[Info] October 2013 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for October 
2013

Current information also available on the internet at
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu.
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CENTER ACTIVITIES -- please join us

Roundtable Discussions Wednesdays 12:15 - 1:15pm, NCEAS Lounge

_Date: October 4th_
Topic: Communicating Conservation Science to Non-Scientists: Strategies 
and Practices
Speaker: Eric Cardenas and David Fortson (LoaTree/LoaCom)

_Date: October 9th_
Topic: Adapting Down Under: Climate Change and Coastal Management in 
Australia
Speaker: Dr. Marcello Sano (Research Fellow at Griffith University, 
Australia)

_Date: October 16th_
Topic:   Snowpack controls on mountain forest greening and gross primary 
productivity in the Southwestern U.S.
Speaker: Dr. Noah Molotch (Assistant Professor in Geography, University 
of Colorado at Boulder)

_Date: October 23rd_
Topic: Ocean Tipping Points
An increasing number of examples of tipping points in ecosystems around 
the world have begun to raise concern among scientists and policymakers. 
Come learn about how the Ocean Tipping Points project team seeks to 
understand and characterize thresholds, or "tipping points," in coastal 
and ocean systems and help agencies and decision-makers anticipate and 
manage for these tipping points. For more information see 
www.oceantippingpoints.org
Speakers: Dr. Carrie Kappel (NCEAS Center Associate), Dr. Mary Hunsicker 
(NCEAS postdoc) and Ms. Courtney Scarborough (NCEAS project scientist)

_Date: October 30th_
Topic: Field Stories from Lake Baikal
What goes on at the oldest, deepest, and most voluminous lake in the 
world? Kara Woo will share stories and photographs from recent field 
work in Siberia at Lake Baikal (spoiler alert: there were no bears). For 
more information about the project check out 
http://baikaldimensions.wordpress.com
Speaker: Ms. Kara Woo (Information Manager at NCEAS)
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CURRENT IN-RESIDENT SCHOLARS:

Center Associates:  Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Amber Budden, Ben 
Halpern, Carrie Kappel, Jai Ranganathan, Kim Selkoe

Postdoctoral Associates:  Mark Browne, Mary Hunsicker, Katie 
Longo,Benoit Parmentier, Stacy Rebich Hespanha
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UPCOMING WORKING GROUP ACTIVITIES:

For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.

_October 7-10, 2013 _
Ocean tipping points www.oceantippingpoints.org
Leaders: Carrie Kappel (kappel at nceas.ucsb.edu), Benjamin Halpern 
(halpern at nceas.ucsb.edu), Kimberly Selkoe (selkoe at nceas.ucsb.edu)
Participants: Adina Abeles, Willow Battista, Margaret Caldwell, Larry 
Crowder, Nora Deans, Ashley Erickson, Melissa Foley, Rod Fujita, Mary 
Hunsicker, Kendra Karr, Ryan Kelly, John Kittinger, Phillip Levin, Megan 
Mach, Rebecca Martone, Lindley Mease, Jameal Samhouri, Courtney 
Scarborough, Adrian Stier, Molly Troup , Lisa Wedding, Crow White

_October 11-15, 2013 _
Modelling Ecology and Economics of Infectious Marine Disease (Hosted by 
NCEAS) www.eeb.cornell.edu/ecologymarinedisease/Home/Home.html
Leader: Drew Harvell (cdh5 at cornell.edu)
Participants: Tal Ben-Horin, Jon Conrad, Christopher Costello, Carolyn 
Friedman, Eileen Hofmann, Armand Kuris, Kevin Lafferty, James 
Lloyd-Smith, Daniel Rondeau

_October 12-14, 2013_
Marine Health Matters: Risk Communication Workshop (Hosted by NCEAS) 
www.eeb.cornell.edu/ecologymarinedisease/Home/Home.html
Leader: Drew Harvell (cdh5 at cornell.edu)
Participants: Joe Arvai, Sahara Bryne, Colleen Burge, Cynthia-Lou 
Coleman, Benjamin Halpern, Sol Hart, Katherine McComas, Ronald Rice, 
Jonathan Schuldt, Juli Trtanj, Seth Tuler

_October 23-24, 2013_
Earth Cube: Developing a community vision of cyberinfrastructure needs 
for coral reef systems science www.nceas.ucsb.edu/projects/12680
Leaders: Ruth Gates (rgates at hawaii.edu), Mark Schildhauer 
(schild at nceas.ucsb.edu)
Participants: Thomas Adam, Amy Apprill, Daniel Barshis, Iliana Baums, 
Oscar Beijbom, Marilyn Brandt, Deron Burkepile, Kristen Davis, Peter 
Edmunds, William Fitt, Mary Gastil-Buhl, James Hench, Sally Holbrook, 
Peter Houk, Michael Lesser, Cheryl Logan, Eli Meyer, Laura Mydlarz, 
Hollie Putnam, Benjamin Ruttenberg, Russell Schmitt, Ann Tarrant, 
Rebecca Vega-Thurber, Libe Washburn, Virginia Weis

_October 28-30, 2013 _
Integrating natural defenses into coastal disaster risk reduction (SNAP) 
www.nceas.ucsb.edu/featured/beck
Leaders: Michael Beck (mbeck at tnc.org), Jane Carter Ingram (cingram at wcs.org)
Participants: Jim Jarvie, Stacy Jupiter, Jaap Kwadijk, Glenn-Marie 
Lange, Inigo Losada, Caleb McClennen, Imèn Meliane, Fabrice Renaud, 
James Sanchirico

-- 
Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
Phone: 805-892-2502
FAX: 805-892-2510

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