2021
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021: (Held at the UNCLASSIFIED PUBLIC RELEASE level)
| 0730-0825 | On-Site Registration and Check-in Opens Continental Breakfast |
| 0825-0830 | APL Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 0830-1010 | Session 1: National Perspectives on Operational Space Weather KEYNOTE – Dr. Louis Uccellini (Director, National Weather Service) Jim Spann (NASA) - NASA Space Weather: Status and Future Directions Angelos Vourlidas (JHU/APL) - NASA's Space Weather Science & Observation Gap Analysis: Summary and Implications Antti Pulkkinen (NASA) – Goddard Space Weather Status and Future Plans Simon Machin (UK Met Office) - SWIMMR (Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk) [VIRTUAL] |
| 1010-1030 | BREAK |
| 1030-1215 | Session 2: Future Space Weather Instruments Alexei Pevtsov (NSO) - Groundbased Space Weather Observations at National Solar Observatory Tom Berger (SWx TREC) - Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center Pat Dandenault (JHU/APL) - Next-Generation Real-Time Streaming GPS networks for DoD Space Weather Operations Rob Kursinski (PlanetIQ) - Initial PlanetIQ GNSS RO Measurements of the Ionosphere Paul O’Brien (Aerospace) - Using Flowchart Tools to Diagnose Satellite Anomalies and the Need to Take Surface Charging Diagnosis Beyond Kp Alexander Boyd (Aerospace) - LEAF suite: Long-term Forecasts of the Space Environment and Satellite Hazards |
| 1215-1315 | LUNCH |
| 1315-1430 | Session 3: Infrastructure Impacts of Extreme Space Weather
David Boteler (Natural Resources Canada) – Geomagnetic Effects on Power Systems: What We Have Learnt Since the Hydro-Quebec Blackout in March 1989 [VIRTUAL] Jeffrey J. Love (USGS) – Mapping a Magnetic Superstorm [VIRTUAL] Jennifer Gannon (CPI) - Using Local Measurements to Reduce Uncertainties in GIC Modeling Ryan McGranaghan (ASTRA/NASA) - Understanding the Interconnected Space Weather System: The Convergence Hub for the Exploration of Space Science (CHESS) project and workshop |
| 1430-1450 | BREAK |
| Continued: Tuesday, November 2, 2021: (Held at the UNCLASSIFIED PUBLIC RELEASE level) | |
| 1450-1550 | Session 4: Student Lightning Talks Cadet Anton Dahm (USAFA) - Falcon Neuro: Event Based Sensing on the ISS [VIRTUAL] Cadet Ethan Olney (USAFA) - Falcon ODIN: Optical Defense and Intelligence through Neuromorphics [VIRTUAL] Cadet James Ferrante (USAFA) - A Comparison Between Observations of APS and the FPMU on Board the ISS [VIRTUAL] Cadet Peter Spengler (USAFA) - Investigating Variations in the South Atlantic Anomaly Using Low Earth Orbit Ionizing Radiation Measurements [VIRTUAL] Cadet Shepherd Kruse (USAFA) - When the Internet of Things Takes Flight [VIRTUAL] Andrew Obst (JHU) – Protection of Power Infrastructure from Astrophysical Events [VIRTUAL] Eric D’Ambro and Kellye Dooley (JHU) - Improving Missile Warning Resiliency Against Space Weather [VIRTUAL] Cadet Anastasia Osborne and LTC Diana Loucks (USMA) – Correlating Solar Wind Variations to Timing of Auroral Emissions [VIRTUAL] |
| 1550-1730 | Poster Session and Reception
Irfan Azeem (NOAA) - NOAA’s Spaced-Based Space Weather Observatories: Present and Future Larry Zanetti (NOAA) - Sustainment of the Nation’s Critical Space Weather Observations Yongliang Zhang (JHU/APL) - Maximizing Space Weather Data Mining From FUV Remote Sensing |
Wednesday, November 3, 2021: (Held at the SECRET//NOFORN level)
| 0730-0825 | On-Site Registration and Check-in Opens Continental Breakfast |
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| 0825-0830 | APL Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 0830-1005 | Session 5: DoD Space Weather Operations KEYNOTE - Col. Patrick Williams (Commander, 557th WW) KEYNOTE - Col. Mark Allen (Chief, Weather Strategic Plans and Integration Division, AirForce Weather) Lt. Col. Nava (Air Force Weather) - Environmental Space Domain Awareness Applications Bill Olson (2 WS) - Space Weather Operations Center (SpWOC) Capabilities Modernization |
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| 1005-1030 | BREAK | |
| 1030-1200 | Session 6: DoD Space Weather Research into Operations (PANEL) PANEL CHAIR - John Hicks (JHU/APL) Jennifer Benson (2 WS) Sage Andorka (USSF) Pat Dandenault (JHU/APL) Jeffery Cox (Aerospace) Lt. Col. David Lewis (DARPA) |
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| 1200-1300 | LUNCH | |
