The November 2024 CASC Mission Operational Meeting, also referred to as the CASC Futures Forum, will convene USGS CASC staff and consortium counterparts to discuss past, present, and future climate adaptation science, operations, and practices. The meeting will help inform and guide future National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center work. Participants will also work to identify opportunities for new research, collaborations, and operational efficiencies.
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CASC-led Frameworks for Regional Climate Adaptation - Share and learn promising practices that will help the CASC be more effective at the development of actionable climate adaptation conceptual frameworks and the integration of those frameworks into decision-making approaches.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Pacific C937 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Lessons Learned from Portfolio Assessments and Evaluation Efforts - Exchange and learn how regions are building/addressing the capacity to do portfolio analyses, what methods are being applied, and how this information is being operationalized to improve our science. An opportunity to hear from regions about the process of tracking funded projects and associated assessment efforts.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Pacific A942 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Incorporating Environmental Justice into Climate Adaptation - Intentionally reflect on ongoing EJ and CJ efforts at the CASCs, while also creating a vision for the future. This breakout will allow participants to share their successes and challenges, as well as to imagine what future work might look like.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Pacific B941 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Tribal Engagement - A Reflection on Lessons Learned for Future Practice - Reflecting, sharing, and learning lessons and best practices of Tribal engagement from diverse experiences to enrich future strategies.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Bayview A938 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
10+ Years of CASC Research: Our Successes and How We Can Keep Them Going - Come talk about how CASC Research has evolved over the last decade: What are we known for? What do we want to be known for? What has promoted (or hindered) our success?
Tuesday November 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Bayview B939 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Harvesting Insights for the Future - Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.
In 2021-2022, the Cross-CASC Climate Training Initiative group identified the need for additional capacity building efforts that utilized CASC science and were tailored to the local audience, context, and place. What can we learn from the capacity building approaches that have recently spun up from the different regional CASCs to help increase climate-informed decision-making moving forward?
Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Room Pacific A942 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.
The CASCs provide resource managers and other partners with the scientific information and decision-making tools they need to understand and adapt to climate change. What should we be doing more of or differently to improve partners’ access, use, and interpretation of existing climate adaptation science, data, and tools?
Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Room Pacific B941 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.
Description forthcoming.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Room Pacific C937 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.
As practitioners implement strategies that are designed to build resilience and support adaptation of plants, animals, water, lands and people to climate change, there has been little research on whether those actions are achieving desired outcomes. What role should the CASCs play in building out this nascent field of science, and how might we get started?
Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Room Bayview A938 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Engage in interactive activities and discussions to prioritize emerging areas of research and practice for climate adaptation knowledge generation that continues to build upon the existing work of the CASC Network and informs the Federal Advisory Committee, senior leaders, and researchers.
Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges (IK) and practices into natural resource management has gained momentum at all levels of management, including federal, state, and local levels, and is increasingly promoted as a more holistic perspective. However, what remains uncertain is what IK means to these different agencies and groups because not only is IK a different world view, it is also a different value view.
Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Room Bayview B939 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Harvesting Insights for the Future: We will begin the day in our breakout rooms from the previous afternoon to recap main objectives and approaches identified through the facilitated discussion. Please revisit the same room you did the day before. Through a brief prioritization activity, we will identify 3-5 main ideas that folks are interested in working on over the next few years along with a key person or persons identified who will help lead the way.
Breakout 1 (Pacific A): Capacity Building: Climate Literacy and Climate Informed Decision-making Breakout 2 (Pacific B): Climate Adaptation Service Breakout 3 (Pacific C): Actionable Science TopicsBreakout 4: Evaluation: Efficacy of Adaptation Options Breakout 4 (Bayview A): Evaluation: Efficacy of Adaptation Options Breakout 5 (Bayview B): Interweaving Indigenous Knowledges and Practices
Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:00am - 9:30am PST
Same room as the day before921 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Preparing Climate Adaptation Leaders - Optimizing Support for Student and Early Career Scientists and Professionals -Deeply engage with three key aspects of the student and early career support life cycle: Recruitment, Enrichment, Retention.
Wednesday November 20, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Room Pacific C937 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Stirring the Pot: Collaboration Café - Concurrent breakout sessions covering the 5 collaboration topics introduced in the 'Brewing Brilliance' plenary. Each breakout will run twice, allowing audience members to participate in up to 2 topics (1:00-1:40; 1:50-2:30).
Exploration of Collaborating with Tribes and Indigenous Communities - Examine the unique aspects of collaborating with Tribes and Indigenous communities, focusing on building successful relationships, addressing challenges, and sharing resources and best practices for effective engagement.
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Pacific C937 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Stirring the Pot: Collaboration Café - Concurrent breakout sessions covering the 5 collaboration topics introduced in the 'Brewing Brilliance' plenary. Each breakout will run twice, allowing audience members to participate in up to 2 topics (1:00-1:40; 1:50-2:30).
Manager-Research Partnerships to Address Climate Adaptation and Invasive Species - Learn and share insights about how the Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change management networks (RISCCs) foster manager-researcher partnerships. Breakout period 1 will cover how the RISCCs were established and how they currently function and Breakout period 2 will promote in depth conversations on how the regional RISCCs could collaborate across regions and at a national level.
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Pacific A942 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Stirring the Pot: Collaboration Café - Concurrent breakout sessions covering the 5 collaboration topics introduced in the 'Brewing Brilliance' plenary. Each breakout will run twice, allowing audience members to participate in up to 2 topics (1:00-1:40; 1:50-2:30).
Creating Cross-CASC Initiatives - Learn about and discuss the logistics that support cross-CASC projects and get inspired to work with other CASCs.
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Pacific B941 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Stirring the Pot: Collaboration Café - Concurrent breakout sessions covering the 5 collaboration topics introduced in the 'Brewing Brilliance' plenary. Each breakout will run twice, allowing audience members to participate in up to 2 topics (1:00-1:40; 1:50-2:30).
Consortium-USGS Collaborations - Discuss challenges and potential or realized solutions for working across institutional boundaries to implement the CASC mission and identify new initiatives that capitalize on the CASC University/Tribal/Federal partnership.
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Bayview A938 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
Stirring the Pot: Collaboration Café - Concurrent breakout sessions covering the 5 collaboration topics introduced in the 'Brewing Brilliance' plenary. Each breakout will run twice, allowing audience members to participate in up to 2 topics (1:00-1:40; 1:50-2:30).
CASC Working Groups and Communities of Practice - Learn about existing CASC working groups, discuss processes and structures of successful groups, and learn how to move from discussion to action.
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm PST
Room Bayview B939 Bayfront Court, San Diego, CA 92101
