PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO NSIDC Conference Attendance Where We've Been, Where We're Going

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO NSIDC's Booth

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Conferences we have attended FY05 Fall 2004 AGU (American Geophysical Union) mtg  Conference attendance ~10,000  NSIDC user requests o 67 total requests o 46 were new users o When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change  Thoughts

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Conferences we have attended FY05 85 th AMS (American Meteorological Society) Annual mtg  Conference Attendance ~3200  NSIDC user requests o 25 total requests o 18 new users o When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change  Thoughts

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Conferences we have attended FY05 The OneNASA factor  The effects on DAAC users  The OneNASA message

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Upcoming conferences The 2005 Meeting of the AAG (Association of American Geographers)  April 5-9, 2005  Denver, CO

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Branching out to new conferences EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly meeting  6-11 April 2003; Nice, France  NSIDC user requests o 63 total requests o 53 new users o A lot of interest from European community

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Branching out to new conferences Where do we go from here?  Focus on international users o IGARRS (IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium) o EGU (European Geosciences Union)  Hands on and demonstrative workshops o i.e. Snow and Ice workshop

PODAG XXIII, February 2005, Boulder, CO Summary We have attended AGU, AMS  Overall both conferences went fairly well  We should work on developing our products and advertising them at these venues Looking forward to meeting potential users at AAG Looking ahead at opportunities to reach a broader user community