Workshop Agenda
15-17 July 1998
Boulder, Colorado, USA

Tuesday, 14 July 1998

Informal Reception at the Golden Buff, 7-9 p.m.

Wednesday, 15 July 1998

*Introduction*

	8:30-9:00 am	Welcome to meeting. Why this workshop? Why now?
	9:00-10:00	What's happening in the tropical Pacific Ocean now.
	10:00-10:30	Break

*Definition*

	10:30-11:30	La Niña, cold event, ENSO cold event -- or "What La Niña Is"
	11:30-12:00	What constitutes "normal"?
	12:00-1:30p	Lunch (1:00-1:30, voluntary tour of NCAR)

*Teleconnections*

	1:30-2:00	La Niña's global teleconnections
	2:00-3:30	Expected regional teleconnection impacts of La Niña (2:00-2:45, Tropics) (2:45-3:30, Southern Hemisphere)
	3:00-3:30	Break
	3:30-4:15	Expected regional teleconnection impacts of La Niña (Northern Hemisphere)

*Climate Change*

4:15-5:00

El Niño, La Niña, "Normal" and climate change

Thursday, 16 July 1998

*Symmetry*

	8:45-9:30	Is there symmetry between El Niño and La Niña phenomena? (The physical side)
	9:30-10:15	Is there symmetry between El Niño and La Niña impacts? (The meteorological, societal, and ecological sides)
	10:15-10:45	Break

*Attribution*

10:45-11:30

How can we tell ENSO impacts of La Niña (or El Niño) from other factors' impacts?

*Media*

	11:30-12:15p	A Panel: Media coverage of La Niña/El Niño
	12:15-1:30	Lunch

*Forecasting*

	1:30-2:15	How well did we forecast this 1997-98 El Niño?
	2:15-3:00	How well did we forecast the onset of this La Niña?
	3:00-3:30	Break
	3:30-4:00	Are the problems of forecasting La Niña the same as those for forecasting El Niño?

*Monitoring*

4:00-4:45

Is what is needed for El Niño monitoring sufficient for monitoring La Niña?

Friday, 17 July 1998

*Working Groups: Parallel Sessions*

	8:30-10:00	(a) What does society want from the ENSO scientific community? (b) What can the ENSO scientific community provide to society?
	9:45-10:45	Recommendations?
	10:00-10:30	Break
	10:30-11:30	Plenary (for Working Group statements)
	11:30-12:00p	Recommendations: Where do we go from here?