Programme and Presentations

The Climate Connections seminar was covered by the BBC Radio Scotland 'Out of Doors' programme on Saturday 14 May 2011. To listen click here.

Click here to see videos of the Climate Connections presentations.

Programme:

An output generating seminar with keynote speakers; three main themes with speakers; two workshops and plenary discussions which will form the basis of a report to the new government.

Also there will be exhibits from some key organisations.

Welcome and Introduction to the Day	Professor Martin Price	9:15am
Keynote Speaker	Professor Anne Glover	9:25
State of the environment and impacts	Professor Dominic Moran Researcher Perspective	9.40
	Antje Branding, Policy Perspective	9.55
Workshop 1	Networks addressing state of environment and impacts	10.05
Teas/Coffee break, Exhibits and Networking		11.00
Feedback from Workshop 1		11.30
Drivers and Responses	Dr Andy Kerr, Researcher Perspective	11.50
	Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, User perspective	12.05pm
Workshop 2	Networks addressing research delivery and research uptake	12.20
Lunch, Exhibits and Networking		1.05
Feedback from Workshop 2		2.00
Communication of Climate change Research	Lorraine Fitzgerald (SCCIP)	2.20
	Graeme Cook (SPICe)	2.35
Communicating Climate Change – Experience from Clim-ATIC	Clive Bowman (CMS, Perth College UHI)	2.50
Plenary Discussions	Facilitated by Professor Colin Galbraith	3.05
Conclusions	Professor Stuart Monro	3.50
Networking, Exhibits and taxis to Perth Railway station at 4.45pm		4.05

Posters:

Martin Muir	Adapting our lochs to uncertain climate futures: management in the conservation interest
Diana Feliciano	Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rural Land Uses: a Regional Approach for the North East Scotland
Stuart Smith, Charlotte Vandenberghe, René van der Wal, Sarah Woodin, David Johnson and Robin Pakeman	Carbon sequestration by upland sheep grazing management
Eli Carisle and Simon Brooks	Climate change, landscape and quality of life in Scotland
Eli Carisle and Simon Brooks	Climate Change Conversations - using the local landscape to talk about changes in quality of life
Marion Mulholland and Shiela Currie	Review of Recent Impacts of Weather Events on SNH Business Operations, Properties and National Nature Reserves
Alistair Rennie and Jim Hansom	Tidal Trend Reversals: now showing at a coast near you!