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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11748.

APPENDIX B
Workshop Agenda

Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses:

A Workshop

September 29-30, 2005


The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center

100 Academy

Irvine, California

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

8:30 A.M.

Welcome and Introductions

Mary Anne Carroll, University of Michigan, and Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan (Steering Committee Co-chairs)

 

Workshop Objectives

Chris Elfring (Director, BASC)

9:00 A.M.

Keynote Address: What Do We Mean by “Multiple Environmental Stresses” and Why Do We Care?

Eric Barron, Pennsylvania State University

9:45 A.M.

Introduction to Case Study I: Drought as an Example of a Multiple Stress Scenario

Donald Wilhite, University of Nebraska (Steering Committee)

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11748.

10:30 A.M.

Break

11:00 A.M.

Understanding Hazard and Predictability of Drought

Facilitator: Donald Wilhite, University of Nebraska (Steering Committee)

  • Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona

  • Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute

  • Phil Pasteris, National Water and Climate Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • Discussion and Questions

12:30 P.M.

Lunch

1:30 P.M.

Understanding Vulnerability and Response Strategies to Drought

Facilitator: Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona

  • William Easterling, Pennsylvania State University

  • David Breshears, University of Arizona

  • Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center

  • Donald Wilhite, University of Nebraska (Steering Committee)

  • Discussion and Questions

3:30 P.M.

Break

4:00 P.M.

Case Study I Wrap-up: Research Needs to Understand and Respond to the Multiple Environmental Stresses that Lead to Drought

Facilitator: Edward Miles, University of Washington (Steering Committee)

5:30 P.M.

Adjourn

6:30 P.M.

Dinner

7:30 P.M.

Dinner Speaker: The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) and How It Helps Us Understand the Impacts of Multiple Stresses

Harold Mooney, Stanford University

8:30 P.M.

Adjourn

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11748.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

8:00 A.M.

Introduction to Case Study II: Atmosphere-Ecosystem Interactions and Lessons About Multiple Stresses

Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory

8:45 A.M.

Understanding Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions

Facilitator: Mary Anne Carroll, University of Michigan (Steering Committee)

  • Ronald Prinn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Scott Doney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Alex Guenther, National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • John Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory

  • Discussion and Questions

10:30 A.M.

Break

10:45 A.M.

Understanding Vulnerability of Ecosystem Goods and Services and Response Strategies

Facilitator: Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan (Steering Committee)

  • William Easterling, Pennsylvania State University

  • David Breshears, University of Arizona

  • Patricia Romero Lankao, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Xochimilco, Mexico

  • Richard Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley

  • Discussion and Questions

12:30 P.M.

Lunch

1:30 P.M.

Case Study II Wrap-up: Research Needs to Understand and Respond to Multiple Environmental Stresses in Atmosphere-Ecosystem Interactions

Facilitator: Christopher Field, Carnegie Institution (Steering Committee)

2:30 P.M.

Synthesis of Workshop Findings: Multiple Environmental Stresses—Knowledge Gaps and Future Directions

Facilitators: Mary Anne Carroll, University of Michigan, and Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan (Steering Committee Co-chairs)

4:30 P.M.

Adjourn

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11748.
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