AAAS Workshop on Communicating Climate Science March 6, Miami

Kenny Broad, CRED co-director and Director of the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy will host an American Associate for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Workshop on Communicating Climate Science on March 6th in Miami, FL. The deadline to apply is February 25th.

You are invited to apply to the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Workshop on Communicating Climate Science 

Friday March 6, 2015

Workshop: 8:30am – 12:00pm

Panel Discussion:  1:00pm – 2:00pm
RSMAS campus, MSC 343 classroom

University of Miami, Florida

Please Apply to Participate: http://tinyurl.com/AAASMiami

Rolling Application Deadline is Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Hosted by the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and the

Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy

Lunch will be provided and specified dietary restrictions accommodated.

 

The ability to convey complex concepts effectively can help scientists successfully engage in a variety of public and professional interactions, including speaking with public audiences, conducting media interviews, writing grant proposals, discussing ideas with students, testifying before Congress, and/or participating in a public forum. This workshop will touch on all of these aspects, with a special emphasis on speaking to and initiating dialogue with public audiences regarding climate science and climate change adaptation and impacts.

Panelists include:

Mark Cane, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Department of Physics & Applied Mathematics, Columbia University

Ben Kirtman, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

Adam Sobel, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Department of Physics & Applied Mathematics, Columbia University

Craig Setzer, Chief Meteorologist, CBS Miami

Please contact Kimberly Chamales at kchamales@rsmas.miami.edu or
(708) 703-2345 for questions. Thank you!