NOAA Leadership Seminar

   "Science, Service, and Stewardship Under One NOAA"
   August 24 - 26, 2004
   Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA
   540-347-1300

NOAA senior management sponsored a 2-1/2 day NOAA Leadership Seminar (NLS) on August 24 - 26, 2004 at the Airlie Center in Warrenton, VA. Line offices hosted pre-seminar meetings on Tuesday, August 24. Attendance was limited to 150 NOAA-wide participants at the GS13-15 (or equivalent) levels. Participants were nominated by their Line or Staff Office, and had opportunities to network with NOAA senior leaders, guest speakers, and peer employees. 

              ** Photos from the August 2004 NLS ** 

The NLS is planned to be held bi-annually to maximize the number of NOAA employees that can be accommodated. The next NLS is tentatively scheduled for March 2005.

The objectives of the seminar are to provide participants with:

• A better understanding of the NOAA Vision and strategies to achieve it;
• knowledge of how they can contribute to "One NOAA";
• a setting conducive to communicating and networking with other seminar participants and senior NOAA leaders, and;
• an opportunity to develop a personal plan for taking the knowledge from the seminar back to their office.

• Seminar Agenda
• Seminar FAQs
• Line and Staff Office Coordinators
• Participant List
• Airlie Center Web Page
• Warrenton, VA Area Hotels

• From There to Here and the Future - Dr. Robert White, Retired NOAA Administrator
• Leadership and Execution - BGEN John J. Kelly, Deputy Under Secretary
• Working Strategically, Working Together - Mary Glackin, Assistant Adminstrator for Program Planning & Integration
• It Takes More Than PPBES - Bonnie Morehouse, Director, Program Analysis & Evaluation
• The Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy - Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services & Coastal Zone Management
• Hot Topic: Research in NOAA - Louisa Koch, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Oceanic & Atmospheric Research
• Your Role in Making the NOAA Vision A Reality - Vice Admiral Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator
• IT Security 2004 - Carl Staton, CIO and Director for High performance Computing & Communications
• Working with Congress Successfully - Debra Larson, Director, Office of Legislative Affairs
• Unlocking a Culture of Innovation - CAPT Geoff Abbott, U.S. Coast Guard

Listed below are web sites that will complement the information you receive from the NLS presentations: 

• NOAA Organizational Chart - Photos of the NOAA Senior Leaders
• NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI)
• Program, Planning, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES)

(requires your NOAA address/password to access this site)