ER-DGVM-C Logistics

Logistics

Woods Hole is a small seaside town for which there is a Peter Pan charter bus service from New York City, Providence, and Boston, with other stops.  The Marine Biological Laboratory is about a 6-minute walk from the bus and ferry terminal.  For those who are driving, there is ample parking at MBL. An Event parking lot is available with MBL-issued permits for approximately 30 cars. Permits are complimentary and are available at Check-in on a first come first serve basis. https://www.mbl.edu/about/local-area-information/travel-information

    Location

    Conference address:

    Swope Center
    5 North Street
    Woods Hole, MA  USA

    Registration location:
    Registration check in takes place in the main lobby of the Swope Center – 5 North St, Woods Hole MA 02543

     

    Parking

    Parking is available at the Bar Neck Lot (33 Bar Neck Rd)

    Weather

    Woods Hole is a seaside village, and the weather can vary widely day to day (even hour to hour). You can expect temperatures to typically be a few degrees cooler than inland. A raincoat is handy for unexpected showers. Winters can range from blizzard conditions to mild.

    Check In

    All meetings check in at the MBL Swope Center, 5 North Street in Woods Hole. (#15 on the map) The Front Desk will provide your event ID badge, parking permit and event information.  Housing check-in is after 2:00pm on the date of your scheduled arrival. The Front Desk is usually open 8am – 5pm on arrival day.  After 5pm, the MBL Security (508-289-7217) can be called for housing check in. Conference parking spaces are available in the Bar Neck Lot (#19 on the map). Permits for overnight parking are available at the Swope Front Desk.

    Conference Policies

    You will be required to sign and acknowledge receipt of these policies prior to participating in the meeting. This includes information about complying with MBL’s COVID-19 policy. For more information, refer to their guidelines here

    Wireless

    The MBL offers wi-fi throughout the campus. The “MBL-GUEST” network is extremely easy to use and is very similar to systems that are widely deployed in hotels and Internet cafes. This wireless network has limited access to any MBL network resources, such as internal web pages, printers, and other shared devices. Click here for network login instructions.

    Site Map

    Campus Maps can be found here: https://www.mbl.edu/about/campus-facilities-resources/campus-maps

    Oral and Poster Schedule

    Oral and Poster Schedule

    Keynote Speakers

    Jennifer A. Holm 

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Research Site

    Natasha MacBean

    Western University
    Research Site

    Minkyu Moon  

    Boston University
    Research Site

    Paul Moorcroft  

    Harvard University
    Research Site

    Conference Program

    All talks will be held in the Meigs Room, next to the Dining Hall of the Swope Center, MBL.

    FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023

    FRIDAY EVENING ORAL SESSION:  DYNAMICS, DATA & DEMOGRAPHY

    7:00 Welcome and opening remarks
    7:10 Ben Poulter (NASA/GSFC) Maintaining process in a data-driven world: Applications to dynamic global vegetation modeling, examples with LPJ-wsl
    7:35 Nancy Kiang (NASA/GISS) Vegetation demography modeling for canopy radiative transfer and carbon
    7:55 KEYNOTE: Jennifer Holm (LBNL) Demographic vegetation models for capturing forest regrowth and carbon sink solutions
    8:40 POP-UP TALKS
    8:45 till late FRIDAY EVENING POSTER SESSION & MIXER

    All talks will be held in the Meigs Room, next to the Dining Hall of the Swope Center, MBL.

    FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023

    FRIDAY EVENING ORAL SESSION:  DYNAMICS, DATA & DEMOGRAPHY

    7:00 Welcome and opening remarks
    7:10 Ben Poulter (NASA/GSFC) Maintaining process in a data-driven world: Applications to dynamic global vegetation modeling, examples with LPJ-wsl
    7:35 Nancy Kiang (NASA/GISS) Vegetation demography modeling for canopy radiative transfer and carbon
    7:55 KEYNOTE: Jennifer Holm (LBNL) Demographic vegetation models for capturing forest regrowth and carbon sink solutions
    8:55 POP-UP TALKS
    9:00 till late FRIDAY EVENING POSTER SESSION & MIXER

    SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023

     SATURDAY MORNING ORAL SESSION:  PHENOLOGY & TEMPERATURE

    8:15 KEYNOTE: Minkyu Moon (Boston University) Observing and modeling vegetation phenology using remote sensing and data-driven model
    9:15 Xiaoting Li (Cornell University) Empirical methods underpredict temperature sensitivity compared with warming experiments and mechanistic modeling over alpine grassland
    9:30 Jen Diehl (Northern Arizona University) Opportunities Using Thermal Imaging
    9:45  Jiangong Liu (Columbia University) Widespread Evidence for the Thermal Acclimation of Canopy Photosynthesis
    10:00 GROUP PHOTO
    10:10 COFFEE BREAK

