Day of science and discovery, 2023-09-05

Photographs of the event. The agenda was as follows:

Welcome led by Everette Joseph, NCAR Director; and Bill Kuo, UCP Director.

9:00 a.m. Plenary Session 1: Building on our core capabilities in modeling, data assimilation and infrastructure to enable Earth system science Led by Neil Jacobs, Chief Science Advisor for the Unified Forecast System; and Gretchen Mullendore, MMM Director Speakers: • David John Gagne: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning • Tom Auligne: Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation • Sheri Mickelson: An NCAR-led community software facility • Bill Skamarock: EarthWorks

10:45 a.m. Plenary Session 2: Emerging observational capabilities of the Sun-Earth system Led by Mohan Ramamurthy, Unidata Director; and Holly Gilbert, HAO Director Speakers: • Maurice Wilson and Sarah Gibson: UCoMP/COSMO: • Jan-Peter Weiss: COSMIC • Wen-Chau Lee: APAR • Ryan May: Unidata’s emerging future directions

12:00 p.m. Lunch at Center Green provided by UCAR Event Services

1:15 p.m. Plenary Session 3: Accelerating Earth system research to meet societal priorities Led by Chris Davis, EdEC Deputy Director; and Cindy Bruyere, CPAESS Deputy Director Speakers: • Kelly Barsanti: Wildfires • Melissa Moulton: Marine ecosystems and climate change • Ethan Gutmann: Hydrometeorology • James Done: Climate change and insurance industry • Discussion • Yaga Richter: Earth system predictability and prediction • ESPP Discussion

3:00 p.m. Plenary Session 4: Science Education: Expanding our reach and building for the future. Led by Liz Mulvihill (Page) and Rebecca Haacker Panel discussion: Cross-institutional collaboration in education and training • Panelists: Evy McUmber (EdEC), Gunter Leguy (CGD/EdEC), Kadidia Thiero (SOARS), Jeff Weber (Unidata)

3:55 p.m. Closing remarks by Bill Kuo and Everette Joseph

4:00 p.m. Reception at Center Green catered by UCAR Event Services