NOAA Selects TVWorldwide.com for NOAATECH 2004 Webcast,
October 21, 22, 23, 2003

Worldwide Webcast Event to Showcase NOAA's Achievements in High-end Computing and Web Applications,and be Compliant with Section 508 Accessibility at TVWorldwide.com

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, October 21, 2003

Chantilly , Va. – TVWorldwide.com, a fast-growing web-based global TV network and streaming video service provider, announced today it had been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to webcast NOAATECH 2004 live at the NOAA SSMC Campus Auditorium and Science Center located in Silver Spring , Maryland . The event will be webcast during periodic presentations October 21, 22, 23, 2003 between 8:30AM –5PM ET , each day and will be fully accessible in compliance with Section 508 requirements featuring open captioned video streaming or “webcapting” developed by TVWorldwide.com and audio description. The free NOAATECH 2004 webcast , will demonstrate the latest in NOAA's achievements in high-end computing and web applications, and feature keynote speakers, demonstrations and tutorials during presentations throughout the 3-day conference.

“We're pleased to have been selected to webcast the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's NOAATECH 2004 event,” commented Dave Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com. “NOAA's achievements in web applications are notable, including the webcasting of this conference with our open captioned video streaming solution, “webcapting.”

The event will be archived for viewing at www.noaatech2004.noaa.gov and www.tvworldwide.com .  Participants should have the free Real Player installed prior to the event and should log on by 8:00 AM ET each day. Questions can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 223 before and during the event.

About TV Worldwide
As a leading global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company, TV Worldwide ( www.tvworldwide.com ) is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting sm " to targeted demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications. . TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's “Hottest Streaming Companies” by Streaming Magazine, www.streamingmagazine.com , and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media.

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Available Archives
Geospatial Databases: Options and Best Practices
	Ted Habermann, National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS
Open GIS Standards
	Michael Reichart, Open GIS Consortium
Resilient ArcIMS Architectures
	John Cartwright, CIRES, University of Colorado, National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS
Hurricane Internet Map Server Prototype
	Ira Graffman & John Kozimor, NWS
Applying Oracle Internet File System to Metadata Management and Advanced Search
	Steven H. Wong and Hongli Luo, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
Connecting Multiple Metadata Standards
	Ted Habermann, National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS
NOAA Metadata Manager Repository
	Travis Stevens, CIRES, University of Colorado, National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS
Making Sense of What Metadata Means to NOAA
	Kim Owens, Office of the CIO, NOS
NOAA Observing System Architecture (NOSA)
	Rob Mairs, NOAA/NESDIS Office of Systems Development
E-Learning@NOAA: NOAA leads the way for E-Learning Management for the Department of Commerce
	Robert Kidwell, Office of the CIO
Successful Web-enabled Government: Systems for Permitting, Regulatory Compliance, Improved Acquisition, and Public Outreach
	Michael McEwen, Aquilent, contractor to NMFS
NOAA/NAVY Collaboration
	Walt McKeown, U.S. Navy
Keynote Speech
	Dave Nelson, Director, National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
Opening Remarks
NOAA's Role in the E-Gov Geospatial One-Stop Initiative
	Anne Hale Miglarese, Coastal Services Center, NOS
Exploring Enterprise GIS Efforts within NOAA and its Ocean Service
	Jason Marshall, Coastal Services Center, NOS
Disseminating National Weather Service watches and warnings using the XML based RSS and CAP formats
	Bob Bunge, Office of the CIO, NWS
Live Access Server (LAS) for Web Services
	Roland Schweitzer, Climate Diagnostics Center, OAR
Southern Region Headquarters SOAR
	Mario Valverde, Southern Region Headquarters, NWS
Parsing fish harvest Email with Perl
	Steve Kocsis, Alaska Region, NMFS
Grid Computing: The Development of a Portal for Model Test and Verification
	Mark W. Govett, Forecast Systems Laboratory, OAR
Prototype of a NOAA Computational Grid
	Dan Schaffer, Forecast Systems Lab, OAR
The GFDL Flexible Modeling System Runtime Environment
	Amy Langenhorst, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, OAR
The Earth System Modeling Framework
	Shep Smithline, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, OAR
Advanced Computing and Data Visualization
	Christopher L. Kerr and Isidoro Orlanski, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, OAR
Four-dimensional High-resolution National Radar Mosaic
	Jian Zhang, National Severe Storms Laboratory, OAR
JET at the Forecast Systems Laboratory: the 5th Year
	Craig Tierney, Forecast Systems Laboratory, OAR
Harnessing the Spare computing power of NOAA Office PCs for improved satellite data processing and technology transition
	Ingrid Guch, Office of Systems Development, NESDIS
Realtime Hurricane Wind Analysis: H*Wind
	Mark Powell, Hurricane Research Division, AOML
Three-dimensional Visualization of Fisheries Acoustics Data and Modeling
	J. Michael Jech and David F. Chevrier, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
A Web-based Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualization Tool: Near real-time access to data from the NOAA CMDL CCGG Observing Network
	K.A. Masarie, Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, OAR
What is NOAA Enterprise GIS?
	NOAA GIS Committee
Exploiting the NWS Digital Forecast Database for Enhanced Customer Service
	Michael Pat Murphy Central Region, NWS
preliminary spatial comparison of fisheries data from several sources in a Gulf of Alaska trawl fishery.
	David Ackley Alaska Region, NMFS
Web Enabled Salmonid Database for the Pacific Northwest
	Jeffrey Cowen Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
Global ocean observation systems and GIS go hand in hand – NOAA’s TAO-TRITON data meets the ESRI’s Geography Network and ArcGlobe
	Nazila Merati Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, OAR
Designing and Managing Fisheries Data Systems that Support the NOAA Data Quality Act: A Case Study Using the Hawaii Longline Observer Program
	Karen Sender Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
The Real Time NOMADS Project: For Access To Operational Modeling Data and Value Added Products
	Jordan Alpert NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, NWS
nowCOAST: Portal to Real-Time Observations and NOAA Forecasts
	Micah Wengren Coast Survey Development Laboratory, NOS
GIS-Based Visualizations for the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
	Tiffany Vance NMFS/Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Web Map Calculator - IMS based tools for intra and inter-layer calculations and comparisons
	Nazila Merati Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, OAR Tiffany C. Vance Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
WestNileVirus.gov: Using the University of Minnesota MapServer 4.0, PHP, and MySQL to present West Nile Virus GIS Information.
	Geoffrey Rowland Office of Global Programs
GIS Efforts in Satellite Services Division
	Ralph E. Meiggs Satellite Services Division, NESDIS
The Management Information Retrieval System (MIRS)
	John Kozimor, Joseph Facundo NWS
NOAA's Coastal Storms Initiative (CSI) in Northeast Florida
	Patrick T. Welsh WFO Jacksonville, Florida, NWS
The NOAA Network Baseline Project
	Jerry Janssen Network Operations Center, OAR
NOAA'S Role In Tidal Marsh Restoration: A Look At Barren Island
	Craig Martin Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), NOS
Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony
	Bill Turnbull, HPCC
Collecting Cooperative Observer Climate Observations
	John Duxbury Southern Region Headquarters, NWS

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