| 10/22/07 |
DAY 1 |
| 7:00am |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00am |
Welcome
- Nariman Farvardin, Senior Vice President and Provost, University of Maryland |
| 8:30am |
Keynote Lecture: "What Business Needs to Know about Climate Change"
- Norman Augustine, former Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| 9:00am |
Plenary Talk 1: State of the Science, Implications for Society
- Antonio Busalacchi, University of Maryland - Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center |
| 9:30am |
Plenary Talk 2: "Advancing Climate Knowlege through Earth System Science"
- Jack A. Kaye, Assoc. Director for Research, NASA Earth Science Division |
| 10:00am |
Break |
| 10:15am |
Plenary Talk 3: "A Vision for National Climate Information Services"
- Chester J. Koblinsky, Director of Climate Observations and Services Program, NOAA Climate Office |
| 10:45am |
Plenary Talk 4: User Needs for Specific Climate Information - the Focus of the Workshop
- James R. Mahoney, former Director of the federal Climate Change Science Program |
| 11:00am |
Morning Breakout Sessions
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Chair: John Townshend/University of Maryland
Frederick Norbury/National Forest Service
James Rattling Leaf/Sinte Gleska University
Lara Hansen/World Wildlife Fund
John Musinsky/Conservation International
Parks & Recreation
Chair: Karen Scott/Environmental Protection Agency
Julie Thomas/National Park Service
William Maloney/American Society of Travel Agents
Mark Wenzler/National Parks & Conservation Associationn
Insurance/Investment
Chair: Anna Pirani/World Climate Research Programme/CLIVAR
Frank Nutter/Reinsurance Association of America
Robert Flynn/Travelers
Ralph Tyler/Maryland State Insurance Commissioner
Richard Yocius/Allstate
Louis Gritzo/FM Global
Scott Steinmetz/Fireman's Fund
Agriculture
Chair: Reginal Harrell/University of Maryland
Carolyn Olson/United States Department of Agriculture
Toby Halkovich/Cakebread Cellars
Ghassem Asrar/United States Department of Agriculture
Jim Nugent/Michigan State University Extension |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch Speaker:
"Dividing the Waters in the American West"
- Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Colorado Supreme Court |
| 2:00pm |
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Energy
Chair: Matthias Ruth/University of Maryland
Ray Keane/Timmons Design Engineering
Steve Heins/Orion Energy Systems
Jeff Harris/Alliance to Save Energy
Michael Eckhart/American Council on Renewable Energy
Armin Rosencrantz/Stanford
State/Local/Municipal
Chair: Steve Fetter/University of Maryland
Cynthia Rosenzweig/NASA
Doug Duncan/University of Maryland
Doug Erickson/American Hospital Association
Joan Rohlfs/Metro Washington Council of Governments
National Security
Chair: Jacques Gansler/University of Maryland
Richard Engel/National Intelligence Council
Gerald Geernaert/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Linda Wennerberg/NASA
Lawrence Farrell/National Defense Industrial Association
Robert Brammer/Northrop Grumman
Coastal/Marine Ecosystems
Chair: Don Boesch/University of Maryland
Barry Stamey/Noblis Inc.
Beth McGee/Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Richard Beamish/American Fisheries Society
Lori Arguelles/National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Zoe Johnson/Maryland Dept of Natural Resources
Mario Tamburri/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
| 3:30pm |
Break |
| 4:00pm |
Afternoon Keynote: "Energy, Security, and the Long War of the 21st Century"
- R. James Woolsey, Booz Allen Hamilton, former Director of Central Intelligence |
| 5:00pm |
Afternoon Plenary
- Bryan J. Hannegan, Vice President, Environment, Electric Power Research Institute |
| 5:30pm |
Poster Session and Reception
Ballroom |
| 10/23/07 |
DAY 2 |
| 8:00am |
Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:00am |
Plenary Talk 5: "Building Resilience to Climate Change in the Developing World: Data needs and Opportunities"
- Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation |
| 9:20am |
Plenary Talk 6: "Inundation, Infections, and the Internet: Implementing Scalable Solutions to Complex Problems"
- Amr ElSawy, President and CEO, Noblis, Inc. |
| 9:45am |
Plenary Talk 7: "Communicating Climate Change to Critical Decision Makers ... the General Public"
- Bob Ryan, NBC Meteorologist and past president of AMS |
| 10:00am |
Break |
| 10:15am |
Morning Breakout Sessions
Water
Chair: Gerry Galloway/University of Maryland
Jeanine Jones/Calif. Water Resources
Michael Shapiro/Environmental Protection Agency
John Promise/No. Central Texas Council of Governments
Eugene Stakhiv/US Army Corps of Engineers
Commerce/Manufacturing
Chair: Peter Gourlay/Regional Manufacturing Initiative
Randall Overbey/formerly of Alcoa
John Carberry/Dupont
Jon Malay/Lockheed Martin
Dave Crowe/National Association of Home Builders
Human Health
Chairs: Rita Colwell/University of Maryland & Dushanka Kleinman/University of Maryland
Georges Benjamin/American Public Health Associationn
Dennis Lang/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Lynn Goldman/Johns Hopkins University
Transportation
Chair: Gerrit Knaap/University of Maryland
Howard Aylesworth/Aerospace Industries Association
Rob Lempert/RAND Corp.
John Porcari/Maryland Secretary of Transportation
Joanne Potter/Cambridge Systematics
Rob Padgette/American Public Transportation Association |
| 12:00pm |
Lunch Speaker
Former U.S. Senator Joseph Tydings |
| 1:00pm |
Synthesis of Breakouts and Discussion |
| 2:00pm |
Panel and Workshop Recommendations |
| 2:30pm |
Closing Remarks
- Mel Bernstein, Vice President for Research, University of Maryland |
