2023 NTHMP Winter Meeting

Monday, January 23 - Friday, January 27, 2023

Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel
888 Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, California 92262
Direct phone: 760-322-6000

NOTICE:
We will be following NOAA Covid protocols if applicable (masking, distancing, etc.) at the time of the meeting.
Thank you.

See below for meeting location details.

NOTE: THE AGENDAS LISTED BELOW MARKED AS PLACEHOLDERS WILL BE UPDATED WHEN THE AGENDAS ARE AVAILABLE.

• Concurrent: Meeting of Mitigation & Education Subcommittee - MES AGENDA
• Concurrent: Meeting of Mapping & Modeling Subcommittee - MMS AGENDA
• Concurrent: Meeting of Warning Coordination Subcommittee - WCS AGENDA
• Optional: Meeting of Island Caucus - Island Caucus AGENDA
• Optional: Meeting of Mitigation & Recovery Planning Work Group - MRPWG AGENDA

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Meeting information links:   Meeting dates — Description of Meetings — Meeting Registration and Attendees
Logistics information links:    Housing — Ground Transportation — More Information

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NTHMP Meeting Schedule

Networking lunches are to be self-funded.

(Abbreviations are defined below)

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Mapping & Modeling Subcommittee (MMS) Meeting

MMS AGENDA

This is a regularly-scheduled in-person business meeting of the MMS. The primary purpose of this meeting is to conduct routine subcommittee business: to update the MMS Annual Work Plan and Vision Plan, and discuss technical matters and collaborative products. .

Who should attend:

• Science Representatives who serve on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee.
• Appointed MMS members and guests
• Others who are interested may attend this open meeting.

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Mitigation & Education Subcommittee (MES) Meeting

MES AGENDA

This is a regularly-scheduled in-person business meeting of the MES. The primary purpose of this meeting is to conduct routine subcommittee business and to update the MES Annual Work Plan. .

Who should attend:

• Emergency Management representatives who serve on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee.
• NWS Region Tsunami POCs
• Others who are interested may attend this open meeting.

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Warning Coordination Subcommittee (WCS) Meeting

WCS AGENDA

This is a regularly-scheduled in-person business meeting of the WCS. The primary purpose of this meeting is to conduct routine subcommittee business: to update the WCS Annual Work Plan, and discuss technical matters and collaborative products. .

Who should attend:

• Representatives who serve on the NTHMP Coordinating Committee.
• Appointed MMS members and guests
• Others who are interested may attend this open meeting.

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NTHMP Island Caucus

Island Caucus AGENDA

The NTHMP Island Caucus is an informal, non-voting group formed to exchange ideas and information about tsunami issues specific to islands. .

Who should attend:

• People who represent or have interests related to U.S. island state (Hawaii) and territories (American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands).
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center representatives
• International Tsunami Information Center and Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program representatives
• Others who are interested may attend this open meeting.

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NTHMP Mitigation & Recovery Planning Work Group

MRPWG AGENDA

The NTHMP Mitigation & Recovery Planning Work Group is a non-voting group formed to establish solutions to issues involving tsunami mitigation and recovery.

Who should attend:

• People who represent or have interests related to U.S. island state (Hawaii) and territories (American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands).
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center representatives
• International Tsunami Information Center and Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program representatives
• Others who are interested may attend this open meeting.

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NTHMP Coordinating Committee Meeting

This is a regularly-scheduled in-person business meeting of the NTHMP Coordinating Committee.

Who should attend:  NTHMP Coordinating Committee members

While all meetings are open (unless there is a reason for the Coordinating Committee to vote to close a part of it), generally only voting members of the Coordinating Committee, ex-officio members, and designated guests attend this meeting.

Remote call-in information provided to voting members of the Coordinating Committee.

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Meeting Registration and Attendees

On-line registration for this meeting is not available. All attendees must register in advance by contacting Ian Sears with details on which meetings you will attend and your contact information.

No "drop-ins" please!  Due to space limitations, anyone not previously registered will not be admitted.

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Housing

Most attendees are staying at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel 888 Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, California 92262 Direct phone: 760-322-6000 A block of rooms has been reserved (see link above).

Rooms may continue to be available, but at prevailing rates once the room block is released.

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Ground Transportation in Palm Springs

The hotel is about two miles from the Palm Springs airport, so taxis, Uber, or Lyft are suggested.

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Additional Meeting Location Information

See General Schedule above for meeting locations.

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More Information

For more information, please contact: Ian Sears

NTHMP Administrator
NOAA/National Weather Service, Tsunami Program