Welcome to Addison

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Welcome to Addison!

• 2009 National Air Quality Conferences

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A few announcementsand a few quotations

• Housekeeping
• One of the advantages of being disorderly is that
  one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
  A.A. Milne
• Please silence electronic devices
• Restrooms are to the left
• Thank you sponsors!
• The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower
  of genius. -- Persius

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A few more announcements

• Thank you Planning Committee!
• A group becomes a team when each member is sure
  enough of himself and his contribution to praise
  the skills of the others. -- Norman Shidle
• Your homework
• Home computers are being called upon to perform
  many new functions, including the consumption of
  homework formerly eaten by the dog. --Doug Larson
  
• The famous AIRNow T-Shirt Raffle drop a card in
  the box
• On-line conference evaluation
• Anxiously await the presentations appearing on
  AIRNow.gov
• Reception tonight at 530pm
• Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality. --
  Clifton Fadiman

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A new decade!

• 10 years of AIRNow
• Weve literally changed the world
• Real-time data and forecasts are no longer nifty
  and new, they are expected
• Getting information from the Internet is not a
  privilege for the next generation, it is a
  birthright

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AIRNow-International

• Shanghai Pilot nearing completion beta install
  this summer
• A major focus of the US Group on Earth
  Observations (GEO)
• Mentioned several times in the US report-out at
  GEO Plenary V in Bucharest, Romania
• EPAs Office of International Affairs is
  spearheading an exploration of the AIRNow-I
  concept in Central America

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AIRNow-I Timeline
Created specification document GEO-IV Plenary
(Cape Town)

• Development of
• AIRNow-I software
• components
• Shanghai
• collaboration
• MOUs signed
• USEPA Shanghai EPB
• Shanghai EPB Shanghai Reg. Met. Bureau

Complete AIRNow-I Launch AIRNow-I in U.S. Test
AIRNow-I in Shanghai
Operation at World Expo in Shanghai Deploy to
other countries Grow community
Concept Prototype
Development
Beta Release Testing
Final Release
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AIRNow-Is success is ours

• AIRNow proved the concept, AIRNow-I will advance
  it
• AIRNow-I is the future of the current AIRNow
  system
• Leverages funding
• Redesign of ALL components
• Infusion of talent from partner regions
• Every one in this room deserves some of the credit

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The next decade brings challenges

• New technology
• Web 2.0 Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube,
  and on and on
• New administration
• Focus on e-government, Web 2.0
• The economy
• Doing more with less
• Tight travel budgets

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Fighting Complacency

• How should this conference adapt?
• How do we improve the AIRNow program?
• Come see my web analytics presentation on
  Wednesday at 10am
• How will AIRNow-I affect AIRNow?
• How do we harness new technologies to get the
  message out?

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On with the show

• Sustainable Skylines
• James Yarbrough, EPA Region 6
• Air Apparent
• Kevin Lefebvre, City of Dallas
• NAAQS Update
• Chet Wayland, EPA OAQPS
• Breakout Sessions after lunch
• Reception this evening at 530pm