GLOBAL CHANGE EDUCATION PROGRAM
ORIENTATION
June 3 — June 10, 2007
AGENDA |
Courtyard by Marriott
10900 Financial Centre Parkway
Little Rock, AR 72211 |
June 3, 2007 - SUNDAY
Welcome to the GCEP Orientation |
GCEP Registration and Welcome Table - Hotel Lobby Area
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| 6:00-8:30 |
Initial Working Session - Hotel Restaurant
(Evening Buffet) |
| 6:30-8:00 |
Welcome to GCEP SURE and GREF
Milton Constantin
Program Manager
ORAU/ORISE Science Education Programs
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Goals and Objectives for Summer 2007
Jeff Gaffney
Chief Scientist GCEP
University of Arkansas Little Rock
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June 4, 2007 - MONDAY
General Talks on Climate Change
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|
| 7:30-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Meeting Room A |
| 8:30- 9:00 |
Announcements
Milton Constantin
Program Manager
ORAU/ORISE Science Education Programs |
| 9:00 |
Overview of Orientation
Jeffrey Gaffney
Chief Scientist GCEP
University of Arkansas Little Rock |
| 9:30-10:30 |
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| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch
On Your Own |
| 1:30-2:00 |
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| 2:00-2:30 |
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| 2:30-3:30 |
"View from the Space Shuttle:
Dust, Megafans, and More"
(Part I) (Part II)
Justin Wilkinson
NASA |
| 3:30 |
Break |
4:00-5:00
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| June 5, 2007 - TUESDAY Nuclear Energy and the Issues
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Meeting Room A |
| 9:00-10:30 |
"Nuclear Energy and the Issues"
Mary Good
Dean of Cyber College
University of Arkansas Little Rock |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
"Living - and learning - on the edge: toward understanding the consequences of climate change for coastal forests"
Julie Whitbeck
University of New Orleans
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch
On Your Own
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| 1:30-2:00 |
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| 2:00-3:00 |
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| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30-4:30 |
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| June 6, 2007 - WEDNESDAY |
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| Field Trip |
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| 8:30 |
Depart from the front of Hotel
Continental Breakfast - On the Bus |
| 10:00 |
Hot Springs National Park
Mr. Stephen Rudd
Natural Resource Program Manager
National Park Service |
| 12:00 |
Lunch provided on the
"Belle of Hot Springs Riverboat"
Lake Hamilton
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| Return to Hotel |
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June 7, 2007– THURSDAY
Climate Change and Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Meeting Room A |
| 9:00-10:00 |
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| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
"Katrina Impacts in New Orleans"
Robert Twilley
Louisiana State University |
| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch
On Your Own |
| 1:30-2:30 |
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| 2:30-3:30 |
"The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program"
Jeff Gaffney
Chief Scientist GCEP
University of Arkansas Little Rock
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| 3:30 |
Break |
| 4:00-5:00 |
"Arkansas's Climate Change"
Nancy Marley
University of Arkansas Little Rock
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| June 8, 2007 - FRIDAY Atmospheric Science Program (ASP)
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Meeting Room A |
| 9:00-9:30 |
" Overview of ASP Program"
Jeff Gaffney and Nancy Marley
Chief Scientist GCEP and Asst. Chief Scientist
Univeristy of Arkansas Little Rock
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| 9:30-10:30 |
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| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:00 |
"Climate, Decision Making, and Behavior"
Amy Wolfe
Society Technology Interactions Group Leader
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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| 12:00-2:00 |
Lunch
On Your Own
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| 2:00-3:00 |
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| 3:00 |
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| 3:30-4:30 |
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| June 9, 2007 - SATURDAY |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Meeting Room A
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| 9:00-10:00 |
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| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:30-11:30 |
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| 11:30 |
Lunch
On Your Own
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| 11:30-6:30 |
Afternoon Free |
| 6:00-8:00 |
Final Working Session
Evening Buffet
Hotel Restaurant |
| 6:30 – 8:00 |
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June 10, 2007 - SUNDAY
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Travel to Mentor Locations |
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER
and
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE IN GCEP |
