Tuesday, April 24th

8:30AM	Welcome & Introduction  (Woody Turner/NASA HQ) (PDF)
8:45AM	NASA Earth Science Research Outlook (Jack Kaye/NASA Headquarters)
9:00AM	Questions
9:20AM	Project Talks   Forecasting Coral Disease Outbreaks Across the Tropical Pacific Ocean Using Satellite-Derived Data Megan Donohue/University of Hawaii, Honolulu (PDF)   Decision and Information System for the Coastal Waters of Oman (DISCO) - An Integrative Tool for Managing Coastal Resources Under Changing Climate Joaquim Goes/Columbia University (PDF)   A Satellite-based Mobile Warning System to Reduce Atlantic Sturgeon Interactions in Delaware Waters Matthew Oliver/University of Delaware (PDF)   Coral Reef Condition Across the Hawaiian Archipelago and Relationship to Environmental Forcing Eric Hochberg/Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS) (PDF)
10:20AM	Break
10:45AM	Project Talks   EcoCast: Improving Ecological and Economic Sustainability of Marine Fisheries Using Remotely-Sensed Oceanographic Data Rebecca Lewison/San Diego State University (PDF)   Using HyspIRI to Identify Benthic Composition and Bleaching in Shallow Coral Reef Ecosystems Tom Bell/University of California, Los Angeles (PDF)   The Biogeography and Evolution of Drought Tolerance in Grasses Fan Qiu/Kansas State University (PDF)   Developing and Testing the Dynamic Habitat Index from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data for Biodiversity and Conservation Science Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin, Madison (PDF)
11:45AM	NASA Capacity Building Resources   Applied Sciences Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Cindy Schmidt/NASA Ames Research Center (PDF)   DEVELOP: Earth Observations Applications Feasibility Projects Victor Lenske and Sara Lubkin/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (PDF)
12:00PM	Lunch
01:30PM	Project Talks   Using Earth Observations and Ecosystem Modeling to Improve the Sustainability of Agribusiness and Extractive Industries in Working Landscapes Becky Chaplin-Kramer/Stanford University (PDF)   Earth Observations to Value Ecosystem Services: A Series of Workshops Carlos Ramirez-Reyes/University of Minnesota (PDF)   Using Earth Observations to Inform the Valuation of Ecosystem Services that Support Coastal Resiliency Valerie Seidel/ The Balmoral Group, LLC (PDF)   Integrating Remote-Sensing and Ecological Forecasting into Decision-Support for Wetland Wildlife Management and Ecosystem Services in the Central Valley of California: Optimizing Across Multiple Benefits Matthew Reiter/Point Blue Conservation Science (PDF)   Mosquito Mappers Russanne Low/Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (PDF)
02:45PM	Break
03:00PM	Project Talks   A System to Forecast the Demographic and Genetic Viability of Salmonid Fish Across Broad Regions Under Changing Climates Seth Wenger/University of Georgia (PDF)   Bringing Wildlife Management into Focus: Integrating Camera Traps, Remote Sensing and Citizen Science to Improve Population Modeling Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison (PDF)   Projecting Effects of Climate Change on Pacific Rim Rivers and Salmon: Integrating Remote Sensing, Landscape Genomics, and Demography to Inform Conservation Brian Hand/University of Montana (PDF)   Monitoring and Forecasting Chimpanzee Habitat Health in Africa to Inform Conservation Actions, Strategies and Measure Success Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute (PDF)
04:00PM	NASA Data Archive Resources New Tools for Managing Your Data at the Land Processes DAAC Aaron Friesz/USGS (PDF)
04:15PM	Speed Talks on Posters by NASA Earth and Space Science Fellows
05:15PM	Poster Session

