INPE
Program
Agenda for the Symposium on Global Environmental Change
Regional Perspectives and Advances
"Auditorium of Science", located in the Science Wood at INPA (National Institute for Amazonia Research)
Manaus, Brazil
October 13th 2011
| Time | Program | Speaker |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | ||
| Welcome- IGBP SC Chair | Dr. Carlos Nobre / Dr. Adalberto Luis Val | |
| IGBP Executive Director | Dr. Sybil Seitzinger | |
| Director of National Institute for Amazonia Research (INPA) | Dr. Adalberto Luis Val | |
| Large Scale Biosphere – Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) | Dr. Antonio Manzi | |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | IGBP | |
| IGBP Earth System Science for Global Sustainability: Connecting Regional to Global | Dr. Sybil Seitzinger | |
| Anthropocene | Dr. James Syvitski | |
| Strong sources of CO2 in upper estuaries become sinks of CO2 in large river | Dr. Arthur Chen | |
| Adaptation in coupled socio-ecological systems | Dr. Mark Stafford Smith | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee / Tea Break | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Research Programs on Global Environmental Change in Brazil | Overview of activities, organization and achievements |
| FAPESP Research on Global Climate Change | Dr. Reynaldo Victoria (USP) | |
| Rede ComCerrado | Dr. Mercedes Bustamante (IGBP SC, UnB) | |
| Rede CLIMA and INCT for Climate Change | Dr. Eduardo Arraut | |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Discussion | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:10 - 15:50 | Moderator: | |
| Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in the Amazon | Dr. Antonio Manzi | |
| Carbon Cycle Research in Brazil | Dr. Jean Pierre Ometto | |
| Fire science in Brazil | Dr. Karla Longo | |
| Climate Change and Impacts on Amazonia Fish Species | Dr. Adalberto Val | |
| Amazonian Atmospheric Sciences in the LBA Experiment | Dr. Paulo Artaxo | |
| Discussion | ||
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Coffee / Tea Break | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Moderator: | |
| Science on Global Land Project in Brazil | Dr. Gilberto Camara (INPE) | |
| Nitrogen Cycle Research in Brazil | Dr. Luiz Martinelli | |
| Biogeochemical proxies of global climate change at the continent-ocean interface in the semi-arid coast of Northeastern Brazil | Dr. Luiz Drude (LOICZ SC/ UFC) | |
| 18:30 | Closing Remarks | |
| Dr. Adalberto Val | ||
| 19:30 | Cocktail Party - Hotel Tropical | |
Organization
Brazil Regional Office
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
National Institute for Space Research
Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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