Day 2: Agenda

Day 2 Agenda

Day 2

• 7:30-8:30  a.m.       NASA GSFC Visitor Center Badge Pickup (See Venue Tab for Details)

• 8:00-9:00 a.m.        Coffee and refreshments/Check-In

• 9:00-9:10 a.m.        Workshop Logistics/Welcome, Melissa Martin,  CSDA Program Manager, NASA HQ

• 9:10-9:50 a.m.     Keynote Address: Working Together in the Emerging Earth Observation Landscape,  Tom Wagner, Associate Director, 

    Earth Action

• 9:50-10:00 a.m.     Earth Science Private Sector Engagement: Current Progress and Strategic Path Forward

                                    Nima Pahlevan, Program Scientist and Manager, Public-Private Partnerships, HQ

Session 3: Data Standardization and Interoperability 

• 10:00-10:05 a.m.     Session Introduction: Dana Ostrenga, Project Manager, NASA CSDA Program, GSFC

• 10:05-10:35 a.m.     Panel Perspectives: CEOS,  ESA and NASA ESCO, OGC , Commercial Vendors

Panelists: Doug Newman, NASA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project, ESDIS Standards Coordination Office(ESCO); Christy Monaco, Chief Operating Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC); Joe                                       Munchak,  Principal Atmospheric Data Scientist, Tomorrow.io; Spencer Wahrman, Solutions Engineer,  Pixxel; Medhavy   Thankappan, Senior Advisor, Earth Observation,  CEOS

Moderator: Dana Ostrenga, NASA CSDA Project Manager, GSFC

Discussion Panel 3:  Community of Practice-  Benefits of Data Standardization and Interoperability 

• 10:35-11:15 a.m.     Panelists:  Doug Newman, NASA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project, ESDIS Standards Coordination Office(ESCO); Christy Monaco, Chief Operating Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC); Joe                                       Munchak,  Principal Atmospheric Data Scientist, Tomorrow.io; Spencer Wahrman, Solutions Engineer,  Pixxel; Medhavy   Thankappan, Senior Advisor, Earth Observation,  CEOS

Moderators: Dana Ostrenga, NASA CSDA Project Manager, GSFC; Cody Anderson, Project Manager, USGS 

EROS ECCOE  

Open Discussion: Minimum Commercial Data Quality Requirements for the Federal Agencies 

• 11:15-11:45 a.m.     Moderators: Cody Anderson, Project Manager, USGS EROS ECCOE and Gary Lin, Research Scientist, NASA GSFC

Lunch Break and GSFC GLAMR Lab Tours (Group 2) (Lunch Provided)

• 11:45-1:15 p.m.        Catered Lunch Building 34/GLAMR Tour for Group 2 Building 33 

Session 4: Technical and Analytical Toolkits 

• 1:15-1:45 p.m.          Foundation Models as Core Infrastructure for Earth Science  Manil Maskey,  Manager, Office of Data Science and Informatics (ODSI),  NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

• 1:45- 2:15 p.m.         NASA CSDA Data System: Capabilities, Innovations, and Future Direction, Aaron Kaulfus, Data Manager, 

CSDA Program, NASA MSFC

Open Discussion

• 2:15-2:45 p.m.           Moderator: Aaron Kaulfus, Data Manager,  NASA CSDA Program, MSFC

Afternoon Break

• 2:45-3:00 p.m. Break

Session 5: Expanding on the Public-Private Partnerships – Building Trust between Government and the Private Sector 

• 3:00-3:05 p.m.           Introduction to the Session

Breakout Group Discussions: Public-Private Partnership- What Does this Entail? 

• 3:05-3:35  p.m.              Breakout Group Discussions: Public-Private Partnership- What Does This Entail? (Breakout into four smaller                                groups) Moderators:  Melissa Martin, CSDA Program Manager, Dana Ostrenga, CSDA Project Manager, Jennifer                              Brennan, Communications and Community Engagement Lead,  GSFC, Contractor: ADNET Systems Inc., and Aaron                                Kaulfus, CSDA Program Data Manager, MSFC

Breakout Groups:  Key Findings

• 3:35-4:05 p.m.            Breakout Group Key Findings | Moderator: Jennifer Brennan, Communications and Community Engagement Lead,       GSFC,  Contractor: ADNET Systems Inc.

Key Takeaways from Workshop and Next Steps

• 4:05-4:30 p.m.            Moderators: Dana Ostrenga, CSDA Project Manager, GSFC and Melissa Martin, CSDA Program Manager, HQ