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) |
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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) |
10:30 A.M. |
Break |
11:00 A.M. |
Understanding Hazard and Predictability of Drought Facilitator: Donald Wilhite, University of Nebraska (Steering Committee)
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12:30 P.M. |
Lunch |
1:30 P.M. |
Understanding Vulnerability and Response Strategies to Drought Facilitator: Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona
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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 |
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)
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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)
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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 |