5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C.
January 26th – 29th, 2015
Overview of Meeting Agenda
Rodrigo Vargas
Co-Chair of Scientific Planning Committee
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
2015 NACP PIM Planning Committee
Simone Alin (Co-Chair)
Rodrigo Vargas (Co-Chair)
Celine Boisvenue
Paula Bontempi
Molly Brown
David Butman
Nancy Cavallaro
George (Jim) Collatz
Michael Dietze
Carla Evans
Nancy French
Gilberto Gaxiola
Peter Griffith
Kevin Gurney
Daniel Hayes
Sean Healey
Jose (Martin) Hernandez
Deborah Huntzinger
Eric Kasischke
Anthony (Tony) King
James (Mike) Kuperberg
Elisabeth (Libby) Larson
Marcy Litvak
Jeremy Mathis
John Miller
Kevin Schaefer
Gyami Shrestha
Ariana Sutton-Grier
Chris Swanston
Margaret Torn
Maria Tzortziou
Tristram (Tris) West
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
2015 NACP PIM Staff Support
ORNL ORISE
Jody Crisp
NASA
Carla Evans
Leanne Kendig
Jessica Bussard
Beth Nelson
Amy Hodkinson
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Opening Keynotes:
Current Hot Topics in Carbon Cycle Science
8:30 AM Are carbon scientists (us) ready for the policy big
leagues? (Steven Running)
9:00 AM The Implications of Deep Reductions in Greenhouse Gas
Emissions for Carbon Cycle Science (Margaret Torn)
9:30 AM Panel Discussion
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Closing Keynotes:
Next Steps: Carbon Science and Policy Opportunities
10:00 AM U.S. Climate Change Policy (Rick Duke)
10:30 AM Effective Communication of Scientific Uncertainty in
Policy Contexts (Marcia McNutt)
11:00AM Designing a Carbon Observing System (Rick Spinrad)
11:30 AM Panel Discussion
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Plenary
Cross cutting oral presentations under each of 6 themes:
-Monday:
1- NACP Program Highlights and Syntheses
2- Carbon Observing and Monitoring
-Tuesday:
3- Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle
4- Uncertainties in Carbon Cycle Science and Decision
Making
-Wednesday: 5- Carbon Management and Decision Support
-Thursday:
6- Ecosystem Carbon-Climate Feedbacks
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Special Topic Sessions
-Monday:
1- North American Carbon Cycle en Route to COP-21 in
Paris
-Tuesday:
2- The High Latitude Carbon Cycle
3- Urban Carbon
-Wednesday: 4- North American Carbon Policy: how can carbon
science support current and proposed policy
approaches
5- Science Communication
6- Trilateral Session on Carbon/Climate/Policy
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Poster Sessions
- From 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Ambassador Ballroom
- Monday
– NACP Program Highlights and Syntheses
– North American Carbon Cycle en Route to COP-21 in Paris
– Carbon Observing and Monitoring
- Tuesday
– Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle
– The High Latitude Carbon Cycle
– Uncertainties in Carbon Cycle Science and Decision Making
– Urban Carbon
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Poster Sessions
- From 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Regency Ballroom
- Wednesday
– North American Carbon Policy: how can carbon science support
current and proposed policy approaches
– Carbon Management and Decision Support
– Ecosystem Carbon-Climate Feedbacks
– Trilateral Session on Carbon/Climate/Policy
– Science Communication
– Other
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Breakout Sessions
- 4-5 concurrent breakout sessions each day at 5:30 pm
- Discussion forums (reports, documents, commentaries)
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.
Side meetings
• 6 closed meetings
• 3 open meetings
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting
January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.