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CIMR
Symposium
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
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4:00pm-7:00pm |
Symposium Registration Open [Caribbean Registration
Desk]
Poster Presenters setup Posters [Caribbean IV/V] |
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Early Bird Social [Boca Patio] |
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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7:30am-8:30am |
Morning Refreshments [Caribbean IV/V] |
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7:30am-5:30pm |
Symposium Registration Open [Caribbean Registration
Deskl] |
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8:30am-10:00am |
Opening Plenary Session
[Caribbean VI/VII] |
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Opening Remarks
Moderator: Keith Ingram, Coordinator,
Southeast Climate Consortium, Dept. of Agri. and
Biological Eng., IFAS, UF, Gainesville, FL |
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Welcome
Jim Jones,
Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Agricultural
and Biological Engineering, IFAS, Director, Florida
Climate Institute, UF, Gainesville, FL
[Presentation] |
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Welcome
Mark R. McLellan,
Dean for Research, IFAS, UF, Gainesville, FL |
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Introduction of Keynote Speaker
James O'Brien,
Emeritus Robert 0. Lawton Distinguished Professor,
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies,
FSU, Tallahassee, FL |
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Keynote Address: Climate Science and Service
from Local
to Global Scales
Chester Koblinsky, Executive Director,
Climate Program Office, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD |
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10:00am-10:30am |
Break |
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10:30am-12:00pm |
Plenary Session |
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Moderator: Eric Chassignet, Director, Center
for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies,
Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute, FSU,
Tallahassee, FL |
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Scenarios for Planning
Holly Hartmann,
Director, Arid Lands Information Center, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
[Presentation]
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Water Resources
David Yates,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO |
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Coastal and Urban Communities
Margaret Davidson,
Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston,
SC
[Presentation]
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12:00pm-1:15pm |
Lunch - provided [Caribbean IV/V] |
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1:15pm-2:45pm |
Plenary Session |
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Moderator: Joan Dusky, Associate Dean and
Professor, Office of Dean for Extension and Florida
Cooperative Extension Office, IFAS, UF, Gainesville,
FL
[Presentation]
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Biodiversity and Conservation
Jean Brennan,
Coordinator, Appalachian LLC, US Fish and Wildlife
Service, Blacksburg, VA
[Presentation]
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Agricultural Risk Management
Cynthia Rosenzweig,
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute
for Space Studies, New York, NY
[Presentation]
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Cross-sectoral Impacts
Kenneth Mitchell,
Special Assistant to the Director, Air, Pesticides,
and Toxics Management Division, U.S. EPA, Atlanta,
GA
[Presentation]
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2:45pm-3:15pm |
Break [Caribbean IV/V] |
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3:15pm-5:15pm
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Plenary Session |
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Moderator: Glenn Morris,
Director, Emerging Pathogen Institute, UF,
Gainesville, FL |
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Public Health and Climate
George
Luber,
Associate Director for Climate Change, Division of
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC,
Atlanta, GA
[Presentation]
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Miami-Dade: A Case Study on Adaptation and
Mitigation
Nichole Hefty,
Coordinator, Miami-Dade County Climate Change,
Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources
Management, Miami, FL
[Presentation]
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Poster Presentations
- a brief introduction
[Presentation]
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5:30pm-7:00pm |
Poster Session & Reception
[Caribbean IV/V] |
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Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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7:00am-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments [Caribbean IV/V] |
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7:00am-5:00pm |
Symposium Registration Open [Caribbean Registration
Desk] |
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8:30am-10:00am
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Concurrent Panel Sessions |
