IOOS Association 2015 Fall Meeting

Meeting Location

Fish & Wildlife Research Institute (100 Eighth Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 -- 4th Floor Conference Room). This is a short walk from the hotel.

Agenda* (click here to access PDF Agenda )

September 15, IOOS Association Business Meeting (Board Members only)

8:30am	Welcome and Purpose of Meeting Ru Morrison, Chair
8:40am	Approval of Minutes from June 16, 2015 IOOS Association Board Call Jan Newton, Secretary
8:45am	Treasurers Report and Adoption of FY 16 Operating Budget Molly McCammon, Treasurer
9:00am	Elections of Officers and Executive Committee Chris Ostrander, Board Member
9:15am	Annual Director’s Report Josie Quintrell, IOOS Association, Executive Director
9:30am	Election of Honorary Board Members and Terms of Reference Jan Newton, Secretary
10:00am	Adjourn Members Only Meeting Ru Morrison, Chair

September 15, IOOS Association Annual Meeting (open)

10:15am	Welcome and Meeting Overview Barb Kirkpatrick, GCOOS
10:20am	Risks, Rewards and Status of ICOOS Reauthorization Josie Quintrell, IOOS Association Executive Director
10:45am	Part 1: Closing the Gap Campaign, Filling High Priority Gaps in Coastal Observing Molly McCammon, AOOS • Big picture strategy • Near term priorities: FY 17 options
12:00pm	Lunch (Provided)
1:00pm	Status of the IOOS Enterprise: Remarks from the IOOS Program Office (IOOS PO) Zdenka Willis, IOOS PO Director; Carl Gouldman, IOOS PO Deputy Director; and George Jungbluth, IOOS PO Division Chief, Regions, Budget, and Policy Division
1:45pm	Certification Update Derrick Snowden, IOOS PO; Melissa Iwamoto, PacIOOS and Kelli Paige, GLOS, Dave Easter IOOS PO 1:45pm Recap of Directors’ Discussion - Kelli Paige and Melissa Iwamoto 2:10pm Overview of revised guidelines - Dave Easter 2:20pm Data management issues - Derrick Snowden 2:30pm RA Roundtable on plans for application submission
2:45pm	Break
3:00pm	Special Session on IOOS in the Southeast and Gulf 3:00pm GCOOS Overview - Barb Kirkpatrick, GCCOS Director 3:10pm SECOORA Overview - Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Director 3:20pm Harmful Algal Bloom Observations and Forecasting Alina Corcoran, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 3:40pm Walk to the Bayboro Harbor at University of South Florida College of Marine Science (USF CMS) 4:00pm USF Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction Systems (COMPS) Tour Mark Luther, Director of USF Ocean Monitoring and Prediction Lab and Jay Law, USF COMPS Operations Manager 4:25pm Glider Lab Tour Chad Lembke, USF CMS Center for Ocean Technology and Jordon Beckler, Mote Marine Laboratory 4:50pm Walk Back to Meeting Room
5:15pm	Reception Sponsored by GCOOS and SECOORA The Campus Grind, 121 7^th Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL
7:00pm	Dinner on your own Open reservations at The Hangar Restaurant 540 1st St SE, St Petersburg, FL 33701

September 16, IOOS Association Annual Meeting Continued (open)

9:00am	Welcome and Overview Debra Hernandez, SECOORA
9:05am	Integrating the System: Data Management Program Update Derrick Snowden, US IOOS PO • Plans for the coming year - expectations of the RAs • The catalog - current status, goal, new staff • Implementing QARTOD – update on the work of the DMAC QARTOD subcommittee, next QARTOD manuals, etc.
9:30am	National Product Demonstration Derrick Snowden, US IOOS PO, Ru Morrison, NERACOOS, and Julie Thomas, SCCOOS 9:30am Demonstration of the IOOS PO project on integrating data from IOOS Federal agencies and some regions - Derrick Snowden 9:40am Discussion – Ru Morrison • What worked, what didn’t? • How should IOOS leverage this effort? (Small discussions with neighbors on ideas for next steps) 10:00am Recap, Summary and Next Steps – Ru Morrison and Derrick Snowden
10:15am	Break
10:30am	Communications Update and Web Redesign George Jungbluth, US IOOS Program Office and Derrick Snowden, US IOOS PO • Website Redesign Process, Opportunities/Implications for Regional web sites • Communications staffing update • IOOS Emblem roll out
11:00am	Part 2: Closing the Gap Campaign - Filling The Gaps in Coastal Observing Debra Hernandez, SECOORA • Multi-year strategy • Framing the strategy • Discussion • Summary and next steps
12:30pm	Lunch (Provided)
1:15pm	St. Pete Ocean Team Bill Hogarth, Director, Florida Institute of Oceanography The St Pete Ocean Team is one of the premier consortiums for marine sciences in the southeast. It is estimated that the Ocean Team and its related cluster agencies and businesses employ over 1,600 people and generate an estimated $143 million in annual household earnings.
2:15pm	Metrics and Google Analytics Discussion Josie Quintrell, IOOS Association and Jennifer Bosch, IOOS PO
2:45pm	Update from the IOOS Federal Advisory Committee Conrad Lautenbacher, Chair, IOOS Advisory Committee
3:15pm	Wrap Up, Next Steps
3:30pm	Adjourn