Presentation - North American Carbon Program

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C. January 26th – 29th, 2015

Overview of Meeting Agenda Rodrigo Vargas Co-Chair of Scientific Planning Committee

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

2015 NACP PIM Planning Committee Simone Alin (Co-Chair) Rodrigo Vargas (Co-Chair) Celine Boisvenue Paula Bontempi Molly Brown David Butman Nancy Cavallaro George (Jim) Collatz Michael Dietze Carla Evans Nancy French

Gilberto Gaxiola Peter Griffith Kevin Gurney Daniel Hayes Sean Healey Jose (Martin) Hernandez Deborah Huntzinger Eric Kasischke Anthony (Tony) King James (Mike) Kuperberg Elisabeth (Libby) Larson

Marcy Litvak Jeremy Mathis John Miller Kevin Schaefer Gyami Shrestha Ariana Sutton-Grier Chris Swanston Margaret Torn Maria Tzortziou Tristram (Tris) West

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

2015 NACP PIM Staff Support ORNL ORISE Jody Crisp NASA Carla Evans Leanne Kendig Jessica Bussard Beth Nelson Amy Hodkinson

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Opening Keynotes: Current Hot Topics in Carbon Cycle Science

8:30 AM Are carbon scientists (us) ready for the policy big leagues? (Steven Running) 9:00 AM The Implications of Deep Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Carbon Cycle Science (Margaret Torn) 9:30 AM Panel Discussion

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Closing Keynotes: Next Steps: Carbon Science and Policy Opportunities 10:00 AM U.S. Climate Change Policy (Rick Duke) 10:30 AM Effective Communication of Scientific Uncertainty in Policy Contexts (Marcia McNutt) 11:00AM Designing a Carbon Observing System (Rick Spinrad) 11:30 AM Panel Discussion

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Plenary Cross cutting oral presentations under each of 6 themes: -Monday:

1- NACP Program Highlights and Syntheses 2- Carbon Observing and Monitoring

-Tuesday:

3- Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle 4- Uncertainties in Carbon Cycle Science and Decision Making

-Wednesday: 5- Carbon Management and Decision Support -Thursday:

6- Ecosystem Carbon-Climate Feedbacks

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Special Topic Sessions -Monday:

1- North American Carbon Cycle en Route to COP-21 in Paris

-Tuesday:

2- The High Latitude Carbon Cycle 3- Urban Carbon

-Wednesday: 4- North American Carbon Policy: how can carbon science support current and proposed policy approaches 5- Science Communication 6- Trilateral Session on Carbon/Climate/Policy

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Poster Sessions - From 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Ambassador Ballroom - Monday – NACP Program Highlights and Syntheses – North American Carbon Cycle en Route to COP-21 in Paris – Carbon Observing and Monitoring

- Tuesday – Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle – The High Latitude Carbon Cycle – Uncertainties in Carbon Cycle Science and Decision Making – Urban Carbon

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Poster Sessions - From 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Regency Ballroom

- Wednesday – North American Carbon Policy: how can carbon science support current and proposed policy approaches – Carbon Management and Decision Support – Ecosystem Carbon-Climate Feedbacks – Trilateral Session on Carbon/Climate/Policy – Science Communication – Other

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Breakout Sessions - 4-5 concurrent breakout sessions each day at 5:30 pm - Discussion forums (reports, documents, commentaries)

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.

Side meetings • 6 closed meetings • 3 open meetings

5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting

January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C.