Monday,  11  June  2012 

08.30 – 08.45    Welcome  Message     A.  NAVARRA 
08.45 – 10.45    Land-­use – Chair:  R.  VALENTINI
08.45 – 08.50   Research  question 
The importance of better understanding the feedbacks between climate  and  land cover/use  to improve impact, vulnerability and risk scenarios
08.50 – 10.40   Talks and discussions

Europe
08.50 – 09.00   Land use/cover changes as  effect  and  driver  of  climate  changes, and their role  on  impacts   (Noce  S.  et  al.)
09.00 – 09.10   Influence  of  changes  in  forest  cover  on  climate:  a  modeling              experiment for Europe  (Montesarchio  M.  et  al.)
09.10 – 09.20   Land  use  and  GHG  budget:  How  to  study  the  impact  of
increasing urbanization levels on urban fluxes?  (Marras S. et al.)
09.20 – 09.25    Questions

Tropics  and  Africa 
09.25 – 09.35   Land  use  change  and  carbon  stock  dynamics  in  Sub-­Saharan            Africa : case  study  of  Ghana  (Grieco E. et al.)
09.35 – 09.45   Land  cover/land  use  classification  in  West  Africa  based  on  optical  and SAR remote sensing  data integration  (Laurin G. et al)
09.45 – 09.55   Land cover change due to logging in tropical forests
(Cazzolla  R.  et  al.)
09.55 – 10.05   Impact of land use change on GHG fluxes in tropical ecosystems (Castaldi S. et al.) 
10.05 – 10.10   Questions

  Socio-economic aspects of Land Use 
10.10 – 10.20   A global approach to link land use, energy, and food security
(Trabucco A. et al.)
10.20 – 10.30   The assessment of Forest­‐based mitigation potential and costs in an economically oriented model  (Michetti M.)
10.30 – 10.35   Questions
10.35 – 10.45   Conclusions  ­‐  Answers to research question 

10.45 – 11.00    Coffee Break

11.00 – 13.00   Extremes – Chair:  D.SPANO – S. GUALDI
Approaches to study extreme event impacts at different scale and different
sectors    
11.00 – 11.05   Research question 
Which is our ability to understand and simulate the extremes?
11.05 – 12.55   Talks and discussions 
11.05 – 11.25    Past to future extreme events: results from global and regional climate simulations   (E. Scoccimarro)
11.25 – 11.45   Will extreme marine storminess in the Mediterranean region change ?
(P. Lionello)
11.45 – 12.05   Extreme effects on food security  (A.  Trabucco) 
12.05 – 12.25   Extreme fire events: methodological approaches for different spatial               scale analysis (V. Bacciu et al.)    
12.25 – 12.45   From extreme areal rainfall to flood risk using a derived distribution
approach with examples of climate change impacts   (R. Vezzoli)

12.45 – 13.00        Conclusions  ‐  Answers to research question

13.00 – 14.00         Lunch

14.00 – 16.00         Ocean Forecasting –  Chair:  S.  DOBRICIC 
14.00 – 14.05         Research  question 
How to apply operational oceanography science to serve the society?
14.05 – 15.55         Talks and discussion 
14.05 – 14.25    Project TESSA  (Giovanni  Coppini) 
14.25 – 14.45    Project  Ionio  (Paolo  Oddo) 
14.45 – 15.05    Project  ADRICOSM-­Intermediate  (Nadia  Pinardi) 
15.05 – 15.25     Operational global ocean forecasts  (Srdjan  Dobricic) 
15.25 – 15.45     The 4D VAR data assimilation achievements on HPC systems: from the
decomposition of the problem to a fully parallel software  (R. Arcucci)

15.45 – 16.00         Conclusions  ‐  Answers to research questions

16.00 – 16.10         Coffee Break  

16.10 – 17.45        Tutorial session on the new CMCC Data Portal
Chair: O. Marra
16.10 – 16.30    The new CMCC Data Portal  (O. Marra) 
16.30 – 17.30    Demo & Training session  (A.  Raolil) 
17.30 – 17.45    Feedback, comments and new requirements

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TUESDAY,  12 June 2012 

08.30 – 10.30    Climate Predictions and Projections  –  Chair:  A.  BELLUCCI 

08.30 – 08.35   Research question
In this session, a multi-­disciplinary overview of the activities related
to climate variability and  change issues at CMCC will be presented.
Challenges currently faced within the CMCC  community will be discussed,
through th  multifaceted perspectives of SERC, ISC, IAFENT and  CIP divisions.
08.35 – 10.25   Talks  and  discussions 
08.35 – 08.55   Seasonal Climate Predictions  (S. Materia,  A. Borrelli) 
08.55 – 09.15   Decadal Climate Predictions: state of the art and future perspectives
(A.  Bellucci, P. Athanasiadis)
09.15 – 09.35   Regional and  sub-­regional climate simulations over Sub-­Saharian         Africa regions and the influence on the heat waves hazard   (E. Bucchignani)
09.35 – 09.55   Assessing  the  resilience  of  natural  systems  to  climate  changes:  a    case study (A. Di Paola, R. Valentini)
09.55 – 10.15   An  economic assessment of capturing CO2 from the atmosphere
(M. Tavoni)

