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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)