A workshop bringing together industry leaders, college and university faculty, and government agency representatives to address future workforce needs, strategies and best practices.
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| 5:30-7 p.m. | Welcoming Reception and Early Registration—New England Center Gallery |
| Day One introduces workshop goals, themes to be explored, reviews workforce needs, status of remote sensing education and best practices |
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast—New England Center Gallery |
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: David Bartlett, New Hampshire Space Grant Charge to Attendees: Ming-Ying Wei, NASA Headquarters and JM Wersinger, NASA Space Grant—Berkshire Room |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Presentation: "New Directions in Remote Sensing Education" Michael Goodchild, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 9:30-10:30 a.m. | Presentation: "Emerging Issues: New Challenges for Understanding our Changing Planet" Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Panel 1: "Remote sensing employers speak about near and long-term needs and expectations of entry level workers" Mark Brennan, Space Imaging; John Iiames, EPA; Patrick Bresnahan, Richland County, SC [presentation | movie] |
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. | Lunch—New England Center Dining Room |
| 1:15-2 p.m. | Presentation: "NASA's Perspective on Opportunities for New Applications of Earth Science and Implications for Workforce Development" Ronald Birk, NASA Earth Science Enterprise [presentation | movie] |
| 2-3:30 p.m. | Panel 2: "University faculty perspectives on remote sensing education and training" Pamela Lawhead, University of Mississippi, Dan Civco, University of Connecticut, James Campbell, Virginia Tech |
| 3:30-3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45-5 p.m. | Table Discussion: Session Themes for Day 2 |
| 5-5:30 p.m. | Report Out: Organizational Information for Day 2 |
| 6 p.m. | Buses depart from the front of the New England Center for dinner |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast—New England Center Gallery |
| 8:00-8:15 a.m. | Introduction to Day Two: Janice DeCosmo, Washington Space Grant Berkshire Room |
| 8:15-8:35 a.m. | Presentation: "Practical Remote Sensing: Academic and Industry Responsibilities" Patrick Bresnahan, Richland County, SC |
| 8:35-8:50 a.m. | Remarks from John Dwyer, USGS, on the remote sensing workforce needs and preparation from agency standpoint, followed by general discussion |
| 8:50-9:35 a.m. | Presentation: "A Model for University-Industry Collaboration in Remote Sensing Workforce Development" Luke Flynn, University of Hawaii |
| 9:35-10:15 a.m. | Group Discussion and Charge to Working Groups |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m-12 p.m. | Breakout: Working Groups |
| 12-1:30 p.m. | Lunch—New England Center Dining Room |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Presentation: "Diversity in the Earth Remote Sensing Workforce: Report from Joint Workshop by NASA Earth Science Enterprise and Minority University Programs" Blanche Meeson, NASA/GSFC |
| 2:30-2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45-4:30 p.m. | Breakout: Working Groups Continued |
| 4:30-5 p.m. | Re-cap, Announcements, Adjourn |
| After 5 p.m. | Dinner on own |
| Day Three refines work of Day Two and provides closure |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast—New England Center Gallery |
| 8-8:30 a.m. | Review Day Two, charge for final working group session, organization of working group input for final report - Berkshire Room |
| 8:30-9:45 a.m. | Working Group Session |
| 9:45-10 a.m. | Break |
| 10-11 a.m. | Working Groups Report Out—Berkshire Room |
| 11-11:30 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:30 a.m-12 p.m. | Closing Remarks—Bartlett/DeCosmo |
Updated 11-12-02