Tuesday, May 21st

8:30AM	Welcome & Introduction  (Woody Turner/NASA HQ) (PDF)
8:45AM	NASA Earth Science Research Outlook (Jack Kaye/NASA Headquarters)
9:00AM	Questions
9:15AM	Project Talks   Assembly and Evolution of the Amazonian Biota and its Environment: An Integrated Approach Joel Cracraft/American Museum of Natural History (PDF)   Signatures of the Multiple Scales of Motion in Shaping Marine Phytoplankton Biogeography Stephanie Dutkiewicz/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PDF)   Quantifying Forest Vertical Structure Using Spaceborne Lidar: A GEO BON Essential Biodiversity Variable Application in Colombia Patrick Jantz/Northern Arizona University (PDF)   Merging Satellite and Numerical Model Data in the California Current to Create Continuous Imagery and Forecasts of Harmful Algal Blooms Clarissa Anderson/University of California, San Diego (PDF)
10:15AM	Break
10:30AM	NASA Applied Sciences Outlook Lawrence Friedl/NASA Headquarters (PDF)
10:45AM	Questions
11:00AM	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)   Automated Protocols for Generating Very High-Resolution Commercial Validation Products with NASA High-End Computing Resources Maggie Wooten/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (PDF)   Dynamic Seascape to Support a Biogeographic Framework for a Global Marine Biodiversity Observing Network Maria Kavanaugh/Oregon State University (PDF)   Forecasting Coral Disease Outbreaks across the Tropical Pacific Ocean Using Satellite-derived Data Megan Donohue/University of Hawaii at Manoa (PDF)
12:00PM	Lunch
1:30PM	Project Talks   Demonstrating an Effective Marine Biodiversity Observation Network in the Santa Barbara Channel Robert Miller/University of California, Santa Barbara (PDF)   Expanding Wallace Biodiversity Modelling Software to Support National Biodiversity Change Indicator Calculations for GEO BON Assessment and Reporting Mary Blair/American Museum of Natural History (PDF)   A Multidisciplinary Framework for Biodiversity Prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot Ana Carnaval/City University of New York (PDF)   TunaScape: Coupling Ocean Circulation to the Tuna Fishery of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Dale Kiefer/University of Southern California (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)
2:45PM	Break
3:00PM	Project Talks   From Soundscapes to Landscapes: Monitoring Animal Biodiversity from Space Using Citizen Scientists Matthew Clark/Sonoma 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)
3:30PM	NASA Capacity Building - ARSET and DEVELOP (PDF) Cindy Schmidt/NASA Ames Research Center & Kenton Ross/NASA Langley Research Center
3:45PM	NASA Partnerships and Crowdsourcing Favors (PDF) Gupta (PDF) Jamie Favors and Shobhana Gupta/NASA Headquarters
4:00PM	Poster Intro Speed Talks by NASA Earth and Space Science Fellows (PDF) (3 minutes each, questions afterward at posters)
5:00PM	Poster Session

