NOAA Leadership Seminar

   "Science, Service, and Stewardship Under One NOAA"
   March 21-24, 2005
   Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA
   540-347-1300

NOAA senior management is sponsoring the NOAA Leadership Seminar (NLS) on March 21-24, 2005 at the Airlie Center in Warrenton, VA. Line offices will host post-seminar meetings on Thursday, March 24. Attendance will be limited to 150 NOAA-wide participants at the GS13-15 (or equivalent) levels. Participants will be nominated by their Line or Staff Office, and have opportunities to network with NOAA senior leaders, guest speakers, and peer employees. 

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 August 22-25, 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"; and
• A setting conducive to communicating and networking with other seminar participants and senior NOAA leaders.

General Information: 

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

March 2005 NLS Wrap Up

• NLS March 2005 Breakout Groups
• Consolidated Break Out Group Results:  Actions We Can Take to Meet SESer's expectations of US to Achieve the One NOAA Vision.

1. Leadership and Execution - Jack Kelly, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
2. NOAA 101 - 2005 Version in PowerPoint
3. Working with Congress Successfully - Stewart Harris, Congressional Affairs Specialist, NOAA Office of Legislative Affairs
4. One NOAA Success Story:  Hurricane Isabel - John Sokich, Senior Meteorologist, NWS Strategic Planning and Policy Office & Paul Scholz, CEO Matrix Manager, Weather and Water, NOAA Coastal Services Center
5. Your Role in Making NOAA Vision a Reality - VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 
6. NOAA PPBES Process:  What's in it for You? - Mary Glackin, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Program and Planning Integration.  Maureen Wylie, NOAA Chief Financial Officer.  Moderated by:  Peg Brady, NOAA Habitat Program Coordinator
7. PPBES:  A Case Study - Peg Brady, NOAA Habitat Program Coordinator
8. Developing Yourself and Others as NOAA Leaders - Shirley Miller, Acting Team Leader, NOAA Leadership and Employee Development Programs, Workforce Management Office.  Donna Layton, Acting Director, NOAA's NWS Training Center.  Vince Grano, Instrument Manager (Physical Scientist), NOAA Satellite and Information Services.  Steve Matula, Chief, Systems and Quality Assurance Branch, NOAA Ocean Service 
9. Ecosystem Approaches to Management (NMFS) - John Oliver, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, NOAA Fisheries Service
10. Earth Observation Activities (NESDIS) - Greg Withee, Assistant Administrator, NOAA National Weather Service
11. NOAA's Tsunami Warning Program (NWS) - DL Johnson, Assistant Administrator, NOAA National Weather Service
12. Platform Modernization (NMAO) - RADM Sam Debow, Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
13. Integrated Ocean Observing System IIOS (NOS) - Jack Hayes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA Ocean Service
14. NOAA Research (OAR) - Louisa Koch, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

• NOAA Communications Guidelines
• NLS VADM LautenbacherPresentation, Leading in a Changing Environment 
• NOAA Organizational Chart - Photos of the NOAA Senior Leaders
• NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI)
• Overview of NOAA
• Program, Planning, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES)

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Link to August 2004 NLS