A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum (2015)
Chapter: Appendix B: Committee Meeting and Workshop Agendas
Committee Meeting and Workshop Agendas
MEETING 1
August 15-16, 2013
Keck Center of the National Academies
Washington, D.C.
August 15, 2013
CLOSED SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Committee Discussion |
OPEN SESSION
| 12:30 p.m. | Working Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Opening Remarks on the Study Vic Sparrow, NASA Director, Spectrum Policy and Planning |
| 1:20 |
Active Earth Remote Sensing: NASA Perspective—Study need, context, scope, desired outcomes Tom vonDeak, NASA |
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Spectrum Management Bryan Huneycutt, JPL |
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Committee discussion with NASA Betsy Edwards, NASA Earth Sciences |
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| 3:15 |
Spectrum Management for Active Radio Science—Study need, context, scope, desired outcomes Andrew Clegg and Glen Langston, NSF ESM |
| Committee Discussion with NSF | |
| 4:30 |
RFI Mitigation Techniques Under Study at DARPA John Chapin, DARPA Strategic Technology Office |
CLOSED SESSION
| 5:15 | Committee Discussion |
August 16, 2013
OPEN SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Working Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
FCC Perspective Julie Knapp, FCC, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology |
| 9:30 |
NTIA Perspective Karl Nebbia, NTIA, Associate Administrator, Spectrum Management |
| 10:00 |
OSTP Perspective Tom Power, OSTP, Deputy CTO, Telecommunications |
| 10:45 |
Perspective from Congress TBD Hill Staff |
| 11:15 |
General Discussion Public Comment Session |
CLOSED SESSION
| 11:45 | Committee Discussion |
| 3:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
MEETING 2
Active Sensing Radio-Frequency Interference Workshop1
November 8, 2013
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California
| 8:30 a.m. | Visitor Badging at JPL |
| 9:00 |
Welcome and Goals for the Workshop Fawwaz Ulaby, Workshop Co-organizer and Committee Chair |
| 9:15 |
Perspective from the European Space Agency Pierluigi Silvestrin, ESA (by WebEx) |
| 9:45 |
Perspective from the Canadian Space Agency Dean Sangiorgi, CSA (by WebEx) |
| 10:15 |
Perspective from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Masanobu Shimada, JAXA |
| 11:00 |
Frequency Allocation Challenges for UWB Radars Mark Davis, Consultant |
| 11:30 |
NTIA Perspective Frank Sanders, NTIA |
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1 See Appendix C for a summary of the workshop.
| 12:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
| 1:00 |
NASA Active Remote Sensing Spectrum Overview Bryan Huneycutt, JPL |
| 1:30 |
JPL Radar RFI Experience Steve Durden, JPL Leif Harcke, JPL Scott Hensley, JPL Mike Spencer, JPL |
| 3:45 |
RFI in P-Band and X-Band Seen by the GeoSAR System Jim Reis, Fugro EarthData |
| 4:15 | Group Discussion; Conclusions |
| 5:30 | Adjourn |
| 6:30 | Working Dinner |
MEETING 3
November 14-15, 2013
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies
Irvine, California
November 14, 2013
CLOSED SESSION
| 8:00 a.m. | Committee Discussion |
OPEN SESSION
| 11:00 |
European Perspective on User Requirements andAssociated Applications for Future Spaceborne SAR Systems (including discussion) Kostas Papathanassiou, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| 12:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
| 1:00 |
The Economic Issues of Spectrum Sharing (including discussion) Coleman Bazelon, Committee member |
| 1:45 |
Atmospheric Radar: Science Applications, Frequency Usage, Interference Issues (including discussion) Bob Palmer, Committee member |
| 2:45 |
Ionospheric Radar: Science Applications, Frequency Usage, Interference Issues (including discussion) Bill Bristow, Committee member |
| 3:30 |
Radar Astronomy: Science Applications, Frequency Usage, Interference Issues (including discussion) Don Campbell, Committee member |
| 4:15 |
Current and Future Techniques for Increasing Capacity (including discussion) David Borth, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 5:00 | Break for Working Dinner |
| 6:00 | Working Dinner |
| 8:00 | Adjourn |
November 15, 2013
OPEN SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Multi-Function Phased Array Radar: Program Plans and Frequency Usage (including discussion) Kurt Hondl, NOAA |
CLOSED SESSION
| 9:45 | Discussion |
| 1:00 | Adjourn Meeting |
MEETING 4
February 10-11, 2014
Keck Center of the National Academies
Washington, D.C.
February 10, 2014
CLOSED SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast Available |
| 9:00 |
Discussion Fawwaz Ulaby, Chair |
OPEN SESSION
| 9:15 |
Summary of the Observations and Conclusions from the Last Meeting David Lang, NRC |
| 11:00 |
Another Perspective on the Future of Wireless Communications Networking Paul Kolodzy, Committee member |
| 12:00 p.m. | Working Lunch |
CLOSED SESSION
| 1:00 | Discussion |
| 8:00 | Adjourn |
February 11, 2014
CLOSED SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Discussion |
| 1:00 p.m. | Adjourn Meeting |
MEETING 5
June 11-12, 2014
J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole Center
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
June 11, 2014
CLOSED SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Working Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Discussion Fawwaz Ulaby, Committee Chair |
| 6:15 p.m. | Dinner at Meeting Site |
June 12, 2014
CLOSED SESSION
| 8:30 a.m. | Working Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Discussion Fawwaz Ulaby, Committee Chair |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch Available and Adjourn |
