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- Arrival.
- Dinner
- Evening: Welcome/ Introduction to theme and schedule of the meeting (Gary Lovett/ Bridget Emmett)
- Poster Introductions : Poster presenters (Kevin Bishop, moderator). 2-3 minute highlights of posters to be presented during the week.
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| Monday 23 July | Recovery from acidification: Have we predicted correctly? |
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| Session chairs: | John Stoddard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Britt Lise Skjelkvaale, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway |
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Morning speakers and topics:
- Christine Alewell, University of Bayreuth, Germany
"Recovery from acidification in Europe - invalidation of biogeochemical models by biological and chemical evidence"
- Filip Moldan, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden
"Recovery in Europe 2001 - a few examples of what is and what is not happening"
- Steve Kahl, University of Maine
"Chemical indicators of recovery from acidification (or not) in aquatic ecosystems in northeastern North America"
- Steve Ormerod, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
"Biological lags in recovery from acidification: Are our predictive models lacking key processes?"
Afternoon: Free
Late afternoon: Poster session and social hour
Evening:
- Keith Bull, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland
"International instruments for emission controls: Can they be developed to improve recovery rates?"
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| Tuesday 24 July | Where is the missing N in our N budgets? |
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| Session chairs: | Myron Mitchell, State University of New York at Syracuse, USA
Egbert Matzner, Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany |
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Morning speakers and topics:
- Rainer Brumme, University of Gottingen, Germany
"Hot spots of gaseous N-losses from the forest landscape and their
prediction"
- Bjoern Berg, University of Bayreuth, Germany
"Soil organic matter accumulation as a sink for deposited N in forest ecosystems"
- Bill Currie, Appalachian Laboratory, USA
"The use of models to predict the fate of N deposition in forested landscapes: some progress and limitations"
- Beth Boyer, State University of New York at Syracuse, USA
"Catchment-scale nitrogen budgets - new insights and questions regarding N sources, storage, and losses"
Afternoon: Free
Late afternoon: Poster session and social
Evening general discussion:
- Panel discussion: Interactions between the science and policy of nitrogen deposition
Panelists: Bridget Emmett, Kathy Fallon Lambert, Wendy Pabich, Richard Skeffington, John Stoddard
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Morning: Field Trip to Spruce N Fertilization Site at Mt Ascutney (Steve McNulty, USDA Forest Service, USA )
Late afternoon: Poster session and social
Evening: Business session (Election of new chairs, discussion of conference goals)
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| Thursday 26 July | Can we predict biogeochemical cycles in a warmer, wetter or drier world? |
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| Session chairs: | Sune Linder, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Tom Gower, University of Wisconsin, USA. |
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Morning speakers and topics:
- Paul Jarvis, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
"The magnitude and permanence of forest carbon sinks"
- Christopher Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
"Responses of the terrestrial carbon cycle to interacting global changes"
- Belinda Medlyn, University of New South Wales, Australia
"Modeling the biogeochemical cycle under climate change: work in progress"
Afternoon: free
Late afternoon: Poster session and social.
Evening:
- Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory, USA
"Climate-change policy - the role of science"
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Departure after breakfast.
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