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Agenda

STUDIO 5 EARLY CHECK-IN TIME: SUNDAY, November 16 - From 13:00–18:00 
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Detailed Agenda


Monday, November 17

8:45 - 9:45

PLENARY I: The Amazon — A System in Disequilibrium? Integrated assessments of the biogeochemistry, hydrology, climate, and biotic diversity of the Amazon

Keynote speaker-
Paulo Artaxo

 

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION I
10:00 - 10:25   Yadvinder Malhi (Chair)
10:25 - 10:50   Jeffrey Richey
10:50 - 11:15   Luis Martinelli
11:15 - 11:40   Bill Magnusson

11:40 - 12:10

General Discussion

12:10 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 16:20

PARALLEL SESSIONS - A

Room
Conveners


The biogeochemistry of land-water interactions: integrating from small catchments to the basin. Rio Negro Maarten Waterloo, Reynaldo Victoria
 

Emissions of natural and biomass burning particulates from vegetation and their effects on ecosystems and climate.

Cupuaçú

Scot Martin,
Karla Longo

 

Scaling carbon fluxes to the region from measurements in plots, towers, and aircraft.

Tambaqui

Steve Wofsy,
Humberto Rocha

 

Forest dynamics, natural disturbance, and recovery. (A)

Anavilhanas

Jeff Chambers,
Niro Higuchi

 

Causes and consequences of Amazon forest fragmentation.

Tucumã

Carlos Peres,
Regina Luizão

 

Integration of biological collections and taxonomy with ecosystem studies

Peixe-Boi

Alexandre Bonaldo,
Mike Hopkins

 

The role of secondary forests in Amazonia

Jaraqui

Eric Davidson,
Ima Vieira

 

Development, conservation, and policy-making in Amazonia: contributions from scientific programs

Samaúma

Britaldo Soares,
Philip Fearnside,
Rita Mesquita

16:20 - 18:00

POSTER SESSION - A (on display Mon-Tue)

17:00 - 18:30

Book Release

18:30 - 20:00 Official Opening Ceremony

 

Tuesday, November 18

8:45 - 9:45

PLENARY II: Current feedbacks between human activities and the integrity of climatic, hydrologic, and biotic functioning of the Amazon system.

Keynote speaker -
Meinrat Andreae

 

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION II

10:00 - 10:25   Pedro Dias (Chair)
10:25 - 10:50   David Medvigy
10:50 - 11:15   Bertha Becker
11:15 - 11:40   Carlos Peres

11:40 -12:10

General Discussion

12:10 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 -16:20

PARALLEL SESSIONS - B
Room
Conveners
 

Data/metadata integration and information dissemination: PPBio challenges and solutions.

Rio Negro

Marlucia Martins, Laurindo Campos

 

Land-use/land-cover change models and scenarios at multiple scales for Amazonia.

Cupuaçú

Ana Paula Dutra,
Ima Vieira

 

The LBA Model-Intercomparison Project.

Tambaqui

Luis Gustavo de Gonçalves,
Marcos Heil Costa

 

Forest dynamics, natural disturbance, and recovery. (B)

Anavilhanas

Jeff Chambers,
Niro Higuchi

 

Sources, sinks, and atmospheric chemistry of trace gases.

Tucumã

Steel Vasconcelos,
Steven Wofsy

 

Floodplain ecosystem processes.

Peixe-Boi

John Melack,
Evelyn Novo

 

Land-cover and climate change, human population and infections in the Amazon: Current linkages and future risks.

Jaraqui

Alisson Barbieri,
Ulisses Confalonieri

 

Land cover, surface hydrology, and atmospheric feedbacks. (A)

Samaúma

Bart Kruijt
Javier Tomasella

16:20 - 18:00

POSTER SESSION - B (on display Mon-Tue)

18:30 - 20:00

ASSOCIATED MEETINGS

20:00

PRAÇA SÃO SEBASTIÃO (Downtown) - MUSICAL SHOW

 

Wednesday, November 19

8:45 - 9:45

PLENARY III: Visions and models for sustainable development of the Amazon region.

Keynote speaker -
Erick Fernandes

 

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION III

10:00 - 10:25   Philip Fearnside (Chair)
10:25 - 10:50   Daniel Nepstad
10:50 - 11:15   Mercedes Bustamante
11:15 - 11:40   Virgilio Viana

11:40- 12:10

General Discussion

12:10 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 16:20

PARALLEL SESSIONS - C
Room
Conveners
 

Modeling biodiversity, present and future. (A)

Rio Negro

Ana Albernaz,
Bruce Nelson

 

Effects of land-cover/land-use change in carbon stocks.

Cupuaçú

Ruth Defries,
Cleber Salimon

 

What has been learned and what further can be learned from a network of eddy covariance towers in Amazonia?

Tambaqui

Scott Miller,
Antonio Manzi

 

Social-economic drivers of land-use and land-cover change.

Anavilhanas
Diogenes Alves,
Mateus Batistella
 

Nutrient cycling in forest and savannah ecosystems and agroecosystems.

Tucumã

Cris Neill,
Luiz Martinelli

 

Sustainable forest management.

Peixe-Boi

Carlos Souza,
Mark Cochrane

 

Pan-Amazonian research perspectives: linking Andean and whole basin natural and social systems.

Jaraqui

German Poveda,
Lelys Bravo

 

Land cover, surface hydrology, and atmospheric feedbacks (B)

Samaúma

Bart Kruijt,
Javier Tomasella

16:20 - 18:00

POSTER SESSION - C  (on display Wed-Thu)

18:30 - 20:00

ASSOCIATED MEETINGS

20:00

DINNER AT FELLICE RESTAURANT

 

Thursday, November 20

8:45 -12:10

PARALLEL SESSIONS - D

Room
Conveners
 

Modeling biodiversity, present and future. (B)

Rio Negro

Ana Albernaz,
Bruce Nelson

 

The role of seasonality in carbon and water balance.

Cupuaçú

Scott Saleska,
Laerte Ferreira

 

Current and future trends of land-use/land-cover change and agricultural intensification.

Tambaqui

Claudio José Reis de Carvalho,
Robert Walker

 

Policy scenarios for sustainable development.

Anavilhanas

Paulo Moutinho,
Roberto Araujo

 

Permanent plot networks for inventory of biodiversity and carbon stocks: integrating taxonomic and ecosystem objectives.

Tucumã

Oliver Phillips,
Elizabeth Franklin

 

Sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity in central Amazonian floodplains.

Peixe-Boi

Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schoengart, David McGrath

 

Fire, drought, and changes in vegetation structure and composition.

Jaraqui

Ane Alencar, Patrick Mier, Alberto Setzer, Ivan Csiszar

 

Effects of deforestation on regional and global climate.

Samaúma

John Gash,
Maria Assunção Dias

12:10 - 14:00

Lunch

 

SPECIAL SESSIONS:

14:00 - 15:00

Young Scientists' Views on What Has Been Learned in LBA, GEOMA, and PPBio, and on Future Research Needs in Amazonia — Plenary Report of Workshop scheduled for Tuesday, 18:00 - 19:30. See details.

Irving Foster Brown (moderator)

15:00 - 15:15 Break  

15:15 - 17:00

Institucional Scenarios for Research in Amazonia: The Role of Governmental and Non-Governmental Institutions

Adalberto Luis Val (moderator)

17:00 - 17:30

CLOSING SESSION

 
 

 

Amazon in Perspective