SCIPP to Participate in Regional Climate Symposium

Members of the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program team have helped to organize and will be heavily involved with a climate symposium being hosted by the University of Oklahoma and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) February 9-10, 2010. SCIPP team member and Oklahoma Associate State Climatologist Gary McManus will be providing the keynote address for the meeting. In addition, Dr. Lynne Carter and Dr. Mark Shafer will be providing presentations on climate adaptation planning. The evening before the symposium, Mark and Lynne will be leading a public lecture on climate change which will include a listening session on community needs for climate change information.

The 1.5-day climate symposium is a free event being offered at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma. For more information on the event and to see the meeting agenda, please visit the meeting website here.