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23rd NOAA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
Washington, DC
Date:   Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Location:

 

Beacon Hotel
Washington, DC

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AGENDA

8:30 AM - 8:35 AM

Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format
Dr. Michael Uhart

8:35 AM -

8:45 AM

Opening Statement of the Chair and Self-Introductions of the SAB Members Present
Dr. Michael Uhart - Designated Federal Officer, NOAA Science Advisory Board
8:35 AM Opening Statement of the Chair and Self-Introductions of the SAB Members Present; Approval of March meeting minutes
Dr. Len Pietrafesa - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board
8:45 AM Welcoming Remarks and Statement
Dr. James R. Mahoney - Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Deputy Administrator
9:00 AM NOAA Priorities for an Ecosystem Approach to Management
John H. Dunnigan - NOAA Ecosystem Goal Team Lead & Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
9:45 AM SAB Approval of Cooperative Institute Reviews: the Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) and the Joint Institute for Marine Observations (JIMO)
Dr. Otis Brown - Chair, JIMO Review & Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Dr. James Kinter - Chair, JISAO Review & Director, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM
Safe Sanctuaries 2005: A NOAA Emergency Response Exercise and Example of Strategic Disaster Planning
Dr. Robert Pavia - Environmental Scientist, National Marine Sanctuary Program and Office of Response and Restoration, NOAA Ocean Service
11:45 AM Discussion of morning topics
12:15 PM Lunch (unhosted)
1:30 PM NOAA's Role in Open Ocean Aquaculture: Legislation and Research
Susan M. Bunsick - Policy Analyst, NOAA Aquaculture Program/National Marine Fisheries Service
2:00 PM NOAA's Annual Guidance Memo
Paul N. Doremus - Director of Strategic Planning, NOAA Program Planning & Integration
2:45 PM The SAB Climate Working Group
Dr. Otis Brown - Chair, Climate Working Group & Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM The External Review of NOAA's Ecosystem Research and Science Enterprise
Dr. David Fluharty - Chair, Ecosystem Research and Science Enterprise Review & Associate Professor, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington
4:00 PM Public Comment Period
4:30 PM Discussion of afternoon topics
5:00 PM Adjourn for the day
 
Date: Tuesday August 9, 2005

8:15 AM Sign in by all Participants and Audience
[Note: Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED.]
8:45 AM Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format
(Michael Uhart - Designated Federal Officer, NOAA Science Advisory Board)
8:50 AM Remarks from the SAB Chair
Dr. Len Pietrafesa - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board
8:55 AM Remarks from the NOAA Administrator
Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) - Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator
9:30 AM Status of NOAA's Plan to Strengthen the Tsunami Warning Program
Brig. Gen. David L. Johnson, USAF (Ret.) - NOAA Assistant Administrator for Weather Services
Dr. Eddie Bernard - Director, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
10:00AM Break
10:15 AM Salmon Recovery from Summit to Sea -- Lessons from Puget Sound
Dr. Usha Varanasi - Director, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Dr. Philip Roni - Research Fishery Biologist, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
11:30 AM Response to 1999 SAB Recommendations on Salmon Recovery Science
Dr. John Stein - Deputy Director, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
12:00 PM Lunch (Unhosted)
1:05 PM SAB Transitions
Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.) - Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator
1:15 PM NOAA Fisheries Science Centers' Salmon & General Science Needs
Dr. William Fox - Director, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
1:45 PM Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) at NOAA
Justin E. Manley - Chair, NOAA AUV Working Group & NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration (Mitretek Systems)

Remotely Operated Aircraft (ROA) Activities at NOAA
Dr. Alexander "Sandy" MacDonald - Co-Chair of NOAA ROA Steering Committee & Director, NOAA Forecast Systems Lab
2:30 PM Recap of Meeting Decisions and Actions
Morgan Gopnik - SAB Executive Director
Dr. Michael Uhart - SAB Designated Federal Officer
Captain Garner R. Yates, Jr. - Executive Director to the NOAA Chief of Staff
3:00 PM End of Public Session
PDF Version of Agenda.
 


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