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Thursday, April 4, 2019

7:30am - 8:30am

Exhibitor’s Showcase and Breakfast

Presented by: USAA

 

Session 1 Hilton Garden Meeting Room

Presented by:

 

8:40am  Opening Remarks

 

8:40am - 8:55

Barry Goldsmith

Brownsville NWS

 

9:00am - 9:45am

Craig Fugate

Former Director - FEMA

 

10:00am - 10:45am

Introduction: Jim Clifford USAA

Dr. Philip Klotzbach

2019 Hurricane Seasonal Forecast

 

10:45am - 11:15am

PRESS CONFERENCE

Dr. Phil Klotzbach

BREAK

 

11:15 am  - 11:50am

Introduction -  USAA

An Update from the National Hurricane Center

Ken Graham

Director

National Hurricane Center

 

12:00pm -   1:15 pm

Award Luncheon

Dr. Bill Gray Award

Moderated by Rob Galbraith

Keynote: Leslie Chapman-Henderson

Presented by: USAA

 

Session 2

Presented by:

 

1:15pm - 1:45pm

Major Ryan Rickert

Maj Jeremy DeHart

53rd WRS USAF

Hurricane Hunters

 

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Hurricane Hunter Experience

Brownsville Intl. Airport

Live Shots/Interviews as scheduled

Facebook LIVE

 

 

7:00pm - 9:30pm

Dine South Padre

Presented by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 5, 2019

7:30am - 8:30am

Exhibitor’s Showcase and Breakfast

Sponsored by: USAA

 

Session 3 Hilton Garden Meeting room

Presented by:

 

8:30 am- 8:45am  Harmany App

 

8:45 am - 9:00 am FoxFury

 

9:00 am - 9:30am

Jamie Rhome

Storm Surge Unit

National Hurricane Center

 

9:30am - 10:00am

Kurt Korte

Lead Forecaster - Surfline

 

10:00am - 10:30am

Carola Kaiser

Center for Computation & Technology

Louisiana State University

 

10:30am to 10:45am

BREAK

 

10:45am - 11:15am

Greg Carbin

Chief of Operations

Weather Prediction Center

 

11:15am - 11:45m

Jason Samenow

Capital Weather Gang

 

12:00pm - 1:20pm

Award Luncheon

Robert & Joanne Simpson Award

Moderated by Bill Read

Recipient: Craig Fugate

Keynote: Rob Marciano

Presented by: USAA

 

Session 4

Presented by:

 

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Reid Hawkins

Science Officer

Wilmington, NWS Office

 

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Mark Sudduth

Remote SurgeCams

Hurricanetrack

 

2:45p - 3:00p

BREAK

 

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Eddy Weiss

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Josh Morgerman

"Hurricane Man"

iCyclode

 

 

Live Shots/Interviews as scheduled

Facebook LIVE

 

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Evening Award Dinner Reception

John Coleman Broadcast Award

Recipient: Ed Piotrowski

Hilton Garden Inn

Presented by: USAA