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Wednesday, May 22nd

08:30AM	Project Talks   Improving Linkages Between Earth Observations and Ecosystem Service Models with Essential Biodiversity Variables Becky Chaplin-Kramer/Stanford University (PDF)   Predicting, Validating and Understanding Zooplankton Distributions from Space in an Eddy Rich Ocean Victoria Coles/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (PDF)   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 (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)
09:30AM	Project Talks   NeMO-Net – The Neural Multi-Modal Observation and Training Network for Global Coral Reef Assessment Juan Torres Perez/NASA Ames Research Center (PDF)   Monitoring and Forecasting Chimpanzee Habitat Health in Africa to Inform Conservation Actions, Strategies and Measure Success Lilian Pintea/Jane Goodall Institute (PDF)   Modeling of Environmental Variables and Land-use/Land-cover Change Influence on Declining Hawaiian Coral Reef Health since 2000 Using HyspIRI-like Images James Goodman/HySpeed Computing (PDF)
10:15AM	Break
10:35AM	Project Talks   Using Remotely-sensed Phenology to Monitor Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Wetlands Iryna Dronova/University of California, Berkeley (PDF)   Utilizing Remote Sensing, Models and In Situ Data to Elucidate Ecosystem Hotspots in a Moving Ocean Monique Messié/Monterey Bay Area Aquarium Research Institute (PDF)   Laying the Foundation of the Pole-to-Pole Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) of the Americas Enrique Montes/University of South Florida (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 (PDF)
11:35AM	Speed Talk Introductions for Afternoon Breakout Sessions (PDF)
12:05PM	Lunch
02:00PM	Breakout Round 1: Trainings and Tutorials   A. Advanced Phenological Information System Jeff Morisette/National Invasive Species Council (PDF)   B. Generative Models to Forecast Community Reorganization with Climate Change Amanda Schwantes/Duke University   C. Circuitscape Kim Hall/The Nature Conservancy (PDF) and MIT/Ranjan Anantharaman (PDF)   D. NASA Web-based Tools for Satellite Data Analysis Cindy Schmidt/NASA Ames Research Center and Aaron Friesz/LP DAAC (PDF)
02:40PM	Break
02:55PM	Breakout Round 2: Trainings and Tutorials   A. Advanced Phenological Information System Jeff Morisette/National Invasive Species Council (PDF)   B. Generative Models to Forecast Community Reorganization with Climate Change Amanda Schwantes/Duke University   C. Riverscape Analysis Project Brian Hand/University of Montana (PDF)   D. Accessing Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) from ORNL DAAC Alison Boyer/ORNL DAAC (PDF)
03:35PM	Break
03:50PM	Breakout Round 3: Trainings and Tutorials   A. Spectral Data Discovery, Access and Analysis through EcoSIS Toolkits Ting Zheng/University of Wisconsin, Madison Part 1 (PDF) Part 2 (PDF)   B. Software Workflows and Tools for Integrating Remote Sensing and Organismal Occurrence Data Streams to Assess and Monitor Biodiversity Change Walter Jetz/Yale (PDF)   C. Amplify your work: Storytelling Workshop and Presentation U.Group (PDF)   D. A Satellite-based Mobile Warning System to Reduce Atlantic Sturgeon Interactions in Delaware Waters Matt Oliver/University of Delaware (PDF)
04:30PM	Break
04:45PM	Breakout Round 3: Trainings and Tutorials   A. Spectral Data Discovery, Access and Analysis through EcoSIS Toolkits Ting Zheng/University of Wisconsin, Madison Part 1 (PDF) Part 2 (PDF)   B. Software Workflows and Tools for Integrating Remote Sensing and Organismal Occurrence Data Streams to Assess and Monitor Biodiversity Change Walter Jetz/Yale (PDF)   C. Programmatic Discussion with A.8 PIs NASA Applied Sciences Team   D. Programmatic Discussion with A.50 PIs Gary Geller/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
05:25PM	Adjourn

