Agenda of the SEACOOS “Kick-off” Workshop

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Other workshop presentations not listed on the agenda:

SEACOOS: Surface Current Mapping Using WERA on EFS (Lynn Keith Shay MPO/RSMAS)

SEACOOS Region Real-time Observations (Jim Nelson, SKIO)

• DAY 1, Monday, September 30, 2002
  • 7:45 am   Check-In
  • 8:00   Welcome and Introductions (Russ Lea & Harvey Seim)

    Co-PI’s   Report on Progress and Plans (Chair, Mark Luther)
    -   Short presentation of calendarized milestones with lots of discussion for comprehension and coordination.

  • 8:10   UNC (Cisco Werner & Harvey Seim)
    • UNC-CH Component
    • SABSOON/SABLAM Briefing
  • 8:30   USC (Madilyn Fletcher)
  • 8:50   SKIO (Rick Jahnke & Jim Nelson)
  • 9:10   USF (Bob Weisberg & Mark Luther)
    • SEACOOS Observing System Working Group 1
    • SEACOOS Observing System Working Group 2
    • SEACOOS Observing System Working Group Caucus
    • Progress Report and Plans for the West Florida Shelf
  • 9:30   RSMAS (Chris Mooers & Nick Shay)
  • 9:50   Discussion
  • 10:00   Refreshment Break

    Working Group Chairs Presentation of first year plans (Chair, Jim Nelson)
    -   Includes a look ahead to the second year and beyond for program planning.

  • 10:30   Observing System Working Group (Bob Weisberg)
  • 11:00   Modeling System Working Group (Cisco Werner)
  • 11:15   Data Management System Working Group (Madilyn Fletcher)
  • 11:30   Sea Grant Directors (Rick DeVoe) Presentation of Plans for User-Group Cultivation
  • 11:50   Discussion
  • 12:00 pm   Lunch Break, Box Lunches from Panera
  • 12:45    Development of Governance System (Chair, Russ Lea)
  • 1:00   Introduction of strawman SEA-COOS strategic plans (Harvey Seim & Chris Mooers)
  • 1:30   Presentation on governance issues: Lessons for SEACOOS from other regional research programs
    (Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) and National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) (Ellis Cowling)
  • 2:00   Discussion of needed functionality for governance (Russ Lea) (e.g.; strategic planning, tactical
    coordination, governmental liaison, private sector relations, prioritization, conflict resolution)
  • 2:30   Organizational issues (Harvey Seim, Ellis Cowling)
    
    • PI Council
    • Oversight Board
    • Budget and Plans Committee
    • Working Groups, etc.
  • 3:00   Refreshment Break
  • 3:30   Development of a SEA-COOS Charter (Russ Lea)
  • 4:20   Discuss preliminary plans for a Spring SE-COOS Community Workshop (Madilyn Fletcher & Chris Mooers)
  • 4:40   Fine-tune plans for Day Two – Tuesday, October 1, 2002. (Harvey Seim)
  • 5:00   Adjourn
  • 6:00   Dutch-Treat Get-Together, Spanky’s, 101 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC- (919) 967-2678
    (Corner of E. Franklin Street and S. Columbia Street. Paid parking lot and parking deck behind the restaurant on Rosemary Street. We will gather upstairs.
• DAY 2, Tuesday, October 1, 2002
  • I. Orientation for Collaborators and Co-PIs; Enhancement of Collaborations
    • 7:45 am   Check In
    • 8:00   Introduction (Chair, Nick Shay)
         Presentation of Overview (Harvey Seim)
         Presentation of Calendarized Milestones (Working Group Chairs)
    • 8:30   Observing System Working Group (Bob Weisberg)
    • 9:10   Modeling System Working Group (Cisco Werner)
    • 9:30   Data Management System Working Group (Madilyn Fletcher)
    • 10:00   Refreshment Break
    • 10:30   Sea Grant Directors (Rick DeVoe) Summarization of Plans; Discuss User-group Cultivation
    • 10:45   Plans for SE-COOS Community Workshop, Winter/Spring 03 (Madilyn Fletcher)
  • II. Brief Presentations by Collaborators & Related Programs
    (Co-Chairs, Madilyn Fletcher & Bob Weisberg)

    -   State your interests in SEA-COOS, both where you can benefit and where you can contribute
    -   Express your thoughts on future priorities of the observing, modeling, and data management systems and information products

    • 11:00   Paul Moersdorf, NDBC
    • 11:10   Mike Szabados, CO-OPS
    • 11:20   Carlos Lozano, NCEP
    • 11:30   Pat Welsh, WFO-JAX
    • 11:40   Libby Johns, AOML, SEFSC
    • 11:50   Brian Keller, FKNMS
    • 12:00   Dean Dunn, National Coastal Data Development Center
    • 12:10   Linda Lillycrop, USACE
    • 12:15 pm   Lunch Break, Dining Room - Whole Foods Catering
    • 1:10   Liz Williams, Explorer of the Seas
    • 1:20   Andy Shephard, CORMP
    • 1:30   Earle Buckley, Caro-COOPS
    • 1:40   Joe Ramirez, CLION
    • 1:50   Joe Ramus & Hans Pearl, FERRYMON
    • 2:00   Paul Conrad, USGS
    • 2:10   Sethu Raman, NC State Climate Office
    • 2:20   Aircraft Remote and In Situ Sensing in The Coastal Zone, John Bane, UNC-CH
    • 2:30   General Discussion
    • 2:30   Working Groups Caucus (w/ refreshments)

      -   Development of interactions (participation in experiments, on working groups, shared data management, etc.) between Co-PIs and collaborators.

    • 5:00   WRAP-UP Session      

      Reports from Working Group Caucus (Chair, Harvey Seim)

      Summarize/Discuss Strawman SEA-COOS Strategic Plan (Chair, Chris Mooers)

    • 6:00   Adjourn
• DAY 3, Wednesday, October 2, 2002
  • 8:00 am   Co-PIs   Working Groups Update their Plans Based on Day 2 Discussions
    (Co-Chairs, Harvey Seim & Cisco Werner)

           -   Discussion of SEA-COOS-wide Program Issues.
    (E.g., SE-COOS workshop in the spring 2003, second-year plans, collaborator relations, and additional players)

    -   Documentation of Revised Plans.

  • 12:00 pm   Adjourn