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</span>Climate Information: Responding to User Needs<br>
<span class="style22">Bringing Observations, Data Management,
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<p align="center" class="style2"><strong>A national workshop
sponsored by the University of Maryland<br>
in partnership with NOAA, NASA, and the American Meteorological Society
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<div align="center"><span class="style15">Workshop
Co-Chairmen:</span><br>
<strong>James R. Mahoney</strong>, Environmental Consultant and
former Director,
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U.S. Climate Change Science Program (2002 – 2006)
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<strong>Antonio J. Busalacchi</strong>, Earth System
Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
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<p align="justify">The Earth System will experience
real climate change over the next 50 years, substantially exceeding the
scope of natural variability. A paramount question facing society is how to
adapt to these changes. Success will require unprecedented collaborations
and powerful partnerships between climate scientists and the consumers of
climate information - businesses, government agencies from federal to
local, policy organizations and planning offices that need specific kinds
of information to ensure the best decisions in adapting to climate change.
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<strong>The University of Maryland, College Park invites you to attend a
two-day workshop at their Inn and
Conference Center, October 22-23, 2007</strong>. This event will foster
dialogue between the providers of climate information and its diverse user
community to define specific measures needed to enhance the use of climate
observations, data management, modeling, and predictions in support of
business and policy decisions. The workshop will consist of plenary and
breakout panel sessions, and a peer-reviewed poster session.
The keynote speaker will be Norman Augustine, retired Chairman/CEO,
Lockheed Martin Corp., who will discuss "What Business Needs to Know about
Climate Change." In addition, R. James Woolsey, Vice President for Booz
Allen Hamilton and former Director of Central Intelligence, will discuss
“Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century."
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<h4><strong>Conference Objectives:</strong>
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<ul><li>To identify how users, stakeholders, and decision makers are
influenced by climate on time scales from seasons to decades</li>
<li>To identify the needs and requirements of users, stakeholders, and
decision makers for climate information, observations, predictions, and
services from global to local scales </li>
<li>To identify what adaptation measures are being considered in the
private and public sectors, and how this might result in new classes of
information for decision support</li>
<li>To recommend principal elements of the path forward toward more
effective use of climate services in decision making</li></ul>
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<h4><strong> Agenda:
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<strong>Day 1 Morning:</strong>
<ul><li>Keynote Lecture: What Business Needs to Know about Climate Change.
Norman Augustine, retired Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp.<br>
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<li>Plenary Talk 1: State of the Science, Implications for Society. A.
Busalacchi</li>
<li>Plenary Talk 2: Advancing Climate Knowledge Through Earth System
Science. Jack Kaye, Assoc. Director of Research, Earth Science Division,
NASA</li>
<li>Plenary Talk 3: A Vision for National Climate Information Services.
Chet Koblinsky, Director, Climate Program Office, NOAA</li>
<li>Plenary Talk 4: User Needs for Specific Climate Information - the Focus
of the Workshop. J. Mahoney</li></ul>
<strong>Day 1 Afternoon:</strong>
<ul> <li>Breakout Sessions: Topics included are Agriculture, Water
Resources, Public Health, National Security, Energy, Coastal and
Terrestrial Eco Systems<br>
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<li>Afternoon Keynote: Energy, Security, and the Long War of the 21st
Century. R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, former
Director of Central Intelligence<br>
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<li>Plenary Talk 5,6 </li>
<li>Reception and Poster Session</li> </ul>
<strong>Day 2 Morning: </strong>
<ul><li>Monsanto Corp., The Needs of Agro-Business<br>
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<li>Plenary Talk 7,8</li>
<li>Morning Breakout Sessions</li></ul>
<strong>Day 2 Afternoon:</strong>
<ul><li>Synthesis of Breakouts and Discussion</li>
<li>Panel on Workshop Recommendations</li>
<li>Summary/Closing </li> </ul>
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