1. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 February 2005, Boulder, CO NSIDC Conference Attendance Where We've Been, Where We're Going

2. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 February 2005, Boulder, CO NSIDC's Booth

3. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 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

4. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 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

5. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 February 2005, Boulder, CO Conferences we have attended FY05 The OneNASA factor  The effects on DAAC users  The OneNASA message

6. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 February 2005, Boulder, CO Upcoming conferences The 2005 Meeting of the AAG (Association of American Geographers)  April 5-9, 2005  Denver, CO

7. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 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

8. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 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

9. PODAG XXIII, 16-17 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