Draft Agenda

8:45 - 9:05

Introduction and Context by Dr.  Joel Scheraga, U.S. EPA National Program Director Global Change Research

9:05 – 9:15

Welcome from OAQPS RTP-VIP

Fire, Climate and Air Quality

9:15 – 9:45

Investigation of the Effects of Changing Climate on Fires and the Consequences for U.S. Air Quality, Using a Hierarchy of Chemistry and Climate Models
Dr. Logan, Harvard

9:45 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 10:45

Investigation of the Interactions between Climate Change, Biomass, Forest Fires, and Air Quality with an Integrated Modeling Approach
Dr. Shankar, UNC

10:45 – 11:15

Interaction of ecosystems, fires, air quality and climate change
Dr. Wang, GA Tech.

Poster Session

11:15 – 12:00

Posters

12:00 – 1:15

Lunch

Air Quality Impacts of Changing Land-use and Transportation

1:15 – 1:45

Regional Development, Population Trend, and Technology Change Impacts on Future Air Pollution Emissions in the San Joaquin Valley
Dr. Kleeman, UC Davis

1:45 – 2:15

Advanced Modeling System for Assessing Long-Term Regional Development Patterns, Travel Behavior, Emissions, and Air Quality
Dr. Rodriguez, UNC

2:15 – 2:45

An Integrated Framework for Estimating Long-Term Mobile Source Emissions Linking Land Use, Transportation, and Economic Behavior
Dr. Harrington, Resources for the Future

2:45 – 3:15

Break

3:15 – 3:45

A Long Term Integrated Framework Linking Urban Development, Demographic Trends and Technology Changes to Stationary and Mobile Source Emissions
Dr. Anas, SUNY Buffalo

3:45 – 4:15

Air Quality, Emissions, Growth, and Change: A Method to Prescribe a Desirable Future
Dr. Chang, GA Tech.

4:15 – 4:45

Policy-Maker reflections

Tuesday October 28, 2008

9:00 – 9:15

Introduction by Dr.  Dan Costa, U.S. EPA, National Program Director Air Research Program

Air Quality Impacts of Changing Land-use and Transportation

9:15 – 9:45

Predicting the Relative Impacts of Urban Development Policies and On-Road Vehicle Technologies on Air Quality in the US: Modeling and Analysis of a Case Study in Austin, TX
Dr. McDonald-Buller, University of Texas

9:45 – 10:15

Projecting the Effects of Land Use and Technology Change on Future Air Quality in the Upper Midwestern United States
Dr.  Stone, U.Wisconsin, Madison

10:15 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 11:15

Development and Evaluation of a Methodology for Determining Air Pollution Emissions Relative to Geophysical and Societal Changes
Dr. Williams, U. Illinois, Urbana-Champagne

11:15 – 11:45

Integrating Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Modeling
Dr. Waddell, U. Washington, Seattle

11:45 – 1:00

Lunch

Air quality impacts of future electricity generation

1:00 – 1:30

Methodology for Assessing the Effects of Technological and Economic Changes on the Location, Timing and Ambient Air Quality Impacts of Power Sector Emissions
Dr. Ellis, Johns Hopkins

Air quality impacts of future biogenic emissions

1:30 – 2:00

New Biogenic VOC Emission Models
Dr. Monson, CU-Boulder

2:00 – 2:30

Impacts of Climate Change and Land Cover Change on Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) Emissions in Texas
Dr. Yang, U. Texas-Austin

2:30 – 3:00

Break

3:00 – 3:30

Reduced Atmospheric Methane Consumption by Temperate Forest Soils Under Elevated Atmospheric CO2: Causative Factors
Dr. Whalen, UNC

3:30 – 4:00

A Coupled Measurement-Modeling Approach to Improve Biogenic Emission Estimates: Application to Future Air Quality Assessments
Dr. Mao, U. New Hampshire