Visioneers Telecon Page
visioneers Telecon February 22, 2010
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Participants: Brian Rogan Bruce Caron Carol Meyer Chris Lenhardt Rahul Ramachadrian Bruce Wilson Rob Raskin Margaret Mooney
the energy and climate theme was approved by the excom as well as meeting locations three years out, but there was a caution on signing contracts too early. There were no ideas for speakers but gave the green light for the group to go ahead and plan that part of the agenda.
"Straw Man" Discussion
ESIP Energy Group – Draft Proposal
Understanding Climate change impact on Energy demand and supply, and decision support for planning adaptation and mitigation strategies is one of the highest priorities from national security as well as from national and local government agency’s perspective. It has significant implications both from domestic and international point of view. ESIP could play a major role in bringing together a forum for impacted organizations to provide end user needs, utilities to articulate challenges and requirements to meet those needs, and government and private sector leaders to serve those needs.
To that end, we would like to launch an Energy WG within ESIP at the upcoming ESIP Summer 2010 meeting in Knoxville, TN.
Proposed Agenda Items are:
I. General session - Key Notes
· Climate Change and Energy: Utilities Perspective
· Climate Change and Energy: National Security Requirements
II. Breakout Session I: End User Needs
· Energy requirements for local communities in the face of climate change and population growth
Example: Fossil Free by 33 Campaign bruce c 14:44, 22 February 2010 (EST)
· Military Base energy requirements for adaptation and mitigation
· User Group Panel Discussion: Energy Requirements
III. Breakout Session II – Public Policy and Government Plans
· Climate Change Impact on Energy Sector: Public Policy Issues and Challenges
· State Planners Perspective on Climate Change and Energy
· NASA Perspective on Climate Change and Energy
· NOAA Perspective on Climate Change and Energy
IV. Breakout session III. Decision Support Solutions
· National Data Resources -
· Economic and Energy assessment
· Power Infrastructure Decision Support
· Downscaling Models for Regional Applications
· Others?
Bruce Wilson (Group Leader, Environmental Data Science and Systems, ORNL) Shailendra Kumar (Director, Environmental Business Development, NGC)
