Program - DRAFT
(last updated 19 July 2010)
Sun 3 April | Mon 4 April | Tue 5 April | Wed 6 April | Thu 7 April | Fri 8 April
Sunday 3 April - Registration and welcome
| 16:00 |
Registration |
| 17:00 |
Welcome reception |
| 19:00 |
Close |
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Monday 4 April - International and domestic science advances
| 9:00 |
Welcome to Country |
| 9:10 |
Introduction |
| 9:20 |
Ministerial presentation |
| 9:40 |
Opening - Dr Megan Clark, CEO CSIRO |
| 10:00 |
The latest science - Prof. Penny Sackett, Chief Scientist for Australia |
| 10:30 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 |
Near-term climate change: projections, predictions and predictability - Dr Scott Power, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research & Bureau of Meteorology |
| 11:30 |
The carbon cycle: observations and projections - Dr Sara Mikaloff Fletcher, NIWA (NZ) |
| 12:00 |
Climatic uncertainties: clouds, aerosol, water vapour and climate feedbacks - Prof. Steve Sherwood, University of New South Wales |
| 12:30 |
Oceanic changes: the latest science - Prof. Dean Roemmich, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA) |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Oceans and cryosphere - Dr John Church, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research & CSIRO/Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC |
| 14:30 |
Climate change and extreme events - Mr Tom Knutson, GFDL NOAA (USA) |
| 15:00 |
Climate change and the law - Ms Cheryl Edwards, Minter Ellison |
| 15:30 |
Afternoon tea |
| 16:00 |
International climate change negotiations - TBA |
| 16:30 |
National climate futures - TBA |
| 17:00 |
Poster session |
| 19:00 |
Student/early career researchers function |
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Tuesday 5 April - Impacts and adaptation
| 9:00 |
Premier/Minister |
| 9:30 |
Past climate change - Dr Janice Lough, Australian Institute of Marine Sciences |
| 10:00 |
Projections and climate futures - Dr Penny Whetton, CSIRO |
| 10:30 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 |
PANEL: Alteration of ecosystem services under climate change - Panellists Prof. Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University; Dr Elvira Poloczanska, CSIRO; and Dr Lynda Chambers, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research & Bureau of Meteorology |
| 12:00 |
Health and future of the Great Barrier Reef - Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, University of Queensland |
| 12:30 |
Climate change and Australia's coastline - Ms Jo Mummery, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Climate change science in Queensland - TBA |
| 14:30 |
Flood, fire and tempest: extreme events in Australia - TBA |
| 15:30 |
Afternoon tea |
| 16:00 |
Special event: Transferring science into policy - TBA |
| 17:00 |
Close |
| 19:00 |
Conference dinner |
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Wednesday 6 April - Technical tours
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Thursday 7 April - Climatic extremes
| 9:00 |
Climate modelling - TBA |
| 9:30 |
PANEL: Climate change and agriculture - TBA |
| 10:30 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 |
Parallel sessions |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Parallel sessions |
| 15:30 |
Afternoon tea |
| 16:00 |
Parallel sessions |
| 17:00 |
Poster session |
| 18:00 |
Close |
| 19:00 |
Public event |
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Friday 8 April - Tropical science
| 9:00 |
Tropical science - Dr Carlos Nobre, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil) |
| 9:30 |
Pacific specifics: findings from the Pacific Climate Change Science Program - Dr Gillian Cambers, PCCSP |
| 10:30 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 |
Parallel sessions |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Parallel sessions |
| 15:30 |
Wrap-up |
| 16:00 |
Conference close |
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Please note: This is a draft program only, and is subject to change. Program details will be published here as they are finalised. We'll also send out program updates via Twitter (follow us at www.twitter.com/greenhouse2011).