[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Postdocs] Thompson Lecture Series with Dr. Ruth DeFries - Sign up for meetings, dinner and the potluck!

[Micah Hahn]

Hi postdocs,

Thanks to those who made it to the lunch and discussion with Ruth 
today.  Our next event is dinner this evening at Centro 
<https://www.google.com/maps/preview?ie=UTF-8&q=centro+boulder&fb=1&gl=us&hq=centro+boulder&cid=6766030467771701494&ei=LwNPU9jJCIemyATU0YLgDQ&ved=0CDgQrwswAA>at 
6pm.  Feel free to show up even if you haven't RSVPed at this point.

I also wanted to give everyone a heads up that due to budget issues, we 
won't have a formal catered breakfast tomorrow morning, but your trusty 
TLS committee has you covered and will make sure that everyone is 
well-fed in the early hours of the day.  So come hungry and prepped with 
your best questions.

Potluck dinner is tomorrow night directly following Ruth's public 
presentation.

Micah

On 4/10/2014 2:29 PM, diao at ucar.edu wrote:
> Hi NCAR Postdocs,
>
> The Thompson Lecture Series (TLS) is coming up on this coming week 
> Apr. 16-18 (Wed-Fri), featuring Dr. Ruth DeFries. You can read more 
> about the TLS and Dr. DeFries here 
> https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Thompson+Lecture+April+2014
> Abstracts for Dr. DeFries' two lectures are below.
>
> There will be a dinner with Dr. DeFries at 6pm on Wednesday (Apr. 16) 
> at Centro, and everyone is encouraged to sign up for this dinner on 
> the wiki page by the end of Tuesday (Apr. 15). Also there are still a 
> few slots for individual meetings on Wed and Thur and we encourage you 
> to sign up for these meetings.
>
> Please check the full schedule and sign up for individual meetings at:
> <https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Schedule+Ruth+DeFries>
>
> *Wed, Apr 16*
> - 12:30-1:30pm, Lunch with postdocs (CG Cafeteria)
> - 3-4pm, 2 slots for postdoc meetings (CG North Aud.)
> - 6pm, Dinner at Centro
>
> *Thur, Apr 17*
> - 10:30am-12:30pm, 4 slots for postdoc meetings (ML Director's Conf. Rm.)
> - 12:30-1:30pm, Lunch with postdocs (ML Cafeteria)
> - 1:30-3pm, 3 slots for postdoc meetings (ML Director's Conf. Rm.)
> - 5pm-onward. Potluck dinner with postdocs and their families (ML 
> Damon Room)
>
> *Fri, Apr 18*
> - 9-10:30am, 3 slots for postdoc meetings (FL 1003)
> - 12:30-1:30pm lunch with postdocs (FL Cafeteria)
>
> You can sign up for individual meetings and the potluck dinner at the 
> links provided above. Don't be afraid to sign up just because you 
> think your science interests are different than the speaker. You may 
> find that they have a breadth of interests and can also offer you 
> interesting insights on your career development.
>
> We will send out a few more reminders before the seminars, but please 
> go ahead and fill up those slots!  Don't hesitate to drop us an email 
> if you have any questions.
>
> Best wishes,
> Minghui Diao
>
>
> **Science Lecture
> Thursday, April 17, 3:30-5 pm (Mesa Lab Main Seminar Room)
>
> Title: Remote Sensing of Land Use Processes: Beyond Patterns of Land 
> Cover
> Abstract: There have been major advances in remote sensing of land 
> cover in the last several decades. With new sensors and the 
> availability of longer time series, possibilities for using remote 
> sensing not just to monitor land cover but to understand the processes 
> driving land use change, including the impacts of climate and 
> management, are becoming more feasible. The presentation will discuss 
> several approaches using different types of remote sensing data to 
> assess land use processes in tropical landscapes.
>
> **General Interest Seminar
> Friday, April 18, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (Foothills Lab large auditorium)
>
> Title: Tropical Land Use in an Urban World
> Abstract: In 2007, more than half of all the people in the world lived 
> in cities and towns. By 2030 that statistic is likely to rise to 80 
> percent.  In an urbanizing world, tropical landscapes will face manys 
> demands to produce food and energy crops, protect watersheds and 
> airsheds, and conserve wildlands. The management of these landscapes 
> affects the ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The 
> presentation will discuss both the opportunities and challenges for 
> tropical land use in an urban world, emphasizing the need to match the 
> scale of analysis with the scale at which decisions about landscapes 
> are made.
>
> ----
> Minghui Diao, PhD
> Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoc
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> Boulder, CO, 80307
> diao at ucar.edu

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