WPO staff set to present at AMS Annual Meeting

The Weather Program Office is contributing to the American Meteorological Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Below is a list of sessions, listed by day, with links to full information. Rows beginning with a highlighted time are sessions in which a member of WPO is a presenter, moderator, or panelist.

Saturday, January 11

When	Where	Who	Title	What
2:20–4:10 p.m.	210	Castle Williamsberg	Conversations with Professionals – Dr. Castle Williamsberg	Student Conference Session

Monday, January 13

When	Where	Who	Title	What
8:30–10:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	352	Christine Bassett, Mark Olsen	Advancements in Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Precipitation and Drought Predictions and Forecasts, Part I & Part II	Session Co-Chairs
1:45–2:00 p.m.	238	Jan Ising	The Data Assimilation Consortium: A Collaborative Effort to Advance the Data Assimilation Science (Invited Presentation)	Oral Presentation
3:00–4:30 p.m.	Hall C206	Chandra Kondragunta	Synergy Between Joint Technology Transfer Initiative and Earth Prediction Innovation Center in Advancing NOAA’s Unified Forecast System	Poster
5:15–5:30 p.m.	238	Jennifer Vogt	Expanding the UFS Community through the Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW)	Oral Presentation

Tuesday, January 14

When	Where	Who	Title	What
8:30–8:45 a.m.	347	Gina Eosco	Charting A New Course: Reflecting on Our Journey And The Future of Social Science in Weather Research	Oral Presentation
8:30–10:30 a.m.	352	Renee Richardson	Innovation and Advancements in Mesoscale Observing Systems and Strategies	Session Co-Chair
9:15–9:30 a.m.	239	Segayle Thompson	Coordination of Research and Future Radar Actions	Oral Presentation
1:45–3:00 p.m.	347	Castle Williamsberg, Alison Krepp	A Decade of Discovery: Reflecting on 10 Years of Social Science Research Transitions	Panel Co-Chairs, Moderators
1:45–3:00 p.m.	238	Lingyan Xin, Mark Olsen	Earth Systems Innovation for Community Modeling	Session Co-Chairs
2:20–2:35 p.m.	Hall B Booth 201 (NOAA)	John Ten Hoeve	WPO 101	NOAA Booth Presentation
2:30–2:45 p.m.	218	Chris Spells	Management and Oversight of NOAA’s Service Delivery and Social Science Projects Associated with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law	Oral Presentation
3:00–4:30 p.m.	Hall C	Jose-Henrique Alves	Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation Posters	Poster Session Co-Chair
4:20–4:55 p.m.	Hall B Booth 201 (NOAA)	WPO Staff	Mini-R&D Showcase	NOAA Booth Presentations
4:30–4:45 p.m.	238	Maoyi Huang	The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) as a Catalyst for NOAA’s Future Earth Prediction System	Oral Presentation
5:45–6:00 p.m.	238	John Ten Hoeve	Working at the Intersection of Research and Operations – Lessons Learned and a Future Vision of Community Modeling from OAR’s Weather Program Office	Oral Presentation
7:00–9:00 p.m.	Hilton New Orleans Riverside St. James Room	WPO, NWS SBES Programs, AMS Board on Societal Impacts	Societal Impacts Networking Reception	Event (Off-Site)

Wednesday, January 15

When	Where	Who	Title	What
8:30–10:00 a.m.	347	Jonathon Mote	Climate Science for Industry: Measuring and Addressing Sector-Specific Impacts of Climate Change	Session Chair
8:30–10:00 a.m.	343	Chandra Kondragunta	Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds I	Session Co-Chair
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	352	Renee Richardson	Extreme Maritime Weather – Met-Ocean Science, Observations, and Services to Enhance Understanding, Safety, and Efficiency, Part I	Session Co-Chair
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	343	Jordan Dale	Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds II	Session Co-Chair
11:00–11:15 a.m.	353	Sandy LaCorte	NOAA’s Weather Program Office: Funding Research to Improve Weather Forecasts	Oral Presentation
11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	202	Lingyan Xin	NOAA Fire Weather Research Program and Fire Weather Activities at NOAA’s Weather Program Office	Oral Presentation
1:45–3:00 p.m.	219	Wayne MacKenzie, Castle Williamsberg	Exploring Transition Practices Across the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise: Panel Discussion	Oral Presentation, Moderator
1:45–3:00 p.m.	352	Renee Richardson	Extreme Maritime Weather – Met-Ocean Science, Observations, and Services to Enhance Understanding, Safety, and Efficiency, Part II	Session Co-Chair
1:45–3:00 p.m.	343	Aaron Pratt	Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds III	Session Co-Chair
3:00–4:30 p.m.	Hall C 799	Aaron Pratt	Joint Technology Transfer Initiative: Transitioning MetPlus Tools to NWS Operations	Poster
4:30–6:00 p.m.	219	Wayne MacKenzie,Castle Williamsberg	Journeys from ‘R’ to ‘X’:  Leveraging NOAA Lab Research Transition Successes to Reshape and Accelerate the R2X Process	Co-Conveners
4:30–6:00 p.m.	343	Aaron Pratt, Jordan Dale	Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds IV	Session Co-Chairs
4:30–6:00 p.m.	345	Cassandra Shivers-Williams	Warning Communication and Public Threat Perception	Session Co-Chair
4:30–6:00 p.m.	352	Renee Richardson	Ship Weather Routing and Route Optimization – MetOcean Data Applied to Decision Making	Moderator

Thursday, January 16

When	Where	Who	Title	What
8:30–10:00 a.m.	219	Jose-Henrique Alves	The Earth Prediction Innovation Center to Accelerate Community- Developed Scientific and Technological Enhancements into the Operational Applications for Numerical Weather Prediction	Session Co-Chair
8:30–10:00 a.m.	223	Krishna Kumar	High Performance Computing and other Innovative Computing Approaches for Community Earth System Models	Session Co-Chair
8:30–10:00 a.m.	343	Ben Woods	NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP): Advancing Hurricane Modeling, Analysis, Forecasting, and Risk Communication for a Diverse World: Part I	Session Co-Chair
12:15–1:15 p.m.	342	Gina Eosco	Interagency Coordination for Meteorological Services in an Era of Rapid Technological Advancements	Panelist
1:45–3:00 p.m.	347	Alison Krepp	Weather and Society: Where Do We Go From Here?	Panelist
3:00–4:30 p.m.	Hall C 989	Ben Woods	Project/Program Considerations for Future Supplemental Program Portfolios	Poster