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).