“Chronic Risk of Global Climate Change to Urban Coasts & Economies,” Nov. 15-16
Stevens to host two-day symposium on dangers to coastal cities
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― “Chronic Risk of Global Climate Change to Urban Coasts & Economies,” a two-day symposium coordinated by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium, will be hosted at Stevens Institute of Technology’s Hoboken, N.J., campus, this coming Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15-16.
For additional information contact Jon Miller at Stevens Institute of Technology, 201-216-8591; Fax: 201-216-8214; jmiller@stevens.edu.
The agenda for symposium follows.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
7:30-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast - Skyline Room
8:30-9:00 Welcoming Remarks
9:00-9:15 Theme of the Meeting – Jon K. Miller (Stevens/NJ Sea Grant)
9:15-10:15 Keynote: John Church (CSIRO) – “Past Sea Level Change and the Sea Level Budget”
10:15-10:45 Break – Skyline Room
Session 1: Sea Level Rise and the Urban Coast
10:45-11:15 Radley Horton (Columbia/NASA GISS) - “Climate Change Projections for the New York Metropolitan Region”
11:15-11:45 Vivian Gornitz (Columbia/NASA GISS) – “Sea Level Rise and Storm Hazards, New York City"
11:45-12:15 Javier Diez – “Sea Level Rise, An Alternative View”
12:15-1:15 Lunch – Skyline Room
Session 2: Preparedness/International Case Studies
1:15-1:45 Rafael Bras (MIT) – “Saving Venice ”
1:45-2:15 Hans-Peter Plag (UN-Reno) – “Plausible Local Sea Level Scenarios in Support of Managing and Mitigating the Impacts of Coastal Inundation: How Large are the Uncertainties?”
2:15-2:45 Aurelio Mercado (UPR-Mayaguez/PR Sea Grant) – “ Puerto Rico vis a vis Climate Change and a frequently asked question: What is the government doing?”
2:45-3:15 Break – Skyline Room
3:15-4:15 Climate Change/Sea Level Rise Panel Discussion (Church, Horton, Gornitz, Diez, et al.)
Friday, 16 November 2007
8:00-9:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast – Skyline Room
9:00-9:15 Announcements/Logistics Day 2
9:15-10:15 Keynote: Pier Vellinga ( Wageningen University ) – “Adaptation of the Dutch Delta to a Changing Climate”
10:15-10:45 Break – Skyline Room
Session 3: Economics and Infrastructure
10:45-11:15 Malcolm Bowman (SUNY-Stony Brook) – “ Storm Surge Barriers to Protect Metropolitan New York : Data and Tools”
11:15-11:45 Klaus Jacob (Lamont-Doherty/Columbia) – “Climate Change and its Challenges to Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Sustainability: the New York Example”
11:45-12:15 Virginia Burkett (USGS) – “Infrastructure at risk - US Gulf Coast region”
12:15-12:45 Francesco Bosello (FEEM/Univ. of Milan) – “Economy-Wide Impacts of Climate Change: A Joint Analysis for Sea Level Rise and Tourism”
12:45-1:45 Lunch – Skyline Room
1:45-2:45 Sea Level Rise Preparation and Impacts Discussion Panel (Vellinga, Bosello, Mercado, Plag, Burkett, et al.)
2:45-3:45 New Jersey / New York Region Discussion Panel (Chris Zeppie – Port Authority, John St. John – HydroQual, Mike Aucott – NJ DEP, Bowman, Jacob, et al.)
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