SEARCH Implementation Workshop
23-25 May 2005
The National Conference Center
Lansdowne,VA
Final Agenda

SEARCH Implementation Workshop Final Agenda (PDF - 19 KB)

Sunday, 22 May 2005
7:00 p.m. Reception and Registration: Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar
(Red Commons; North Building 2nd Floor)
Day 1 - Monday, 23 May 2005
(Plenary sessions held in Room N2-150; North Building 2nd Floor)
6:30 a.m. BREAKFAST Buffet (Cafeteria; North Building 2nd Floor)
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview
  • SEARCH Status and Implementation
  • International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC)
Peter Schlosser
Chair, SEARCH Science Steering Committee
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
9:40 a.m. Remarks from the National Science Foundation
Karl Erb
Director, NSF Office of Polar Programs
10:00 a.m. Remarks from the Interagency Program Management Committee (IPMC)
Neil Swanberg
Chair, IPMC
National Science Foundation
10:20 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. Priorities for Observing Arctic Change: Implementation of SEARCH observations
Hajo Eicken
Chair, Observing Change Panel
University of Alaska Fairbanks
11:10 a.m. Priorities for Understanding Arctic Change: Priorities for data analysis, synthesis, assimilation, and modeling
John Walsh
Chair, Understanding Change Panel
University of Alaska Fairbanks
11:35 a.m. Priorities for Responding to Arctic Change: Priorities for adaptive response to change
Jack Kruse
Chair, Responding to Change Panel
University of Massachusetts
12:00 p.m. LUNCH Buffet (Cafeteria; North Building 2nd Floor)
(Workshop Organizing Committee meet during lunch)
1:00 p.m. Charge to Breakout Groups
Peter Schlosser
1:30 p.m. Breakout Session: Panel Groups
All participants will break into three groups to discuss panel white papers. The three breakout groups will be composed of corresponding panel members (Observing, Understanding, Responding to Change), with additional participants assigned to breakout groups according to expertise and interest.
  • Observing Change
  • Understanding Change
  • Responding to Change
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m. Breakout Session: Working Groups
The SEARCH SSC has identified several areas within the SEARCH Implementation Strategy that require specific attention in order to set SEARCH priorities and draft a detailed implementation plan. Workshop participants will break into the following working groups to address these specific areas of SEARCH activities, using the Observing, Understanding, and Responding to Change white papers as a guiding framework:
  • Terrestrial Ecosystems
  • Distributed Marine Observations (DMO): Physical Observations
  • Distributed Marine Observations (DMO): Ecosystems
  • Distributed Atmospheric Observations
  • Terrestrial Hydrology and Cryosphere
  • Human Dimensions
  • Paleo/Long-term Observations
  • Data and Data Products
  • Outreach and Education
5:30 p.m. Brief plenary: Review progress and plan for Day 2
6:00 p.m. Adjourn for day
6:15 p.m. DINNER Buffet (Cafeteria; North Building 2nd Floor)
(Organizing Committee and working group representatives meet together during dinner)

Tuesday, 24 May 2005
6:30 a.m. BREAKFAST Available (Buffet and Continental)
8:30 a.m. Plenary Session - SEARCH relevant programs
EU Damocles, Craig Lee
USGS Carbon Cycles Science Program, Richard Alley

 Brief synthesis by panel chairs of progress in working groups
Jack Kruse, Responding to Change
Matthew Berman, Understanding Change
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Plenary Session
Hajo Eicken, Observing Change

Plenary Session Discussion: Continued
12:00 p.m. LUNCH (Buffet)
1:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Working Groups
Working Groups will continue to work on specific areas of SEARCH implementation, guided by the morning plenary session presentations and discussion.
2:45 p.m. Plenary Session: Working Group Presentations
3:30 p.m. BREAK (3rd Floor)
4:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Panel Groups
Participants will break into the three panel groups to review working group progress and discuss integration into panel white papers.
6:00 p.m. Adjourn for day
6:15 p.m. DINNER (Buffet) - Organizing Committee meet during dinner
Wednesday, 25 May 2005
6:30 a.m. BREAKFAST (Buffet and Continental)
8:00 a.m. Putting it all together: Workshop report and today's goals
Peter Schlosser
8:30 a.m. Plenary Session: Panel Presentations
Panel chairs or representatives will present progress of panel groups, and discuss integration of working group discussions into panel white papers.
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Breakout Session: Panel Groups
Participants will break into panel groups to finalize priorities for Observing, Understanding, and Responding to Change activity areas.
12:00 p.m. LUNCH (Buffet)
1:00 p.m. Plenary Session: Panel reports to plenary
Final plenary reports and discussion on development of SEARCH priorities.
2:30 p.m. Next steps, writing tasks, assignments, deadlines, closing comments
3:00 p.m. Meeting adjourns (except for panel chairs and SSC)
3:30 p.m. Panel chairs and SSC meet as one group to discuss final workshop report
4:30 p.m. Meeting adjourns for panel chairs and SSC