1. 5.2a Conference Summary and Action Items Vanessa Griffin Acting Director, NESDIS Office of System Architacture & Advanced Planning Director, NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operatons

2. Regarding Conference Logistics/Planning From NSC-2013: Recommendations for NSC-2015 Focus on Users Clearly define “Users” (and Conference Goals) early in planning process Provide travel funding for users from Central/South America & Caribbean Maximize non-DC NOAA attendance Highlight applications/operations in particular More/longer poster sessions Partner with a Non-Profit Organization Share logistics/planning responsibilities Charge nominal Registration Fee: minimize no-shows & provide adequate breaks Hold in MD, but change venue to an adequate (non-federal?) Conference Facility Posters – more room, without security constraints Breaks & Lunches – more room, and better catering options Schedule for April again After winter, before summer; Good hotel rates; Lower risk of CR issues Avoid Easter, and conflict with 31 st Space Symposium 2

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4. Satellite Telemetry Interagency Working Group (STIWG) GOES Data Collection System (DCS) U.S. User’s Technical Working Group (TWG) Meeting: 50 attendees collaborating on technical strategies and future planning for use of the GOES DCS. GOES DCS International Training Session: About 20 participants; Hands-on training from NOAA on use of systems and from some of the most experienced users on Best Practicies for installing, operating and maintaining equipment. WMO VLab Training with focus on "Aspects of GEONETCast Americas for the Provider, User, and Trainer." Summary – Pre-Conference

5. Mon morning: GOES-R & JPSS “101” (media event) Mon evening: Icebreaker Tue evening: NESDIS Workshop on Consideration of Commercial Data Tue/Wed/Thu: Poster Sessions Wed: No Host Dinner All week: Exhibits/Demos Fri: "Meeting our Nation's Challenges: Socio-Economic Benefits of Environmental Satellites". Additionally…

6. International Partners/Users Briefs on Capital Hill (Appropriations Staffers, Tue morning) Provided key staffers on NOAA's Appropriations and Authorization Committees an opportunity to hear about the importance of the partnerships that NOAA/NESDIS has with its international space agencies, and the cost-effectiveness of the partnerships to deliver data and services that support the US and international weather enterprise. Participants: * John D. Murphy, NOAA, National Weather Service (NWS), Chief Operating Officer (COO) * Kathy-Ann Caesar, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) * Paul Counet, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) * Sophie Coutin-Faye, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) * Toshiyuki Kurino, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) * Dr. Wenjian Zhang, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Additionally…

8. OSPO: Highlights since 2013 NOAA Satellite Conference NOAA: Resiliency…and importance of NOAA Satellites NESDIS: Current & Future Plans…and importance of User Feedback NWS: “Weather Ready Nation” requires real-time data EUMETSAT, JMA, INPE, CMA, and KMA: Current & Future Satellite Operations Summary - Monday PM WMO: Development of a Vision of WIGOS Space-based Component in 2040 STAR: Daily Wrap-Up & STAR Overview

10. WMO RA-IV – Albert Martis, Vice President, WMO RA-IV: History of Weather Observations 2.1 – Current & Future GOES – Are You Ready? 2.2 – GOES-R sees the Earth 2.3 – JPSS – Building on the Success of S-NPP 2.4 – Use of S-NPP Summary - Tuesday

11. WMO RA-III – Juilan Baez, President, WMO RA-III: Importance of NOAA Satellites to RA-III 3.1 – JPSS Products and Dissemination: How to Access Data (current & future satellites) 3.2 – GOES-R Products 3.3 – Product Distribution Systems 3.4 – Product Distribution Services No Host Dinner Summary - Wednesday

12. 4.1 – Education & Training: today & future 4.2 – International Perspectives on Training and User Access to Imagery and Products 4.3 – Other NOAA Space Programs: 2015 to 2020+ 4.4 – Frequency Matters Summary - Thursday

13. 5.1 – Meeting our Nation’s Challenges: Socio-Economic Benefits of Environmental Satellites -NWS Perspective, D. McCarren -Naval Benefits/Impacts, CAPT E. Sauer -DHS-USCG Benefits/Impacts, LCDR A. Ortenzio -FAA Operations, R. Bass -Commercial Applications, D. Jones 5.2Conference Summary / Action Items and Closing Remarks Summary - Friday

14. Session 2.1: Action (M. Seybold): Update his slide 6 to denote specific data flowing between components, for NSC-2015 website. Action (S. Kalluri): Post table of data product sizes for L0, L1b, and L2 data on the GOES-R website. Session 2.3: Action (conference organizers): Make sure presentations are posted to NSC-2015 website. All presentations will be available on the NSC-2015 website as soon as possible after the conference. Recommendations and ?s...

15. Notable questions from Session 3.2: Q: Do you know how much or when I can find the information about the cost in order to buy an receiver antenna for GOES-R in Colombia, who will provide the service to? A: We do not provide quotes for equipment. If you go to http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/manulst.html you will see a list of GVAR manufacturers. Many of them are also selling GRB receive stations. At least one is selling one that will receive both GVAR and GRB.http://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/manulst.html Q: When will the South Americans have to buy the new antennas in order to receive GOES-R information? A: GOES-R is scheduled for launch in March 2016. Sometime after that, NOAA will decide whether it will become GOES-East or GOES-West. It is planned to be operational in March 2017 in one of the two positions. GRB imagery is planned to be available sometime after May 2016. Recommendations and ?s...

16. Notable questions from Session 3.2: Q: Will it be available for free the signal of GOES-R in which temporal resolution? A: All NOAA data is free and open. There is no license or other fee to download or use NOAA data after you have purchased your ground station. Q: How much will it cost for the sounder package? A: There are free packages available from http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/csppgeo/includes/documents/ITSC19_Poster _GDM_20140322.pdf Q: Are there courses in Spanish about GOES-R? A: Yes. Please go to http://www.comet.ucar.edu/. You can also contact the Visit or WMO VLab program. There are centers of excellence in Costa Rica, Brazil and Argentina. Point of contact: bernie.connell@colostate.edu Recommendations and ?s...

17. Session 3.3: Action (C. Sisko, D. Slater, D. McNamara): Please translate PDA Manual to Spanish Q: Is it feasible to stage additional data at the CBU? Q: Should we allow access to the PDA test bed for user feedback, suggested improvements? Recommendations and ?s...

18. Session 4.2: Expecting a Suggestion from Kathy-Ann / Bernie…shortly Recommendations and ?s...

19. Session 4.4: Consider establishing a satellite spectrum working group for Western Hemisphere space agencies. (M. Mulholland / OSAAP) NESDIS to develop an interference reporting protocol for polar & geostationary users. (M. Mulholland / OSAAP) Recommendations and ?s...

20. What else? What did we miss? Open Discussion Recommendations and ?s...