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Wednesday, April 25th

08:30AM	Project Talks   Informing UN-assisted National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plans with Earth Observations: Application to Forest Integrity and Connectivity Andrew Hansen/Montana State University, Bozeman (PDF)   Using NASA Resources to Better Inform Wildlife Conservation in the Anthropocene: Spatially Predicting Impacts of Anthropogenic Nightlight and Noise on Wildlife Habitat Integrity Across the Contiguous United States Neil Carter/Boise State University (PDF)   Adaptive Ecosystem Climatology (AEC) Sergio deRada/Naval Research Laboratory (PDF)   Re-wilding Urban Environments: Integrating Remote Sensing and Citizen Science to Study the Environmental Context and Ecological Consequences of Returning Avian Predators Ben Zuckerberg/University of Wisconsin, Madison (PDF)
09:30AM	Project Talks   Linking Remotely Sensed Optical Diversity to Genetic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity to Predict Ecosystem Processes Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota (PDF)   Integrating Earth Observations with Improved Topoclimate and Connectivity Tools to Inform Climate-Smart Conservation Kimberly Hall /The Nature Conservancy (PDF)   Harnessing NASA Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Large-Scale Conservation Management on BLM Lands Bo Zhou/University of California, Los Angeles (ZIP)   Bayesian Data-Model Synthesis for Biological Conservation and Management in Antarctica Heather Lynch/SUNY Stony Brook (PDF)
10:30AM	Break
10:50AM	Scoping Study and Workshop Project Talks   From Arboreal to Benthic Communities: the ABCs of Land to Ocean Biodiversity Observations Erin Hestir/University of California, Merced (PDF)   Scoping Study for Biodiversity Airborne Campaigns Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison (PDF)   Monitoring Dimensions of Biodiversity in a Mega-Diverse Region of Southern Africa: from Traits to Communities to Ecosystems Adam Wilson/University at Buffalo (PDF)   Connecting Biodiversity, Geodiversity, and Remote Sensing across Scales Sydne Record/Bryn Mawr College (PDF)   Identify Gaps and Needs for Improving Large-scale Biodiversity Modeling Through Lessons Learned from Climate Models Bonnie Myers and Sarah Weiskopf/USGS (PDF)
12:05PM	Lunch
01:20PM	Workshop and MBON Project Talks   Mapping Linkages Between Geophysical and Biological Diversity Across Space and Time in the Andes, Amazon, and Choco of Peru, Ecuador, and Columbia. Sherilyn Fritz/University of Nebraska, Lincoln (PDF)   System for Mapping And Predicting Species Of Concern (SMAP-SOC) John Olson/ California State University, Monterey Bay (PDF)   Demonstrating an Effective Marine Biodiversity Observation Network in the Santa Barbara Channel Robert Miller/University of California, Santa Barbara (PDF)   National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida (PDF)
02:20PM	Presentation and Discussion - Analytic Centers: Bringing Machine Learning to Biodiversity Studies NASA Earth Science Technology Office/Mike Little (PDF)
03:10PM	Break
03:25PM	Presentation and Comment: Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Advanced Planning Gary Geller/JPL (PDF)
4:25PM	Project Talks   Assessing Simulated HyspIRI Imagery for Detecting and Quantifying Coral Reef Coverage and Water Quality Using Spectral Inversion and Deconvolution Methods Steve Ackleson/Naval Research Laboratory (PDF)   Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs: Assessing the Potential for Spectral Discrimination of Coral Symbiont Diversity Heidi Dierssen/University of Connecticut (PDF)   Next-Generation UAS-Based Spectral Systems for Environmental Monitoring Petya Campbell/University of Maryland, Baltimore County (PDF)
05:10PM	Adjourn

