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Monday 27 March: Arrival and registration

Hotel check in

Accommodation check-in is available from 4 pm

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Dinner

Registration, Introductions and Agenda Overview

Tuesday 28 March: Anthromes and Terrestrial Carbon

See the speakers profiles' for the full abstract of their talk

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Breakfast

Topic for discussion: How important are anthromes for understanding terrestrial C sources & sinks?

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Registration, Welcome and Poster exhibition set up
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Session 1: What are anthromes? Their geography and relevance to the carbon cycle
  • 9.00 – 9.10: Welcome to the meeting
  • 9.10 – 9.40: The history and evolution of anthromes, Erle Ellis*
  • 9.40 – 10.10: Tropical forest anthromes and the past, present and future terrestrial carbon cycle, Yadvinder Malhi*
  • 10.10 – 10.30: Change is in the air: The fate of grassy ecosystems in the Anthropocene, Nicola Stephens (presenting remotely) 
  • 10.30 – 10.50:  Prospects for Satellite Remote Sensing to Identify Evolving Anthromes and Quantify Carbon Cycle Dynamics, Forrest Hoffman
    • Speakers
    Erle Ellis
    Professor
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Yadvinder Malhi
    Professor of Ecosystem Science
    University of Oxford
    Nicola Stevens
    University of Oxford
    Forrest Hoffman
    Computational Earth System Scientist
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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    Refreshment break
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    Session 2 (part 1): CO2 and land use change as drivers of terrestrial carbon dynamics
    • 11.20- 11.50: Carbon emissions and uptake from land use and land cover changes – uncertainties and implications for the land carbon sink, Almut Arneth*  (presenting remotely) 
    • 11.50 – 12.10: Carbon dynamics in mature forests under elevated CO2: Evidence from three contrasting forests , Rich Norby
        Speakers
        Almut Arneth
        Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
        Richard Norby
        Emeritus Research Fellow and Honorary Professor
        Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Birmingham
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        Lunch

        Topic for discussion: How important are anthromes for understanding terrestrial C sources & sinks?

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        Session 2 (part 2): CO2 and land use change as drivers of terrestrial carbon dynamics
        • 2.00 – 2.20: The Amazon as a showcase on the interplay between CO2 effects, LUC and carbon dynamics , David Lapola
        • 2.20 – 2.40: Contributions of CO 2 -fertilization and deforestation to future climate and carbon storage change in the Amazon, Yue Li
        Speakers
        David Lapola
        Research scientist
        University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Brazil
        Yue Li
        Postdoc
        University of California, Irvine
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        Refreshment Break
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        Session 3: The role of forest demography & succession in the carbon cycle
      • 3.00 – 3.20: Carbon cycling in mature and regrowth forests globally,  Kristina Andersen-Teixeira
      • 3.20 – 3.40: Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests, J.Aaron Hogan
      • 3.40 – 4.00: The carbon sink of recovering degraded and secondary forests across the tropics: Science, Satellites and Policy,  Viola Heinrich
      • 4.00 – 4.20: Disruption of animal seed dispersal reduces carbon accumulation during tropical forest regrowth, Evan Fricke
      • 4.20 – 4.40: Forest demographic shifts alters drought responses and associated carbon sequestration, Tsun Fung Au
        • Speakers
        Kristina Anderson-Teixeira
        Forest Ecologist, Leader of ForestGEO Ecosystems & Climate Program
        Smithsonian
        J. Aaron Hogan
        Postdoc
        University of Florida
        Viola Heinrich
        University Of Exeter
        Evan Fricke
        Research Scientist
        MIT
        Tsun Fung Au
        Postdoctoral Fellow
        University of Michigan
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        Poster Exhibition

        View the list of poster presenters

        From 5 - 6 pm even numbered posters are encouraged to be next to their poster

        From 6 - 7 pm odd numbered posters are encouraged to be next to their poster

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        Dinner

        Topic for discussion: How important are anthromes for understanding terrestrial C sources & sinks?

