Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable Environments: Creating a Roadmap for Change in the United States (18–20 September 2006)
Session No. 1 Monday, 18 September 2006
8:00 AM-6:00 PM, : North & South Summit

Drought Management: Past and Present

 Paper #Start Time
1-18:00 AM SHIFTING THE PARADIGM FROM CRISIS TO RISK MANAGEMENT: WILHITE, Donald A., National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, 239 Chase Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, dwilhite2@unl.edu
1-28:45 AM DROUGHT AND WATER SCARCITY MANAGEMENT: HOW CAN SCIENTISTS BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF POLICY MAKERS?: WHITNEY, Gene, National Science and Technology Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20502, gwhitney@ostp.eop.gov
1-39:30 AM WHAT THE PALEO-RECORD TELLS US ABOUT DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES: PAST AND FUTURE: WOODHOUSE, Connie A., NOAA-NCDC Paleoclimatology Branch and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, 325 Broadway, E/CC23, Boulder, CO 80305, connie.woodhouse@noaa.gov
 10:00 AM Refreshment Break
1-410:30 AM DECADE-SCALE DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS AND WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S.: ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL OR READY FOR THE BIG ONE?: GARFIN, Gregg, CLIMAS: Climate Assessment for the Southwest, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0156, gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu and JACOBS, Katharine, Arizona Water Institute, 845 N. Park Avenue, Ste 532, Tucson, AZ 85719
1-511:00 AM WHAT IS WATER WORTH WHEN IT'S REALLY SCARCE?: BRADEN, John B., Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W. Gregory Drive, Rm. 304, Urbana, IL 61801, jbb@uiuc.edu
1-611:30 AM AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY: LESSONS LEARNED AND RELEVANCE TO U.S. DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND POLICY: BOTTERILL, Linda, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 Australia, l.botterill@adfa.edu.au
1-712:00 PM DROUGHT RISK MANAGEMENT: BECOMING PROACTIVE IN AN INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF CRISIS: PULWARTY, Roger, NOAA, University of Colorado
 1:30 PM IDENTIFYING INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO DROUGHT MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. WORLD CAFÉ: INTERACTIVE SESSION TO DEFINE IMPEDIMENTS
 2:45 PM Refreshment Break
 3:15 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS: OVERCOMING INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT
 4:45 PM REPORTS FROM BREAKOUT GROUPS AND WRAP-UP FOR THE DAY

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