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BIARI 2011
Climate Change and its Impacts
June 11th – June 25th, 2011
Daily Schedule
Saturday June 11th
All day: Registration
Location: Watson Institute Lobby, 111 Thayer St.
Sunday June 12th
8:30am – 9:45am: Breakfast
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus
(Use swipe cards, not dining coupons, at Verney-Wooley)
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus.
2:00pm – 5:00pm: Field Day (including frozen lemonade, volleyball, soccer, and campus tours
leaving at 2.30, 3.30 and 4.30).
Location:College (Quiet) Green along Prospect Street (near
Rockefeller Library; adjacent to Van Wickle Gates)
In case of rain, campus tours only will run from the Watson Institute
at 2.30, 3.30 and 4.30)
Monday June 13th
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 10:30am: Introduction to BIARI, Faculty and Participants including welcome from Vice-President for International Affairs, Professor Matthew Gutmann.
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Coffee Break –Watson Institute Lobby
10:45am – 12:15pm: How to Make the Most of Your Time Here
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 1: Climate Change, Climate Variability and Poverty Traps: The Role of Index Insurance for East African Pastoralists
Speaker: Chris Barrett
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Lecture 1 continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
6:00pm: Welcome Reception
Location: Starr Plaza, Watson Institute (rain location Sayles Hall, Brown University Main Green)
Tuesday June 14th
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 1: Economics and Food Security
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
Group 2: Climate Change, Species Distribution and Disease Distribution
Location: Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Facilitated Work Time
Location: TBD, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 2: Managing climate-related risk in a variableand changing climate
Speaker: Andy Robertson
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00 pm: Lecture 2 Continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Wednesday June 15th
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 3: Climate Change & Hydrology in Asia & Group 4:Regional Climate Modeling
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 3: Predicting 21st Century Climate over Africa
Speaker: Kerry Cook
Location: Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute , 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 4:45: Lecture 3 Continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
5:00pm-6:30pm: Keynote Event
Speaker: Professor Chinua Achebe
Location: List Art Building, Room 120, 64 College St.
Thursday June 16th
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 5: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Policy
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Facilitated Work Time
Location: Birkelund Board Room Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 4: Climate Variability, Rice Production, and Food Policy in Indonesia
Speaker: Roz Naylor
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Lecture 4 Continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Friday June 17h
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 6: Watersheds, Governance, and Adaptation
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Facilitated Work Time
Location: Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:45pm: Lecture 5: The role of groundwater in enabling adaptation to the impacts of climate change on water resources
Speaker: Richard Taylor
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
4:00pm – 9:00pm: Traditional New England Clam Bake
Location: Bristol, RI. Buses will depart from 101 Thayer St. (In front of the Vartan Gregorian Quad residence halls)
Saturday June 18th
8:30am – 9:45am: Breakfast
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus
Sunday June 19th
8:30am – 9:45am: Breakfast
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus
Monday June 20st
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 10:30am: Lecture 6:Title TBA
Speaker: SteveClemens
Location: McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
10:45am – 12:15pm: Work time
Location: Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 7: Title TBA
Speaker: Andrew Foster
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Lecture 7 Continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Tuesday June 21nd
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Facilitated Work Time
Location: Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 8: Title TBA
Speaker: Leah VanWey
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Lecture 8 Continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Wednesday June 22rd
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 7: Landuse/Landcover Change, Urbanization, and Water Resources
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Facilitated Work Time
Location: Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 9 - Climate Change and Human Migration in the Developing World
Speaker: Clark Gray
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Lecture 10: Feedbacks between land cover, climate and hydrology in the Amazon
Speaker: Michael Coe
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Thursday June 23th
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 8: Hydrology and Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
9:00am – 12:15pm: Participant Presentations – Group 9: Adaptation and Water Resource Management
Location: Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
(10.45-12.15 Participant presentations continue)
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:30pm: Lecture 11: Title TBA
Speaker: Susanna Hecht
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Lecture 11 continued
Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Friday June 24th
7:30am – 8:45am: Breakfast
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
9:00am – 10:30am: Work Time
Location: McKinney Conference Room and Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
10:30am – 10:45am: Break
10:45am – 12:15pm: Work Time; Grant Proposals Due at Noon
Location: McKinney Conference Room and Birkelund Board Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
12:30pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
Location: The Faculty Club, 1 Magee St.
2:00pm– 3:45pm: Farewells, Awarding of Certificates, Selection of Grant Winning Team
Location: McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
4:00-6:00 pm: Farewell BBQ
Location: Starr Plaza, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
Saturday June 25th
8:30am – 9:30am: Breakfast
Location: Verney-Wooley Dining Hall, Pembroke Campus
All day departures (further information to be provided)