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OPP Office Advisory Committee

Agenda


May 18 - 19, 2006 • Stafford I — Room 1235

Thursday, May 18, 2006
Time Topic OAC Lead NSF/OPP Staff
8:30

Chair's Welcome
Approval of Minutes

 Jim Swift  
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8:45 OPP Director's Report
  • Planning Landscape
    • Cyberinfrastructure
    • Gathering Storm (NAS/NRS report)
    • American Competitiveness Initiative
    • IPY
  • Budget Overview (FY06/FY07)
  • OPP Personnel Changes
  • Antarctic Treaty Actions
  Karl Erb
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9:15 NAS/NRC Study on Arctic Observing Network Hajo Eicken Paul Cutler, Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences (NAS/PRB)
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9:30 Arctic Science — Future Directions
A Circum-Arctic Observing Network 		Kelly Falkner Simon Stephenson
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10:00 Break    
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10:30 Gathering Storm/ACI Beverly Hartline Anthony Gibson, NSF Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (NSF/OLPA)
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11:00

Cyberinfrastructure and Polar Research

Brian Bershad Stephen Meacham, Geosciences Directorate and Office of Cyberinfrastructure
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11:45 New Draft NSF Strategic Plan James Swift Craig Robinson, NSF Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management
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12:00

Lunch with NSF Deputy Director, Dr. Kathie Olsen and discussion of Strategic Plan and planning background

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1:00

Further discussion on planning background

Committee  
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1:30 The NSF ERE Advisory Committee Thomas McGovern  
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2:00

IPY (I): FY 2006

  • Update on OPP/EHR Solicitation
Deanna Paniataaq Kingston Marie Bundy
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2:30

Antarctic Science — Future Directions
Antarctic System Science

Terry Wilson Scott Borg
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3:00 Break    
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3:30 IPY (II): Agency-wide Planning Edward Brook
 
  • Developing the FY-07 Solicitation
  Marie Bundy
Valentine Kass
 
  • International Discussions
  Karl Erb
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4:15 GEO plans for IPY Andrea Lloyd Margaret Leinen, NSF Geosciences Directorate
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4:45 Open Discussion    
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5:00 Adjourn    

Friday, May 19, 2006
Time Topic OAC Lead NSF/OPP Staff
8:30

Polar Icebreaking/Research Platforms

James Hollibaugh  
 
  • Update by NAS on icebreaking committee
  Marie Uhle, NAS/PRB
 
  • Update on Healy
   Simon Stephenson
 
  • Update on Polar Sea
  Erick Chiang
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9:15

Infrastructure Developments

   
 
  • South Pole Station
Sarah Church Erick Chiang
 
  • Arctic (Barrow)
 Paul Shepson Simon Stephenson
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10:00 Break    
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10:30 Arctic Data Kelly Falkner Neil Swanberg
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11:00 Report from the Environment, Safety & Health Section (ES&H) Donal Manahan  
 
  • Health and Safety Challenges
  Michael Montopoli
 
  • Non-indigenous species in Antarctica
  Polly Penhale
 
  • Environmental assessments in the Arctic
  Polly Penhale
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11:45 Committee of Visitors Planning Marilyn Raphael Karl Erb
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12:15 Lunch (IPY web page overview and HDTV video)   Peter West, NSF/OLPA
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1:15 Education and Outreach & the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CRESIS) Marilyn Raphael David Braaten, University of Kansas
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1:45 Milestones for Diversifying the USAP Supply System James Swift Erick Chiang
 
  • Extra Fuel Storage
  • Traverse and Direct Air Transport to Pole, etc.
  • Icebreaker RFI
   
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2:30 Committee Wrap-up Discussion    
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2:45 Adjourn    

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