CIMR Symposium UPDATE: Abstract Deadline Extended to MARCH 1, 2008
The abstract submission deadline for the CIMR
Symposium has been extended to MARCH 1, 2008. We
trust this allows you a little more time to
submit abstracts and participate in this
important endeavor. Make your plans now to attend.
CIMR -- Climate Information for Managing Risks
Partnerships and Solutions for Agriculture and
Natural Resources June 10-13, 2008 St. Pete
Beach, Florida. Website:
<http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR>www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR
CIMR is an international symposium that will
provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge,
experiences, and ideas among diverse participants
from universities, agriculture and natural
resource managers, and other decision makers that
might use climate information. Participants in
CIMR will help to identify priorities and plan
strategies for climate research, education, and
outreach that are needed to assure that decision
makers have relevant and valuable climate
information. An important element of the CIMR
Symposium will be to explore opportunities and
needs for applying global climate information at
the local and regional levels, with local and
regional examples coming from throughout the nation and world.
CONTENTS
1. Abstract submission deadline extended
2. Tentative list of speakers
3. Other CIMR information
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO MARCH
1, 2008:
<http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/>http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/
The program will consist of invited speakers, as
well as poster presentations selected from
abstract submissions. Poster presentations will
provide a valuable format for dialogue outside
the structured plenary and facilitated breakout
discussion sessions, and thus will be a
significant component of this symposium. You are
invited to submit abstracts on all topics
relevant to climate information for managing
risks to agriculture and natural resources.
Topics for abstract submission include but are not limited to the following:
State of knowledge on climate variability and
climate change at seasonal, decadal, and multi-decadal time scales
Impacts of climate variability and climate
change on agriculture and natural resources
Stakeholder needs for climate information
related to agriculture and natural resources
Success stories: Integrated approaches that
combine research, extension, and education in the
application of climate information
Extension and application of climate
information for agriculture and natural resources
Short- and long-term needs and opportunities
for education to ensure the effective use of
climate information by decision makers
Other allows you to indicate another category
if your work does not fit in one of the above topics
Posters will be displayed during a formal poster
session and reception with authors available for
discussion. Abstracts submitted will also be
published in the electronic book of abstracts on
CD-ROM. Student poster authors will be eligible
to compete for Best Poster awards based on the
quality of the abstract, poster, and discussion.
Poster presenter winners will be announced during
the closing session on Friday morning.
Submit an abstract via the symposium website BY
MARCH 1,
2008:
<http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/>http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/
AGENDA
Below is a preview of the symposium opening and
plenary speakers. Please visit the website to view the full agenda.
OPENING SESSION
Gale Buchanan, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, USDA
PLENARY SESSION: Impacts of Climate Variability
and Climate Change on Agriculture and Natural
Resources Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research
Scientist, Goddard Institutes for Space Studies,
NASA James O'Brien, Emeritus Robert 0. Lawton
Distinguished Professor, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction, FSU
(Invited) Thomas Crisman, Professor, Dept. of
Biology, USF Jerry Hatfield, President, American Society of Agronomy
PLENARY SESSION: Stakeholder Needs for Climate
Information Related to Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Invited) Alex Sink, Chief Financial Officer,
State of Florida Allison Adams, Hydrologist,
Tampa Bay Water Jerry Pennick, Federation of
Southern Cooperatives Virginia Guzman,
Partnership Manager, Risk Management Agency, USDA
Pat Cockrell, Executive Director, Organization &
Programs, Florida Farm Bureau Federation
PLENARY SESSION: Integrated Approaches that
Combine Research, Extension, and Education in the
Application of Climate Information Roger
Pulwarty, Director, National Integrated Drought
Information System, NOAA Kenneth Crawford,
Director, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, College
of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, University
of Oklahoma Jim Jones, Distinguished Professor,
Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering,
IFAS, UF John Antle, Professor, Dept. of
Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University
PLENARY SESSION: Extension and Application of
Climate Information for Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Invited) Heidi Cullen, Climatologist, The
Weather Channel Victor Murphy, Climate Services
Program Manager, Southern Region Headquarters,
National Weather Service, NOAA Louise Jackson,
Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water
Resources, UC - Davis Clyde Fraisse, Assistant
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, IFAS, UF
PLENARY SESSION: Short- and Long-term Needs and
Opportunities for Education to Promote the Use of
Climate Information by Decision Makers Mark Cane,
G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate
Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
(Invited) Susan Avery, President and Director,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Paul
Ruscher, Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Meteorology Department, FSU
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Anyone concerned with or interested in the
applications of climate information at local and
regional levels to manage risks to agriculture
and natural resources, including:
Research, teaching, and extension faculty,
administrators, staff, and students, including
those participating in Regional Integrated
Sciences and Assessments Centers (RISAs), climate
centers, and others involved with improving the
use of climate information for agriculture and natural resource management.
Representatives from federal, state, and local
agencies conducting climate research or offering
climate services, such as the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US
Department of Agriculture (USDA), state
departments of environmental protection, state
departments of agriculture, and water management districts.
Non-governmental and private-voluntary
organizations (NGOs and PVOs) such as Federation
of Southern Cooperatives, Local Governments for
Sustainability (ICLEI), Sustainable Agriculture
Working Group (SAWG), and others.
Intermediaries or representatives of potential
climate information users from the private
sector, for example, state Farm Bureaus, crop
consultants, commodity associations, producer
organizations, environmental consulting firms,
agricultural and natural resources media, and others
DETAILS ON THE CIMR WEBSITE
We invite you to visit the website to learn of
further symposium details such as the Symposium
Objectives, Expected Outcomes, Breakout and
Poster Session Topics, Abstract Submission
Details, Sponsorship Opportunities, and
Registration and Reservation details. The website
is the main informational source and will be
updated regularly as symposium events progress.
<http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR>www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR
CIMR DATES OF INTEREST
March 1, 2008 abstract submission deadline
EXTENDED March 14, 2008 early registration
deadline April 28, 2008 hotel reservation deadline
CIMR PUBLICITY
If you manage any list serves and group email
lists or have access to email addresses of
colleagues who may be interested in attending the
CIMR Symposium, please forward this email, along
with a link to the CIMR web site where updates
are posted periodically. Thank
you. <http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR>www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR
Please contact me should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Mandy Stage
Symposium Coordinator
Submitted on behalf of the symposium organizing
committee:
<http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/comm.htm>http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/comm.htm
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