2004 ARCSS Synthesis Retreat | Agenda

• Overview of Big Sky ideas
• Discuss retreat process, products, and process for how products will get done

Plenary Session (Lake Room)

Five minute presentations on first four key impacts:

• Sea level rise
  Charlie Vörösmarty
• Abrupt change to THC
  Bette Otto-Bleisner
• Accelerated release of carbon to atmosphere
  Rommel Zulueta
• Opening of Arctic sea transport route
  Don Perovich

Discussion of first four key impacts

Five minute presentations of remaining four key impacts:

• Dramatic changes in high latitude fisheries
  Larry Hamilton
• Imperiled cultural integrity
  Henry Huntington
• Threats to biodiversity
  Andrea Lloyd
• Frozen-ground transformations
  Larry Hinzman

Discussion of last four key impacts

• What outcomes/goals do we envision from our synthesis exercise over this week?
• Do these key impacts adequately motivate arctic system synthesis thinking?

Brief Plenary Session

• Assign breakout groups
• First assignment to breakout groups: each group assigned two key impacts and asked to tie them to arctic system

Breakout Groups (Lake, Emerald, Crystal, and Agate Rooms)

Plenary Session (Lake Room)

Breakout Groups (Lake, Emerald, Crystal, and Agate Rooms)

• Continue first assignment-connecting impacts with arctic systems

• Report on connections so far
• Next direction for breakouts?

Breakout Groups (Lake, Emerald, Crystal, and Agate Rooms)

Breakout Groups (Lake, Emerald, Crystal, and Agate Rooms)

Adourn for the day

Cocktail Hour (Lake Room)

Buffet Dinner available (Garden Deck)

Flexible. A couple of options might be:

• Short reports from experts to clarify points raised by breakout groups
• Make writing assignments/decide on a product here
• Decide if we want to mix up groups/trade envoys among groups

• Synthesis Discussion: Where are we now?

Plenary Session