Climate Adaptation 2014: Future Challenges

Monday 29 September	Tuesday 30 September	Wednesday 1 October	Thursday 2 October
	07:30 - 18:30 Registration Open
		08:00 - 18:30 Registration Open 08:00 - 08:30 Poster Breakfast
	08:30 - 10:05 Opening Plenary - International Perspectives on Climate Adaptation	08:30 - 10:00 Parallel Session 7 - Business as usual? Productivity and prosperity in a changed climate Parallel Session 8 - Communicating climate science and adaptation Parallel Session 9 - Adapting coastal management Parallel Session 10 - Barriers and enablers to local adaptation Parallel Session 11 - Adapting water resource management Parallel Session 12 - Urban infrastructure and livelihoods	08:30 - 16:30 Registration Open
			09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Session 4 - Adaptation from catchment to coast - complex decision making
10:00 - 10:30 Early Career & Student Workshop Registration Open including Morning Tea		10:00 - 10:30 Morning Tea
	10:05 - 10:30 Morning Tea
10:30 - 12:30 Postgraduate Student Workshop	10:30 - 12:00 Plenary 2 - How is business responding to climate change?	10:30 - 12:00 Panel Session 6 - Business & Markets Panel Session 7 - Communication - uncertainty is irrelevant Panel Session 8 - The IPCC: after the Fifth Assessment, what next? Panel Session 9 - Transformational adaptation: Why, when and how? Panel Session 10 - NSW Adaptation Research Hub - Turning Research into Action	10:30 - 12:30 Workshop: Using MCAS-S in NRM - Hand On! Lessons from the WA NRM Planning for Climate Change Experience (Prebooked delegates only) 10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
			11:00 - 12:30 Parallel Session 19 - Food security in a changing world Parallel Session 20 - Engaging with stakeholders Parallel Session 21 - Tools and knowledge to support adaptation Parallel Session 22 - Climate extremes and disaster management Parallel Session 23 - Frameworks, policy and regulation for adaptation Parallel Session 24 - Approaches for adapting and transforming conservation management in a changing climate
	12:00 - 13:30 Lunch	12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
	12:15 - 13:15 Showcase Session 1 - Now versus Later - Making decisions in the face of climate change (URPS and SEED Consulting) - All Welcome	12:15 - 13:15 Showcase Session 2 - AdaptInfrastructure briefing
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch		12:30 - 13:30 Adaptation Pathways Community	12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
			12:35 - 13:25 Birds of a Feather Session 1 - Adaptation in the Pacific Island region Birds of a Feather Session 2 - Natural Resource Managers Birds of a Feather Session 3 - Effective communication 12:35 - 14:30 Workshop Session - AdaptInfrastructure Training Session
13:15 - 14:40 Postgraduate Student Workshop (cont)
	13:30 - 15:00 Panel Session 1 - Creating and sustaining value in light of climate change: Insights from food and beverage value chains Panel Session 2 - Vulnerable and disadvantaged communities Panel Session 3 - Is cost-benefit analysis any use for informing adaptation decisions? Panel Session 4 - How can we manage the risks of flooding related to climate change? Panel Session 5 - Delivering on the Ground Actions: Moving out of the Planning Phase	13:30 - 15:00 Plenary 3 - Limits to adaptation	13:30 - 15:00 Parallel Session 25 - Agriculture Parallel Session 26 - Building resilience of communities and community services Parallel Session 27 - Tools and knowledge to support adaptation Parallel Session 28 - Climate extremes and disaster management Parallel Session 29 - Frameworks, policy and regulation for adaptation Parallel Session 30 - Infrastructure, communities and livelihoods
14:30 - 15:00 Afternoon Tea
15:00 - 16:30 Postgraduate Student Workshop (cont)	15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea	15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea	15:00 - 15:10 Short Break
			15:10 - 16:30 Plenary 5 - Future Challenges for Adaptation
	15:30 - 17:00 Parallel Session 1 - Business as usual? Productivity and prosperity in a changed climate Parallel Session 2 - Communicating climate science and adaptation: building support for action Parallel Session 3 - High rise, high risk: How sea level rise will affect Australia's coastline Parallel Session 4 - Frameworks for enabling adaptation Parallel Session 5 - Planning for adaptation in natural resource management Parallel Session 6 - Climate adaptation engineering for built infrastructure	15:30 - 17:00 Parallel Session 13 - Economics to support adaptation decision-making Parallel Session 14 - Building resilience of communities and community services Parallel Session 15 - The role of traditional knowledge in adaptation Parallel Session 16 - Adapting coastal management Parallel Session 17 - Planning for adaptation in natural resource management Parallel Session 18 - Urban infrastructure and livelihoods
16:30 - 18:00 Conference Registration Opens			16:30 - 18:30 Side Event: Lessons about knowledge transfer between science and practice in the NRM planning for climate change program
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception	17:00 - 17:10 Short Break	17:00 - 17:10 Short Break
	17:10 - 18:30 Synopsis Session 3 - Communicating climate science and adaptation: building support for action Synopsis Session 1 - Business & Economics Synopsis Session 2 - Building resilient communities and community services Synopsis Session 4 - Adapting coastal management Synopsis Session 5 - Frameworks, policy and regulation for climate adaptation Synopsis Session 6 - Planning for adaptation in natural resource management	17:10 - 18:30 Synopsis Session 7 - Building resilience of communities and community services Synopsis Session 8 - Tools and knowledge to support adaptation Synopsis Session 9 - Health, heat and extremes Synopsis Session 10 - Frameworks, policy and regulation Synopsis Session 11 - Planning for adaptation in natural resource management Synopsis Session 12 - Urban infrastructure and livelihoods
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		19:30 - 22:30 Conference Dinner

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