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MSRI Symposium on Climate Change: From Global Models to Local Action
Apr 12, 2007
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Apr 13, 2007
Organizer(s)
David Eisenbud, Inez Fung, Chris Jones and Doug Nychka
Made possible by the generous support of Sea Change FoundationGlobal models based on current and past observations document the reality of climate change caused by human activity, although the details of when and what will happen where are far from clear. This symposium will address the problems and research necessary to translate these global, long-term predictions into local predictions on shorter scales of time, where governments and businesses can act; and will address the implications for industry and public policy now.
April 11, 2007: Public Symposium, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco7:30pm-9:30pm
Confirmed Speakers:
Severin Borenstein, Professor, Haas School of Business and Director of the University of California Energy Institute
Jerry McNerney, Congressman
Orville Schell, Dean, UC Berkeley School of Journalism
Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission
Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for others. There will be reserved seating: you can buy tickets in advance through City Box Office.
Please visit the Palace of Fine Art's website at http://www.palaceoffinearts.org/ for more information and directions. You can also visit http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=3301+Lyon+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA for a map of the area.
April 12-13, 2007: Scientific Symposium at MSRIOrganized in collaboration with the Dynamical Systems Program at MSRI
Organizers:
David Eisenbud
Inez Fung
Chris Jones
Doug Nychka
Confirmed Speakers:
Jeff Anderson (NCAR)
Max Auffhammer (UC Berkeley)
Cecilia Bitz (U Washington)
Phil Colella (LNBL)
Bill Collins (NCAR)
Inez Fung (Berkeley)
Lisa Goldberg (BARRA)
Jim McWilliams (UCLA)
David Neelin (UCLA)
Cecile Penland (NOAA-CDC)
Ben Santer (LLNL)
Dave Stainforth (Oxford)
Lenny Smith (London School of Economics)
Claudia Tebaldi (NCAR)
Kathy Yelick (UC Berkeley)
Shedule for April 12-13
Registration for April 12-13 Scientific Symposium:
Please register on-line by the deadline of April 11, 2007 if possible.
The April 11 Public Symposium tickets are $5 for students, $10 for others. There will be reserved seating: you can buy tickets in advance through City Box Office. There is no charge for the April 12-13 Scientific Symposium.
If you are applying for funding, the funding deadline is March 23, 2007 (The funding section of the form follows the registration section of the form).
Funding: Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available. Please see Travel funding
rules
Important: Airline travel reimbursement restrictions
| | Image courtesy of Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC |
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| Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
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9:00AM - 10:00AM |
Inez Fung
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Issues in Climate Change
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 11:30AM |
Cecilia Bitz
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Sea Ice Cover in a Changing Climte
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 12:00PM |
Lisa Goldberg
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Forecasting the Risk of Extreme Events
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 12:00PM |
Lenny Smith
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Seeing through Climate Models
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 12:00PM |
Max Auffhammer
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Impact of Aerosols on Rice Production in India through Local Climate
[Video available]
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2:00PM - 3:00PM |
Sydney Brenner
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All Those Genomes
[Video available]
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4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Claudia Tebaldi
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Future Climate Projections from Multi-Model Ensembles: Motivations, Challenges, Approaches and Ways Forward
[Video available]
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4:00PM - 5:00PM |
Jeff Anderson
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Using Observations to Estimate Climate Model Parameters
[Video available]
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| Friday, April 13, 2007 |
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9:00AM - 10:00AM |
Phillip Colella
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Algorithms for the Study of Climate Change
[Video available]
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9:00AM - 10:00AM |
Katherine Yelick
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Architectural Trends and Programming Model Strategies for Large-Scale Machines
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 12:00PM |
Jim McWilliams
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Irreducible Imprecision in Atmospheric and Oceanic Simulations
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 12:00PM |
David Neelin
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Precipitation Change and the Chaallenges of Modeling
[Video available]
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10:30AM - 12:00PM |
Cecile Penland
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When We Can't Keep Track of Everything: On Diffusion Processes and Levy Flights in Climate Modeling
[Video available]
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3:30PM - 4:00PM |
Bill Collins
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Where do we go from here?
[Video available]
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Opportunity and Affirmative Action.
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