DAY 1

8:30 am

Breakfast

All

9 am

Introductions

All

9:10 am

Welcome remarks

CCIWG co-chairs (Nancy Cavallaro and Mike Kuperberg), CCSSG Chair (Dan Brown), Gyami Shrestha

9:20 am

Agency updates

DOE, EPA, NSF, USGS, NIST, NOAA, USDA, NASA

10 am

CCIWG update, incl. 2013 NASA ROSES Carbon Solicitation,  Program Office update

CCIWG co-chairs , Diane Wickland, Gyami Shrestha

10:15 am

SGCCR update

Mike Kuperberg

10:25 am

USGCRP remarks/reporting

Julie Morris

10:45 am

Carbon in the Third National Climate Assessment (Biogeochemistry, Mitigation, Land Use Change etc.)

Fred Lipschultz /NCA CCSSG authors

11:05 am

Observations Interagency Working Group

Pat Jacobberger-Jellision

11:20 am

Break, Q & A discussions on all the above

ALL

11:45 am

Urban Carbon Activity reporting

Paty Romero-Lankao,

Kevin Gurney

12:35 pm

Break-out session  goals  for action – Finalize existing proposals/plans/outlines of proposed activities –

and Break-out topics briefing (< 10 minutes each)

CCIWG co-chairs, Gyami Shrestha,

Arlyn Andrews, Steve Rose, Ken Davis

1 pm

Working Lunch at the meeting venue – Break-outs Discussions will yield

- tentative workshop/white paper deadline(s)

- goal and scope of activity

- target audience

- planning committee names

- draft outline of workshop agenda/white paper

- needs/expectations from the CCIWG

- revisions  in the context of new science and USG policy developments etc.

3 Break-outs – Part 1

- Carbon Observations

- Land Carbon Projections

- Carbon Management and Predictions

- CCIWG members and invited guests are requested to participate in the groups too.

2:10 pm

Break-out groups’ reporting - Part 1 (7 minutes each)

Break-out leads and participants

2:30 pm

An evolving Coupled North Atlantic-Arctic initiative

Debbie Bronk

2:45 pm

Ocean Carbon – Part 1

14:45    EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS), Update on OCB activities

15:00    An update on the North American Coastal Carbon Synthesis (CCARS)

Craig Carlson

Ray Najjar

3:15 pm

Break

BREAK

3:30 pm

Ocean carbon – Part 2

15:15    Evaluating Projections of the Ocean’s Role in Climate: Heat & Carbon Uptake by the Southern Ocean

15:30    Ocean Acidification IWG Strategic Plan

State Department Meeting

Joellen Russell

Dwight Gledhill

4:15 pm

Global Carbon Project

Galen McKinley, Gyami Shrestha

4: 30 pm

Q & A, discussions

ALL

5 pm 

ADJOURN Day 1

CCIWG Meeting from 5 to 5:30 pm.

DAY 2

8:30 am

Breakfast

All

9 am

CCIWG and CCSSG reflections on Day 1

All

9:15 am

Urban Carbon - CCIWG response

CCIWG

9:30 am

Break-out groups discussions part 2

All

10:15 am

Break-out groups’ reports- part 2 –

(15 minutes each)

Break-out leads and participants

11 am

Next steps ‘Next big Things’

CCIWG guidance, CCSSG commitments

11:15 am

BREAK

BREAK

11:30 am

Reflections on Day 1 & 2, ACTION ITEMS, Time line for ACTION implementation

ALL

12 PM

Member Rotations, Thanks, Final Remarks

CCIWG co-chairs, CCSSG Chair, Gyami Shrestha

12:30 pm

END OF 28^th Biannual CCSSG Meeting – THANKS ALL!!