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[Keith Dixon speaking on climate change at the Aquarium of the Pacific Oct 2007]

Presentations on the topics of climate modeling and climate change research that I've made to audiences comprised of people who are not themselves climate researchers.


Upcoming Presentations



Selected Past Presentations

  • 10 November 2009
    Invited seminar speaker at NOAA's Coastal Services Center.
    Location:
    North Charleston, South Carolina
    Presentation title: The Role of Global Climate Modeling in Climate Change Information & Knowledge Cycles
    ¤ NOAA Coastal Services Center home page

  • 9 November 2009
    Invited keynote speaker at the Sea Grant Climate Network Workshop “Climate Adaptation in Coastal Communities: A Network Approach to Outreach”.
    Location: Charleston, South Carolina
    Presentation title: Perspectives on the Science of Climate Change - Global, Regional, & Local
    ¤ workshop web page

  • 4 August 2009
    Invited speaker at the Café Scientifique Arlington Virginia.
    Location: The Front Page Restaurant, Arlington Virginia
    Presentation title: Five Things You Should Know About Climate Change Science
    ¤ event web page

  • 21 June 2009
    Invited speaker at the American Meteorological Society’s Short Course on Understanding Climate Science: Essentials for Broadcast Meteorologists (associated with the AMS 37th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology).
    Location: Portland, Oregon
    Presentation title: The Atmosphere–Ocean Connection in the Earth's Climate System
    ¤ shortcourse description [pdf]
    ¤ shortcourse program agenda [pdf]

  • 3 June 2009
    Invited speaker at the 2009 Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment (SHIE). Part of a weeklong workshop for about two dozen environmental journalists. (I also made presentations at the 2007 and 2008 SHIE workshops.)
    Location: Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, Florida.
    Presentation title: If you can't predict the weather two weeks out, why rely on computer climate models for 100-year projections?
    ¤ Institute home page

  • 29 May 2009
    Invited speaker at the 2009 NOAA Student Scholar Orientation Training Program for nearly 200 students .who will be conducting summer internships at NOAA facilities across the nation.
    Location: NOAA Headquarters, Silver Spring, Maryland.
    ¤ Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program page

  • 24 February 2009
    Invited speaker at the 2009 Annual Ocean and Coastal Program Manager's Meeting.
    Location: Washington, DC
    Presentation title: Climate Modeling 101: Computer modeling's contribution to the climate research challenge
    ¤ meeting web page

  • 10 March 2008 [US Capitol dome]
    Delivered two Capitol Hill informational briefings for congressional staff as the first in a series of NOAA Research climate seminars.
    Location: Rayburn House and Russell Senate Office Buildings, Washington, DC
    Presentation title: Climate Modeling 101: The role of computer modeling in the climate change challenge
    ¤ slides and notes from the briefing

  • 21 February 2008
    Inivited speaker at a National Weather Service (NWS) Media Workshop for television reporters and other media customers of the Philadelphia/Mount Holly Forecast Office.
    Location: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly Forecast Office, Mount Holly, NJ
    Presentation title: Climate Change Research: Some of NOAA's modeling efforts, assessments, and products

  • 12 October 2007
    Plenary speaker at the IGLO - ASTC (Association of Science - Technology Centers) pre-conference workshop on climate change issues and the role of science centers and museums.
    Location: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
    Presentation title: Using Computer Models to Investigate the Ocean's Role in Climate Change
    ¤ workshop recap

  • 7 March 2007
    Keynote speaker at the annual National Weather Service (NWS) Eastern Region Manager's Meeting.
    Location: Port Jefferson, New York
    Presentation title: Climate Change: A Scientific Briefing

  • 28 February 2007
    Invited speaker at the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy (Pittcon 2007) special symposium on The Science of Global Climate Change .
    Location: Chicago, Illinois
    Presentation title: Computer Modeling of the Global Climate and its Role in the Assessment of Climate Change

  • 2-3 October 2006
    Invited speaker and panel discussion member at Transatlantic Science Week 2006: Arctic Meltdown Global Effect, hosted by the Carnegie Institution and the Royal Norwegian Embassy.
    Location: Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC
    Presentation title: Simulating the Arctic in Global Climate Models: Successes and remaining challenges
    ¤ meeting web page



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