Workshops & Colloquia
Our workshops and colloquia are listed by date since 1985. Selected workshop and colloquium reports are available online. A hard copy of any of the workshop or colloquia proceedings is available upon request.
List of Workshops and Colloquia by Date
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1991 1988 1987 1986 1985
- 2007
- The Challenge of Change: Managing for Sustainability of Oceanic Top Predator Species
- WAS*IS Workshop 2007
- 2006
- WAS*IS Workshop 2005/2006
- ISSE's Summer Colloquia on Climate and Health, July 16- July 22, 2006
- 2005
- ISSE/RAL Workshop - WAS*IS (Weather & Society*Integrated Studies) Workshops. Boulder, Colorado. November 7-11, 2005, March 6-10, 2006.
- 2004
- CLIOTOP Working Group 5 - Socioeconomic Aspects and Management Strategies. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1-3 December 2004
- El Niño Early Warning for Sustainable Development in the Pacific Rim and Islands. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, 13-16 September 2004.
- Summer Colloquium on Climate and Health. Boulder, Colorado, 21-28 July 2004.
- Workshop on Native American Climate Decision Making, Boulder, Colorado, 12-13 July 2004.
- Communicating Urgency, Facilitating Social Change: New Strategies for Climate Change. Boulder, Colorado, 8-11 June 2004.
- Workshop on Airborne Transport of Pathogens: Early Detection, Rapid Alert, and Community Response. Boulder, Colorado, 25 May 2004.
- Climate Change and Water Resources. Boulder, Colorado, 15-16 March 2004.
- 2003
- Usable Science VIII: Early Warning Systems: Do's and Don'ts, Shanghai, China, 20-23 October 2003.
- Advanced Institute on Urbanization, Emission, and the Global Carbon Cycle, Boulder, Colorado, 4-22 August 2003.
- February 24, 2003 Round Table: A session of the John Firor Water Sustainability Round Table, Boulder, Colorado, February 24, 2003.
- January 10, 2003 Round Table: A session of the John Firor Water Sustainability Round Table, Boulder, Colorado, January 10, 2003.
- 2002
- Increasing the Value of Weather Information in the Operation of the Electric Power: A USWRP Sponsored Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, November 6-7, 2002
- The NCAR GIS Initiative Workshop: GIS in Weather, Climate and Impacts, Boulder, Colorado, August 12-14, 2002
- Workshop on a Design for a Prototype CitySat, "Imaging Regional Urban/Industrial Environmental Footprints", Boulder, Colorado, August 7-8, 2002
- Forum on Colorado Cities and Regions, "Viewing the Past, Present, and Future from Satellites and the Computer Chip, Boulder, Colorado, August 5, 2002
- US Workshop on Climate Projections, Uncertainty, and Scenarios for Impacts Assessment, Boulder, Colorado, July 17-19, 2002
- Water, Climate, and Development Issues in the Amudarya Basin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 18-19, 2002
- Flashpoints Informal Planning Meeting, New York, New York, April 4-5, 2002Climate Affairs Capacity Building Program in South and Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 25-28, 2002
- 2001
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- North American Carbon Program Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, September 5-7, 2001
- Risk-Benefit Assessment of Observing System Decision Alternatives (TRMM Workshop), Boulder, Colorado, June 18-19, 2001
- Workshop on Regional Climate Research: Needs and Opportunities, Boulder, Colorado, April 2-4, 2001
- Climate Ethics and Equity, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 22-23, 2001
- 2000
- A Physical Assessment of the Opportunities for Improved Management of the Water Resources of the Bi-National Rio Grande Basin, Boulder, Colorado, September 12, 2000
- Extreme Events Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, June 7-9, 2000
- Mid-Course Correction Meeting for UNFIP Project, Macau, China, March 6-9, 2000
- 1999
- First Meeting of Team Leaders , Geneva, Switzerland, July 8-10, 1999
- 1998
- Prediction in the Earth Sciences: Use and Misuse in Policy Making, Second Workshop, Estes Park, Colorado, September 10-12, 1998
- Review of the Causes and Consequences of Cold Events: A La Niña Summit, Boulder, Colorado, July 15-17, 1998
- 1997
- A Systems Approach to ENSO (ASP Colloquium), Boulder, Colorado, July 20 – August 1, 1997
- Prediction in the Earth Sciences: Use and Misuse in Policy Making, First Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, July 10-12, 1997
- Workshop on the Social and Economics Impacts of Weather, Boulder, Colorado, April 2-4, 1997
- 1996
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop - Scientific, Environmental, and Political Issues in the Circum-Caspian Region, Moscow, Russia, May 13-16, 1996
- Usable Science IV: ENSO and Extreme Events in the Wider Caribbean Region, Havana, Cuba, January 9-12, 1996
- 1995
- An Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource, Boulder, Colorado, June 5-7, 1995
- Usable Science III: ENSO and Extreme Events in Southeast Asia, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, October 23-26, 1995
- 1994
- Usable Science II: The Use and Misuse of El Niño Information in North America, Boulder, Colorado, October 31 – November 3, 1994
- Creeping Environmental Phenomena and Societal Responses To Them, Boulder, Colorado, 1994
- 1993
- Usable Science I: The Value of ENSO Forecasts to Famine Early Warning Systems, Budapest, Hungary, 1993
- 1992
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop – Regional Organizations and Climate Change, Paris, France, 1992
- Great Lakes Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Boulder, Colorado, 1992
- 1991
- ENSO and Climate Change, Bangkok, Thailand, 1991
- 1990
- Mesoscale Research Initiative: Societal Aspects, Boulder, Colorado, December 10-11, 1990
- Assessing Winners and Losers in the Context of Global Warming, St. Julians, Malta, 1990
- 1989
- Climate Change and Fisheries, Boulder, Colorado, 1989
- International Networkshop, Boulder, Colorado, 1989
- 1988
- ENSO and Teleconnections, Bangkok, Thailand, 1988
- US/Hungary Forecasting by Analogy Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 1988
- 1987
- North American Forecasting by Analogy Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, 1987
- ENSO and Socioeconomic Impacts, Lugano, Switzerland, 1987
- 1985
- North American Networkshop, Boulder, Colorado, 1985
- Drought and Hunger in Africa, Boulder, Colorado, 1985
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