Kick Off Meeting of the WCRP LA & C Conference
 Scientific Steering Committee
 Ministry of Science and Technology and Productive Innovation (MinCyT)
 Buenos Aires, Argentina
 4-5 March, 2013

FINAL REPORT: PDF

Presentations also availables in: ftp://ftp.cima.fcen.uba.ar/pub/WCRP_CCS-LAC/SSC_KOM 

AGENDA:  Agenda: PDF   Logistics: PDF
Monday 4 March
  09:00-  09:30 Start of Meeting
    Welcome
(Mónica Silenzi – MinCyt / Celeste Saulo - UBA)
Introduction (All)
ToRs of the SSC and Aims of the SSC meeting  PDF
(Walter Baethgen / Celeste Saulo) (10 min)
  09:30- 10:30   Climate & applications research frontiers
    Review of Climate & applications research frontiers (by every member of the SSC), including WCRP and GEWEX expectations for the WCRP-CCS for LA&C. This section is intended to provide input about the scope and expectations on this Conf, and will take advantage of each participant expertise.
  09:30 WCRP Grand Challenge for Regional Climate  PDF
 (Carolina Vera WCRP-JSC)
  09:45 VAMOS perspective  PDF
 (Hugo Berbery, VAMOS co-chair)
  10:00 GEWEX research priorities in LA &C  PDF
  (Rene Garreaud GEWEX)
  10:15 CORDEX S. America perspective PDF
  (Silvina Solman)
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
  11:00 - 12:30 Climate & applications research frontiers (cont)
  11:00 Data bases for climate analysis and forecasting, links with WGSIP  PDF
  (Celeste Saulo)
  11:15 Climate Services Partnership (CSP) perspective  PDF
 (Walter Baethgen)
  11:30 Can we meet expectations from Agriculture and Energy Generation users? PDF
  (Pedro Leite Silva Días)
  11:45 Bridging climate science and policy  PDF
 (Fernanda Zermoglio)
  12:00 Climate, land use and stakeholders: learning to act in a climate-change world
  (Sandro Schlindwein)  PDF
  12:15 Landuse, land cover and ecotone shifts 
  (Holm Tiessen)
  12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break
  13:30 - 15:00 Climate & applications research frontiers (cont) 
  13:30 Climate Variability & Climate Change in Tropical South America  PDF
 (German Poveda)
  13:45 The Caribbean: A Regional Approach to Climate  PDF
 (Michael Taylor)
  14:00 - 15:00 Discussion of "Climate & applications research frontiers" - towards a Conference Themes outline
  15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
  15:30 - 17:30 Conference Format I
    Agree on an appropriate title, scope, mission and vision for the WCRP-CCS for LA&C
Determine Conference format (presentations, discussions, poster sessions)
Define actions to promote synergies across existing programs and emerging initiatives relevant to LA&C
Draft call for papers for the WCRP-CCS for LA&C
Tuesday 5 March
  09:00 Brief review of accomplishments and pending issues from previous day
  09:15 - 10:30  Conference Funding  
    Develop and Initiate Funding Strategy
Assessment of conference funding needs
Identify Stakeholders and Funding Bodies, points of contact (and/or funding committtee)
Draft funding proposals
 
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
  11:00 - 12:30 Conference participation
    Validate the prior mapping of existing climate research institutes and researchers
Identify/Define invited talks
List programs that should be invited to present or organize poster clusters
 
  12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break
  13:30 - 15:00 Preparation for theWCRP-CCS for LA&C: I) Organization and logistics
    Website, registration, announcements, brochure, flyer
Establish relevant organization task forces (Scientific boards, logistic board, local organization, etc)
Establish timeline
Local arrangements (venue, accommodation, catering, social events)
Conference side events and meetings
 
  15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
  15:30 - 17:30 Preparation for the WCRP-CCS for LA&C: II) Deliverables and legacy
    Discuss conference deliverables (including proceedings,website for presentations, etc.)
Develop mechanism for delivering conference outcomes to stakeholders
Discuss involvement of Climate Services and other local institutions (intermediate?) in sustaining long-term dialogue between research-stakeholders-society (outreach activities?)
Action Items for SSC
    Closure