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Agenda as of 3/17/08
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Wednesday, March 26

8:00     Continental Breakfast (Alcove)

8:45     Welcome and Opening Remarks - William Hooke, Director, AMS Policy Program, and Pam Stephens, APP Visiting Senior Policy Fellow (Auditorium)

The Environmental Scan (Auditorium)

9:00   "Vulnerability of 21^st Century Water Resources in the Eastern US" - Dr. Brent Yarnal, Director, Center for Integrated Regional Assessment

9:30    “Weather and Climate in the 21st Century  – What Do We Know?  What Don’t We Know? –Kevin Trenberth, NCAR

9:50    “Drought and Water Shortages - Looking Beyond the Climate Affiliation”   Bradfield Lyon, IRI, Columbia University

10:10   “Water planning and climate change: actionable intelligence yet?” - Chris Milly, USGS

10:30   Break

Perspectives from the Players

10:50  “What Urban Planners Want to Know about Climate Change and Water Resources - Scott Shuford, UNC-Asheville

11:10  "Climate-Change Impacting Hydrologic Forecasting" Reggina Cabrera - NWS, Office of Hydrology

11:30  “Supplying Water in an Uncertain Future: Including Issues of Water Resources, Wastewater Treatment, and Stormwater Management” – Roland Steiner, WSSC

11:50 "What might climate change mean for water supply reliability in the Washington DC metropolitan area?" - Mark Lorie

12:05  Discussion

12:30 – 1:30  Lunch (Conference Rooms A,B,C)

"Communicating the Water Risk: Engaging the Public and Public Officials"
Speaker  Dr. Gerald Galloway, University of MD

1:40   Summary of morning issues – goals for afternoon -  Hooke and Stephens (Conference Rooms A,B,C)

Incorporating Weather and Climate Information into Water Management Decisions – Obstacles and Opportunities 

1:50   “Risk Assessment for Public Water Supplies: Lessons from the Southeast Drought of 2007-2008 ” – David Moreau, WRRI, North Carolina

2:20   “Planning for Changing Climate in NYC" – David C. Major, Columbia University Earth Institute’s Center for Climate Systems Research

2:40   “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late: A Private Sector Response to the Water Availability Conundrum” – John Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc.  

3:00   Discussion

3:15   Breakout Groups Sessions  (Coffee available)

(Breakout Rooms)

4:30   Plenary Session:   Reports from Breakout Groups and Discussion (Conference Rooms A,B,C)

5:15  Forum ends for the day

5:15  Reception University of CA - Washington                        

Thursday, March 27

7:45   Continental Breakfast available (Alcove)

8:20   Review of goals for the day Hooke and Stephens (Conference Rooms A,B,C)

“On the Ground – Working with the Water Resources Communities”

8:25   “Making information accessible: how the NE Climate Impacts Assessment informs decision-making” Melanie Fitzpatrick- Rep, UCS

8:50   “New Tools for Urban and Regional Planners” – Jim Fox, UNC-Asheville  

9:15   “A Structured Process for Incorporating Climate Change Information in Water Resource Management" – David Purkey, EID

9:35   Discussion

10:10  Coffee Break

Getting the Message Out

10:30   “Overcoming Communication Pitfalls”– Edward Maibach, Center of Excellence in Climate Change Communication Research, George Mason University

10:50   “Bringing Scientists Out of the Ivory Tower” - Alan Betts, Vermont

11:10   Discussion

11:20   Breakout Groups

(Breakout Rooms)

12:30   Lunch (Conference Rooms A,B,C)

Recommendations and Next Steps

 1:30  Reports from the Breakout Sessions

2:00  Plenary Session - discussion topics:

• What kinds of policies are needed?

• Outreach to the public, policymakers, etc – how can we be more effective?

• Facilitating communication between meteorologists an hydrologists and the water resources communities

• Follow-on activities   

3:00   Forum Ends

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