| 1300-1430 | Session 7: Space Environment Impacts of Spacecraft Health (PANEL) PANEL CHAIR - Mike Kelly (JHU/APL) Bryan Davis (USSF) Paul O’Brien (Aerospace) Justin Likar (JHU/APL) Brent Parham (MIT/LL) |
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| 1430-1500 | BREAK | |
| Continued: Wednesday, November 3, 2021: (Held at the SECRET//NOFORN level) | ||
| 1500-1630 | Session 8: Space Weather Operations at High Latitudes Arron Layns (AFRL) - Space Environment and the DAF Arctic Strategy Jim Conroy (JHU/APL) - Ionospheric Heating Effects on HF Signals Brian Anderson (JHU/APL) – AMPERE-3: Application of Iridium NEXT Magnetic Field Data for the World Magnetic Model Paul Bernhardt (NRL) - Rocket Exhaust Driven Amplification of Whistler Waves to Study Interactions with Radiation Belt Particles |
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Thursday, November 4, 2021: (Held at the TS//SCI//NOFORN level)
| 0730-0830 | Sign-in Continental Breakfast |
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| 0830-1010 | Session 9: TS//SCI Topics | ||
| 1010-1030 | BREAK | ||
| 1030-1200 | Session 10: TS//SCI Discussion | ||
| 1200 | LUNCH |
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Louis W. Uccellini
Dr. Louis W. Uccellini is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, and Director of the National Weather Service. In this role, he is responsible for the day-to-day civilian weather operations for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters, and ocean areas. Dr. Uccellini also serves as the United States Permanent Representative with the World Meteorological Organization.
Prior to this position, he served as the Director of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) for 14 years. With his leadership, a Seamless Suite of Models was implemented that covers the seasonal-to-subseasonal to mesoscale modeling systems and is based on the principle of multi-model ensembles. An enhanced collaborative forecasting effort was also implemented among all of the seven NCEP service centers, covering a domain from the sun to the sea, including the Space Weather Prediction Center, the Climate Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center, the National Hurricane Center, the Storm Prediction Center, the Aviation Weather Center and the Ocean Prediction Center.
Col. Patrick C. Williams
Colonel Patrick C. Williams is the Commander, 557th Weather Wing, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. He leads more than 1,450 active duty and civil service personnel at 19 locations around the world providing centralized weather insights, products and services, including climatological and electromagnetic spectrum degradation forecasts, to Air Force, Space Force, Army, Joint Force, and other Department of Defense activities. The 557th Weather Wing executes worldwide weather operations to enable air and space superiority, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, rapid mobility, global strike, and command and control in support of all geographic and functional combatant commands.
Colonel Mark S. Allen
Colonel Mark S. Allen is Chief, Weather Strategic Plans and Integration Division, Directorate of Weather, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C. The Division aids the Director of Weather in developing strategic vision for application of terrestrial and space weather forces, equipment and services in support of Air Force, Army and Joint operations. He further integrates weather, climate, space and electromagnetic spectrum environmental services across DoD, the Interagency and our International partners ensuring environmental intelligence informs decision makers during mission planning and execution, as well as enhancing future defense decisions such as basing, installation readiness, and integrated information warfare capabilities.
Colonel Allen was commissioned through Officer Training School in 1998 after graduating from Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in meteorology. During his weather officer career, he has served at squadron, field operating agency, and headquarters staff positions. Colonel Allen completed his master's degree in meteorology at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2003 and his doctorate of philosophy specializing in numerical weather prediction at the Naval Postgraduate School in 2009.