Alaska Infrastructure in a Warming World Workshop

Home Content Workshop Agenda Registration Location Committee Contact Links Strategy Report	The WARMING WORLD: Effects on Alaska Infrastructure A Workshop on 5 - 6 January 2000 Agenda Alaska Infrastructure in a Warming World Draft Workshop Agenda (Some sessions are scheduled at the same time.)
	Wednesday, January 5, 2000 8:30 AM Registration: lobby of Business Education Building (BEB) 8:40 AM, BEB 117 Meeting of Panel Moderators 9:00 AM, BEB 101 Call to order: Orson Smith, UAA School of Engineering 9:05 AM University welcome and keynote address by UAA Chancellor Lee Gorsuch 9:30 AM BEB 101 Session I – “Warming Alaska – the Scientific Perspective” Moderator: Leonard Johnson, University of Alaska Fairbanks Speakers: John Weatherly, CRREL: “ The Arctic Response to Greenhouse Warming in a Global Model” Mark Serreze, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado: “Observational Evidence of Recent Environmental Change in Northern High Latitudes” Vladimir Romanovski, Geophysical Institute, UAF: “Permafrost in Alaska Changes and Impacts” 10:45 AM Break: coffee and pastries in lobby of BEB 11:00 AM BEB 101 Session II – “Global Warming – Challenges to Alaska Infrastructure” Moderator: Orson Smith, School of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage Speakers Dennis Nottingham, President, Peratrovich, Nottingham, and Drage, Anchorage Robert Carlson, Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks 12:00 PM Break for lunch (buffet in Cuddy Center next door to Business Ed. Bldg.) 12:45 PM Luncheon Presentation: Terry Tucker and Jackie Richter-Menge, US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, “SHEBA” 1:30 PM BEB 101 Session IIIA – Roads and Highways Infrastructure Panel Discussion Moderator: Randall Kinney, School of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage Panel members: Tom Brigham, Director of Planning, Alaska Dept. Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF), Juneau Eric Johnson, ADOT&PF, Anchorage Billy Conner, ADOT&PF Research, Fairbanks Howard Holtan, PE, Municipal Engineer, Anchorage Vince Janoo, CRREL, Hanover, NH 1:30 PM BEB 117 Session IIIB – Marine Infrastructure Panel Discussion Moderator: Walter Parker, Commissioner, US Arctic Research Commission Panel members: Robert Pawlowski, Port Advisor, Port MacKenzie, Matanuska-Susitna Borough George Capacci: Alaska Marine Highway System Doug Ward: Alaska Ship & Dry-dock Kent Miller: Kent Miller Associates 2:50 PM Break: refreshments in lobby of BEB 3:10 PM BEB 101 Session IVA: Airport Infrastructure Panel Discussion Moderator: Earl Korynta, President, USKH, Anchorage Panel Members Bob Eaton, CRREL, Hanover, NH Carl Siebe, Alaska DOT&PF Statewide Airport Engineer Paul Bowers, ADOT&PF Director of Statewide Aviation James Perham, FAA Airports Division Safety and Standards Branch 3:10 PM BEB 117 Session IVB: Rural Alaska Infrastructure Panel Discussion Moderator: Mark Anderson, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Panel Members Glenn Sheehan, Director, Barrow Arctic Science Consortium Billy Conner, ADOT&PF Research, Fairbanks Art Ronimus, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium 5:00 PM Adjourn Thursday, January 6, 2000 9:00 AM Registration: coffee and pastries in lobby of BEB 9:15 AM BEB 101 Session VA – Oil, Gas, and Mining Infrastructure Panel Discussion Moderator Panel Members: Gardiner Hill, BP Amoco Deborah J. Goodings, Dept. Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, Cominco Alaska, Red Dog Mine 10:30 AM Break: coffee and pastries in lobby of BEB 10:45 AM BEB 101 Session VIA – Technical Education Moderator:Robert Pawlowski, Port Advisor, Port MacKenzie, Mat-Su Borough Panel Members: Bart Quimby, PE, Ph.D., Chair, UAA Dept. Civil Engineering Bob Carlson, Chair UAF Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering Fred Esposito: AVTEC Cole Schaeffer: NANA/Cominco Phillip Price: UAA Global Logistics 10:45 AM BEB 117 Session VIB – Environmental Monitoring and Research Moderator: Jackie Richter-Menge, CRREL, Hanover, NH Panel Members Craig Woolard, UAA School of Engineering Gunter Weller, UAF Geophysical Institute 12:00 PM Break for lunch (buffet in Cuddy Center next door to BEB) 12:45 PM Luncheon Speaker: Gardiner Hill, Development Manager for Western North Slope, BP Amoco, “CO₂ Capture and Geological Sequestration" 1:30 PM BEB 101 Session VII – Plenary Session: “Preparing Existing Infrastructure for a Warmer Alaska” Moderator: Walter Tucker, CRREL Panel Members Walter Parker, US Arctic Research Commission Col. Sheldon Jahn, Alaska District Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers Lee Gorsuch, UAA Chancellor 2:50 PM Break: refreshments in lobby of BEB 3:10 PM BEB 101 Session VII – Plenary Session: “Roadmap toward New Infrastructure in a Warmer Alaska” Moderator: Walter Tucker, CRREL Panel Members Walter Parker, US Arctic Research Commission Col. Sheldon Jahn, Alaska District Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers Lee Gorsuch, UAA Chancellor 4:50 PM Closing Remarks: Orson Smith, UAA School of Engineering 5:00 PM Adjourn

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