IGFA 2006 Annual Meeting
The DoubleTree Plaza Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
&
Saint James Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1-3 November 2006

 

31 October 2006 – DoubleTree Plaza Hotel

 

Time

 Activity
0800-1800 Arrivals in Montreal All Day
1000-1230 Staff Group Meeting/Synthesis Group Meeting (Riopelle Room)
1230-1330 Working Lunch for Staff and Steering Groups (Riopelle Room)
1330-1600 Steering Committee Meeting on Recommendations for Future Work Plan (Riopelle Room)
1600-1800 Steering Committee/Staff Group/ Programs - Brainstorming Session (Riopelle Room)
1600-1900      IGFA Registration for participants (Conference Floor at Hotel, outside Gagnon Room)
1900-2100    IGFA Annual Meeting Reception (Gagnon Room)

 

1 November 2006 – Saint James Club

 

0800 Bus from DoubleTree Hotel to Saint James Club
0815   Continental Breakfast (Salons 4-5-6)
0840-0900   Formal Welcomes (Grand Salon) – Dr. Gordon McBean (Chair, CFCAS) and Dr. Suzanne Fortier (President, NSERC)
0900-0910 Introduction of the Agenda and Logistical Arrangements (Grand Salon) – Margaret Leinen and Dawn Conway
0910-1010 

Tour de Table (Grand Salon)

1010-1030  Coffee break  
1030-1230  From National Priorities to International Action: Synthesis from Updates from Member Organizations (Grand Salon) (Chair: Hans de Boois; Reporter: Ingunn Lid)
1230-1330 Lunch (Salons 4-5-6)
1330-1530     Program Presentations (Grand Salon) ICSU, WCRP, IGBP, IHDP, DIVERSITAS, ESSP, START, IAI, APN (Chair: Naoya Tsukamoto; Reporter: Louis Brown)
International Council for Science Thomas Rosswall PDF
World Climate Research Programme Ann Henderson-Sellers PDF
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Kevin Noone PDF
International Human Dimensions Programme Oran Young PDF
DIVERSITAS Anne Larigauderie PDF

Earth System Science Partnership

Martin Rice  
SyTem for Analysis Research and Training Niel Leary PDF
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Holm Tiessen PDF
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Hiroke Hashizume PDF
1530-1550    Coffee
1550-1705   Program Presentations (cont’d) (Grand Salon)
1705-1815 Brainstorming Session- Report and Initial Discussion (Grand Salon) (Chair: Margaret Leinen; Reporter: Louis Brown)
1815-1830  Wrap-up & Plans for the Following Day (Grand Salon)
1835     Bus to DoubleTree Plaza Hotel
1910   Bus to McGill Faculty Club
1930-2200    Annual Meeting Dinner (McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish St.)

 

2 November 2006 – Saint James Club

 

0800     Bus from Hotel to Saint James Club  
0815        Continental Breakfast (Salons 4-5-6)  
0840-1030 Symposium: (Grand Salon)  (Moderator: Dawn Conway; Reporter: Tim Aston)
The Economics of Climate Change Prof. Philippe Crabbé, University of Ottawa PDF
Detection/Attribution Dr. Francis Zwiers, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis  
Adaptation Strategies

Ian Burton, Independent Scholar (Background paper)

PDF
1030-1050 Coffee (Salons 4-5-6)
1050-1230 Symposium Continued (Grand Salon)
1230-1330 Lunch (Salons 4-5-6)
1330-1600 Special Session: Abrupt Change (Grand Salon)
(Chair: Alan Thorpe; Reporter: Chris Baker)
Alan Thorpe Natural Environment Research Council PDF
Lonnie Thompson Ohio State University Byrd Polar Research Center PDF
Jochem Marotzke Max Planck Institute for Meteorology PDF
1600-1630 Coffee
1630-1800  Abrupt Change Continued (Grand Salon)
1800-1815   Wrap-up & Plans for the Following Day (Grand Salon)
1820    Bus to DoubleTree Plaza Hotel
1900 Free Evening, Side meetings

     

3 November 2006 – DoubleTree Plaza Hotel

 

0800   

 Continental Breakfast (Van Gogh/ Renoir Room)
0830-1000 Closed IGFA Member Session (Van Gogh/ Renoir Room) (Chair: Margaret Leinen, Reporter: David Allen)
1000-1030 Coffee (Van Gogh/ Renoir Room)
1030-1230

Reporting: IGFA Activities and Areas of Interest (Chair: Irene Gabriel, Reporter: Hans de Boois)

Africaness Report Isabelle Niang PDF
Broadening Participation Andres Flores-Montalvo PDF
Observing Systems Louis Brown  
Development Thomas Rosswall PDF

    
1230-1310  Tour de Table
1310  Meeting Adjourn      
1310-1410    Lunch (Van Gogh/ Renoir Room)
1430-1600 Steering Committee Meeting (Van Gogh/ Renoir Room)
1430-1700 Tour of Montreal

      

4 November 2006

 

All-day Optional Visits in Montreal

Additional Articles Noted at the Meeting:

Stern Review on the economics of climate change

Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1:

Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere:
Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences

 

National Academy of Sciences Report:

Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years