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Chapter: Appendix B: Speakers for Ocean Infrastructure Strategy Workshop, February 2-3, 2010

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speakers for Ocean Infrastructure Strategy Workshop, February 2-3, 2010." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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Appendix B
Speakers for Ocean Infrastructure Strategy Workshop, February 2-3, 2010

HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEETING 2 OF THE NRC COMMITTEE ON AN OCEAN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY FOR U.S. OCEAN RESEARCH IN 2030

Session 1:
Facilities

AL PLUEDDEMANN, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

“Sustained Time Series Observations—2030”

PETE BARLETTO and JOHN DELANEY, University of Washington

High Bandwidth and Abundant Power: A Foundation for Next Generation Science in the Ocean Basins”

DOUG TOOMEY, University of Oregon

“Seismological Contributions to Understanding Earth’s Dynamic Systems in 2030”

GWYN GRIFFITHS, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

“The Evolving Nature of Ocean Infrastructure in the Hands of PIs, Facilities and Contractors”

JIM BELLINGHAM, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

“One Vision of Ocean Robots in 2030: Pervasive, Persistent, and Busy”

TIM LEACH, The Glosten Associates

“Designers View of Future Impacts on R/Vs”

Session 2:
A Different Perspective

E. PAUL OBERLANDER, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

“Conceptual Illustration to Create a Vision of Ocean Infrastructure”

GUY NORDENSON, Princeton University/Guy Nordenson and Associates

“On the Water | Palisade Bay and MoMA/Rising Currents: Design Research and Analysis of a New New York Upper Harbor”

Session 3:
Instrumentation

GINGER ARMBRUST, University of Washington

“Oceanography in the Genomics Era”

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speakers for Ocean Infrastructure Strategy Workshop, February 2-3, 2010." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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DEIRDRE MELDRUM, Arizona State University

“Swarming Sensorbots to Understand the Oceans”

LIZ KUJAWINSKI, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

“Organic Biogeochemistry: From Molecules to Microbes to Global Change”

BOB CARLSON, Honeywell

“Ocean Sensing and Instrumentation in 2030”

DAVE WHELAN, The Boeing Company

“Future Aerospace Systems”

TIM STANTON, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

“Sonar Remote Sensing of Marine Organisms in the Year 2030”

TOM WEBER, University of New Hampshire

“Some Thoughts on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Ocean in 2030: Integrating and Expanding Approaches”

Session 4:
Data and Modeling

BOB HALLBERG, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

“Global Ocean Simulation and Climate Projection Infrastructure Needs for 2030”

SHUYI CHEN, University of Miami

“Fully Coupled Modeling for Ocean Prediction in Coming Decades”

ENRIQUE CURCHITSER, Rutgers University

“Ocean Research (in 2030) as Part of the Earth System: A Modeler’s Perspective”

PETER FOX, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

“Ocean and Marine Informatics in 2030”

DAN FAY, Microsoft

“Surfing the Oceans of Data to 2030: An eScience Perspective”

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speakers for Ocean Infrastructure Strategy Workshop, February 2-3, 2010." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speakers for Ocean Infrastructure Strategy Workshop, February 2-3, 2010." National Research Council. 2011. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13081.
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The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area of the 50 states. This expansive marine area represents a prime national domain for activities such as maritime transportation, national security, energy and mineral extraction, fisheries and aquaculture, and tourism and recreation. However, it also carries with it the threat of damaging and outbreaks of waterborne pathogens. The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami are vivid reminders that ocean activities and processes have direct human implications both nationally and worldwide, understanding of the ocean system is still incomplete, and ocean research infrastructure is needed to support both fundamental research and societal priorities.

Given current struggles to maintain, operate, and upgrade major infrastructure elements while maintaining a robust research portfolio, a strategic plan is needed for future investments to ensure that new facilities provide the greatest value, least redundancy, and highest efficiency in terms of operation and flexibility to incorporate new technological advances. Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030 identifies major research questions anticipated to be at the forefront of ocean science in 2030 based on national and international assessments, input from the worldwide scientific community, and ongoing research planning activities. This report defines categories of infrastructure that should be included in planning for the nation's ocean research infrastructure of 2030 and that will be required to answer the major research questions of the future.

Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030 provides advice on the criteria and processes that could be used to set priorities for the development of new ocean infrastructure or replacement of existing facilities. In addition, this report recommends ways in which the federal agencies can maximize the value of investments in ocean infrastructure.

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