Presentation Coordination

This document contains details regarding your role and responsibilities as a speaker for the Observational Data Workshop, September 13-14, 2011.

If you have any questions regarding your role and responsibilities or you need assistance, please contact Tony Ramirez, at Tony.Ramirez@noaa.gov , or by phone at 301-427-2002, ext 132.

Presenters:

ODAA Members: AFWA, FNMOC, NCEP, NESDIS, NAVO, JCSDA, NDBC, 14th WS, NCDC, NWS/TOC (possible NGDC, NODC)

• Presentations should be at a high level (links to websites and other sources may be included).
• Each presentation should address environmental data for analysis and prediction using the following outline (as applicable).
• Presentations will be 25 minutes followed by 25 minutes of questions and discussion (times may be adjusted to fit presenter needs).
• Detailed discussions should occur during question/discussion period following the presentation.
• Presentations must be submitted to OFCM NLT COB 7 Sep 2011 so that they can be disseminated or otherwise made available to participants for read-ahead.
• Presentations should contain sufficient granularity for detailed discussion as appropriate.

Presentation Outline (as applicable):

• What data do you provide?
  • Types
  • Coverage, Areas
  • Timeliness
  • New or in-development
• What data do you use?
  • Sources -- Where do you get it from
  • For what purpose or applications
  • Impact and importance estimates
• What are your data acquisition needs?
  • Data deficiencies/void areas
  • Problems with existing or future data types

Format, Equipment, Logistics

We will provide all projection and audio equipment required for the presentations. Use of PowerPoint for presentation is highly encouraged for all speakers. We will have a computerized LCD screen projection, a computer, a remote mouse, and a laser pointer. To avoid unnecessary delays between speakers and other potential technical problems, we respectfully request that briefings not be provided on individual’s laptop computers. We will have your presentation ready and projected on the screen, and you will use the remote mouse to advance the slides. The computers will be running the Windows XP operating system with Office 2007, so it is preferred that you save your presentation in this format. If you can’t use PowerPoint, pdf format can be used.

Questions?

Prior to the workshop, questions regarding presentation graphics should be sent to Kenneth.Barnett@noaa.gov. At the workshop, questions should be addressed to the AV staff.