CLIMANAGE 2000
DRAFT Program and ProcessesAlbury NSW October 23-25, 2000
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Date |
Time |
Activity |
Process / Speaker |
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Monday 23 |
9:30am |
Arrival and Registration Distribution of notes |
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10:15am |
Morning tea |
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Chair: Scott Power (NCC) Opening |
10:45am |
Opening address and introduction to the conference |
Mary Voice (NCC) John Zillman (Director. Bureau of Meteorology) The Honorable Dr Sharman Stone MP. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage Barry White (CVAP/LWRRDC) |
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Theme: "Setting the Scene" Chair: Neil Inall Scribe: Dean Collins (NCC) |
11:30am |
Review of the Climate of the 20th Century |
Bill Wright (NCC) |
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11:50am |
Impact of climate variability over the past century |
Mary Voice (NCC) |
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12:10pm |
What makes Australia’s climate tick? |
Scott Power (NCC) |
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12:30pm |
Managing with climate variability |
Holger Meinke (APSRU) |
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12:50pm |
Questions |
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1:00pm |
Lunch/press conference |
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Theme: Case studies
Chair: Neil Inall Scribe: Paul Della-Marta (NCC)
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2:00pm |
Exceptional circumstances |
Anthony Clark (BRS) |
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2:20pm |
Use of climate forecasts by the sugar industry |
Roger Stone (QCCA) |
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2:40pm |
Using climate forecasts on a farm |
Sid Plant (AgForce) |
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3:00pm |
Climate variability & water management in WA |
Brian Sadler (IOCIP) |
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3:20pm |
Round-table/Questions |
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3:40pm |
Afternoon Tea |
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Theme: Case Studies
Chair: Neil Inall Scribe: David Jones (NCC)
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4:00pm |
Masters of Climate |
Tim Powell(Cox Inall Communications) Jesse Blackadder (BlackAdder Consultants) |
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4:20pm |
Weather Risk |
Christian Werner (Enron Australia). |
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4:40pm |
Climate Information needs for Newcastle City Council |
Yvonne Piddington & Martin Babakhan (Newcastle City Council) |
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5:00pm |
Managing climate on grain farms |
Peter Wylie (Horizon) |
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5:20pm |
Round-table/Questions |
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5:30pm |
Drinks at the "The New Albury" |
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Tuesday 24 Theme: Current Research and Communication Chair: Mary Voice Scribe: Andrew Watkins (NCC)
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8:40am |
Highlights from Day 1 |
Peter Box (Group Strategies) |
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9:00am |
Is climate changing? |
Jim Salinger (NIWA) |
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9:20am |
Learning from history: degradation episodes in Australia’s grazing lands |
Greg McKeon (QCCA) |
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9:40am |
Round-table/Questions |
Panel Discussion |
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10:10am |
Morning Tea |
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Chair: Barry White
Scribe: Grant Beard (NCC)
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10:40am |
Where is Australia’s climate heading? |
Peter Whetton (CSIRO) |
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11:00am |
Whopper Cropper |
Rohan Nelson (ABARE) |
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11:20am |
Building dairy farmer demand for climate information |
Brendan Madden (Virtual Consulting) |
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11:40pm |
Introduction to workshops: meet facilitators, purpose, expected outcomes |
Jacqui Balston (QCCA) |
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12:00pm |
Round-table/Questions |
Panel |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30pm |
Workshop Session IMPACTS Question: How does climate variability affect my business/region/farm? |
See Workshop Processes Note attached. |
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3:30pm |
Afternoon tea - Masters of Climate Launch |
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4:00pm |
Completion of workshop session |
See Workshop Processes Note attached |
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Chair: Peter Box Scribe: Dean Collins (NCC) |
4:30pm |
Presentation of working group findings to the plenary group. |
Facilitators present a summary of the working group to the plenary |
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5:00pm |
Close |
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6:15pm for 7:00pm Dinner at the All Saints Winery
