DRAFT AGENDA
2010 DRI Annual Workshop
May 12-14, 2010
Inn at the Forks in Winnipeg
(DRAFT
as of February 8, 2010)
(Please note that the length of individual sessions may change as we
proceed
with planning for this event. Also
it
should be noted that plans are being made for a DRI Board of Directors
meeting
and a DRI Science Committee meeting to be held during this period.)
May 12, 2010
- 08:00 - 08:30: Registration
- 0830 – 10:15: Session #1: Welcomes and Introduction to DRI
- 10:15 – 10:45: Break
- 10:45 – 12:00: Session #2: Synthesis Activities
- a. Overall Synthesis (Ron Stewart)
- b. Drought Characterization (John Hanesiak)
- c. Drought Prediction (Charles Lin)
- d. Discussion
- 12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
- 13:00 - 15:00: Session #3: Theme #1: Drought Characterization and regional water and energy cycling
- 15:00 – 15:20: Break
- 15:20 – 16:30: Session #4: Atmospheric Drought Processes: Large scale and local scale atmospheric Controls
- 16:30 – 17:30: Session #5: Predictions and Simulations
- 17:45 – 20:00: Session #6 (early evening) Poster Session and Reception
- 08:30 – 09:30: Session #7: Hydrologic drought processes
- 09:30 – 10:30: Session #8: Climate, human activities and the future of drought
- 10:30 – 11:00: Break
- 11:00 – 12:15: Session #9: Data Systems and Satellite Data Applications
- 12:15 -13:30: Lunch
- 13:30 – 15:00: Session #10: Featured Student Presentations
- 15:00 – 15:15: Coffee
- 15:15 – 17:00: Session #11: Breakout Groups to discuss topics related to DRI Legacy
- 17:00- 17:30: Reports to Plenary
- 08:30 – 09:30: Session #12: Reports on droughts from other parts of Canada and the world
- 09:30 – 10:30: Session #13: Reports from agencies and programmes with interests in supporting Drought Research:
- 10:30 – 11:00: Break
- 11:00 – 12:15: Session #14: Ideas and Options for developing drought and other Extreme activities
- 12:15 – 13:30: Lunch
- 13:30 – 14:00: Sessions #15: Charge to Breakout Groups regarding new drought research
- 14:00 – 15:30: Breakout groups to discuss directions for new proposals and activities (includes the break)
- 15:30 – 16:00: Reports from the working groups and Wrap-up Discussion
- 16:00 – 16:30: Workshop Summary and Adjournment