10.15- 10.30       Conclusions  ­‐  Answers to research questions

10.30 – 10.45      Coffee Break  

10.45 – 12.45      Modeling the Earth System – Chair:  S.  MASINA
10. 45 – 10.50     Research  question 
Numerical modeling developments to advance the capability to simulate
the coupled atmosphere-­ocean‐ice‐biogeochemical climate system
10.50  –  12.40   Talks and discussions
10:50 – 11:10   The  BFM  Model: a community biogeochemical model and its  applications in the Mediterranean Sea  (Vichi et al.)
11:10 – 11:30   The NEMO Model: global physical and biogeochemical applications           (Storto et al.)
11:30 – 11:50   3D-­CMCC Forest Model: a dynamic ecosystem growth model for forests  at high structure complexity   (Collalti A. et al.)
11:50 – 12:10   The new coupled climate model at CMCC  (P. G. Fogli et al.)
12:10 – 12:30   A tale on glacial inceptions  (F. Colleoni et al.)

12.30 – 12.45        Answers to research questions

12.45 – 13.45    Lunch

13.45 – 15.45   Vulnerability  and  Adaptation – Chair :  F.  BOSELLO  –  J.  MYSIAK
13.45 – 13.55   Research  question 
The session will shed light on the scientific/methodological and practical challenges
in  bridging the bottom-­up, space and/or sector specific adaptation requirements with
macro-­economic perspective of sustainable and efficient planning and financing of
climate adaptation. Drawing on the research conducted by CIP,  IAFENT,  ISC  and SERC divisions we aim  to highlight the strengths, gaps and opportunities to foster truly interdisciplinary research within and beyond CMCC.
13.55 – 15.15   Talks and discussions 
13.55 – 14.25  Section a) : M. Santini, V. Mereu, F. Eboli
(a1)  From vulnerability analysis to robust decision making for water management in
Nigeria: the role of climate projection ensemble
(a2)  Adaptation Analysis for the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria
(a3)  Nigeria CIP: bottom up approach 
14.25 – 14.55   Section b) : L. Carrera, G. Rianna, J. Rizzi
(b1) The value of knowing better: interplay of disaster risk reduction and climate
adaptation
(b2) Hydrogeological risks – selection of adaptation strategies based on assessment
of incoming climatic changes
(b3) Application of a spatially-resolved regional risk assessment to study climate
change impacts on groundwater and related ecosystems: results from the SALT and
TRUST projects.
14.55 – 15.05   (c) From the bottom-­up to the top-­down of adaptation modelling: caso EIB
(E.  De  Cian) 
15.05 – 15.15   (d) Adaptation initiatives at CMCC: from EEA to a NAS for Italy  
(S.  Castellari)  

15.15 – 15.45   Conclusions -­ Answers to research questions

15.45 – 17.45    Meeting of Research Divisions Directors    

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WEDNESDAY,  13  June  2012

08.30 – 10.30  Projects Management  (Parallel  Session)
Chair:  L.  PANZERA
08.30 – 08.50   Subcontracts. Equipment, Services, Works, Research  (R.  Perrotta)
08.50 – 09.10   Focus on EC Audit.  Personnel and teleworking consultants, Travel,  Equipment (M. Cagnazzo, P. Flaminio, X. Maggiulli) 
09.10 – 09.30   Special Issues. Financial flows traceability. Quality Certification  (E.  Palano) 
09.30 – 09.50   Shiva.  The  CMCC  Management  Information  System,  The  CMCC  network  and connections   (Fabio  Pistoia,  tbc) 
09.50 – 10.30   Discussion

10.30 – 10.45   Coffee  Break  

10.45  – 12.45   Climate Services – Chair: S. GUALDI
Research question: What services for what users?
10.45 – 10.55   The CMCC Climate Service   (S. Gualdi,  E. Banos de Guisasola, A. Lanza)
10.55 – 11.15  Climate Services for Ecosystems: ICOS, a new infrastructure for GHGs             monitoring (D. Papale, A. Bombelli, R. Valentini)
11.15 – 11.35  Climate Services for Agriculture  (D. Spano, V. Mereu, S. Marras) 
11.35 – 11.50  Climate Services for Energy   (A. Lanza) 
11.50 – 12.10  Developing Climate Applications  (N.  Ward) 
12.10 – 12.45  Climate Lab and Diagnostic tool  +  discussion  (V.  Bosetti)

12.45 – 13.30   Summaries of scientific sessions  -­ Conclusions 
Chair:  A.  NAVARRA 

13.30 – 14.30  Lunch  

15.00 – 17.00    Meeting Scientific Advisory Panel

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 WEDNESDAY,  13  June  2012  –  Posters  Room

08.30 – 09.30  Posters Session   (Parallel  Session)

09.30 – 10.30  Communication strategies   (Parallel Session) 
Chair:  M.  BUONOCORE 
10.00 – 10.05   Research question:   
How to improve CMCC’s Communication tools and strategy in order to communicate
to a diversified audience? 
10.05 – 10.30   Communicating among and outside the community of peers
(M.  Buonocore) 
10.30 – 10.45   Talking with a journalist, communication tips for climate scientists 
(S.  Castellari) 
10.45 – 11.00   Discussion

10.30 – 10.45   Coffee  Break  

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THURSDAY,  14  June  2012

09.30 – 12.30    Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Panel