10 10:30 EXHIBITION. YSI Chris Heyer www. ysi.com. FUGRO Lauren Hunter

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1 Mid Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association Fifth ANNUAL CONFERENCE October 28 and 29, 2010 Stephens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ From Observation to Forecast: Tools for Understanding a Changing World Day Time Speaker Oct 28 7:30 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast Skylight room buffet; dining in the Howe Center, Stevens Institute of Technology 8:30 9:00 Welcome from George Korfiatis Interim President, Stevens Institute of Technology Welcome Congressman (TBD) 9:00 10:00 Plenary A Sea Change: Observations in Times of Need Moderator: Carolyn Thoroughgood Chair, Board of Directors, MACOORA Professor of Marine Studies University of Delaware Michael Bruno Dean, Schaefer School of Engineering and Science Feiler Chair Professor Stevens Institute of Technology Radley Horton Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 10 10:30 EXHIBITION Dana A. Goward YSI Chris Heyer cheyer@ysi.com www. ysi.com Director, Marine Transportation Systems Management; Commandant (CG 55), US Coast Guard Millersville University Ajoy Kumar ajoy.kumar@millersville.edu Teledyne Lisa Galloway lgalloway@teledyne.com www. teledyne.com Green Eyes Vince Kelly vince@greeneyesobserving.com Sonardyne Hank Lobe hanklobe@earthlink.net FUGRO Lauren Hunter lhunter@earthdata.com NOAA, COOPs, Robert Heitsenrether robert.heitsenrether@noaa.gov Battelle, Mark Davis davismp@battelle.org

2 Nortek Eric Siegel MACOORA Judith Krauthamer CODAR Laura Pederson MAFMC Gene Kray IOOS Rob Ragsdale USGS Eric Vowinkel SAIC 10:30 11:30 Panel #1: Maritime Safety and Security Moderator: Ed Kelly, Executive Director, Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ Observations and their importance to security, commerce, safety and transportation Bob Flannery President, Metro Pilots Association Bethann Rooney CDR Stacey Mersel Art Allen Manager of Port Security, Port Authority of NY & NJ Chief, Sector Command Center, US Coast Guard SECTOR New York Oceanographer, US Coast Guard 11:30 12:30 Panel #2: Fisheries Moderator: Josh Kohut, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Observations, Fisheries Management and Decision making Jeff Yapalater Representative, Long Island Tuna Club John Manderson Research Fisheries Biologist, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory Greg DiDominico Executive Director, Garden State Seafood Assoc. Hassan Moustahfid Biology Project Manager NOAA, IOOS office Dewayne Fox Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Natural Resources Department DE State University 12:30 1:30 Lunch. Skylight room buffet. Dining in the 12:30 1:30 PM Dr. Carolyn Thoroughgood Chair, MACOORA Board of Directors State of the Association Message and Business Meeting Election

3 1:30 2:30 Panel #3 Inundation Moderator, Doug Wilson, Research Oceanographer, NOAA Observations: Forecasting, Planning, and Preparedness Michael Marrella Project Director, NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan NYC Department of City Planning Tom Herrington Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering Director of the Center for Maritime Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology Joe Picciano Deputy Director of Preparedness, NJ Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness Anthony Siebers Meteorologist in charge National Weather Service Wakefield, Virginia Breakout Sessions Skylight room for coffee break refreshments Fielding 3 rd Floor Howe Center How Center Coastal Inundation, Water Quality, Maritime Safety/Search and Rescue, Fisheries, Offshore Wind Power/Alternative Energy Doug Wilson, Research Oceanographer, Coastal Inundation/Climate NOAA Change Issues Tom Herrington, Associate Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology Irene Kropp, Deputy Commissioner NJ Department of Environmental Protection Eric Vowinkel, Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey Water Quality Board 14 th Floor Howe Center Caldor 3 rd Floor Howe Rob Ragsdale, Project Coordinator, NOAA, IOOS office Robert Connell, Chief Marine Water Monitoring, NJ Department of Environmental Protection Ed Kelly, Executive Director, Maritime Association of the Port of NY & NJ Art Allen, Oceanographer, United States Coast Guard Jeff Yapalater, Long Island Tuna Club John Manderson, Research Fisheries Biologist, NOAA Josh Kohut, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University Larry Atkinson, Professor, Old Dominion University Bruce Bailey, President and Chief Executive Officer, AWS Truepower Maritime Safety/Search and Rescue Fisheries Offshore Wind Power/Alternative Energy

4 Center 4:45 5:15 PM Breakout sessions meet back summary comments by breakout session moderators 4:00 5:00 USER COUNCIL MEETING 6 PM 8 PM Dinner Skylight room buffet; dining in the Day 2 Day Time Speaker Oct 29 7:30 8:30 Continental Breakfast 8:30 9:30 Plenary Mid Atlantic Ocean Observations: Future Directions Moderator Judith T. Krauthamer Executive Director, MACOORA Zdenka Willis Josie Quintrell Scott Glenn 9:30 10:00 Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) Super regional Testbed to Improve Models of Critical Environmental Processes of the US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Coasts. Elizabeth Smith, Program Coordinator, SURA. Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System office Executive Director National Federation of Regional Associations Professor, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Coastal Ocean Observation Lab, Rutgers University The super regional testbed, a NOAA IOOSfunded project, will create a multi disciplinary, community modeling testbed that will facilitate improved operational coastal ocean prediction. 10:00 10:30 Break: Networking

5 10:30 12 Roundtable on governance MARCO and Mid Atlantic Governance Gene Kray Council Member, Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Darlene Finch, Mid Atlantic Regional Coordinator, NOAA, Coastal Services Center 10:30 12 Fielding Noon Ruth Ehinger, Program Manager, NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Management Office Mid Atlantic Region Council on the Ocean representative ROUNDTABLE discussion Google Earth, Maps, and GIS Eoin Howlett, Chief Executive Officer, Applied Science Associates Jay Titlow, Senior Meteorologist, Weatherflow Carolyn Thoroughgood Meeting Close and Final Comments