GFDL’s 60th Anniversary Symposium Agenda

There will be two shuttles available to transport guests between the Hyatt Regency Princeton and the Frick Chemistry Laboratory leaving at 7:45am.

Time	Topic	Speakers

8:00 – 8:30	Light Breakfast Available
8:30 – 8:45	Director’s Welcome	V. Ramaswamy
8:45 – 9:05	NOAA Message and Greeting: NOAA Administrator’s message Oceans and Atmospheric Research Assistant Administrator’s greeting	Kathy Sullivan (video message) Craig McLean
9:05 – 9:35	GFDL’s Scientific Legacy	Ronald Stouffer
9:35 – 9:50	The Princeton University – GFDL Connection	George Mellor
9:50 – 10:10	Break
10:10 – 11:20	Perspectives from Inside GFDL	Moderator – Isidoro Orlanski Panelists – Kirk Bryan, Dennis Hartman, James Kinter, David Crisp, Tracey Holloway, Joellen Russell, Brian Soden
11:20 – 12:40	Perspectives from Outside GFDL	Moderator – Leo Donner Panelists – Brian Hoskins, Warren Washington, Kerry Emanuel, Ben Santer, Claus Boning, Steve Pacala, Bess Ward
12:40 – 1:40	Lunch
1:40-2:10	Remembering GFDL’s Previous Directors	Joe Smagorinsky: Suki Manabe Jerry Mahlman: Anthony Broccoli Ants Leetmaa: Hiram Levy

2:10 – 5:15

Highlights of GFDL’s Current Science

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change – Tom Knutson

Initial Value Forecasts – Gabriel Vecchi

Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry – Yi Ming

Ocean’s Role in Climate Change – Rong Zhang

Climate and Carbon Changes – John Dunne and Elena Shevliakova

6:30 – 10:00

Conference Dinner (Hyatt Regency Princeton; 102 Carnegie Ctr. Princeton)

Time	Topic	Speakers

8:00 – 8:30	Light Breakfast Available
8:30 – 9:00	Prediction and Relationship to Climate Change Research	Moderator – Anthony Rosati Panelists – Ben Kirtman and Alicia Karspeck
9:00 – 9:30	Strategies for Advancing Climate Modeling: Few versus Many	Moderator – Thomas Delworth Panelists – John Mitchell, J. Shukla
9:30 – 10:00	Importance of Aerosols in Climate Change	Moderator – J. F. Lamarque Panelists – William Collins, Bjorn Stevens
10:00 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 11:00	Impact – Climate Model Interface	Moderator – Charles Stock Panelists – William Easterling, Anne Hollowed
11:00 – 11:30	Future of the IPCC	Moderator – Dian Seidel Panelists – Kevin Trenberth, Michael Oppenheimer, Ko Barrett
11:30 – 12:00	Wrap-up	Isaac Held
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch