Welcome: Dr. William Schulz, Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
Special Speaker: VADM Manson K. Brown, USCG (Ret.), Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation & Prediction, and NOAA Deputy Administrator
Session 1: Tropical Cyclone Operations: Challenges in 2015; New products and services planned for 2016 and 2017; New/revised requirements for research.
Session Leader: James Franklin (NHC)
Session 2: Critical Operational Information Technology: Ongoing joint development
Session Leader: Mark DeMaria (NHC)
Session 3: Research to Operations (R20) Activities, Part 1: Key Federal research and R2O intended to improve forecasts
Session Leader: Frank Marks (HRD)
Session 4: Research to Operations Activities, Part 2: JHT
Session Leader: Shirley Murillo (HRD)
Invited Panel and Audience Discussion 1
Topic: Observing Systems: What should our operational airborne “fleet” comprise in 2030? Subjects to include platforms (manned and unmanned), instrumentation, and applications supporting operations
Panel Moderator: Jim McFadden (AOC)
Panelists:
Invited Panel and Audience Discussion 2
Topic: Observing Systems: New satellite data and applications for tropical cyclone operations by 2025: Agency and Interagency plans
Panel Moderator: Mike Brennan (NHC)
Panelists:
Invited Panel and Audience Discussion 3
Topic: What are the most promising short-term and long-term steps we can take to improve operational tropical cyclone forecast models?
Panel Moderator: Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan (Gopal) (HRD)
Panelists:
Working Group for Hurricane and Winter Storms Operations and Research (WG/HWSOR) Meeting, chaired by Dr. Edward Rappaport (NCEP/NHC).
Final Plenary Session
Session Leader: Jud Stailey(OFCM)
Presentation of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Award,Dr. William Schulz, Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
Special Panel Discussion: New IHC Format - Where do we go from here?
Panel Moderator: Dr. William Schulz, Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
Panelists: