SAVE THE DATE!
for the
Region 6 Transportation-Climate Summit
Sept. 30, 2014 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
National Weather Center
Norman,
Okla.
You are invited to a one-day regional symposium on
the mounting challenges facing this country’s transportation system due to
extreme weather and climate variability, hosted by Southern Plains
Transportation Center (SPTC) and the South Central – Climate Science Center
(SC-CSC). Transportation officials, engineers, and scientists must come together
with the weather and climate community to develop viable solutions to such
complex and costly challenges as rising seas, increasingly severe storms,
extreme temperature cycles and droughts, which are creating tremendous demands
on infrastructure and operations.
The purpose of this summit
is to bring together weather and climate and transportation specialists to
educate one another, spur new ideas, and promote fruitful collaborations for
research at and between our regional universities, transportation departments
and government research institutions. We have an exciting program planned, with
noted experts from the climate, weather and transportation sectors setting the
stage for productive discussions. There will be ample networking time, with
breaks and lunch held in the beautiful National Weather Center Atrium.
Details of the program and local accommodations will be announced later in
May. Please contact Sonya Brindle (SPTC) at sbrindle@ou.edu
or Aparna Bamzai (SC-CSC) at aparna@ou.edu
for more information.