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Pacific Climate Workshop 2027
Climate Science for a Resilient West
Feb 21-24, 2027
Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA
The Pacific Climate Workshop (PACLIM) is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together those interested in broadly addressing the climatic phenomena in the Pacific Ocean and the Americas to understand climate effects in this region. We bring together specialists from diverse fields including physical, social, and biological sciences, and explore time scales from weather to the Quaternary. The meeting is held every other year.
We welcome oral and poster presentations on the year's theme but all presentations related generally to climate and/or the Pacific Ocean are welcome.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Sunday Evening
Dan McEvoy
Western Regional Climate Center
Kelly Redmond Memorial Lecture
Monday Evening
TBD
Tuesday Evening
TBD
INVITED SPEAKERS
Invitations in Progress
Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds sits in the ancestral territory of the Indigenous Esselen and Rumsen speaking First Peoples
AGENDA
Sun, Feb 21
3:00p
Hotel Check-In Opens
Asilomar Front Desk
4:30 - 5:30p
Afternoon Registration
Fred Farr Room
6:00 - 7:00p
Dinner
Crocker Dining Hall
7:15 - 7:30p
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Fred Farr Room
7:30 - 8:30p
Kelly Redmond Memorial Keynote:Current State of Climate in the Western U.S.
Daniel Mcevoy, Western Regional Climate Center
Fred Farr Room
8:30 - 10:00p
Social Event
Kiln Room
Mon, Feb 22
7:30 - 8:30a
Breakfast
Crocker Dining Hall
8:45 - 11:50a
Morning Speakers & Presentation
Fred Farr Room
12:00 - 1:00p
Lunch
Crocker Dining Hall
1:15 - 4:55p
Poster Session
Kiln Room
6:00 - 7:00p
Dinner
Crocker Dining Hall
7:20 - 8:30p
Evening Keynote Speaker
Fred Farr Room
8:30 - 10:00p
Social Event
Kiln Room
Tue, Feb 23
7:30 - 8:30a
Breakfast
Crocker Dining Hall
8:45 - 11:50a
Morning Speakers & Presentation
Fred Farr Room
12:00 - 1:00p
Lunch
Crocker Dining Hall
1:15 - 4:55p
Poster Session
Kiln Room
6:00 - 7:00p
Dinner
Crocker Dining Hall
7:20 - 8:30p
Evening Keynote Speaker
Fred Farr Room
8:30 - 10:00p
Social Event
Kiln Room
Wed, Feb 24
7:30 - 8:30a
Breakfast
Crocker Dining Hall
8:45 - 11:50a
Morning Speakers & Presentation
Fred Farr Room
11:50 - 11:55a
Closing Remarks
Fred Farr Room
12:00 - 1:00p
Lunch
Crocker Dining Hall
Checkout by 11am
OUR SPONSORS
Funding for the workshop and travel grants for students and early career scientists was generously provided by:
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Private donation: In Memory of Wolf Berger
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Seth Sprague Education & Charitable Foundation
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U.S. Geological Survey's EMA Land Change Science Program
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U.S. Geological Survey's Office of the Southwest Regional Director
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Desert Research Institute: In Memory of Kelly Redmond
We are also grateful for additional private donations from Scott Mensing, Kathleen Springer, Jeff Pigati.
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Help support the long-term sustainability of PACLIM in attracting a wider and more diverse group of researchers, especially students and indigenous groups focused on all aspects of climate research. PACLIM is organized by the non-profit 501(c)(3) Friends of PACLIM. Your donation is tax-deductible.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Friends of PACLIM Board Members:
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Co-Presidents: Jeff Pigati & Kathleen Springer
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President-Elect: Chris Soulard
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Secretary: Jessica Oster
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Treasurer: Susan Zimmerman
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Communications Officer: Anna Klimaszewski-Patterson
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Fundraising Coordinator: Karen Berger
In 2023, Friends of PACLIM (or FOPAC) was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation for the purpose of advancing scientific understanding of past, present, and future Pacific climate and to support the Pacific Climate Workshop in perpetuity.
