AGENDA
Time
Activity
Location
DAY 1: Tuesday 10 October
7.45-8.15am REGISTRATION & COFFEE Culpepper Room
8.15-8.20am Welcoming Remarks (US EPA and US NSF) Culpepper Room
8.20-8.30am INTRODUCTION & Overview

  Introduction and Overview: Handling Uncertainty in Models Used to Formulate Environmental Policy (M B Beck): Purpose of TAUC; Purpose/Structure of Workshop; Expected Outcomes.
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Culpepper Room
8.30-9.00am
  Underlying Theory and Method #1: Models and Uncertainty Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis (UASA) in the Policy Context (A Saltelli)
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Culpepper Room
9.00-9.30am
  Underlying Theory and Method #1: Models and Uncertainty Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis (UASA) in the Policy Context (M B Beck)
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Culpepper Room
9.30-9.50am
  Underlying Theory and Method #1: Invited Discussants (S Ney and P Ayton)
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Culpepper Room
9.50-10.05am Break
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10.05-10.30am
  Underlying Theory and Method #1: General Discussion
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Culpepper Room
10.30-11.10am
  Case Study #1: Water Policy in the USA and the EU (K H Reckhow)
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Culpepper Room
11.10-11.30am
  Case Study #1: Invited Discussants (A Petersen and M Borsuk)
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Culpepper Room
11.30-12 noon
  Case Study #1: General Discussion
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Culpepper Room
12 noon-1.00pm LUNCH
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Latrobe Room
1.00-1.40pm
  Underlying Theory and Method #2: The Political Science/Economy of Disputation and Negotiation Amongst Affected Parties (K Oye and L Mccray)
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Culpepper Room

1.40-2.10pm

  Underlying Theory and Method #2: Assessing the Quality of Evidence for Complex and Contested Policy Decisions (J P van der Sluijs and J Ravetz)
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Culpepper Room
2.10-2.30pm
  Underlying Theory and Method #2: Invited Discussants (R Lofstedt and J Mysiak)
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Culpepper Room
2.30-3.00pm
  Underlying Theory and Method #2: General Discussion
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Culpepper Room
3.00-3.15pm Break
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3.15-3.55pm
  Case Study #2: Policy on Air Quality in the USA and the EU (K Martin and A Petersen)
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Culpepper Room
3.55-4.15pm
  Case Study #2: Invited Discussant (C Frey)
Case Study #2: Invited Discussant (J Babendreier)
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Culpepper Room
4.15-4.45pm
  Case Study #2: General Discussion
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Culpepper Room
4.45-5.30pm
  Synthesis #1: Open Discussion Aimed at Providing (Provisional) Integration Amongst the Theory and the Method and Amongst the Case Studies.
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Culpepper Room
6.30pm DINNER
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La Chaumiere

DAY 2: Wednesday 11 October

8.00-8.40am

  Underlying Theory and Method #3: The Legal Discourse (P Pascual, W Wagner, and L Fisher)
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Culpepper Room
8.40-9.00am
  Underlying Theory and Method #3: Invited Discussants (S Gardner and A Finkel)
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Culpepper Room
9.00-9.30am
  Underlying Theory and Method #3: General Discussion
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Culpepper Room
9.30-9.45am Break
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9.45-10.25am

  Case Study #3: Policy on Pharmaceuticals (and Other Technologies) in the USA and the EU (K Oye, L Mccray, G Mukunda, and M Defiguerido)
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Culpepper Room
10.25-10.45am
  Case Study #3: Invited Discussants (L Shabman)
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Culpepper Room
10.45-11.15am
  Case Study #3: General Discussion
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Culpepper Room
11.15-12 noon
  Synthesis #2: Open Discussion Aimed at Providing Integration Amongst the Theory and the Method and Amongst the Case Studies; with special reference to presenting a thought-provoking introduction to Open/Public Session.
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Culpepper Room
12 noon-1.00pm Break
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Latrobe Room
1.00-3.00pm
  OPEN PUBLIC FORUM/SESSION: Handling Uncertainty in Models Used to Formulate Environmental Policy: What The Stakeholders Want.
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Culpepper Room
 
  Opening Remarks (M B Beck) [5 minutes]
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Culpepper Room
 
  Introductory Remarks (US EPA) [5 minutes]
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Culpepper Room
 
  Summary of US and EU Perspectives from Discussions of: Legal Discourse (W Wagner and L Fisher); Models & Natural Sciences/Engineering (J P van der Sluijs and M Borsuk); Political Science/Economy (K Oye and A Petersen) [30 minutes]
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Culpepper Room
 
  Questions and Answers [30-70 minutes]
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Culpepper Room
 
  EPA RfP on Uncertainty [10 minutes]
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Culpepper Room
3.00-3.30pm BREAK
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Culpepper Room
3.30-4.30pm Closure and Beyond TAUC: WAUCing the TAUC — Next Steps?
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Culpepper Room
DAY 3: Thursday, 12 October
[For those able and willing]

8.30-10.30pm TAUC Project meeting (open to all) EPA Office (details TBA)
     

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