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Session 1
Managing Risks to Agriculture—A World Perspective
[Boca I/II] |
Session 2
Water Resource Management
[Boca III] |
Session 3
Scenarios for
Planning
[Boca IV] |
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Moderator:
Gerald Arkin |
Moderator:
Alison Adams |
Moderator:
Vasubandhu Misra |
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Dineshkumar Moghariya
Farmers' Perceptions of Risk, Impacts and
Adaptations to Climate Change: A Perspectives from
Western India
[Presentation]
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David Yates
Climate Change in Water Utility Planning: Decision
Analytic Approaches
[Presentation] |
John Promise
Addressing Climate Risks in North Texas' Preferred
Future
[Presentation] |
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Carrie Furman
Climate Services for Vulnerable Communities:
Listening to African American Farmers
[Presentation] |
Pamela Knox
Predicting Georgia's Future Water Use Using
Climatological and Sociological Factors
[Presentation] |
Wendy-Lin Bartels
Evolution of Social Science Methods for Climate
Adaptation Research and Assessment
[Presentation]
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Richard McNider
Migration of Agriculture to the Southeast as an
Adaptation to Regional Climate Change
[Presentation] |
Tirusew Asefa
Performance Evaluation of a Water Resources System
under Varying Climatic Conditions: Reliability,
Resilience, Vulnerability and Beyond
[Presentation] |
Frederick Bloetscher
Impact on Local Community Infrastructure from Sea
Level Rise
[Presentation] |
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Shane Perkins
Potential Usefulness of Climate Forecasts and
AgroClimate for Agriculture in South Carolina
[Presentation] |
Stephen McGrew
Making of a Green Utility - Environmental
Stewardship
[Presentation] |
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Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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10:00am-10:30am |
Break |
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10:30am-12:00pm
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Concurrent Panel Sessions |
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Session 1
Managing Risks to Agriculture – Tools for
Understanding
[Boca I/II] |
Session 2
Water Resource Management: Tools and Analysis
[Boca III] |
Session 3
Cross-sector
Impacts
[Boca IV] |
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Moderator:
Gerald Arkin |
Moderator:
Alison Adams |
Moderator:
Caitlin Simpson |
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DW Shin
Climate Model Evaluation Tools - Crop Models
[Presentation] |
Vaishali Sharda
Development of Community Water Deficit Index (CWDI)
for Small to Mid-size Communities of the
Southeastern United States
[Presentation] |
Radley Horton
Cross-sector Climate Impacts and Adaptation
Strategies in the New York City Infrastructure-shed
[Presentation]
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Kenneth Boote
Risk and Uncertainty in Crop Model Predictions of
Regional Yields under Climate Change and
Variability
[Presentation] |
Michael Maddox
Agricultural Decision System for the Chesapeake Bay
Forecasting System
[Presentation] |
Denis Nadolnyak
Climate Impacts on Agricultural Loan Performance:
Evidence from the Southeastern US
[Presentation] |
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Mark Boudreau
The Importance of Scale in Managing Agricultural
Risk through Climate Information
[Presentation]
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Mark Brooks
Development of a Turfgrass Irrigation Management
System for North Carolina
[Presentation] |
Tamara Houston
Sectoral Engagement Activities at NOAA's National
Climatic Data Center
[Presentation] |
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Teddy Allen
The International Environmental Data Rescue
Organization: history, present, and future
[Presentation] |
Shimelis Setegn
Climate change trend and its impact on the
hydrological processes in the Caribbean islands of
Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Dominican Republic
[Presentation] |
Suresh Sharma
Incorporating Seasonal to Inter-annual (SI) Climate
Variability in Point Source Discharge Permitting for
Effective TMDL Development and Implementation |
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Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch - provided [Caribbean IV/V] |
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1:30pm-3:00pm
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Concurrent Panel Sessions |
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Session 1
Managing Risks to Agriculture – Indirect Effects
[Boca I/II] |
Session 2
Coastal and Urban Communities: Sea Level Rise
Impacts
[Boca III] |
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Moderator:
Gerald Arkin |
Moderator:
Radley Horton |
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Gail Wilkerson
Influence of ENSO Phase on Optimal Corn Planting
Dates in North Carolina
[Presentation] |
Md. Rashed Chowdhury
Rising Sea Level and the Vulnerable Coastal
Communities in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
[Presentation] |
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Brenda Ortiz
Effect of Rainfall and Maximum Temperature on Corn
Aflatoxin Contamination in the Southeastern U.S.
