Agenda
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
7:30 am to 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am to 8:30 am |
Opening Ceremonies: Aspirations and Goals for GAIA and the Workshop – Larry Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [slides] (pdf) |
8:30 am to 9:00 am |
Climate Change and Health Overview – Cindy Parker, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [slides](pdf) |
9:00 am to 9:30 am |
Focus on Climate Change Implications for Water Supplies – Kellogg Schwab, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [slides] (pdf) |
9:30 am to 9:45 am |
Break |
9:45 am to 10:15 am |
Climate and Sustainable Food Security – John Lewis, Terra Global Capital, Managing Director [slides] (pdf) |
10:15 am to 10:45 am |
NCPP: NOAA Climate Prediction and Projection Pilot Platform – Donald E. Anderson Jr., The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office. Lawrence Buja, Climate Science and Applications Program, The National Center for Atmospheric Research [slides] (pdf) |
10:45 am to 11:00 am |
Break |
11:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Presentations and Discussions: What Are the Data Gaps in Actionable Information?
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12:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
Lunch and Lecture: Climate 2.0, Useful Climate Science and Services for Decision Makers – Lawrence Buja, Climate Science and Applications Program, The National Center for Atmospheric Research [slides] (pdf) |
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
Presentations and Discussions: Adaptation Strategies
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3:30 pm to 3:45 pm |
Break |
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm |
Panel Discussion and Interaction Plenary: Report Back – summary of workshop discussions |
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm |
GAIA Social Mixer |
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
7:30 am to 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am to 8:30 am |
Climate Information for Public Health Actions – Madeleine C. Thomson, International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Columbia University, New York [slides] (pdf) |
8:30 am to 9:00 am |
Complex Systems Modeling and Applications – Seth Guikema, The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering [slides] (pdf) |
9:00 am to 9:30 am |
Federal Initiatives on Climate Change and Human Health – John Balbus, Senior Advisor for Public Health, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [slides] (pdf) |
9:30 am to 9:45 am |
Break |
9:45 am to 11:15 am |
Presentations and Discussions: Tools and Methodologies
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11:15 am to 11:30 am |
Break |
11:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Disaster Response: Climate, Health, and Energy – Dan Barnett, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [slides] (pdf) |
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm |
Lunch and Lecture: Impending Oil Shortages: Major Complications for Climate Change Adaptation – Stuart Chaitkin, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [slides] (pdf) |
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
Presentations and Discussions: Adaptation Strategies in Light of Energy Scarcity
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3:00 pm to 3:15 pm |
Break |
3:15 pm to 5:00 pm |
Panel Discussion and Interaction Plenary: Report Back – summary of workshop discussions |
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
Social Hour |
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
Dinner and Lecture: A Paleoecological Record of Changes on the Land and Estuarine Health – Grace Brush, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University [slides] (pdf) |
Thursday, April 14, 2011
7:30 am to 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am to 9:00 am |
Climate Negotiations and Actionable Information – Ben Zaitchik, The Johns Hopkins University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [slides] (pdf) |
9:00 am to 10:00 am |
NASA Capacity Building Activities: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy – Ana Prados, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [slides] (pdf) |
10:00 am to 10:15 am |
Break |
10:15 am to 12:00 pm |
Plenary: Moderators Present Outlines of White Papers to Group |
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
TBD |
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm | Closing Review of the Meeting and the Path Forward – Larry Paxton (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) and Cindy Parker (The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) |