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Plenary Presentations
Welcome & Introductory Remarks Carrie McDougall, Senior Program Manager, NOAA Office of Education
Updates from the Boulder SOS Team SOS Development Team
KEYNOTE: Slipping Forward into the Past, a Predator's Perspective on Climate and Change in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region Dr. Bill Fraser, President and Lead Investigator, Polar Oceans Research Group
KEYNOTE: Detroit: Looking Back to Move Forward William Winkel, Manager of the Detroit '67 Oral History Project, Detroit Historical Society
Lightning Talks
A Sneak Peek at How Data in the Classroom Brings SOS to Grades 6-12
Dan Pisut, Program Manager, NOAA Visualization Lab
NASA GIBS & Worldview - Discover our Trove of Visualizations
Matthew Cechini, Lead Systems Engineer, NASA GIBS
Visualizing Destructive Tsunamis
Nathan Becker, Oceanographer, NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Climate Connections in Virginia: Your Actions Matter
Jeremy Hoffman, Climate and Earth Science Specialist, Science Museum of Virginia
Connecting people to science through six degrees of influence
Kate Semmens, Science Director, Nurture Nature Center
School-Centered SOS
Patrick Rowley, Science On a Sphere Facilitator, James E. Richmond Science Center
Stay Abreast! Join the SOS Education Forum
Hilary Peddicord, SOS Education Specialist, NOAA SOS Boulder
Upgrading to 4K
Erik MacIntosh, SOS Coordinator, NOAA Silver Spring
Breakout Sessions
The Overarching Problem of Energy Poverty [Student Contest Winners]
Rachel Stukenborg, student, James Madison University
Kaitlin Tomlinson, student, James Madison University
Best Social Media Practices for Education
Beth Russell, SOS Operations Manager, NOAA SOS Boulder
Volunteers and Interns, oh my! Building an efficient training program that increases recruitment and retention
Nicholas Corcoran, Visitor Services Coordinator, The Wild Center
Sue Layton, Floor Staff Supervisor, Rochester Museum and Science Center
Amphibians and Climate Change
Ruth Marcec, Director of the National Amphibian Conservation Center, Detroit Zoological Society
Take a closer look at SOS Explorer
Hilary Peddicord, SOS Education Specialist, NOAA SOS Boulder
Eric Hackathorn, Developer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Working with interns and volunteers to produce content
Ian McGuire, Education Technology Specialist, Detroit Zoological Society
Spherical Displays in Higher Education
CJ Hartman, Associate Professor, ISAT, James Madison University
What’s new in the SOS Product Suite
Keith Searight, SOS Technical Lear, NOAA SOS Boulder
Shilpi Gupta, SOS Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Vincent Keller, SOS Developer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Ian McGinnis, Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Eco Impact: How Our Choices Affect the Earth and Its Inhabitants
Lisa Forzley, Curator of Education, Detroit Zoological Society
The Quarterly Climate Digest: a potential legacy project from the EarthNow project
Margaret Mooney, Director of Education and Public Outreach, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Patrick Rowley, Science On a Sphere Facilitator, James E. Richmond Science Center
Using NOAA Data in the Classroom to Integrate SOS and Classroom Activities
Dan Pisut, Program Manager, NOAA Visualization Lab
Impacts of climate change on polar bears and wolves
Paul Buzzard, Director of Conservation, Detroit Zoological Society
SOS Programs for Middle School Groups: Ready-to-implement lessons and a teaching tutorial
CJ Hartman, Associate Professor, ISAT, James Madison University
Creating Content for the SOS: Data Visualization to Image Enhancement
File: https://www.nnvl.noaa.
Dan Pisut, Program Manager, NOAA Visualization Lab
PANEL: Building resilient communities: engaging youth and using visualizations to prepare communities for environmental hazards and other changes.
Carrie McDougall, Senior Program Manager, NOAA Office of Education
Bryan Wunar, Director of Community Initiatives, Museum of Science and Industry
Francis Choi, Research Technician, Northeastern University
Riley Young Morse, Program Manager, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
SOS in a Formal Education Laboratory
Maurice Henderson, Outreach Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SOS: Global to Local
Shilpi Gupta, SOS Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Kate Semmens, Science Director, Nurture Nature Center
Nick Corcoran, Visitor Services Coordinator, The Wild Center
PANEL: A Future Without Edges: The Intersection of VR and Spherical Productions
Michael Starobin, Senior Producer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Eric Hackathorn, Developer , NOAA SOS Boulder
Kate Raisz, Producer-Director , 42 Degrees North Media
Ian McGuire, Education Technology Specialist, Detroit Zoological Society
SOS Student Contest: Engaging youth in creating SOS content
Carrie McDougall, Senior Program Manage, NOAA Office of Education
Piping Plover Conservation
Tom Schneider, Curator of Birds, Detroit Zoological Society
SOS Visual Playlist Editor Tutorial
Shilpi Gupta, SOS Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Vincent Keller, SOS Developer, NOAA SOS Boulder
PANEL: Evaluating SOS: A Smorgasbord Panel
Carrie McDougall, Senior Program Manager, NOAA Office of Education
Alie LeBeau, Education Programs Manager, Aquarium of the Pacific
Megan Chen, Ocean Education Specialist, Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Stephanie Uz, Scientist and Communication Coordinator, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Claire Lannoye-Hall, Curator of Education, Detroit Zoological Society
SOS Product Suite: Feedback and Future Direction
Keith Searight, SOS Technical Lear, NOAA SOS Boulder
Shilpi Gupta, SOS Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Vincent Keller, SOS Developer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Ian McGinnis, Software Engineer, NOAA SOS Boulder
Round Movies – Production Techniques for SOS Filmmakers
Michael Starobin, Senior Producer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center