Coastal Plain
[Presentation] |
Frederick Bloetscher
Fighting Water with Water: Counteracting the Impacts
of Sea Level Rise on South Florida Waters
[Presentation] |
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Santiago Meira
Yield Forecasting: An Approach Using Crop Simulation
Models
[Presentation] |
Ajita Atreya
Flood Risk and Risk Perception: Evidence from
Property Prices in Georgia
[Presentation] |
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Discussion |
Tara McCue
GIS Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment
[Presentation] |
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Discussion |
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3:00pm-3:30pm |
Break |
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3:30pm-5:00pm
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Concurrent Panel Sessions |
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Session 1
Biodiversity and Conservation in Natural
Ecosystems
[Boca IV] |
Session 2
Coastal and Urban Communities: Policy Planning
and Adaptation
[Boca III] |
Session 3
Land Use and Land Cover Changes
[Boca I/II] |
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Moderator:
John Hayes |
Moderator:
Adam Parris |
Moderator:
Jim Jones |
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Jean Brennan
Impacts of CC on Biodiversity
[Presentation] |
Randall Parkinson
Assessing Municipal Vulnerability to Predicted Sea
Level Rise: City of Satellite Beach, FL
[Presentation] |
Vasubandhu Misra
Anthropogenic influence on Climate over the
Southeast United States
[Presentation] |
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Doug Parsons
Current Efforts and Future Directions: A state
agency's approach to climate change
[Presentation] |
John Fergus
Sea Level Rise at the Local Government Level:
Lessons Learned
[Presentation] |
John Christy
Summer 2010 Heat in SE USA - Was It Really a
Record?
[Presentation] |
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MD Abdus Salam
Climate Change and Fisheries in Bangladesh: Impact
and Adaptation
[Presentation] |
Whitney Gray
Southwest Florida Plans for Climate Change
[Presentation] |
Laura Geselbracht
Modeling Sea Level Rise Impacts on Coastal Wetlands
at Gulf of Mexico Estuaries
[Presentation] |
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Tom Hoctor
Large-scale Implications of SLR on Conservation
Priority Areas in Florida
[Presentation] |
Carlton Hall
Climate Change Projections and Adaptation Strategies
for Multi-Objective Resource Management at Kennedy
Space Center, Florida
[Presentation] |
Guzine El Diwani
Feasibility Study of Biodiesel from Jatropha in
Egypt
[Presentation] |
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Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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Friday, May 27, 2011 |
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7:30am-8:30am |
Morning Refreshments [Caribbean IV/V] |
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7:30am-12:00pm |
Symposium Registration Open [Caribbean Registration
Desk] |
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8:30am-10:30am |
Closing Plenary Session
[Caribbean VI/VII] |
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Moderator: Keith Ingram |
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Managing Risks to Agriculture
- Ian Flitcroft,
University of Georgia, Griffin, GA |
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Land Use and Land Cover Changes
- Jim Jones,
Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering,
IFAS, Florida Climate Institute, UF, Gainesville, FL |
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Coastal and Urban Communities
- Radley Horton,
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia
University, New York, NY |
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Water Resources
- Alison Adams,
Tampa Bay Water, Clearwater, FL |
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Scenarios for Planning
- Vasubandhu Misra,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
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Biodiversity and Conservation
- John Hayes,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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Cross-sectoral Impacts
- Caitlin Simpson,
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD |
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10:00am-10:30am |
Break |
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10:30am-12:00pm |
Plenary Session |
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Moderator: Jim Jones |
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Keynote Address:
Moving Forward: A Vision for Meeting Future
Challenges
Steve Shafer,
Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Research Service,
USDA, Washington, D.C.
[Presentation] |
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Closing Comments |
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12:00pm |
Symposium Adjourn |
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12:00pm-1:00pm |
Poster Presenters Remove Posters |
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