2025 NOAA EDMW

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The NOAA Data Strategy is undergoing a rapid refresh update from its 2020 iteration, concurrent with updates to the Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, and High-Performance Computing strategies. Join us to participate in this open forum discussing current developments and the future direction of these strategies. Speakers include Commerce Chief Data Officer Oliver Wise, NOAA Chief Data Officer Tony LaVoi, Senior Advisor to the NOAA Administrator Bryton Shang, Director of NCAI Rob Redmond, NOAA Cloud Program Officer Ajith Abraham, and NOAA Chief Technology Officer Frank Indiviglio.

This session is intended to bring together NOAA’s community of Hurricane Response support and highlight data, applications and technologies. This includes data acquisition, data usage and data management, and tools and applications for displaying and sharing post-Hurricane impacts and response efforts from across NOAA.

Broad access to data is critical to reach communities and stakeholders. It extends Open Science and FAIR Data Principles and places it in a broader context.
There remains a broader community goal to have improved data access with the aim of making data accessible to all by removing gatekeepers so that data are unrestricted and available in a meaningful way. Implementing this broad access to data requires Applications, Tools, and Technology Innovation.

One of the tenets of big data is the idea of the (2,4, 7) V’s - Volume, Velocity, Variety, Variability, Veracity, Visualization, and Value. With the increase in the volume and velocity of NOAA data, access becomes ever more challenging. Users have access to more types of data and they can become overwhelmed by the possibilities. In the past, data access has been confusing but now there is more user engagement in building friendlier and more usable interfaces. This increased use of data is not limited to scientists and other professionals. Citizens use data more than they realize (maps, elevation charts, tides, etc.) so they are constantly accessing data from a variety of sources.

After an introductory overview talk, we want to gather a set of presentations that focus on the following topics with an emphasis on real world applications:

• data and service availability
• data usability
• user interface/engagement/input

The Data Management Handbook release has increased awareness of how the data community communicates the importance of data management principles and best practices throughout each line and program office. There are many opportunities to create content and spaces to talk about NOAA’s internal and external data management and governance through Google Spaces and our public web presence. This session gives program offices and others a chance to share some of their efforts - whether building communities of practice through Slack or developing a web presence - to promote open communication and inform others about NOAA’s data governance and management efforts.

The use of GIS has become a cornerstone of NOAA's mission to protect life, property, and the environment. In the last year, NOAA’s GIS community has continued to expand its capabilities, supporting decision-making across diverse programs and geospatial domains. This session will highlight key accomplishments, ongoing challenges, and future directions for GIS at NOAA, with a focus on innovations in data management, analysis, and visualization.

Broad access to data is critical to reach communities and stakeholders. It extends Open Science and FAIR Data Principles and places it in a broader context.
There remains a broader community goal to have improved data access with the aim of making data accessible to all by removing gatekeepers so that data are unrestricted and available in a meaningful way. Implementing this broad access to data requires Applications, Tools, and Technology Innovation.

One of the tenets of big data is the idea of the (2,4, 7) V’s - Volume, Velocity, Variety, Variability, Veracity, Visualization, and Value. With the increase in the volume and velocity of NOAA data, access becomes ever more challenging. Users have access to more types of data and they can become overwhelmed by the possibilities. In the past, data access has been confusing but now there is more user engagement in building friendlier and more usable interfaces. This increased use of data is not limited to scientists and other professionals. Citizens use data more than they realize (maps, elevation charts, tides, etc.) so they are constantly accessing data from a variety of sources.

After an introductory overview talk, we want to gather a set of presentations that focus on the following topics with an emphasis on real world applications:

• data and service availability
• data usability
• user interface/engagement/input

As the impacts of climate change intensify, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-quality, ready-to-use data is crucial for effective adaptation and mitigation. This session will explore the concept of AI-ready climate data - climate datasets that are well-structured, accessible, and enriched for machine learning applications. We invite presentations that discuss how such data can enhance climate resilience through advanced analytics, climate modeling, and real-time monitoring. Participants will hear from successful NOAA case studies where AI-driven initiatives have leveraged AI-ready climate data to support NOAA’s strategic goal of building a Climate-Ready Nation by 2030. Presenters will address how they overcame challenges related to data quality, interoperability, and governance, offering strategies for fostering collaboration between data collectors and AI practitioners.