NASA EARTH SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITEE, Mar 14-15, 2018, NASA HQ, Washington, DC

NASA’s Earth Science Advisory Committee will meet March 14-15, 2018 at NASA HQ in Washington, DC.  The meeting on March 14 is 8:30 am – 5:00 pm ET and on March 15 is 8:30 am – 3:00 pm ET.

The meeting will be available via WebEx and telecon by following the instructions in the Federal Register announcement, which is reproduced below.

SUMMARY:  In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
announces a meeting of the Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC). 
This Committee functions in an advisory capacity to the Director, Earth 
Science Division, in the NASA Science Mission Directorate. The meeting 
will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific 
community and other persons, scientific and technical information 
relevant to program planning.

DATES:  Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 
Thursday, March 15, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Local Time.

ADDRESSES: NASA Headquarters, Room 3H42, 300 E Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: KarShelia Henderson, Science Mission 
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358-2355, 
fax (202) 358-2779, or khenderson@nasa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public up to 
the capacity of the meeting room. This meeting is also available 
telephonically and by WebEx. You must use a touch-tone phone to 
participate in this meeting. Any interested person may dial the USA 
toll free number 1-800-369-2007 or toll number 1-415-228-4743, passcode 
6340871 for both days. The WebEx link is https://nasa.webex.com/; the 
meeting number is 991 297 021, password is 5PxUTjc@(case sensitive) for 
both days. The

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agenda for the meeting includes the following topics:

--Earth Science Division (ESD) Update
--Earth Science Decadal Survey
--ESD Approaches for International Coordination
--Evolution of the ESD Airborne Science Program
--Ensuring High Impact Research in ESD

    Attendees will be requested to sign a register and to comply with 
NASA Headquarters security requirements, including the presentation of 
a valid picture ID to Security before access to NASA Headquarters. 
Foreign nationals attending this meeting will be required to provide a 
copy of their passport and visa in addition to providing the following 
information no less than 10 days prior to the meeting: Full name; 
gender; date/place of birth; citizenship; passport information (number, 
country, telephone); visa information (number, type, expiration date); 
employer/affiliation information (name of institution, address, 
country, telephone); title/position of attendee. To expedite 
admittance, attendees with U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents (green 
card holders) are requested to provide full name and citizenship status 
no less than 3 working days in advance by contacting KarShelia 
Henderson via email at khenderson@nasa.gov or by fax at (202) 358-2779. 
It is imperative that the meeting be held on this date to accommodate 
the scheduling priorities of the key participants.