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2012 NatioNal adaptatioN CoNfereNCe 26-28 June 2012 Sebel Hotel albert park, Melbourne

25th June 2012 - Pre-conference events

TIME EVENT

8.45am – 10.00am Victorian Centre for Climate Change Research Annual Forum

10.00am – 10.30am Morning Tea

10.30 am – 12.00pm Victorian Centre for Climate Change Research Annual Forum

12.00pm – 1.00pm Lunch

1.00pm-2.30pm Victorian Centre for Climate Change Research Annual Forum

Climate Change Adaptation: Responding to Health Issues

Workshop hosted by: Human Health Network

Post-graduate student workshop

2.30pm – 3.00pm Afternoon Tea

3.00pm - 4.30pm Victorian Centre for Climate Change Research Annual Forum

Climate Change Adaptation: Responding to Health Issues

Workshop hosted by: Human Health Network

Post-graduate student workshop

4.30pm-5.00pm CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DESK OPENS

5.00pm-7.00pm Conference Welcome Reception



26th June 2012 - Day 1

TIME SESSION TYPE

8.30am – 10.00am Opening Plenary - Climate change adaptation in Australia today

Welcome to country

Prof. Jean Palutikof (NCCARF) & Dr Andrew Ash (CSIRO) – Welcome to conference

TBC Official opening of Conference

Hon. Greg Combet MP (Minister Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) - Video Message

Dr Subho Banarjee (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency)

Dr Wendy Craik AM (Productivity Commission)

Prof. Lesley Hughes (Climate Commission)


10.30 am – 12.10pm Plenary 2 - Health, society and adaptation

Prof. Tony McMichael – Australian National University

Dr Kris Ebi – Stanford University, IPCC Working Unit

Prof. Alistair Woodward – University of Auckland

Prof. Sir Andy Haines – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (by video)

12.10pm – 1.30pm Lunch

Panel Sessions

1.30pm-3.00pm Panel Session 1The trend toward effectiveness (Chair: Rob Kay)(Milina Battaglini (World Bank experience - TBC); Will Steffen (Australian perspective); Russell Wise (Decision making & economics); Kate Nelson (Local government)

Panel Session 2 Barriers to Adaptation (Chair: Jon Barnett)Simon Torok (Knowledge, Uncertainty and communication); Neil Byron (Financial); Joe Reser (Psychological); Jan McDonald (Legal/Institutional)

Panel Session 3

Policy-relevant knowledge for adaptation: bridging the science-policy gap (Chair: CSIRO CAF) Karl Jones (TBC) Willis Re (global context); Steve Dovers ANU (policy-relevant knowledge); Jason Alexandra (TBC) MDBA (Needs of decision-makers); Yolande Yorke (TBC) DoC (future disaster management)

Panel Session 4

Collaborative adaptation: How university-government partnerships turn adaptation research into policy and practice (VCCCAR)

3.30pm – 4.00pm Afternoon Tea

Parallel Sessions

3.30-4.30pm Parallel Session 1

Measuring the success of adaptation

Parallel Session 2

Human impacts and health adaptation

Parallel Session 3

Governance

Parallel Session 4

Barriers and limits to adaptation

Parallel Session 5

Adapting agriculture to climate change

(PIARN)

Parallel Session 6

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and the Built Environment

Parallel Session 7 Special Workshop to support expert review of IPCC WGII Chapter 25

4.30pm-4.45pm Short break

Parallell Sessions

4.45pm-5.45pm Parallel Session 8

Regulatory and legal

Parallel Session 9

Human impacts and health adaptation

Parallel Session 10

Local Government

Parallel Session 11

Barriers and limits to adaptation

Parallel Session 12

Adapting agriculture to climate change

Parallel Session 13

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and the Built Environment

Parallel Session

14

IPCC Workshop

contd

5.45pm-7.30pm Poster Presentation and Mixer


27th June 2012- Day 2

TIME SESSION TYPE

7am-9am Business Breakfast TBC

9.00am – 10.30am Plenary session 3 - Business as usual? How is business adapting

Mr Gareth Johnston Future Ready (Chair)