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Thursday, April 26th

08:30AM	Project Talks   Forecasts of Pelagic Sargassum Blooms and Transports in the Intra-Americas Sea and Tropical Atlantic: Improving a Prototype Decision-making Tool Chuanmin Hu/University of South Florida, Tampa (PDF)   From Soundscapes to Landscapes: Monitoring Animal Biodiversity from Space Using Citizen Scientists Scott Goetz/Northern Arizona University (PDF)   Assembly and Evolution of the Amazonian Biota and its Environment: an Integrated Approach Kyle McDonald/The City College of New York, CUNY (PDF)   Managing Forests for Sustainable Harvest and Wildlife Habitat Using Earth Observations and Modeling of Forest Structure and Landscape Connectivity Andrew Elmore/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (PDF)   Animal Telemetry Network Bill Woodward/NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System (PDF)
09:45AM	Charge to Breakout Groups
09:55AM	Break
10:15AM	Breakout Discussion Topics Integrating Biological Observations into the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System and the Global Ocean Observing System Ecological Forecasting Projects - Meeting with Associates New Directions in the Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Biodiversity
12:00PM	Lunch
01:15PM	Reconvene and Report Out
01:45PM	Project Talks   The role of Taxonomic, Functional, Genetic, and Landscape Diversity in Food Web Responses to a Changing Environment Anthony Ives/University of Wisconsin, Madison (PDF)   Merging Satellite and Numerical Model Data in the California Current to Create Continuous Imagery and Forecasts of Harmful Algal Blooms Clarissa Anderson/Scripps Institution of Oceanography (PDF)   Initiating an Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) Lee Cooper/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (PDF)   A Multidisciplinary Framework for Biodiversity Prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot Andrea Paz/The City College of New York (PDF)   Deriving Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and Indicators from eBird Citizen Science Data Tom Auer/Cornell University (PDF)
03:00PM	Break
03:15PM	Plenary Discussion: Program Updates, Issues, and Concerns Woody Turner, Allison Leidner, Keith Gaddis/NASA HQ
04:00PM	Meeting Ends

