Constituent Roundtables 2007
Constituent involvement is essential to OAR's success as we strive to define our priorities and align them with the NOAA Five-Year Research Plan. The purpose of this series of Roundtables is to solicit input from key constituents to ensure OAR's priorities reflect the needs of our current and future partners and customers.
For summaries of past roundtables, please click the links below.
Severe Weather Research Roundtable (November
7, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
The nation relies on NOAA’s data and
information services to provide the right information, in the right format,
at the right time so they can make the right decisions. Dr. Richard Spinrad,
Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, and Dr.
Jack Hayes, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, brought together
a diverse group of high-level constituents to provide input to ensure
NOAA’s research priorities will enable us to ensure NOAA is able
to provide the observations, sophisticated forecast models, and state-of-the-art
technologies our partners and customers will require in the future.
Extended Continental Shelf Roundtable (October
2, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
Given the potential of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS)
to expand the exclusive sovereign rights of the United States over
natural resources and marine scientific research on and below the continental
shelf, NOAA and its interagency partners are working to identify the
benefits of delineating the U.S. ECS, and the technological components
required. The purpose of this Roundtable was to solicit input from
key leaders to ensure NOAA and its interagency partners ECS mapping
efforts reflect the needs of our partners and customers to provide
maximum value to society. Five common themes emerged during the roundtable
- data collection, governance of the interagency process, partnerships,
outreach and education, and the benefits of U.S. ratification of the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Great Day in the Great Lakes, NOAA
200th Anniversary Stakeholder Roundtable (Sept.
8, 2007)
Summary
Participants
NOAA’s Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Team, led by Dr. Stephen
Brandt, Director, NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory,
sponsored a high-level stakeholder roundtable as part of a day-long
NOAA 200th Anniverary celebration at the John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL. Tim Keeney,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere; Mary Glackin,
Assistant Administrator for Program Planning and Integration; and Dr.
Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research; were joined by stakeholders representing states, cities,
tribes, industry, recreation and academics from the region for an intellectual
exchange centered around NOAA’s Environmental Services in the
Great Lakes.
Earth System Modeling (Aug 2, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
The Earth's physical parts work together as one system,
so it is important that research incorporates characteristics of the
atmosphere and the oceans, as well as water in all its forms and features
of ecosystems. To this end, Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator
for NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, and Dr. Alexander
(Sandy) MacDonald, Deputy Director of Laboratories and Joint Institutes,
led a roundtable on Earth system modeling at the University of Colorado
in Boulder. A diverse group of constituents addressed the needs of
Earth system models and modelers, as well as users of these valuable
predictive tools.
Environmental Data & Information Services
Roundtable (July 10, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
Evaluation Form (pdf)
The nation relies on NOAA’s data and information services to
provide the right information, in the right format, at the right time
so they can make the right decisions. Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant
Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, and Mary Kicza,
Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, brought
together a diverse group of high-level constituents to provide input
to ensure NOAA’s research priorities will enable us to provide
the high quality data, sophisticated models, and scientific knowledge
our partners and customers will require in the future.
Ocean and Coastal Ecosystem Management (May 24, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
Evaluation Form (pdf)
In the coming years, integrating NOAA’s understanding,
monitoring, and predicting of environmental change will be necessary
to address the increasing complexity of ocean and coastal conservation
and management issues. The purpose of this Roundtable was to solicit
input from key leaders in the field to ensure OAR's priorities reflect
the ocean and coastal ecosystem management needs of our current and
future partners and customers. Four themes emerged from the Roundtable
discussion – connectivity, attention to transitioning, the value
of models, and the value of monitoring and observing systems.
Global Observations – Local Decisions, Global
Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) (April
13, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Presentation (pdf)
More
than 70 countries, the European Commission and more
than 40 international organizations are supporting the development of a global Earth Observation
System that, over the next decade, will revolutionize the understanding
of Earth and how it works. Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Assistant Administrator
for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and NOAA Deputy Assistant Secretary
(DAS) Timothy Keeney hosted a Constituent Roundtable in Spanish Fort,
AL, to gain valuable insight as NOAA continues to develop GEOSS as
an integrated system of systems.
Advanced Undersea Technologies Roundtable (March 13, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
Evaluation Form (pdf)
Undersea technologies allow researchers to examine,
explore and study the oceans in new and inspiring ways. The purpose
of this Roundtable was to solicit input from key leaders in the field
to ensure OAR's priorities reflect the future undersea technology needs
of our current and future partners and customers. This roundtable was
held at OAR’s
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, WA. Dr. Eddie Bernard,
PMEL Director, led participants on a tour of the laboratory following
the roundtable discussions.
Building NOAA’s Weather & Water Social Science
Program Roundtable (February
1, 2007)
Summary (pdf)
Participants (pdf)
Evaluation Form (pdf)
Weiher Presentation (pdf)
Gaynor Presentation (pdf)
Constituent involvement
is essential for NOAA to develop a successful Weather and Water Social
Science Program. This program will improve NOAA’s ability to analyze
and effectively demonstrate the value of weather and water research,
products and services. The purpose of this Roundtable was to solicit
input from key leaders to ensure the Weather and Water Social Science
Plan priorities reflect the needs of our current and future partners
and customers and to ensure our efforts provide maximum value to society.
Participants will have the opportunity to review and comment
on a draft of the Weather and Water Social Science Program Plan in the
Fall of 2007. If you are interested in reviewing the draft plan, please
contact OAR
Communications.
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