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Under-forecasting summer temperature extremes can cause load swings that might cost as much as $75-200 per megawatt hour. - Monica Hale, "Economic Significance of Improved Environmental Forecasting: Energy and Insurance Sectors," Imaging Notes, Spring 2007

NOAA Data and Information for a Changing Climate:
A Conference for Public and Private Sector Users

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007

8:30	Registration Coffee, tea, juice, and other breakfast refreshments will be available outside the meeting room.
9:00	Introductory Remarks Thomas R. Karl, L.H.D., Director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
9:05	Welcome The Honorable Terry M. Bellamy, Mayor, Asheville, North Carolina
9:15	Opening Remarks William J. Brennan, Deputy Assistant for International Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Acting Director, Climate Change Science Program and Chair, Subcommittee on Global Change Research (Invited)
9:25	Establishing the Context for Climate Change Considerations Thomas R. Karl, L.H.D., Director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (confirmed)
9:35	Keynote Address-Transportation Focus Henry Gerard Schwartz, Jr., Senior Professor, Washington University in St. Louis; Member, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council (invited)

10:00	Break
10:30	Working Groups Energy Chair: Robert Correll, Ph.D., Global Change Director, The Heinz Center (invited) Rapporteur: Anne Waple, Science Writer/Editor, NOAA/NCDC (confirmed) Expert Panel: Lisa Beal, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (invited) Bill Fang, Deputy General Counsel and Climate Issue Director Edison Electric Institute (invited) Monica Hale, Sustainability Director, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (confirmed) John Novak, Executive Director, Federal and Industry Activities, Environmental and Generation Sectors, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (invited) Thomas R. Wilbanks, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (invited) Insurance Chair: Carl Hedde, President, Munich Re North America (confirmed) Rapporteur: Eileen Shea, Director, NOAA Integrated Data and Environmental Applications Center (confirmed) Expert Panel: David Carttar, Manager, Spatial Data Products Development, Risk Management Solutions (invited) Margaret A. Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center (confirmed) Richard J. Murnane, Ph.D., Program Manager, Risk Prediction Initiative, Bermuda Biological Station for Research (invited) Roger Pulwarty, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NOAA (invited) Tim Reinhold, Director of Engineering and Vice President, Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) (invited) Jay McGuin, AIR Worldwide (invited) Transportation Chair: Henry Gerard Schwartz, Ph.D., Senior Professor, Washington University in St. Louis (confirmed) Rapporteur: Marjorie McGuirk, Meteorologist, National Partnership Liaison, NOAA/NCDC (confirmed) Expert Panel: Steven Barnum, Commissioned Officer, Office of Coast Survey, NOAA; Team Lead, Commerce/Transportation Goal Team (invited) Alan C. Clark, Manager, Transportation and Air Quality Programs, Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC); Director, H-GAC Metropolitan Planning Organization (invited) Geraldine Knatz, Director, Port of Los Angeles (invited) John A. "Jack" May, Director, Aviation Weather Center, NOAA William P. Mahoney, III, Director, Weather Systems and Assessment Program, Research Applications Laboratory, NCAR; Chair, Board on Enterprise and Economic Development, American Meteorology Society (invited) Paul Pisano, Maintenance Decision Support System, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation (invited)
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Luncheon Speech-Energy Focus Tom Fry, President, National Oceans Industries Organization (invited)
2:00	Working Group Sessions (Continued)
3:30	Break
4:00	Working Group Sessions (Continued)
5:00	Adjourn

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007

8:00	Breakfast of Working Group Chairs and Rapporteurs
8:30	Registration
9:00	Introductory Remarks Thomas R. Karl, L.H.D., Director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (confirmed)
9:05	Keynote Address-Insurance Focus Frank Nutter, President, Reinsurance Association of America (confirmed)
9:45	Report of the Working Groups: Insurance
10:15	Report of the Working Groups: Energy
10:45	Break
11:00	Report of the Working Groups: Transportation
11:30	Next Steps and Comparison Eileen Shea, Director, NOAA Integrated Data and Environmental Applications Center (confirmed)
11:45	Summary Remarks Thomas R. Karl, L.H.D., Director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (confirmed)
Noon	Adjourn
1:30	NCDC Tour

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