| Sunday, August 11 — Travel to Talkeetna |
| 1230 |
Meet at the Anchorage International Airport, Visitor Information Desk at the Baggage Claim |
| 1300 |
Bus arrives at the airport |
| 1330 |
Bus leaves for Talkeetna with a few stops along the way |
| 1700 |
Arrive at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge |
| 1800 |
Registration begins (main lobby) |
| 1900 |
Icebreaker and dinner at the outside pavilion (barbeque style) |
| 2100 |
Free time |
| Monday, August 12 — Talkeetna, Symposium |
| 0700 |
Breakfast |
| 0815 |
Introductions & welcoming remarks (Sveta Stuefer) |
| 0845 |
Keynote speaker: John Walsh (President's Professor of Global Change, Chief Scientist, International Arctic Research Center) — "Alaska in a Changing Climate: Wetter or Drier?" |
| 0930 |
Presentations — Session I (Convener: Sveta Stuefer) |
| 0930 |
Katrina Bennett |
"Historical Changes and Future Projections of Extreme Hydroclimate Events in Interior Alaska Watersheds" |
| 0950 |
Terry Prowse |
"Climatic Redistribution of Canada’s Western Water Resources (CROCWR)" |
| 1010 |
Brandi Newton |
"Synoptic Climatological Characteristics Associated with Water Availability in Western Canada: A CROCWR Component" |
| 1030 |
Coffee break |
| 1100 |
Presentations — Session I (Convener: Terry Prowse) |
| 1100 |
Hayley Linton |
"Spatiotemporal Trends in Climatic Variables Affecting Streamflow Across Western Canada from 1950–2010: A CROCWR Component" |
| 1120 |
Gillian Walker |
"Water Balance Calculation over Surface Water Storage in the Dry Interior Climate of the Athabasca River Region in Western Canada: A CROCWR Component" |
| 1140 |
Allison Bawden |
"An Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Trends and Patterns in Western Canadian Runoff: A CROCWR Component" |
| 1200 |
Roxanne Ahmed |
"Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Spring Freshet of Major Circumpolar Arctic River Systems: A CROCWR Component" |
| 1220 |
Lunch |
| 1330 |
Invited speaker: Wayne Dyok (Project Manager, Alaska Energy Authority) — "Susitna-Watana Hydro: Clean, Reliable Power for 100 Years" |
| 1420 |
Presentations — Session II (Convener: Larry Hinzman) |
| 1420 |
Wolf-Dietrich Marchand |
"Scaling Runoff from Large to Small Catchments — Comparison of Theoretical Results with Measurements" |
| 1440 |
Erica Betts |
"Linking North Slope Climate, Hydrology, and Fish Migration" |
| 1500 |
Coffee break |
| 1530 |
Presentations — Session II (Conveners: Glen Liston) |
| 1530 |
Rita Winkler |
"Forest Disturbance Effects on Snow and Water Yield in South-Central British Columbia" |
| 1550 |
Bob Bolton |
"Vegetation Water Use in a Subarctic Boreal Forest Environment The Role of Water Content" |
| 1610 |
Jessie Young |
"Ecohydrology of Boreal Forests: The Role of Water Content" |
| 1630 |
Workshop task forces (Douglas Kane) |
| 1900 |
Dinner(sit-down in Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge) |
| 2000 |
Unofficial history of the NRB (Douglas Kane and Terry Prowse) |
| 2100 |
Free time |
| Tuesday, August 13 — Susitna River Field Trip, Symposium |
| 0700 |
Breakfast |
| 0845 |
Bus leaves for the field trip (Susitna River to Devil’s Canyon from 0930 to 1430) |
| 0930 |
Board the jet boat (lunch on the boat) |
| 1500 |
Return to Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge |
| 1515 |
Presentations — Session III (Conveners: Bob Bolton & Sveta Stuefer) |
| 1515 |
Chris Spence |
"Winter Streamflow Generation in a Subarctic Precambrian Shield Catchment" |
| 1535 |
Chas Jones |
"Modeling Groundwater Upwelling as a Control on River Ice Thickness" |
| 1555 |
Ludmila Kuksina |
"The Features of Suspended Sediment Yield in Rivers in Kamchatka, Far East Russia" |
| 1615 |
Coffee break |
| 1645 |
Presentations — Session III (Conveners: Bob Bolton & Sveta Stuefer) |
| 1645 |
Anna Abnizova |
"Hydrologic Connectivity and Dissolved Organic Carbon Fluxes in Low-Gradient High Arctic Wetland Ponds, Polar Bear Pass, Bathurst Island, Canada" |
