cc: "John Zillman" , "John Church" , "Mark Stafford-Smith" , "Kevin Noone" , "Ann Henderson-Sellers" , "GCOSJPO" , "Stephan Bojinski" , "Valerie Spalding" date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:45:10 +0100 from: "David Goodrich" subject: Climate Research and Observation Strategies Workshop to: "Lucka Kajfez-Bogataj" , "Konrad Steffen" , "Francis Zweirs" , "Adrian Simmons" , "Han Dolman" , "Martin Parry" , "Gerald Meehl" , "Ed Harrison" , "Susan Solomon" , "V. Ramaswamy" , "David Karoly" , "John Stone" , "Stephen Schneider" , "Linda Mearns" , "Kevin Trenberth" , "Phil Jones" Dear Colleague, We had contacted you in December regarding possible dates for a workshop entitled Climate Research and Observation Strategies: Building on the 2007 Climate Change Assessment (A Joint GCOS/WCRP/IPCC Workshop). Following consultations with potential sponsors, we have agreed that the workshop will take place on 4-6 October 2007, at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney, Australia. The workshop will be held following the Greenhouse 2007 Conference (http://www.greenhouse2007.com/ ) at the same venue You had indicated your potential interest in participating, following my initial message to you in December, and I sincerely hope that you will be able to join us. Publication of the full IPCC 4th Assessment Report (AR4) provides a unique opportunity to consider the climate research challenges and observing system implications for the future. The workshop will have a major input to the evolution of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), and the research agenda for the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). We are planning for a meeting of around 50 attendees, with a primary focus on the lessons to be learned from IPCC Working Groups I and II. We are in the process of putting together a draft agenda for this workshop, and completing a full list of participants as soon as possible. Travel and local expenditure for the meeting would be supported. Please confirm again your participation in the meeting to gcosjpo@wmo.int by 9 March 2007. We look forward to working with you and using the IPCC efforts to shape the climate research and observation agenda. Yours sincerely, Dr. David M. Goodrich Director, GCOS Secretariat World Meteorological Organization Case Postale 2300 7 bis, Avenue de la Paix CH-1211 Geneva 2 41-22-730-8275 41-22-730-8052 (fax)