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City Scale Carbon Monitoring in Paris and Implications for COP21 and Beyond
Monday, January 27

About Our Speaker – Anne  M.  Connor



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Anne  M.  Connor  is  Manager,  Domestic  and  International Government Policy of Harris Corporation’s Space and Intelligence segment. Space and  Intelligence  Systems  offers  complete  earth  observation, weather, geospatial, space protection and intelligence solutions from advanced sensors and payloads,  ground  processing,  and  information  analytics. Connor assumed the position at Harris in August  2014.  Her  responsibilities  include  development  and  execution  of  advocacy campaigns with state, local, federal and international audiences to support key business objectives and long-­-term growth strategies. Previously, she  served  in  various  roles  supporting  advocacy  in  the  aerospace  and  space  intelligence industries.
Before  joining  Harris,  Connor  provided  government  relations  consulting  and  served as Professional Staff Member on the Subcommittee on Space for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Connor  has  a  Master  of  Arts  degree  in  International  Commerce  and  Policy  from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Idaho.

About the Talk

As the world descended on Paris in December 2015 to negotiate a new future for  worldwide  carbon  emissions,  the  city  itself  was  undergoing  an  unprecedented scientific demonstration. Harris Corporation, partnering with the  French  Laboratory  of  Climate  Science  (LSCE),  Atmospheric  and  Environnmental Research (AER) and Enviroearth, deployed their Green LITE (Greenhouse  Gas  Laser  Imaging  Topography  Experiment)  system  which  provides wide-­-area, near-­-real time mapping of CO2 concentrations over 25 sq. kilometers of the city. The demonstration is ongoing and will remain on site through  2016.   This  talk  will  provide  an  overview  of  the  system,  the  initial  results, and will discuss the value of the data being produced for policy and decision makers in light of increased scrutiny of local carbon footprints.

 

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