| 1705 |
Richard Janowicz |
"Sensitivity of Yukon Hydrologic Response to Climate Warming: A Case Study for Community and Sectoral Climate Change Adaptation" |
| 1725 |
Johanna Korhonen |
"Water Temperature Variations in Two Finnish Lakes (Kallavesi and Inari) in 1981–2010" |
| 1745 |
Olga Bobrova |
"Input of Dissolved Organic Carbon for Typical Lakes in Tundra Based on Field Data of the Expedition Lena – 2012" |
| 1900 |
Shuttle leaves for downtown Talkeetna, dinner at Twister Creek |
| 2100 |
Shuttle returns to Talkeetna Lodge |
| 2130 |
Chief delegates meeting |
| Wednesday, August 14 — Travel from Talkeetna to Seward, Symposium & Panel Discussion in Anchorage |
| 0700 |
Breakfast |
| 0730 |
Bag pull |
| 0800 |
Bus leaves from Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge to Anchorage |
| 1030 |
Arrive at the BP Energy Center in Anchorage |
| 1045 |
Invited speaker: Lynn Kent (Deputy Commissioner, Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation) —
"Current Climate and Water Challenges in Alaska" |
| 1130 |
Presentations — Session IV (Convener: Douglas Kane) |
| 1130 |
Larry Hinzman |
"The Interaction of Atmospheric, Hydrologic, Geomorphic, and Ecosystem Processes on the Arctic Coastal Plain" |
| 1200 |
Bill Schnabel |
"Shredding the Gnarctic: Applied Hydrologic Inquiries at the UAF Water and Environmental Research Center" |
| 1230 |
Lunch |
| 1300 |
Invited speaker: Leslie Holland-Bartels (Regional Director, Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey) — "A Federal Perspective of Water Resources Needs and Challenges of the North" |
| 1415 |
Bus leaves from the BP Energy Center to Seward |
| 1530 |
Stop at the Portage Glacier |
| 1730 |
Arrive at the Seward Windsong Lodge |
| 1800 |
Dinner in Seward (Ray’s Waterfront) |
| 2100 |
Free time |
Thursday, August 15 — Seward, Exit Glacier Visit, Symposium & Working Groups |
| 0700 |
Breakfast |
| 0900 |
Presentations — Session V (Convener: Glen Liston) |
| 0900 |
Anna Wagner |
"Delineation of Snow Patterns in Northern Alaska" |
| 0920 |
Joel Homan |
"Arctic Snow Distribution Patterns at the Watershed Scale" |
| 0940 |
Sveta Stuefer |
"Wind-Driven Snow Flux Derived from Arctic Snow Fences" |
| 1000 |
Kathy Young |
"Seasonal Stream Regimes and Water Budgets of Hillslope Catchments, Polar Bear Pass and Cape Bounty, Nunavut" |
| 1020 |
Coffee break |
| 1050 |
Presentations — Session V (Convener: Larry Hinzman) |
| 1050 |
Douglas Kane |
"Challenges of Precipitation Data Collection in Alaska" |
| 1110 |
Oddbjørn Bruland |
"Predicting Snow Density" |
| 1130 |
Glen Liston |
"Greenland Freshwater Runoff. Part I: A Runoff Routing Model for Glaciated and Nonglaciated Landscapes (HydroFlow)" |
| 1150 |
Bent Hasholt |
"Sediment Transport to the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, West Greenland" |
| 1230 |
Bus leaves from Seward Windsong Lodge to Exit Glacier |
| 1630 |
Workshop (planning for new task forces, next NRB Meeting) |
| 1730 |
Social hour and main poster session |
| 1930 |
Banquet dinner (formal, sit-down) & farewell speeches |
| 2100 |
Free time |
| Friday, August 16 — Kenai Fjords, Working Groups |
| 0700 |
Breakfast |
| 0930 |
Bus leaves Seward Windsong lodge to Seward |
| 1000 |
Boat departs for 8.5 hour Kenai Fjords National Park and Fox Island tour |
| 1230 |
Lunch on the boat |
| 1700 |
Dinner at Fox Island (barbeque style) |
| 1830 |
Arrive in Seward |
| 1930 |
Slide show of an adventurous field trip: “The Influence of Weather on Human Activities in Clyde River, Baffin Island, Nunavut” (Glen Liston, Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO) |
| 2100 |
Free time |
| Saturday, August 17 — Travel from Seward to Anchorage, Departure |
| 0700 |
Breakfast |
| 0830 |
Bag pull |
| 0900 |
Bus leaves Seward Windsong Lodge to Anchorage (pick up box lunch) |
| 1230 |
Arrive at Anchorage International Airport |
