Climate change effects in the Nordic industry, economy and society: Better predictions for better adaptation

SARMA, the Nordic Network on Statistical Approaches to Regional Climate Models for Adaptation, is a Top-level Research Initiative science network, funded by the Nordic Research Council NordForsk. It consists of some one hundred scientists in academic departments as well as in meteorological offices from all the Nordic countries.

This workshop focuses on the prediction of effects of climate change in various branches of the Nordic economy and society. The Nordic countries have world class science communities in both statistics and climate research. Industry at large and society are among the world leaders in the analysis of the effect of climate change on their enterprises, activity and organization.

The workshop will be an occasion for stakeholders, statisticians and climate scientists to review the current understanding of climate change effects in key areas of the Nordic societies, and to start designing the research road map needed to reach a more precise understanding of future scenarios, with realistic measures of uncertainty, thus empowering business, technology and political decision makers with precise assessment of risk.

The workshop is open to all participants, with no registration fee.  The participants include statisticians working in climate change, experts from the various areas of society working with climate change, climate change researchers, decision makers,  technical staff, governmental agency personnel, students and public. The workshop is organized by Norsk Regnesentral and the University of Oslo.

Place: Norsk Regnesentral, Gaustadalleen 23a/b (Kristen Nygaards hus), 0373 Oslo, meetingroom Alfa-Omega

Date: June 3-4, 2013

Web page: http://www.nrcse.washington.edu/NordicNetwork/industry.html

Registration: http://www.nr.no/en/projects/sarma-workshop-climate-change-effects

Accommodation:
    Walking distance from the university: Thon hotel Ullevål
    Downtown: Bondeheimen Hotel

Programme committee:

• Professor Arnoldo Frigessi, University of Oslo and Norsk Regnesentral
• Associate Professor Ida Scheel, University of Oslo
• Senior Research Scientist Ola Haug, Norsk Regnesentral
• Managing Director Lars Holden, Norsk Regnesentral
• Professor Peter Guttorp, University of Washington and Norsk Regnesentral