Upcoming Events

Information on individual items is subject to change.  Please consult each event's web site or contact for the most accurate and current information.  If you spot an error or wish to suggest a change, please contact us using the information at the bottom of this page.   We also encourage you to let us know of events that should be listed.  Please use this form to submit information about upcoming events. Events should include a substantial component related to global change research (see list of specific research areas in left column).

Location

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Web Site

http://www.swcs.org/en/conferences/farming_with_grass/

Sponsors

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Contact

Soil and Water Conservation Society
945 SW Ankeny Road
Ankeny, Iowa 50023-9723
Tel: 515-289-2331
Fax: 515-289-1227

Details

The overall goal of the conference is to address the changing economic, societal, and environmental background facing grassland agriculture today and in the future, including climate variability and change, energy costs and sources, market prices for commodity crops, demographics, the emerging bioenergy industry, and evolving markets for local foods.

Location

Lincoln, Nebraska

Web Site

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/CDPW33.shtml

Sponsors

National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction / NOAA
U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (US CLIVAR) Program.

Contact

NOAA/ National Weather Service
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Climate Prediction Center
5200 Auth Road
Camp Springs, Maryland 20746

Details

The workshop will focus on the status and prospects for advancing climate monitoring, assessment and prediction, with major emphasis on drought. This includes three major themes: (i) improving climate predictions / predictability, (ii) understanding and attribution of drought and its impacts, and (iii) incorporating climate predictions / projections in the development and delivery of drought products. In a departure from past years, the 2008 CDPW will address drought across multiple time scales (weekly through decadal to centennial and longer) and for multiple regions (North America, South America, Africa, Asia, etc.). 

Location

Savannah, Georgia

Web Site

http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/fainst/200824sls.html

Sponsors

American Meteorological Society

Contact

Cara Campbell
Meetings Coordinator
American Meteorological Society
45 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108-3693
Tel: 617-227-2426, ext. 228

Details

In addition to traditional areas of interest, the conference will have special sessions on Climate Change and Severe Weather, Convection Initiation, Theory of Deep Moist Convection, and Non-Convective Severe Local Storms.