        Wednesday 29 March: Anthrome Transitions and CO2-Fertilization

        See the speakers profiles' for the full abstract of their talk

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        Breakfast

        Topic for discussion:  How does developing an anthromes perspective improve our understanding of the historical C-cycle & CO2-fertilization?

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        Session 4: Carbon in Indigenous and pre-industrial anthromes.
        • 8.30 – 8.35: Welcome to the day
        • 8.35 – 9.05: Aboriginal cultural burning, catastrophic fires, and the carbon cycle: ancient techniques for modern problems,  Michael-Shawn Fletcher*
        • 9.05 – 9.35: Carbon in indigenous and pre-industrial anthromes: An overview of stocks and processes,  Jed Kaplan
        • 9.35 – 10.05: Legacies of long-term cumulative activities of Indigenous peoples in Amazonian forest composition and dynamics, Carolina Levis (presenting remotely)
        • 10.05 – 10.35: Pre-industrial land use transitions in the tropics and their multi-scalar ramifications for the carbon cycle,  Patrick Roberts (presenting remotely) 
        Speakers
        Michael-Shawn Fletcher
        University of Melbourne
        Jed Kaplan
        The University of Hong Kong
        Carolina Levis
        Federal University of Santa Catarina
        Patrick Roberts
        Research Group Leader/Lead Scientist
        Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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        Refreshment Break
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        Session 5: Implications of land use change uncertainties for the CO2-driven natural land sink
        • 11.00 - 11.20: Scrutinizing the role of land management for the carbon state of ecosystems, Karl-Heinz Erb 
        • 11.20 - 11.40: Uncertainties in modelled CO 2 fluxes from land use and land use change, Wolfgang Obermeier
        • 11.40 - 12.00: Translating land-use fluxes for 2001-2020 from global models to national inventories, Giacomo Grassi (presenting remotely)
        • 12.00 - 12.20: Simulating China's carbon dynamics using improved LUCC data: from source to sink, Zhen Yu (presenting remotely)
        • 12.20 - 12.40: The role of anthromes in understanding the CO2-fertilization hypothesis, Anthony   Walker
        Speakers
        Karl-Heinz Erb
        BOKO, Vienna
        Wolfgang Obermeier
        Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
        Giacomo Grassi
        Joint Research Centre, European Commission
        Zhen Yu
        Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
        Anthony Walker
        Senior Scientist
        Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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        Lunch

        Topic for discussion: How does developing an anthromes perspective improve our understanding of the historical C-cycle & CO2-fertilization?

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        Session 6 (part 1): How does developing an anthromes perspective improve our understanding of the historical C-cycle & CO2-fertilization?

        Unfortunately Crystal is unable to join us, we will try and record her talk at a later time. 

        Please join us at 2.15 for a group photo, followed by a newly added talk: 

        Implications for carbon budgets of differing views of Amazonian pre-history, Mark Bush

        Speakers
        Crystal McMichael
        Associate Professor
        University of Amsterdam
        Mark Bush
        Professor
        Florida Tech
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        Session 6 (part 2): How do assumptions of pre-industrial C-cycle equilibrium influence our understanding of the historical C-cycle?

        Panel Discussion: How does developing an anthromes perspective improve our understanding of the historical C-cycle & CO<sub>2</sub>-fertilization? e.g. assumptions of pre-industrial C-cycle equilibrium

        (Panel: TBD)

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        Refreshment Break
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        Session 7: CO2-fertilization and human land-use contributions to future terrestrial carbon storage.
        • 4.10 – 4.30: What is the mitigation potential of improved land-use, and how will it respond to future climate change? , Stephanie Roe (presenting remotely) 
        • 4.30 – 4.50: Agroforestry as a natural climate solution, Susan Cook-Patton
        • 4.50 – 5.10: Global Carbon Dioxide Removal Potential of Trees in Agriculture , Vivian Griffey
        • 5.10 – 5.30: Effect of land use and land cover change and CO2 fertilization on the future carbon sink for the conterminous U.S, Benjamin Felzer
        • 5.30 – 5.50: What will happen to the terrestrial carbon sink once we reach net zero?,  Charlie Koven
        Speakers
        Stephanie Roe
        Global Climate Lead Scientist
        WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
        Susan Cook-Patton
        Senior Forest Restoration Scientist
        The Nature Conservancy
        Vivian Griffey
        Spatial Analyst
        Conservation International
        Benjamin Felzer
        Associate Professor
        Lehigh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
        Charlie Koven
        Staff Scientist
        Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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        Poster session

        View the list of poster presenters

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        Dinner

        Topic for discussion:  How does developing an anthromes perspective improve our understanding of the historical C-cycle & CO2-fertilization?