Mr John Trowbridge – National Disasters Insurance Review

Dr Mark Howden – CSIRO

Mr Mark Rogers – Colonial First State


Panel Sessions

11.00am-12.30pm Panel Session 5Science for Adaptation (Chair: Jean Palutikof)John Church (Sea level rise); Malte Meinhausen (Pathways); Nathan Bindoff (Downscaling); Andy Pitman (Uncertainty)

Panel Session 6Supporting Adaptive Decision Making in the Pacific Basin (Chair: Rob Kay)Chalapan Kaluwin (PNG University); Kevin Henessy (CSIRO); Netatua Pelesikoti (Secretariet of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme); Vic McGrath (TSRA)

Panel Session 7

Maladaptation, misguidance and missed chances (VicCSE)

Panel Session 8

Marine Panel (Special Marine symposium)

12.30pm-2.00pm Lunch

Parallel Sessions


Decision support tools

Parallel Session 16

Human impacts and health adaptation (Heat)

Parallel Session 16

International case studies

Parallel Session 17

Communication

Parallel Session 18

Supporting climate adaptation in agriculture (RIRDC)

Parallel Session 19

Adapting cities for future climate change

Parallel

Session 20

Strategies for

Supporting

Reef

Ecosystem

Resilience

(AIMS)

Parallel Session

21

Finance and

business

3.30pm-4.00pm Afternoon Tea

Parallell Sessions


Turning science into policy

Parallel Session 23

Climate change adaptation and Indigenous communities

Parallel Session 24

Regional case studies

Parallel Session 25

Communication

Parallel Session 26

Adapting cities for future climate change

Parallel

Session 27

Managing

Australia’s

marine

ecosystems

and

resources

for a warmer

climate

(GBRMPA)

Parallel Session 28

Finance and business

5.45pm-7.00pm Poster Presentation and pre-dinner bar

Cocktail Event - Business

7.00pm - 11.00pm Conference Dinner - Speaker: David Karoly (University of Melbourne)


28th June 2012 - Day 3

TIME SESSION TYPE

9.00am – 10.30am Plenary 4 International developments

Dr Francis Zwiers – Environment Canada

Dr Mark Stafford Smith - CSIRO

Dr Neville Smith – Bureau of Meteorology

Dr Opha Pauline Dube – University of Botswana


Parallel Sessions

11.00am-12.30pm Parallel Session 29 Climate extremes and disaster management (6 speakers)

Parallel Session 30Social and equity issues

Parallel Session 31

Ecosystems

Parallel Session 32

Adapting water policy and planning to climate change (MDBA)

Parallel Session 33

Adaptation for coastal systems (6 speakers)

Parallel Session 34

Enhancing Resilience at the Marine-Land Interface (Fisheries and Research Development Corporation)

Parallel Session 35

Indigenous communities

research theme speedtalks

12.30pm-1.30pm Lunch

Parallel Sessions


Bushfire CRC

Parallel Session 37

Cognitive barriers

Parallel Session 38

Avoiding extinctions in a changing climate

(Environmental Decisions Group)

Parallel Session 39

Adapting water policy and planning to climate change (National Water Commission and SEACI)

Parallel Session 40

Scenarios for the future of adaptation

Parallel Session 41

Closing panel of Marine special symposium

Parallel Session

42

Social,

economic and

institutional

dimensions

speedtalks

3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea

4.45pm-5.45pm Closing Plenary 5 Visioning a climate change adapted Australia in 2050

Prof. Jon Barnett - University of Melbourne

Mr Peter Cosier – Wentworth Group

Prof. Dave Griggs – Monash University

Conference Wrap-up – Prof. Jean Palutikof & Dr Andrew Ash


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