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Wednesday 25
Theme: Climate Data, Decision support tools and services I
Chair: Bill Wright Scribe: David Jones
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8:30am |
Highlights from day 2 |
Willem Bouma (CSIRO) |
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8.40am |
Climate Observations: Meeting future needs |
Neil Plummer (NCC) |
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9:00am |
Climate Services provided by the Bureau of Meteorology |
Grant Beard (NCC) |
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9:20am |
Climate Tools & Services provided by QCCA |
Jacqui Balston (QCCA) |
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9:40am |
Climate Services provided by AgWA |
David Stephens (AgWA) |
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10:00am |
CSIRO Impacts and Adaptation Working Group |
Kevin Hennessy (CSIRO) |
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10:20am |
Round-table/Questions |
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10:35am |
Morning tea |
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Theme: Decision support tools and services II Chair: Jacqui Balston Scribe: Andrew Watkins
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10.55am |
Climate services provided by SARDI |
Melissa Truscott (SARDI) |
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11:10am |
Commercialising climate risk |
David Buckley (Kondinin) |
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11:25am |
Climate applications information from NSW agriculture |
Peter Hayman (NSW Ag) |
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11:40am |
Round-table/Questions (e.g. what additional services are available?) |
Panel |
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12:00am |
Lunch |
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12:45pm |
Workshop Session Improving Services and Support Question: What improvements to services/information are required for climate risk decision making? |
See Workshop Processes Note attached |
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Chair: Brendan Madden |
2:45pm |
Presentation of working group findings to the plenary group |
Facilitators |
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Scribe: Grant Beard |
3:25pm |
Open Discussion |
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3:50pm |
Closing Remarks |
Bill Wright. Scott Power & Barry White |
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4:00pm |
Close |
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Outline of Workshop process:
The large plenary group is divided into up to four smaller workshop groups according to industry. Each group moves to a separate area with a facilitator, helper and scribe. The question posed to each workshop group session is the same but outcomes will have an industry focus.
Participants nominate at registration which industry group they are involved with and organisers will determine groups to ensure reasonably balanced numbers. Workshop groups will be finalised prior to the conference. Participants will remain in the same groups for both days.
Within each workshop group:
Participants as a group provide a summary of the learnings from the morning session to the facilitator who notes them as bullet points on the white board. This encourages participation and refreshes in the participant's minds on the morning session.
Groups are then split into smaller sub-groups of about 7 (less than 10) participants in each and asked to brainstorm on a fun topic to wake them up and get them working together.
The question listed in the agenda is posed to the group.
Individuals note their answers on paper and then discuss these with the rest of their sub-group. Suggestions are noted on butchers paper by a member of the group. The group decides on 10(?) suggestions to present to the rest of the working group.
A speaker from each sub-group presents their list to the workshop group and the facilitator notes on the whiteboard those put forward.
Break for afternoon tea
Participants return from afternoon tea to add any further suggestions they may have thought of over the break and segregate the completed list under the three strands:
A summary is tabulated onto an overhead projector slide by the scribe and presented back to the whole plenary group in the final session by the facilitator. These notes will be made available for participants by the end of the workshop (??) A finalised version placed on web and some copies printed and distributed.
Requirements for each workshop group:
Facilitating Teams:
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Jacqui Balston
(with Blair Trewin (scribe) and Chong Hu)
Peter Box
(with Kevin Smith (scribe) and John Flannery)
Brendan Madden
(with Phil Littlehales (scribe) and Cathy Toby)
Melissa Truscott
(with Bill Wright (scribe) and David Jones)
Willem Bouma
(with Grant Beard (scribe) and William Wang)
Back-up facilitators:
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Kevin Hennessy
Mary Voice
Technical Support Team:
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Glen Ebbage
John Flannery
Administrative Support Team:
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Val Jemmeson
Linda Sampson
October 19, 2000