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Thursday, May 23rd

08:30AM	Project Talks   Developing a Mechanistic Understanding of the Influence of (Sub) Mesoscale Features on the Distribution and Behavior of Pelagic Predators Peter Gaube/University of Washington (PDF)   Piloting the Use of Earth Observation Data in Support of National and Subnational Ecosystem Accounts in the United States Mehdi Heris/University of Colorado, Denver (PDF)   Using Citizen Science to Understand Thirty Years of Change in Global Kelp Cover by Expanding the Zooniverse to NASA Satellite Imagery Jarrett Byrnes/University of Massachusetts, Boston (PDF)   East Meets West: Dynamic Biogeography of the Subarctic North Pacific Kathleen Dohan/Earth and Space Research (PDF)
09:30AM	Project Talks   Vegetation Functional Amplitudes Along a Rainfall Gradient in Indian Ecosystems Using AVIRIS-NG Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison (PDF)   FloatEco: Study of Physical and Biological Processes Maintaining a Unique Floating Ecosystem of the North Pacific Garbage Patch Nikolai Maximenko/University of Hawaii and Gregory Ruiz/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (PDF)   Integration of Earth Observations for Decision Making on Biodiversity Management and Conservation in Colombia: Consideration of the Colombian Biodiversity Observation Network Victor Gutierrez-Velez/Temple University (PDF)   Utilizing Earth Observation Data and Products to Map Ecosystem Extent and Further the Development of a Condition Account to Support the Conservation Province of West Papua, Indonesia Max Wright/Conservation International and Anurag Ramachandra/Conservation International - Indonesia (PDF)
10:30AM	Break
10:50AM	Project Talks   The Freshwater Health Index: NASA-Conservation International Partnership Derek Vollmer/Conservation International and Ibrahim Mohammed/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (PDF)   The Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa: NASA-Conservation International Partnership Celio Sousa/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Miroslav Honzak/Conservation International (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)   National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida (PDF)
11:50PM	Lunch
01:30PM	Project Talks   Activities to Advance, Build and Deliver Remote Sensing-supported Species Distribution and Species Abundance EBVs Walter Jetz/Yale University (PDF)   Informing UN-assisted National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plans with Earth Observations: Application to Forest Integrity and Connectivity Andrew Hansen/Montana State University (PDF)   Ecosystem Functional Diversity of the Circumpolar Arctic Amanda Armstrong/University of Virginia (PDF)   Harnessing NASA Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of Large-Scale Conservation Management on BLM Lands Greg Okin/University of California, Los Angeles (PDF)   Linking Remotely-sensed Optical Diversity to Genetic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity to Predict Ecosystem Processes Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota (PDF)
02:45PM	Break
03:05PM	Plenary Discussion: Program Updates, Issues, and Concerns (PDF) Woody Turner and Keith Gaddis/NASA Headquarters
04:00PM	Meeting Ends