    SATURDAY MORNING BREAKOUT SESSION: GROUP MIP ACTIVITY

    10:30-12:00 Interactive MIP activity (Everyone)

    SATURDAY AFTERNOON ORAL SESSION 1: DATA ASSIMILATION

    3:45 PRE-TALK SNACK BREAK BY POSTERS
    4:00 KEYNOTE: Natasha MacBean (Western University) 15 Years of Development of the ORCHIDEE Data Assimilation System: Progress and Future Directions

    SATURDAY AFTERNOON ORAL SESSION 2: MODEL PARAMETERIZATION

    5:00 Yanlan Liu (Ohio State University) Large Divergence of Projected Arctic Plant Composition and Productivity due to Functional Trait Uncertainty
    5:15 Xiangtao Xu (Cornell University) Constraining simulated tropical tree growth sensitivity to CO2 fertilization and climate variability by integrating tree ring records
    5:35 Nicolas Venjean (Spectral Evolution) Invasive Species Monitoring With UV-Vis-NIR Spectroscopy
    5:50 POP-UP Talks
    7:30-late SATURDAY EVENING POSTER SESSION & MIXER

    SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023

    SUNDAY MORNING SESSION 1:  HUMAN-NATURAL INTERACTIONS

    8:15 Elena Shevliakova (GFDL) Why would an Earth System Model benefit from a vegetation dynamics component? Some insights from the NOAA/GFDL ESM4.1
    8:35 Kathy Hibbard (NASA ESD/ Terrestrial Ecology) Terrestrial Ecology now and models of the future: a helicopter view from HQ
    8:50 Sonali McDermid (NYU) Eating our cake without losing it: exploring sustainability in agriculture and food security with land modeling
    9:10 Levente Klein (IBM) Urban Forests for Carbon Sequestration and Heat Island Mitigation

    SUNDAY MORNING SESSION 2:  REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION

    9:25 Wenge Ni-Meister (CUNY Hunter College) Quantifying Aboveground Biomass In The Continental U.S. Using GEDI Waveform Measurements
    9:40 COFFEE BREAK
    9:55 KEYNOTE: Paul Moorcroft (Harvard University) Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Development of a Predictive Science of the Biosphere
    10:55 Student and postdoc presentation awards, announcement of next co-chairs and date
    11:10 – 12:00 Conference feedback and general discussion

    ER-DGVM-C Reservation

    MBL Reservation

    Here is what you need to know to reserve your lodging and meals and pay the conference fee. You will also make a reservation through MBL if you plan to participate virtually:

    (Note: the MBL site currently will take your reservation, but they will open the actual payment portal later.  Please enter your reservation before the deadline.)

    Reservation Payment Options:

    To pay any remaining fees:
    Please contact Paul Anderson, panderson *at* mbl.edu, 508-289-7248.

      ERDGVMC_Schedule

      Schedule

      The schedule for the Eastern Regional Dynamic Global Vegetation Modeling Conference can be found and downloaded below. All events will take place in the MBL Swope Center (#15 on map). Plenary talks and discussion are in the Swope Meigs Room. Posters will be shared in the Swope Poster Area. To see the oral and poster session schedule, follow this link.

      Keynote Speakers

      Jennifer A. Holm 

      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
      Research Site

      Natasha MacBean

      Western University
      Research Site

      Minkyu Moon  

      Boston University
      Research Site

      Paul Moorcroft  

      Harvard University
      Research Site

      FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023
      4:00-6:00 pm Check-in at MBL Swope Center, 5 North Street in Woods Hole. (#15 on the map), set up posters in the Swope poster area
      6:00-7:00 pm  Dinner in dining hall
      7:00-7:10 pm  Welcome and Opening Remarks in the Swope Meigs Room
      7:10-8:45 pm  FRIDAY EVENING ORAL SESSION: DYNAMICS, DATA & DEMOGRAPHY
      8:45 pm – late  POSTERS MIXER SESSION

      SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023
      7:00-8:15 am  Breakfast in dining hall
      8:15-10:00 am  SATURDAY MORNING ORAL SESSION 1: PHENOLOGY & TEMPERATURE
      10:00-10:10 am  Group photo
      10:10-10:30 am  Coffee break
      10:30-12:00 pm  SATURDAY MORNING ORAL SESSION 2: GROUP MIP ACTIVITY
      12:00-1:00 pm  Lunch in dining hall
      1:00-3:45 pm  FREE TIME for impromptu meetings, walks, soccer, etc.
      3:45-4:00 pm  Pre-talk snacks by POSTERS
      4:00-5:00 pm  SATURDAY AFTERNOON ORAL SESSION 1: DATA ASSIMILATION
      5:00-5:50 pm  SATURDAY AFTERNOON ORAL SESSION 2: MODEL PARAMETERIZATION
      6:00-7:30 pm  Dinner in dining hall
      7:30-late pm  SATURDAY EVENING SESSION: POSTERS MIXER SESSION
      SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023
      7:00-8:15 am  Breakfast in dining hall
      8:15-9:25 am  SUNDAY MORNING ORAL SESSION 1: HUMAN-NATURAL INTERACTIONS
      9:25 – 9:40 am  SUNDAY MORNING ORAL SESSION 2: REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION
      9:40-9:55 am  COFFEE BREAK
      9:55-10:55 am  SUNDAY MORNING ORAL SESSION 2 continued
      10:55-11:10 am  Student and postdoc presentation awards, announcement of next co-chairs and date
      11:10-12:00 pm  Conference feedback and general discussion
      12:00-1:00 pm  Lunch in dining hall

      -Conference End-

      Call for Applications to Join the AIMES Scientific Steering Committee

      Call for Applications to Join the AIMES Scientific Steering Committee

      Deadline: February 28, 2022
      Application Materials: Send a statement of interest and CV to aimes@futureearth.org

      The Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES), a global research network of Future Earth, is accepting applications to serve on the AIMES scientific steering committee (SSC). AIMES is an international network of Earth system scientists and scholars that seeks to develop innovative, interdisciplinary ways to understand the complex relationship between the natural world and human activities. Bridging disciplines to set scientific agendas that advance new knowledge of biosphere-related climate interactions, AIMES also works to understand the complex interactions among biophysical and socioeconomic processes that underpin vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation analyses and climate change mitigation research. AIMES supports the research community through integrative working groups, workshops, open science conferences, and outreach activities, all of which are guided by an SSC and implemented through a central international project office located at NASA GISS.

      AIMES activities are initiated, advanced, and/or overseen by the SSC. Ideal candidates for the steering committee will be highly motivated individuals willing to serve in this volunteer position with a specific interest in fostering and supporting international, interdisciplinary initiatives in the Earth System Sciences. We are broadly interested in candidates familiar with international scientific networks (e.g. Future Earth, WCRP), expertise in either the natural sciences (e.g. global biosphere modeling, land-use modeling, ocean biology and biogeochemistry modeling, Earth observations) or social sciences (e.g. socioeconomic modeling and analysis, behavioral decision sciences), and an interest in bridging these fields to further understand the role of human activities in the Earth system. Additional focal areas could include, but are not limited to: climate extremes, marine and coastal resources, abrupt changes in the Earth system, biodiversity, human-environment interactions, and/or the development of new methodological approaches (e.g. AI and machine learning).

      The general tasks of AIMES SSC members include the following:

      • Facilitate the bridging of natural and social science research as it pertains to understanding and modeling the Earth system.
      • Advise and work with the AIMES International Project Office (IPO) and other members of the SSC to provide scientific guidance and oversee the development, planning and implementation of AIMES activities. This may include activities such as leading and/or participating in AIMES working groups, initiating high impact synthesis papers, organizing workshops, and/or contributing to AIMES open science conferences.
      • Actively engage as liaisons with other international programmes (e.g. Future Earth global research networks, WCRP core projects and lighthouse activities) to promote AIMES science, ensure collaboration, and identify synergies on different aspects of Earth system research.
      • Contribute as needed to funding acquisition efforts for AIMES-initiated activities such as workshops, open science conferences, etc.
      • Provide sustained guidance to the AIMES IPO, which includes being responsive to requests, taking leadership on activities and providing inputs to AIMES-related communications (e.g. newsletter, policy briefs, etc.).
      • Review working group proposals, AIMES documentation and endorsements when requested by the IPO or by Future Earth.
      • Attend and make an active contribution to the committee meetings which occur in-person once a year for 2-3 days and up to three times a year remotely (note all meetings are currently conducted remotely).
      • Contribute to the review of AIMES activities and working groups, communication outputs, and the science and implementation plan.

      Committee member terms are three years, with the potential to renew up to three additional years. Applications will be reviewed by the current AIMES SSC and IPO, and approved by the Future Earth Secretariat. When selected, the new AIMES SSC members will receive a formal appointment letter from the AIMES IPO. Three to four SSC positions are available, with an anticipated start date of April 1, 2022.

      To apply, please send a statement of interest and CV to aimes@futureearth.org by February 28, 2021.