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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
Date/Time Presenter Presentation Title Link
8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld (California Energy Commission) Welcome and Introduction
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Policy Overview Informing the Research Agenda
Session Chair: Susan Brown (California Energy Commission)
8:15 - 8:35 Commissioner James Boyd (California Energy Commission) Policy Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gases: A California Energy Perspective
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8:35 - 8:55 Alan Lloyd (Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency) California's Emerging Resources to Climate Change
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Regional Research Strategies in the West Coast
Session Chair: Chester Koblinsky (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
9:00 - 9:20 Guido Franco (California Energy Commission) California Climate Change Center
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9:20 - 9:40 Philip Mote (University of Wisconsin) Climate Impacts Group
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9:40 - 10:00 Mark Abbott (Oregon State University) Climate Change Research in Oregon
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10:00 - 10:20 BREAK
Potential Changes in Regional Climate
Session Chair: Guido Franco (California Energy Commission)
10:20 - 10:45 Ruby Leung (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Regional Climate Modeling for the West Coast
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10:45 - 11:10 Masao Kanamitsu (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Insight Into Regional Atmospheric Variability From Five Decades of High-Resolution Model Simulation Over California
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11:10 - 11:30 Lisa Sloan (University of California, Santa Cruz) Have Land Use Changes Affected California's Climate?
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11:30 - 11:55 Mike Dettinger (U.S. Geological Survey / Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Development and Exploration of Probabilistic Climate Scenarios for California and the West
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11:55 - 1:25 p.m. LUNCH
Keynote Speaker:
Steve Schneider (Stanford University)
Probabilistic Assessment of Dangerous Climate Change
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Potential Mitigation Strategies: Part I
Session Chair: Alan Sanstad (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
1:25 - 1:45 Anne Choate (ICF Consulting) Reducing Mitigation Costs: Cost Curves for Non-CO2 Gases in California
Link to PIER Report
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1:45 - 2:05 Eric Masanet (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Estimation of GHG Emissions from Products Manufactured in California
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2:05 - 2:25 Johan Six (University of California, Davis) Agriculture's Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
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2:25 - 2:55 Mike Rufo (Quantum)
Max Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley)
Analyzing Long-Run Energy-Efficiency Potential in California
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2:55 - 3:15 Terry Barker (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) Avoiding  Dangerous Climate Change by Induced Technological Progress: Scenarios Using a Large-Scale Econometric Model
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3:15 - 3:30 BREAK
Climate Monitoring and Analysis - Part I
Session Chair: Francis Chung (Department of Water Resources)
3:30 - 3:55 Ben Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Note: Because of publisher's restrictions, audio from Mr. Santer's presentation will not be webcast.
Has the Troposphere Warmed Since 1979? Not available at presenter's request.
3:55 - 4:20 Philip Mote (University of Washington) Climatic Changes in Oregon and Washington
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4:20 - 4:45 Kelly Redmond (Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute) Designing and Building an Improved Climate Monitoring Network for California
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4:45 - 5:10 Celine Bonfils (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Regional Climate Change Detection and Attribution Not available at presenter's request.




THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
Date/Time Presenter Presentation Title Link
Climate Monitoring and Analysis - Part II
Session Chair: Eileen McCauley (California Air Resources Board)
8:00 - 8:20 Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) The Coastal Influence on California Temperatures - How Has It Varied?
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8:20 - 8:45 Daniel Rosenfeld (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Potential Impacts of Aerosols on Precipitation and Stream Flow in California
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8:45 - 9:05 Peter Bromirski (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Changes in Coastal Waves and Sea Level Along the California Coast
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9:05 - 9:50 Mark Jacobson (Stanford University) Role of Aerosols in Regional Climate: A Research Frontier
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Development of Tools for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Studies: Part I
Session Chairs: Mike Floyd (California Department of Water Resources) and Nehzat Motabelli (Air Resources Board)
9:25 - 9:50 John Dracup (University of California, Berkeley) Climate Change and Water Supply Impacts
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9:50 - 10;15 Jay Lund (University of California, Davis) What to Do When the Weather Changes?: Adaptation and Climate Change
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10:15 - 10:35 Nicholas E. Graham (Hydrologic Research Center and Scripps) INFORM - Integrated Climate Prediction and Water Management in California
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10:35 - 10:50 BREAK
10:50 - 11:15 Mike Kleeman (University of California, Davis) Impact of Climate Change on Meteorology and Regional Air Quality in California
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11:15 - 11:40 Peter Adams (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) The California Coast: Shoreline Change Over the Next Century
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11:40 - 1:10 p.m. LUNCH
Keynote Speaker:  Sir David King
(Chief Scientific Adviser to the United Kingdom
Global Action to Control Global Warming
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Potential Mitigation Strategies: Part II Carbon Sequestration in the West Coast
Session Chair: Larry Myer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
1:10 - 1:35 John Kadyszewski (Winrock International) Opportunities for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in the West
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1:35 - 2:00 Sally Benson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Potential for Carbon Sequestration in Geological Formations in the West
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2:00 - 2:25 Jae Edmonds (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Carbon Sequestration as a National and Global Strategy: When Is It Needed?
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Development of Tools for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Studies: Part II
Session Chairs:  Steve Shaffer (California Department of Food & Agriculture) and  Doug Wickizer (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection)
2:25 - 2:45 David Pierce (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Can Seasonal Climate Forecast Improve California Energy Management?
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2:45 - 3:05 Norm Miller (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Heat Extremes and Energy Demand
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3:05 - 3:30 Dena MacMynowski and Terry Root (Stanford University) Climate Change and the Timing of California Songbird Migration Not available at presenter's request.
3:30 - 3:50 BREAK
3:50 - 4:15 Robert Francis (UniversIty of Washington) Climate Change and the Pacific Northwest Coastal Marine Ecosystem
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4:15 - 4:40 Ron Nielson (USDA Forest Service) Potential Changes in Vegetation Patterns in the West Not available at presenter's request.
4:40 - 5:00 Margaret Taylor (UC Berkeley)
Note: Change in presenter.
Policy and Innovation in Environmental Technology - Lessons for Climate Change
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5:00 - 7:00 Poster Session
Chair: Ed Vine (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)




FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
Date/Time Presenter Presentation Title Link
Design of Emissions Trading Programs to Reduce GHG Emissions
Session Chair: Sam Sadler (Oregon Department of Energy)
8:00 - 8:25 Ned Helme (Center for Clean Air Policy) Review of Emissions Trading Programs for Applications at the State or Regional Levels
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8:25 - 8:50 Mike Burnett (The Climate Trust) Emissions Trading from an Offset Buyer's Perspective
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8:50 - 9:20 David Roland-Holst (University of California, Berkeley) Use of BEAR, a Macro-economic Model, to Estimate Economic Impacts
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Update of Progress on the Preliminary Science Report to the Governor
Chair: Kelly Birkinshaw (California Energy Commission)
9:20 - 9:50 Dan Cayan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Climate Action Team & Climate Action Initiative
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9:20 - 9:50 Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley)
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9:50 - 10:20 BREAK
10:20 - 11:45 What Decision Makers Want to Know and What They Should Know
Chair:  Eileen Tutt (CalEPA)

Panel Discussion: Adriene Alward (Assemblymember Fran Pavley's Office), Steve Schneider (Stanford University), Gary Smith (Timberland), Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley), Jim Marston (Environmental Defense, Texas)

11:45 - 12:00 Final Remarks
Martha Krebs (California Energy Commission)


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