1. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Washington, D.C. January 26 th – 29 th, 2015 Overview of Meeting Agenda Rodrigo Vargas Co-Chair of Scientific Planning Committee

2. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting 2015 NACP PIM Planning Committee Simone Alin (Co-Chair) Rodrigo Vargas (Co-Chair) Celine Boisvenue Paula Bontempi Molly Brown David Butman Nancy Cavallaro George (Jim) Collatz Michael Dietze Carla Evans Nancy French Gilberto Gaxiola Peter Griffith Kevin Gurney Daniel Hayes Sean Healey Jose (Martin) Hernandez Deborah Huntzinger Eric Kasischke Anthony (Tony) King James (Mike) Kuperberg Elisabeth (Libby) Larson Marcy Litvak Jeremy Mathis John Miller Kevin Schaefer Gyami Shrestha Ariana Sutton-Grier Chris Swanston Margaret Torn Maria Tzortziou Tristram (Tris) West

3. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting 2015 NACP PIM Staff Support ORNL ORISE Jody Crisp NASA Carla Evans Leanne Kendig Jessica Bussard Beth Nelson Amy Hodkinson

4. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Opening Keynotes: Current Hot Topics in Carbon Cycle Science 8:30 AM Are carbon scientists (us) ready for the policy big leagues? (Steven Running) 9:00 AM The Implications of Deep Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Carbon Cycle Science (Margaret Torn) 9:30 AM Panel Discussion

5. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Closing Keynotes: Next Steps: Carbon Science and Policy Opportunities 10:00 AM U.S. Climate Change Policy (Rick Duke) 10:30 AM Effective Communication of Scientific Uncertainty in Policy Contexts (Marcia McNutt) 11:00AM Designing a Carbon Observing System (Rick Spinrad) 11:30 AM Panel Discussion

6. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Plenary Cross cutting oral presentations under each of 6 themes: -Monday: 1- NACP Program Highlights and Syntheses 2- Carbon Observing and Monitoring -Tuesday: 3- Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle 4- Uncertainties in Carbon Cycle Science and Decision Making -Wednesday: 5- Carbon Management and Decision Support -Thursday: 6- Ecosystem Carbon-Climate Feedbacks

7. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Special Topic Sessions -Monday: 1- North American Carbon Cycle en Route to COP-21 in Paris -Tuesday: 2- The High Latitude Carbon Cycle 3- Urban Carbon -Wednesday: 4- North American Carbon Policy: how can carbon science support current and proposed policy approaches 5- Science Communication 6- Trilateral Session on Carbon/Climate/Policy

8. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Poster Sessions -From 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Ambassador Ballroom -Monday – NACP Program Highlights and Syntheses – North American Carbon Cycle en Route to COP-21 in Paris – Carbon Observing and Monitoring -Tuesday – Human Impacts on the Carbon Cycle – The High Latitude Carbon Cycle – Uncertainties in Carbon Cycle Science and Decision Making – Urban Carbon

9. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Poster Sessions -From 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Regency Ballroom -Wednesday – North American Carbon Policy: how can carbon science support current and proposed policy approaches – Carbon Management and Decision Support – Ecosystem Carbon-Climate Feedbacks – Trilateral Session on Carbon/Climate/Policy – Science Communication – Other

10. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Breakout Sessions -4-5 concurrent breakout sessions each day at 5:30 pm -Discussion forums (reports, documents, commentaries)

11. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting Side meetings 6 closed meetings 3 open meetings

12. January 26 - 29, 2015, Washington D.C. 5 th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting