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Fourth Annual Meeting of the IAMC 2011
October 6, 2011 @ 8:00 am - October 7, 2011 @ 9:00 pm
Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen
The IAMC met in Vienna, Austria, on October 6-7, 2011.
6 October 2011
8:00-8:30 | Registration in the foyer of the Hotel Savoyen | |
8:30-8:40 | Welcome by the host Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA and TU Wien; and Keywan Riahi, IIASA | |
8:40-9:10 | IAMC Overview (on behalf of the Steering Committee)
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9:10-9:45 | Discussion of IAMC Organization and ParticipationThe goal is to give participants a common foundation for the IAMC’s status and role and encourage strategic thinking about future opportunities for the IAMC over the next two days. | |
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9:45-10:30 | Research Priorities
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10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | |
10:45-11:15 | Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs): An Overview
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11:15-11:40 | Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) Climate Experiments based on the RCPs
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11:40-12:25 | The Scenario Matrix Architecture (SMA) and the Shared Socio-ecosystem Pathways (SSP) process for the development of new scenarios across communities: Overview of the SMA/SSP Framework
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12:25-12:40 | Video/WebEX-Conference
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12:40-13:00 | Q&A about SWGs and their progress | |
13:00-14:00 | Buffet Lunch – 1st floor, Restaurant of the Hotel Savoyen |
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Major Ongoing Community Research ActivitiesOne overview talk summarizing major community activities, followed by brief 5 minute presentations to introduce scope of individual projects |
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14:00-14:10 | Overview of Community Activities
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14:10-15:00 | Brief 5 minute introductions on individual community projects
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15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break | |
15:15-16:05 |
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16:05-17:40 | DiscussionWhat additional SSGs might be valuable to the community?How can the IAMC help to enhance interaction within the IAM community and with other research communities? | |
17:40-18:00 | Election process of at-large Steering Committee Members- John Weyant | |
18:00 | Adjourn | |
18:15 | Bus departure from Hotel Savoyen to Social Event (~15 minute drive) | |
18:30 | Dinner – Freudenau 254, 1020 Vienna | |
21:00 | Bus departure from Social Event to Hotel Savoyen and Astoria |
7 October 2011
Scenarios and their Use in the IPCC AR5This session aims at introducing the use of scenarios in the AR5; the effort to build up a comprehensive repository of IAM scenarios to be assessed in AR5; indicating to the IAMC members how they can link into the process (e.g., submit scenarios); Introduce time lines of the process (when would IAM teams need to submit scenarios, have their work publish, etc.). |
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8:30-9:15 | Scenarios in the IPCC AR5(Chapter 6 overview, IPCC process, which scenarios to be assessed, timelines, etc.)
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9:15-10:00 | IAMC database (standardized data templates, database features, use of the database in AR5, how can the community submit data, data distribution policies)
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10:00-10:20 | Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparision (PCMDI)(data distribution in the climate modeling community – how does it work and which lessons can be learned)
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10:20-10:40 | Open Discussion
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10:40-12:00 | Concluding Session:Which activities might the IAMC undertake and how might current IAMC functions and activities be shaped to best serve the community? | |
12:00 | Adjourn – Lunch bags available in the foyer |