        Thursday 30th March: A Net-Zero Driven Future

        See the speakers profiles' for the full abstract of their talk

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        Breakfast

        Topic for discussion: How do we bring people & equity into C-cycle and net-zero science?

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        Session 8: Net-zero, carbon as capital, and land justice: Avoiding the great carbon land grab.
        • 8.30 – 8.35: Welcome to the day
        • 8.35 – 8.55: Collective Property Rights Lead to Secondary Forest Growth in the Brazilian Amazon, Kathryn Baragwanath
        • 8.55 – 9.15: The mismeasure of terrestrial carbon policy: How many current policies are unjust and ineffective and how to fix it, Forrest Fleischman
        • 9.15 – 9.35: Engaging stakeholders to develop inclusive and just net-zero solutions, Keith Kline
        • 9.35 – 9.55: Terrestrial carbon removal activities, standards, certifications, and their expected durations, Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite
        • 9.55 – 10.15: Forested anthromes: providing an opportunity for net-zero goals through sustainable management, Maggie Davis
        Speakers
        Kathryn Baragwanath
        Research Fellow
        Australian Catholic University
        Forrest Fleischman
        Associate Professor
        University of Minnesota
        Keith L Kline
        Distinguished Scientist
        Oak Ridge National Laboratory
        Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite
        Restoration Science Director
        Conservation International
        Maggie Davis
        Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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        Refreshment break

        delegates departing today should ensure they have checked out of their room before the end of the coffee break. 

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        Session 9 : How do we bring people & equity into C-cycle science?
        • Stakeholder engagement to address concerns and opportunities related to the carbon cycle, Virgina Dale*
        Speaker
        Virginia Dale
        University of Tennessee
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        Session 9 (part 2) : How do we bring people & equity into C-cycle science?

        Panel Discussion: How do we bring people & equity into C-cycle science?

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        Lunch

        Topic for discussion -  How do we bring people & equity into C-cycle and net-zero science?

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        Session 10: How to maximize terrestrial ecosystem carbon and increase global equity.
        • 1.30 - 1.50: Tropical forest carbon in an unequal world: a social science perspective , Vera Ehrenstein
        • 1.50 - 2.10: Future forest growth in the UK – a case study of supporting land use decisions for net zero , Anna Harper
        • 2.10 - 2.30: Showcasing NASA GEDI mission data for aboveground carbon monitoring and evaluation of carbon losses from LULC events, Adrian Pasqual
        • 2.30 - 3.00: Realizing Rights, Securing Climate Outcomes, Alain Frechette
        Speakers
        Véra Ehrenstein
        Researcher
        CNRS / EHESS
        Anna Harper
        Senior Lecturer
        University of Exeter
        Adrian Pascual
        Assistant Research Professor
        University of Maryland - NASA GEDI Science Team
        Alain Frechette
        Director, Strategic Analysis and Global Engagement
        Rights and Resources Initiative
        Close of Symposium

        Please remove any posters by 3.30pm.  Refreshments available until 4pm


        ORNL are organising two airport shuttles from the Bolger center, departing promptly at 3.15pm.  The shuttles will go to Dulles (IAD) airport and National (DCA).  Places on the shuttles are available on a first come, first serve basis, Request a place by emailing Christine Phillips at np-synposia@lancater.ac.uk, or signing up at the registration desk on site.   Both journeys will take between 30-45min depending on traffic.  


        Please ensure that the shuttle arrival time of approximately 4pm is sufficient for your check in and security clearance times, and ORNL cannot accept any liability for missed flights due to the delay of the shuttle.  Please make your own Airport transportation arrangements should these shuttle time not be suitable.