California Drought Conference

8:30 AM-9:00 AM

Conveners: Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Drought Causes/Monitoring Plenary

Keynote Speaker: Daniel R Cayan, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Morning Break

10:30 AM-11:15 AM

Panel: Drought Causes

Rapporteurs: Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States

Panelists: Daniel Griffin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Chris C Funk, University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Gudrun Magnusdottir, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, Daniel L Swain, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Henry F Diaz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

11:15 AM-12:30 PM

Panel: Drought Monitoring

Rapporteurs: Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States

Panelists: Dennis P Lettenmaier, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Eric E Small, Univ of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States and Shraddhanand Shukla, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

Lunch (On site: Group)

1:45 PM-2:45 PM

Drought Impact/Water Supply Plenary

Keynote Speaker: Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

2:45 PM-3:30 PM

Panel: Drought Impacts on Agriculture, Energy and Economy

Rapporteurs: Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States

Panelists: Forrest S Melton, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, Kurt Schwabe, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States and Jeff Dozier, University of California, Mammoth Lakes, CA, United States

3:30 PM-3:50 PM

Afternoon Break

3:50 PM-5:00 PM

Panel: Drought Impacts Water Supply

Rapporteurs: Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States

Panelists: James S Famiglietti, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Jay Jasperse, Sonoma County Water, Santa Rosa, CA, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Claudia Faunt, U.S. Geological Survey, CA WSC, San Diego, CA, San Diego, CA, United States

5:00 PM-5:45 PM

Day One Redux: Challenges/Needs/Gaps

Panelists: Martin P Hoerling, NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Reception/Ice Breaker

8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Drought Impact/Ecosystems Plenary I

Keynote Speaker: Travis E Huxman, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

Rapporteurs: Ashmita Sengupta, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Panelists: Nathan J Mantua, NOAA La Jolla, La Jolla, CA, United States, Christopher A Williams, Clark University, Worcester, MA, United States and Martha H Conklin, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States

12:15 PM-2:00 PM

Lunch (On site: Group)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Operational Decision Making Plenary

Keynote Speaker: Jeanine Jones, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States

3:00 PM-3:20 PM

Afternoon Break

3:20 PM-4:20 PM

Panel: Operational Decision Making

Rapporteurs: David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

Panelists: Andrew W Wood¹, Michael Anderson², Bill Hasencamp³ and John Leahigh², (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States(2)California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States(3)Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Irvine, CA, United States

4:20 PM-5:20 PM

Day Two Redux: Challenges/Needs/Gaps

Panelists: David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States and Ashmita Sengupta, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Drought Management/Policy Plenary

Keynote Speaker: AG Kawamura, Solutions from the Land, Irvine, CA, United States

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Poster Session II

10:00 AM-10:20 AM

Morning Break

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Panel: Drought Management/Policy

Rapporteurs: Veva DeHeza, University of Colorado, CIRES and NIDIS Program, Boulder, CO, United States

Panelists: Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Heather Cooley, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, United States and Michael Kiparsky, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

Lunch (On site: Group)

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Opportunities: Drought Early Warning

Rapporteurs: Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States

Panelists: Roger S Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, Roger C Bales, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States, Kingtse C Mo, NOAA Science Center, College Park, MD, United States and Jeanine Jones, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States

3:00 PM-3:20 PM

Afternoon Break

3:20 PM-4:35 PM

Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance California's Resilience to Drought

Panelists: Travis E Huxman, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, David Feldman, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Amir AghaKouchak, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, CA, United States, Michael Anderson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA, United States and Jay R Lund, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States

California Drought Conference

April 19 - 22, 2015