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Agenda

May 18 - 19, 2011 • Stafford I — Room 1235

Link to Presentations made during this meeting.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Time	Topic	OAC Lead	NSF Lead
8:00	Coffee available

8:30	Introductions, housekeeping & approval of minutes of last meeting	Eric Saltzman	Kelly Falkner;Sue LaFratta; Guy Guthridge

8:45	OPP Director's Report (including budget)	Eric Saltzman	Karl Erb

9:15	OPP and NSF's Sustainability Research Initiative (SEES)	Mark Fahnestack	Simon Stephenson; Scott Borg

10:00	Break

10:30	OPP and NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (CIF-21)	John Kovac	Scott Borg; Simon Stephenson

11:15	Education Directorate Perspectives on Informal Education	Cecilia Bitz	Joan Ferrini-Mundy (EHR)

11:45	Status and future of the OPP Polar Postdoc Program	Marigold Linton	Hedy Edmonds; Brendan Kelly

12:15	Lunch

1:15	USAP NRC Study status update: David Bromwich	Gretchen Hoffman	Karl Erb

1:45	NAS/NRC IPY Legacy study, NSF-supported outcomes: Martha McConnell	Terry Wilson	Karl Erb

2:15	OPP Strategic Vision development	Eric Saltzman	Kelly Falkner; Guy Guthridge

3:15	Break

3:45	Infrastructure for ocean-based research: PRV planning, updates on NPB, Gould, Sikuliaq, ODEN	Kevin Speer	Alex Isern; Renee Crain; Tim McGovern

4:30	Linking logistics, infrastructure, and research proposals: Improving the planning process and the metrics for success	Jeff Severinghaus	Brian Stone; Jessie Crain; Pat Haggerty

5:15	Wrap up: revisit tabled items from earlier in the day	Eric Saltzman	Karl Erb; Kelly Falkner

5:30	Collect input for meeting notes & adjourn	Eric Saltzman	Guy Guthridge



Thursday, May 19, 2011
Time	Topic	OAC Lead	NSF Lead

8:00	Coffee available

8:30	Transformative research, ad hoc proposals and program solications	Eric Post	Bill Wiseman; Neil Swanberg; Roberta Marinelli; Hedy Edmonds

9:15	Update on Physical Qualifications for Polar Research	Jeanne Kosch	Polly Penhale

9:30	OPP Strategic Vision: Next steps toward developing a work plan with completion dates	Gretchen Hoffman	Kelly Falkner

10:30	Break

10:45	OPP-supported education and outreach activities: past, present and future	John Kovac	Peter West

11:30	Items for committee reports	Eric Saltzman	Karl Erb; Kelly Falkner

12:00	Lunch with Cora Marrett		Karl Erb

1:00	Completion of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory	John Kovac	Scott Borg; Vladimir Papitashvili; Joe Dehmer (MPS); James Whitmore (MPS)

1:30	Report on the NEEM and WAIS ice core projects	Mark Fahnestack	Julie Palais; Simon Stephenson

2:00	Collect input for meeting notes & adjourn	Eric Saltzman	Guy Guthridge

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