5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting January 26

5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D. C. Washington, D. C. January 26 th – 29 th, 2015 Overview of Meeting Agenda Rodrigo Vargas Co-Chair of Scientific Planning Committee

5 th 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

5 th 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

5 th 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

5 th 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 Mc. Nutt) 11: 00 AM Designing a Carbon Observing System (Rick Spinrad) 11: 30 AM Panel Discussion

5 th 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

5 th 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

5 th 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

5 th 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

5 th 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)

5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D. C. Side meetings • 6 closed meetings • 3 open meetings

5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D. C.