Staff from the Weather Program Office are contributing to the American Meteorological Society’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. Below is a daily list of the sessions with links to full information.
Sunday, January 25
2:00–2:50 p.m.
Carmen Davila: Panel Discussion — Tell Me About Yourself: Tips and Tricks for A+ Interviews
Tuesday, January 27
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Alison Krepp: Cracking the Connectivity Code: Applying Bibliographic Coupling to Advance Integration in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) – Weather Knowledge Ecosystem
4:00–4:15 p.m.
John Ten Hoeve: Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge (NOAA Booth)
Wednesday, January 28
9:30–9:45 a.m.
Wayne MacKenzie: An Agile Approach to Research to Operations Transitions
9:45–10:00 a.m.
Castle Williamsberg: Human-Centered Insights for R2X Efficiency in the OAR-NWS Transition Pipeline: Early Findings and Open Dialogue
2:30–2:45 p.m.
Jan Ising: Future Outlooks of Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction within the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise
2:45–3:00 p.m.
Lingyan Xin: Advancing Atmospheric River Forecasting for Public Safety and Water Resilience through a Multi-Institution Project
4:00–4:15 p.m.
Gina Eosco: Weather Program Office (NOAA Booth)
5:00–5:15 p.m.
Maoyi Huang: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) as a Catalyst for NOAA’s Future Earth Prediction System
5:15–5:30 p.m.
John Ten Hoeve: EPIC and the Student Experience: Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities
Thursday, January 29
8:30–8:45 a.m.
Jordan Dale: NOAA Testbeds & Proving Grounds: Advancing probabilistic hazards forecasting for decision support
8:45–9:00 a.m.
Chandra Kondragunta: Joint Technology Transfer Initiative: A Decade of Transitioning Community Weather Research to the NWS Operations
11:30–11:45 a.m.
Gina Eosco: The Dawn of Impact-Based Weather Intelligence: How AI Could Transform Traditional Numerical Weather Prediction From Forecasting Weather to Forecasting Impacts
2:15–2:30 p.m.
Kyle Metta: Enhancing Social Science Data Sharing Through the InSPIRE Metadata Schema
2:30–2:45 p.m.
Jonathon Mote: Bridging Fast and Slow Thinking: Semantic and AI-Driven Exploration of NOAA Storm Events Data
WPO staff are also chairs or co-chairs for the following sessions:
- Tell Me About Yourself: Tips and Tricks for A+ Interviews
- Innovation and Advancements in Mesoscale Observing Technologies I
- Innovation and Advancements in Mesoscale Observing Technologies II
- AI-Driven Innovations in Subseasonal-to Seasonal-to-Decadal (S2S/S2D) Forecasting: From Foundational Models to Explainable Predictability I
- Strengthening Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Forecasts through Model Advancements and Ensemble Innovations
- Advancing R2O and O2R in Weather Analysis and Forecast Systems: Technologies, Methodologies, and Approaches to Meet Evolving Forecasting Needs: Part I of IV: R2O & O2R
- Progress Updates and Community Innovations in Data Assimilation for Earth Systems
- Operationalizing Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research
- Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds I
- Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds II
- Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds III
- Strategies and Opportunities for Sharing Social Science Data
This story was published on January 13, 2026.