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Participants

Excel Report with Emails

Last, First	Company/Organization
Abraham, Andrew	Mr
Anderson, Clarissa	UCSD
Anderson, Robert	City College of New York, City University of New York
Armstrong, Amanda	University of Virginia
Babich Morrow, Cecina	American Museum of Natural History
Bertola, Laura	City College of New York
Blair, Mary	American Museum of Natural History
Bohrer, Gil	OH State University
Boyer, Alison	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brown de Colstoun, Eric	NASA GSFC
Byrd, Kristin	USGS
Byrnes, Jarrett	University of Massachusetts Boston
Caldwell, Jamie	Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology/Stanford University
Canonico, Gabrielle	NOAA/US IOOS
Carlson, Ben	Yale University
Carnaval, Ana	CUNY
Cavender-Bares, Jeannine	University of Minnesota
Chaichitehrani, Nazanin	University of Maryland, Horn Point Labrotary
Chang, Samuel	Pace University
Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca	Natural Capital Project, Stanford University
Cherrington, Emil	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Childs-Gleason, Lauren	SSAI / NASA Capacity Building Program
Chirayath, Ved	NASA Ames
Clark, Matthew	Sonoma State University
Coles, Victoria	UMCES
Cracraft, Joel	American Museum of Natural History
Davis, Anita	SSAI/Earth to Sky
Denfeld, Blaize	NASA HQ
Deppe, Jill	National Audubon Society
DiMiceli, Charlene	University of Maryland, Dept. of Geographical Sciences
Dobrowski, Solomon	University of Montana
Donahue, Megan	Hawaii Inst of Marine Biology/University of Hawaii at Manoa
Doughty, Christopher	NAU
Dronova, Iryna	University of California Berkeley
Dungan, Jennifer	NASA Ames Research Center
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie	MIT
Ecker, Maddie	U.Group/NASA Applied Sciences Communications Team
Ellis Soto, Diego	Yale University
Elmore, Andrew	University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Escudero, Luis	INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU
Estes, Maury	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Favors, Jamie	NASA Earth Science
Fitzpatrick, Matt	UMCES
Friesz, Aaron	NASA LP DAAC
Gaube, Peter	Applied Physics Laboratory - University of Washington
Geller, Gary	NASA/JPL
Goldbaum, Elizabeth	NASA/ESTO
Goodman, James	HySpeed Computing
Greene, Austin	University of Hawaii, Manoa
Griffin, Robert	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Guild, Liane	NASA Ames Research Center
Gupta, Shobhana	NASA
Gutierrez, Victor	Temple University
Hall, Cynthia	Earth Science Data Systems Comm/SSAI
Hall, Kim	The Nature Conservancy
Hand, Brian	University of Montana - Flathead Lake Biological Station
Hansen, Andrew	Montana State University
Haram, Linsey	Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Heris, Mehdi	University of Colorado Denver
Hernandez Sandoval, Betzy	University of Alabama in Huntsville
Hu, Chuanmin	University of South Florida
Jantz, Patrick	School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University
Johnson, Erica	City University of New York, City College of New York
Jones, Robert	The Nature Conservancy
Jongsomjit, Dennis	Point Blue Conservation Science
Kalmus, Peter	JPL
Kavanaugh, Maria	Oregon State University
Keany, Jenna	Northern Arizona University
Keck, Aries	U.Group
Keys, Pat	Colorado State University
Kiefer, Dale	System Science Applications
Kilner, Christopher	Duke University
Laidre, Kristin	University of Washington
Lenahan, McRae	U.Group
Lewison, Rebecca	San Diego State University
Little, Michael	NASA AIST
Lockhart, Steve	NOAA IOOS
Marselis, Suzanne	University of Maryland
Martinuzzi, Sebastian	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maximenko, Nikolai	University of Hawaii
McDonald, Kyle	City College of New York
Messié, Monique	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Miller, Robert	University of California Santa Barbara
Min, Jee-Eun	NASA Ames Research Center/ Earth Science Division
Minich, Taylor	Duke University
Montes, Enrique	University of South Florida
Morisette, Jeff	Department of Interior
Muller-Karger, Frank	University of South Florida, College of Marine Science
Nackoney, Janet	University of Maryland
Nguyen, Amanda	U.Group
Nuñez, Chase	Duke University
Okin, Greg	UCLA
OLIVER, MATTHEW	University of Delaware
Ovienmhada, Ufuoma	MIT Media Lab
Palm, Eric	University of Montana
Pintea, Lilian	the Jane Goodall Institute
Podest, Erika	JPL
Portier, Andrea	SSAI/ NASA GSFC
Poteet, Lia	U.Group
Qi, Yi	University of Nebraska Lincoln
Quinn, Colin	Northern Arizona University
Radeloff, Volker	UW-Madison
Ramachandra, Anurag	Conservation International
Rappaport, Danielle	University of Maryland
Reid, Jack	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reiter, Matthew	Point Blue Conservation Science
Ross, Kenton	NASA DEVELOP Program
Ruiz, Gregory	Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Salas, Leonardo	Point Blue Conservation Science
Sanderson, Eric	WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Scher, Lane	Duke University
Schmidt, Annie	Point Blue Conservation Science
Schmidt, Cindy	BAERI/NASA
Schneider, Fabian	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Schwantes, Amanda	Duke University
Seadler, Abigail	NASA/GST
Sharma, Shubhi	Duke University
Shelby, Morgan	University of Virginia
Siegel, David	UCSB
Skiles, Jay	NASA Ames Research Center
Sonnewald, Maike	Massachusetts institute of technology
Sousa, Celio	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / USRA
Tabor, Karyn	Conservation International
Tesser, Derek	CUNY Guttman Community College
Theuerkauf, Seth	The Nature Conservancy
Torres-Perez, Juan	NASA Ames Research Center/Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Townsend, Phil	University of Wisconsin
Turner, Woody	NASA
V. C. Oliveira, Pedro	South Dakota State University
Vollmer, Derek	Conservation International
Wei, Chenyang	The State University of New York at Buffalo
Whitehurst, Amanda	NASA
Wilson, Adam	University at Buffalo
Wood, Danielle	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wooten, Margaret	NASA/SSAI
Wright, Timothy	Conservation International
Zheng, Ting	University of Wisconsin-- Madison
Zuckerberg, Benjamin	University of Wisconsin-Madison