SIXTH NOAA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FAIRBANKS, AK GENERAL LOGISTICS AND SCHEDULE [Note: The general meeting room for the July SAB Meeting on Wednesday, July 19, 2000 and Friday, July 21, 2000 will be held in the Gold Room West at the Westmark Hotel, 813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, AK. The general meeting room for the July SAB Meeting on Thursday, July 20, 2000 will be held at the International Artic Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska, Fairbanks] Wednesday, July 19, 2000 [Note: SAB Meeting on Wednesday, July 19, will be held in the Gold Room West at the Westmark Hotel, 813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, AK.] 0800-0830 h: Sign-in by all participants and audience and Registration for public verbal input to NOAA SAB [NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public input, unless the Chair requests otherwise. Time limit for verbal input from any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by SAB if requested by the SAB Chair] 0830 h: Formal SAB meeting begins following FACA guidelines 0830-0840 h: Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 0840-0855 h: Introduction of the NOAA SAB Board Members and Opening Statement of the Chair (Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 0855-0955 h: Welcoming remarks and Opening Statement (D. James Baker - Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of NOAA) 0955-1010 h: Brief Overview of NOAA Offices, Facilities, and Major Activities in the Alaska and Northern Pacific Region (Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1010-1025 h: Presentation on NOAA Scientific Integrity Policy with SAB Discussion [Dave Evans - Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)] 1025-1040 h: BREAK 1040-1125 h: West Coast and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center Programs and SAB Discussion (Ray Highsmith - Director, West Coast and Polar Region Undersea Research Programs) 1125-1155 h: OAR Presentation of Proposal for Lab and Joint Institute Reviews and SAB Discussion (Dave Evans - Assistant Administrator, OAR) 1155 h: Adjourn for Lunch 1340 h: Reconvene in Gold Room West 1340-1510 h: SAB Sub-Committee and Working Group Reports and Discussion Sub-Committee on Coastal Science (Peter Douglas - Chair) Sub-Committee on Data Issues (Soroosh Sorooshian - Chair) Sub-Committee on Synthesis (Pat Gober - Chair) Sub-Committee on Education (Denise Stephenson-Hawk - Chair) NOAA/Universities Administrative Efficiencies Working Group (Al Beeton) SAB Science Review Working Groups (Mike Uhart) 1510-1540 h: Presentation on NOAA Involvement in National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) and SAB Discussion (Dave Evans - Assistant Administrator, OAR) 1540-1600 h: Break 1600-1630 h: Public Input Session with SAB discussion (Lead: Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1630-1730 h: NMFS Presentation on Alaska, Arctic, and Northern Pacific Science Issues Coordinated by James Coe, Acting Director, NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center 1630-1650 h: Ocean Carrying Capacity Program (Jack Helle - NMFS Auke Bay Laboratory) 1650-1710 h: Stellar Seal Lion/Fisheries Interactions (Doug Demaster - Director, National Marine Mammal Laboratory) 1710-1730 h: Socio-Economics Program (Richard Marasco - Director, Resource Ecology & Fisheries Management Division) 1730 h: Adjourn for the Day Thursday, July 20, 2000 [Note: SAB Meeting on Thursday, July 21, will be held at the International Artic Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska, Fairbanks.] 0800-0830 h: Sign-in by all participants and audience and Registration for public verbal input to NOAA SAB at IARC [NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public input, unless the Chair requests otherwise. Time limit for verbal input from any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by SAB if requested by the SAB Chair] 0830 h: Formal SAB meeting begins following FACA guidelines 0830-0845 h: Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 0845-0900 h: Welcoming Remarks (Chancellor Lind or Provost Reichardt) 0900-0930 h: Introduction to The Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR) and Brief Overview of Major NOAA Activities (Gunter Weller - Director, Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research) 0930-1030 h: Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, NOAA Arctic Research Presentations with SAB Discussion 0930-1000 h: Arctic Climate Impacts (Gunter Weller - Director, CIFAR) 1000-1030 h: Arctic Oscillation (Andrey Proshutinsky and Mark Johnson - Inst. of Marine Science, UAF) 1030-1045 h: BREAK 1045-1145 h: Continuation of Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, NOAA Arctic Research Presentations with SAB Discussion 1045-1115 h: Arctic Haze/Aerosols (Glenn Shaw - Geophysical Institute, UAF) 1115-1145 h: Gulf of Alaska/Bering Sea Ecosystem (Alan Springer - Institute of Marine Science, UAF) 1145-1215 h: NESDIS Presentation on Alaska, Arctic, and Northern Pacific Science Issues (Greg Withee - Assistant Administrator, NESDIS) 1215 h: Adjourn for Lunch 1445 h: Reconvene 1445-1530 h: OAR Presentation on Alaska, Arctic, and Northern Pacific Science Issues (Dave Evans - Assistant Administrator, OAR) 1530-1545 h: Status Report on Ocean Exploration Strategy Working Group (Dave Evans - Assistant Administrator, OAR) 1545-1630 h: Break and SAB Viewing of University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research Posters (outside meeting room) 1630 h: Adjourn for the Day Friday, July 21, 2000 [Note: SAB Meeting on Friday, July 21, will be held in the Gold Room West at the Westmark Hotel, 813 Noble Street, Fairbanks, AK.] 0830-0900 h: Sign-in by all participants and audience Registration for public verbal input to NOAA SAB [NOTE - Registration is open to any interested individual, but is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public input, unless the Chair requests otherwise. Time limit for verbal input from any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by SAB if requested by the SAB Chair] 0900 h: Formal SAB meeting begins following FACA guidelines 0900-0910 h: Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board ) 0910-0940 h: SAB Debriefing of NOAA Response to SAB Recommendations on Northwest Salmon (Jake Rice - NOAA Science Advisory Board) 0940-1040 h: Briefing on Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) and Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Damage Assessment and Restoration (Bruce Wright - Habitat Conservation Division, NMFS) 1040-1050 h: BREAK 1050-1150 h: NOS Presentations on Alaska, Arctic, and Northern Pacific Science Issues 1050-1120 h: Long-term Studies in Prince William Sound (Gary Shigenaka - NOS Office of Response and Restoration) 1120-1150 h: Research Associated with the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Kasitsna Bay Laboratory (Carl Schoch - NOS Kasitsna Bay Laboratory) 1150-1240 h: Report on Status of Draft Report to Next Administrator (Lead: Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1240 h: Adjourn for Lunch 14:15 h: Reconvene in Gold Room West 1415-1500 h: Alaska Sea Grant Program and SAB Discussion (Ron Dearborn - Director, Alaska Sea Grant) 1500-1530 h: SAB Discussion of the 8 Themes (Lead: Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1530-1600 h: Public Input Session with SAB discussion (Lead: Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1600-1630 h: Summary of new SAB Recommendations, Motions, and Action Items (Lead: Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1630 h: Final Adjournment (Board members may either depart on late Friday flights or Saturday flights, as they desire)