDIS) speaker
2:00 pm 	POES and Eumetsat Session -  Moderator  G. Davis (NESDIS/OSD)
2:05 pm 	Overview: Including N’ Recovery -  M. Mignogno (NESDIS/OSD)
2:30 pm 	Changes for NOAA-N -  B. Mazur (NESDIS/OSD)
2:50 pm	EUMETSAT	K. Ashworth (Eumetsat)
3:20 pm 	Break
3:40 pm	NOAA NPOESS Data Exploitation -  J. Silva (NESDIS/OSD)
4:05 pm	NOAA Product Development and Applications -  T. Schott (NESDIS/OSD)
4:35 pm	CLASS -  R. Reynolds (NESDIS/OSD)
5:05 pm 	Session Wrap Up by Moderator
6:00 – 8:00 pm 	Social – Embassy Suites LAX 

**12:30 pm****	****Session Wrap Up by Moderator **
**1:00 pm ****	****Lunch Presentation - “International Earth Observing System” Greg Withee (NOAA/NESDIS) speaker**
**2:00 pm ****	****POES and Eumetsat Session -  Moderator  G. Davis (NESDIS/OSD)**
**2:05 pm ****	****Overview: Including N’ Recovery -  M. Mignogno (NESDIS/OSD)**
**2:30 pm ****	****Changes for NOAA-N -  B. Mazur (NESDIS/OSD)**
**2:50 pm****	****EUMETSAT****	****K. Ashworth (Eumetsat)**
**3:20 pm ****	****Break**
**3:40 pm****	****NOAA NPOESS Data Exploitation -  J. Silva (NESDIS/OSD)**
**4:05 pm****	****NOAA Product Development and Applications -  T. Schott (NESDIS/OSD)**
**4:35 pm****	****CLASS -  R. Reynolds (NESDIS/OSD)**
**5:05 pm ****	****Session Wrap Up by Moderator**
**6:00 – 8:00 pm ****	****Social – Embassy Suites LAX **

## Day 2 (20 October 2004)
Polar Users
7:30 am	Morning Refreshments
8:00 am 	Users Panel (Future Organizational Plans/Architecture) -  B Gen Stickford (AF/XOO-W) Moderator
8:10 am	AFWA Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  Col Lanicci (AFWA)
8:35 am 	FNMOC Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  CAPT D. Titley (FNMOC)
9:00 am 	NCEP Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  Dr. J. Le Marshall (JCSDA)
9:25 am 	NASA Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  R. Birk (NASA)
9:50 am 	US EPA: A User Agency Perspective on Polar Satellite Observation -  Dr. J. Lyon (EPA D305-01)
10:45 am	Questions for Panel 

11:30 am	Afternoon Golf Tournament
	Los Verdes Golf Course

12:15 pm	Getty Center Tour
	11:30 am Lunch at Spacepark for Getty attendees
	12:15 pm Getty Museum bus departure

***Polar Users***
**7:30 am****	****Morning Refreshments**
**8:00 am ****	****Users Panel (Future Organizational Plans/Architecture) -  ****B Gen Stickford (AF/XOO-W) Moderator**
**8:10 am****	****AFWA Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  Col Lanicci (AFWA)**
**8:35 am ****	****FNMOC Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  CAPT D. Titley (FNMOC)**
**9:00 am ****	****NCEP Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  Dr. J. Le Marshall (JCSDA)**
**9:25 am ****	****NASA Polar Satellite Users & Applications -  R. Birk (NASA)**
**9:50 am ****	****US EPA: A User Agency Perspective on Polar Satellite Observation -  ****Dr. J. Lyon (EPA D305-01)**
**10:45 am****	****Questions for Panel **
**11:30 am****	****Afternoon Golf Tournament**
**	****Los Verdes Golf Course**
**12:15 pm****	****Getty Center Tour**
**	****11:30 am Lunch at Spacepark for Getty attendees**
**	****12:15 pm Getty Museum bus departure**

## Day 3 (21 October 2004)
Future Polar Programs
8:00 am 	Welcome – F. Hinnant (IPO)
8:10 am 	Keynote -  Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator
8:35 am 	NASA Earth Science Mission Session -  Moderator J. Haynes (NASA HQ)
8:45 am 	An Overview of the 12 Applications of National Priority in the NASA Science Mission Directorate -  J. Haynes (NASA HQ)
9:20 am 	Anticipating the NPOESS Preparatory Project and NPOESS: NASA Aviation Applications Development using the NPOESS Atmospheric Sounder Testbed - Interferometer (NAST-I)". -  J. Murray (NASA LaRC)
9:55 am	Break
10:25 am 	The NASA-NOAA Partnership to Accelerate the Transition of New Observations from Research to Operations at Weather Forecast Offices  -  S. Goodman (NASA MSFC)
11:00 am 	Aura:  A Mission to Understand and Protect the Air we Breathe -  M. Tanner (NASA HQ)
11:35 am	Session Wrap Up by Moderator 

***Future Polar Programs***
**8:00 am ****	****Welcome – F. Hinnant (IPO)**
**8:10 am ****	****Keynote -  Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator**
**8:35 am ****	****NASA Earth Science Mission Session -  Moderator J. Haynes (NASA HQ)**
**8:45 am ****	****An Overview of the 12 Applications of National Priority in the NASA Science Mission Directorate -  J. Haynes (NASA HQ)**
**9:20 am ****	****Anticipating the NPOESS Preparatory Project and NPOESS: NASA Aviation Applications Development using the NPOESS Atmospheric Sounder Testbed - Interferometer (NAST-I)". -  ****J. Murray (NASA LaRC)**
**9:55 am****	****Break**
**10:25 am ****	****The NASA-NOAA Partnership to Accelerate the Transition of New Observations from Research to Operations at Weather Forecast Offices  -  S. Goodman (NASA MSFC)**
**11:00 am ****	****Aura:  A Mission to Understand and Protect the Air we Breathe -  ****M. Tanner (NASA HQ)**
**11:35 am****	****Session Wrap Up by Moderator **

## Day 3 cont.
12:00 pm 	Lunch Presentation - “Coalition Provisional Authority”  Col. John Wagner
1:00 pm 	NPP, NPOESS, Windsat, etc Session -  Moderator J. Cunningham
1:15 pm 	Overview -  J. Cunningham
1:45 pm 	NPP -  P. Wilczynski and K. Schwer 
2:15 pm 	Break
2:45 pm 	Interface Data Processing Segment/Field Terminal Segment -  G. Whittman 
3:15 pm 	CONOPS -  B. Needham
3:45 pm 	Windsat/Coriolis Performance -  K. St. Germaine
4:15 pm 	Session Wrap Up by Moderator
5:00 pm	Conference Ends 

**12:00 pm ****	****Lunch Presentation - “Coalition Provisional Authority”  ****Col. John Wagner**
**1:00 pm ****	****NPP, NPOESS, Windsat, etc Session -  Moderator J. Cunningham**
**1:15 pm ****	****Overview -  J. Cunningham**
**1:45 pm ****	****NPP -  P. Wilczynski and K. Schwer **
**2:15 pm ****	****Break**
**2:45 pm ****	****Interface Data Processing Segment/Field Terminal Segment -  ****G. Whittman **
**3:15 pm ****	****CONOPS -  B. Needham**
**3:45 pm ****	****Windsat/Coriolis Performance -  K. St. Germaine**
**4:15 pm ****	****Session Wrap Up by Moderator**
**5:00 pm****	****Conference Ends **

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