A tentative agenda for the Climate Forum 2024 is listed below. Please check our website for more updates.
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Day 1: August 12, 2024, Monday
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| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Opening Ceremony
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| 09:15 - 09:40 |
Introduction to the NSERC CREATE CLImate Smart Agriculture (CLISA) Training Network
Member, Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars
Professor, School of Climate Change and Adaptation
Director, NSERC CREATE - CLISA Training Network
Director, Climate Smart Lab, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
University of Prince Edward Island
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| 09:40 - 10:30 |
Keynote Presentation #1:
Building Climate Resilient Communities
FRSC and Professor
Department of Geography and Environment
Western University
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing
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| 11:00 - 11:50 |
Keynote Presentation #2:
Perceptual Models in Catchment Hydrology
FRSC and University Distinguished Professor of Hydrology
Associate Director, Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability
University of Saskatchewan
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| 11:50 - 13:20 |
Lunch & Social Networking
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| 13:20 - 14:10 |
Keynote Presentation #3:
Mitigating Annual Variation in Potato Yield Using Supplemental Irrigation
Research Scientist
Charlottetown Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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| 14:10 - 14:40 |
Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing
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| 14:40 - 15:40 |
Panel Discussions:
- Challenges and opportunities for future climate research
- Pursuing a professional career in climate change
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| 15:40 - 16:00 |
Wrap Up & Guided Tour of Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
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Day 2: August 13, 2024, Tuesday (Please bring your own laptop for practices)
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
Short Course on Climate Data Analytics
- Introduction to Climate Change Science
- Exploration of Historical Climate Data
- Exploration of Future Climate Data
- Basic Data Processing with MS Excel
- Climate Data Analytics with MS Excel
Note: we will provide lunch and two coffee breaks.
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Day 3: August 14, 2024, Wednesday (Please bring your own laptop for practices)
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
Short Course on Geospatial Visualization
- Introduction to Geographical Coordinate Systems
- Introduction to Map Projections
- Introduction to QGIS
- Generating Your First Map with QGIS
- Displaying Point Climate Data in QGIS
- Spatial Interpolation for Climate Maps in QGIS
Note: we will provide lunch and two coffee breaks.
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Day 4: August 15, 2024, Thursday (Please bring your own laptop for practices)
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
Short Course on R Statistics for Climate Change
- Installation of R Software
- Basic Programming in R
- Basic Data Proprocessing in R
- Generating Plots in R
- Linear Regression in R
- Climate Trend Analysis in R (linear & Mann-Kendall Test)
Note: we will provide lunch and two coffee breaks.
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Day 5: August 16, 2024, Friday (Please dress properly for the weather)
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| 09:00 - 17:00 |
Guided Field Visits in PEI
- MacInnis Pond Monitoring Site
- East Point Lighthouse
- Basin Head Provincial Park
- Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
- Greenwich National Park
Note: we will provide lunch and bottled water for the field visits.
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