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Participants

Last, First	Company/Organization
Ackleson, Steven	Naval Research Laboratory
Anderson, Clarissa	Scripps Institution of Oceanography/Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
Armstrong, Amanda	USRA GESTAR
Auer, Tom	Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Bagstad, Ken	U.S. Geological Survey
Beard, Doug	U.S. Geological Survey
Bell, Tom	UC Los Angeles
Blair, Mary	Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
Bond, Pamela	NASA Headquarters
Bontempi, Paula	NASA Headquarters
Borowitz, Mariel	NASA Headquarters
Bosch, Jennifer	U.S. IOOS
Boyer, Alison	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Braun, Camrin	MIT-WHOI
Brennan, Sarah	NASA Headquarters
Bristol, Sky	U.S. Geological Survey
Brown de Colstoun, Eric	Biospheric Sciences Laboratory GSFC
Bundy, Marie	NOAA NOS OCM
Byrd, Kristin	U.S. Geological Survey
Caldwell, Jamie	University of Hawaii & Stanford University
Campbell, Petya	UMBC
Canonico, Gabrielle	NOAA/US IOOS
Carter, Neil	Boise State University
Cavender-Bares, Jeannine	University of Minnesota
Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca	Stanford University
Clare, John	University of Wisconsin
Clark, Jim	Duke University
Clough, Lisa	NSF
Comet, Sabra	IOOS/NOAA
Conlisk, Erin	Point Blue Conservation Science
Cooper, Lee	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Curtis, Caroline	University of Massachusetts
Davis, Anita	SSAI/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
de Rada, Sergio	Naval Research Laboratory
Diamond, Craig	The Balmoral Group
Dierssen, Heidi	University of Connecticut
Dohan, Kathleen	Earth and Space Research
Donahue, Megan	Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Dourte, Daniel	The Balmoral Group
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie	MIT
Eakin, Mark	NOAA Coral Reef Watch
Elmore, Andrew	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Erker, Tedward	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Estes, Maury	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Fatoyinbo, Lola	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Forget, Gaël	MIT
Friesz, Aaron	NASA LP DAAC
Fritz, Sheri	University of Nebraska Lincoln
Frye, Henry	University of Connecticut
Gaddis, Keith	NASA Headquarters
Gao, Bo-Cai	NRL
Geiger, Erick	NOAA Coral Reef Watch
Geller, Gary	JPL
Gittings, Steve	NOAA
Goes, Joaquim	Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
Goetz, Scott	Northern Arizona University
Gouldman, Carl	U.S. IOOS
Gradone, Joe	University of Delaware
Greene, Austin	Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Groves, Carolyn	National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Gutierrez-Velez, Victor	Temple University
Hall, Kimberly	The Nature Conservancy
Hand, Brian	University of Montana
Hansen, Andy	Montana State University
Haram, Linsey	Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Hebblewhite, Mark	University of Montana
Hellmayr, Christoph	Duke University
Heron, Scott	NOAA Coral Reef Watch
Hestir, Erin	UC Merced
Hu, Chuanmin	University of South Florida
Ives, Anthony	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jantz, Patrick	Northern Arizona University
Jantz, Samuel	University of Maryland
Jetz, Walter	Yale University
Jones-Bateman, John	Booze Allen Hamilton
Juhn, Daniel	Conservation International
Kavanaugh, Maria	Oregon State University
Kaye, Jack	NASA Headquarters
Khan, Ashfaq	The City College of New York
Kiefer, Dale	System Science Applications
Killner, Chris	Duke University
Kimball, Justine	CRIR NOAA
Laporte, Nadine	Northern Arizona University
Lara Henao, Wilson	Temple University
Laureano-Rosario, Abdiel	University of South Florida
Leidner, Allison	NASA Headquarters/ASRC Federal
Lenahan, McRae	CHIEF
Lenske, Victor	NASA DEVELOP
Lewison, Rebecca	San Diego State University
Lind, Brianna	New Mexico State University
Little, Michael	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Liu, Gang	NOAA Coral Reef Watch
Lorenzoni, Laura	NASA Headquarters
Low, Russanne	IGES
Lubkin, Sara	NASA DEVELOP
Lynch, Heather	Stony Brook University
Marselis, Suzanne	University of Maryland
Martinelli, Sebastian	University of Wisconsin
Maximenko, Nikolai	University of Hawaii
McDonald, Kyle	The City College of New York
Messie, Monique	MBARI
Messié, Monique	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Miller, Robert	Marine Science Institute
Molthan, Andrew	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Montes, Enrique	University of South Florida
Morisette, Jeffrey	Department of Interior
Muller-Karger, Frank	University of South Florida
Myers, Bonnie	U.S. Geological Survey
Neigh, Chris	NASA Headquarters
Nunes, Chase	Duke University
Oliver, Matthew	University of Delaware
Olson, John	California State University Monterey Bay
Ombres, Erica	NOAA OAR OAP
Pavlick, Ryan	JPL
Paz Velez, Andrea	Graduate Center, City University of New York
Pintea, Lilian	the Jane Goodall Institute
Price, Jim	U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Qiu, Fan	Kansas State University
Quinteros, Natalia	City University of New York
Quintrell, Josie	IOOS Association
Radeloff, Volker	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ramirez Reyes, Carlos	University of Minnesota
Rappaport, Danielle	University of Maryland
Record, Sydne	Bryn Mawr College
Reiter, Matthew	Point Blue Conservation Science
Rogers, Laura	NASA Langley Research Center
Ruiz, Gregory	Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Schaffer-Smith, Danica	Duke University
Schmidt, Cindy	BAERI/NASA
Schultz, Lori	University of Alabama at Huntsville
Schwaller, Mathew	SUNY Stonybrook
Schwartes, Amanda	Duke University
Seadler, Abigail	NASA/GST
Seidel, Valerie	The Balmoral Group
Shamberger, Katie	Texas A&M University, Dept of Oceanography
Shiklomanov, Alexey	Boston University
Siegel, David	UCSB
Silsbe, Greg	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Skiles, Jay	NASA Ames Research Center
Snowden, Derrick	NOAA/IOOS
Song, Xiao-Peng	University of Maryland
Sousa, Celio	USRA
Stone, Brian	Axiom Data Science
Swenson, Jennifer	Duke University
Townsend, Philip	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Turner, Woody	NASA Headquarters
Van Leeuwen, Martin	University at Buffalo, Dept of Geography
Wei, Jianwei	University of Massachusetts Boston
Weiskopf, Sarah	U.S. Geological Survey
Wenger, Seth	University of Georgia
Whitehurst, Amanda	ASTS/NASA Headquarters
Willis, Zdenka	NASA Headquarters
Wilson, Adam	University at Buffalo
Woodward, Bill	NOAA/IOOS/ATN
Wright, Timothy	Conservation International
Yu, Qin	The George Washington University
Zhou, Bo	UCLA
Zuckerberg, Benjamin	University of Wisconsin-Madison