[Grovenet] Climate Change Forum -- No charge

[Martha Khoury]

Oregon chapter of the American Meteorological Society is co-sponsoring,
with Marylhurst University and Columbia Weather Systems, a Climate
Change Forum on Saturday, October 20th from Noon until 5pm.  Several
scientists from local Northwest universities will present on topics
ranging from climate modeling to dwindling glaciers and the impacts of
climate change here in the Pacific Northwest.  It will be a
research-presentation forum that will not include any policy-centered
debates.  The forum is free to attend and the public is welcome.  

Climate Change Forum
Marylhurst University 
Saturday, October 20, 2007

Hawthorne Room in the Commons (Bookstore building)
General public welcome
Free Admission - Free Parking


 
12:00	Opening remarks; logistics and introduction of Opening Speaker -
Jan Dabrowski, Marylhurst University Chair, Science and Math Department
 
12:05	Opening Speaker: Dr. Nancy Wilgenbusch, President, Marylhurst
University
 
12:25	Speaker guidelines - George Miller, Retired Meteorologist,
Adjunct faculty, Marylhurst University
 
12:30	Making Sense of What Scientists Are Saying About Climate Change
- Dr. Ron Mitchell, Political Scientist, University of Oregon
 
1:00	Lessons From Past Climate Change  - Dr. Alan Mix,
Paleoclimatologist, Oregon State University, College of Oceans and
Atmospheric Sciences.
 
1:30	Climate Variability and Why - Dr. Christina Hulbe, Portland
State University, Department of Geology
 
2:00	Break
 
2:15	Climate Models and Predicting the Future - Dr. Karen Shell,
Professor, Oregon State University, College of Oceans and Atmospheric
Sciences
 
2:45	Earth's Dwindling Glaciers, Dr. Andrew Fountain, Portland State
University, Department of Geology and Department of Geography
 
3:15	Impacts of Climate Change on the Pacific Northwest - Heather
Kokorowski, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space
Sciences
 
3:45	Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change - Jill Sughrue,
Sustain NW 
 
4:15	Questions from audience
 
4:45	End of Conference
 
Marylhurst University is 10 miles south of Portland, 1 mile south of
Lake Oswego on Highway 43