2008 Meeting
SIO Council Agenda
Thursday, January 31st
4500 Hubbs Hall
1:30pm - 3:00pm Optional Orientation for new members and guests
Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Second Floor Conference Room
Overview of Scripps and background on organization and science challenges. Brief walking tour.
(Ken Melville, Kathleen Ritzman, Rudy Murillo)
attending: Steve Peace, Marty Wilson, Jesse Fink
3:00pm - 4:45pm *Science Showcase, Hubbs Hall 4500
Climate Change Understanding the Vulnerabilities to California
Dan Cayan, Research Meteorologist, Oceans and Atmosphere Section
Are the Ice Sheets Melting? Response of Greenland and Antarctica to Climate Change
Helen Fricker, Associate Professor, Earth Section
Exploring the Ocean's Carbon Cycle and Biology at the Nanometer Scale
Farooq Azam, Distinguished Professor, Biology Section
5:00pm - 7:00pm *Reception, Birch Aquarium at Scripps
- Scripps Scientists Recognition State Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny
- Guided tour of Feeling the Heat: The Climate Challenge exhibit
- Scripps in the News display and undergraduate student research posters
*Spouses and guests of Council Members are welcome to attend all events on January 31, 2008.
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Friday, February 1st
4500 Hubbs Hall
8:00am - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am Introductions, welcome new members Tony Haymet & Stuart Goode
8:45am - 9:15am State of the Institution and Strategies for the Future Tony Haymet
9:15am - 10:15am DISCUSSION--Thoughts from the Council on Opportunities and Challenges for Scripps:
- Pacific Rim - National
- California - University of California/UC San Diego
10:15am break
10:30am - 11:15am "Mission Based Investing: Unleashing the Capital Markets to Accelerate the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy"
Jesse Fink, MissionPoint Capital Partners
11:15am - 12:00pm The Climate Change Imperative and Assessing Scripps Climate work with Industry
Tim Barnett and Dave Pierce, Oceans and Atmosphere Division
12:00pm walk to lunch at Martin Johnson House
12:15pm LUNCH
Scripps Partnership for Hazard and Environmental Applied Research (SPHEAR) Stephen Bennett
1:30pm walk back to meeting
1:45 pm DISCUSSION--Professional Education Needs in a Warming World Industry Needs and Opportunities
- Industry s Increasing Need for Climate Information Assessment
- How Industry plans to translate climate information
- Future needs for trained professionals to analyze and apply climate information to reduce risks from global warming
- Does Industry need a new type of professional to translate climate information to manage risk?
DISCUSSION Developing new professional climate education programs
- How can Scripps work with Advisory Council Members to develop a market assessment of need for new, professional climate education programs?
(Scripps discussants Dan Rudnick, Tim Barnett, Dave Pierce, Ken Melville, Dan Cayan, Bill Young)
3:00pm - 3:15pm break
3:15pm preparation for Chancellor Fox visit
3:30pm Chancellor Fox (Advisory Council discussion)
4:00pm Executive Session
4:30pm - 5:30pm Advisory Council Members discussion with Director
6:00 pm Dinner with Spouses and Guests
Munk Room
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REGISTERED ATTENDEES
- Martha Fay Africa
- Jim Cimino
- Dennis DeConcini
- Sandra Faber
- S. Robert Foley
- Daniel S. Goldin
- Stuart Goode
- George Haligowski
- Richard Hertzberg
- Wayne Kennedy
- Clyde Ostler
- John Patton
- Steven Peace
- Susan L. Shirk
- Richard Snell
- J. Craig Venter
- Martin R. Wilson
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