2025 NOAA EDMW: Full Schedule

2025 NOAA Enterprise Data Management Workshop

Storms and Seas: Managing NOAA’s Data Assets for Users in a Rapidly Changing World

Aiming to explore the multifaceted aspects of NOAA data management and its role in advancing scientific understanding and impacts to society.

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10:00am EDT

Opening Plenary: Data, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence Strategies, and High Computing Power

Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am EDT

Virtual

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.

Speakers

Bryton Shang

Tony LaVoi

NOAA Chief Data Officer, NOAA

Tony LaVoi serves as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chief Data Officer (CDO). As the NOAA CDO, he is responsible for NOAA’s Data Strategy and all aspects of its implementation. The purpose of the NOAA Data Strategy is to dramatically accelerate the use... Read More →

Oliver Wise

Commerce Chief Data Officer, Department of Commerce

Oliver Wise is Chief Data Officer and Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce, “America’s Data Agency.” In this position, Wise is responsible for leading the Commerce Department's data strategy, providing policy direction and oversight... Read More →

Rob Redmon

NOAA Center for AI, Director, DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI

Robert Redmon, Ph.D. is a senior scientist with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) where he serves as the Director of the NOAA-wide Center for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI, noaa.gov/ai). He also provides space weather advisory support, in particular to the Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) Science Center.He holds a D.B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from the Univ. of CA, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Notre Dame, and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sci... Read More →

Ajith Abraham

Director, Office of Fisheries Information Systems, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service

Frank Indiviglio

NOAA/OCIO

Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am EDT
Virtual

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