2023 Workshops

Day 1: May 22, 2023
Morning session: 9:30AM-11:30AM MST (10:30AM-12:30PM Mexico City, CDMX)

  • Attendee introduction – 10 mins

  • Project introduction – 10 mins

  • Climate assessment summary from IPCC and Mexican reports – 10 mins

  • Progress updates from UA/HRC and discussion:

    • Climate data introduction, observation data availability – 30 mins

    • Precipitation projections using Weather Generator workflow – 30 mins c. Evaporation projection for the mining sites – 30 mins

Day 1: May 22, 2023
Afternoon session: 2PM-4PM MST (3PM-5PM Mexico City, CDMX)

  • Presentation from Fresnillo: Climate change strategy in Fresnillo and the adaptation plan, infrastructure, and financial impacts. – 45 mins

  • Discussion and reflection from the presentations

  • Training needs and orientation of the data for the Fresnillo team

Day 2: May 23, 2023
Morning Session: 9:30AM-11:30AM (10:30AM-12:30PM Mexico City, CDMX)

  • Recap from Day 1 – 20 mins

  • Presentations and dialog

    • 45 mins: Meetings/presentations from UA Mines and Mineral Resources

    • 45 mins: Follow-up discussions

    • Specific information requested from Fresnillo: adaptation plan, mine tailing, mining operations, post operation, infrastructure design, environmental remediation

  • Gather ideas from potential projects for resiliency and remediation

  • Center for Applied Hydroclimate Sciences (CAHS) June workshop

Engagement Workshop

June 15-16, 2023

Introduction Slides (PPTX)

Times for agenda items are approximate.

Day 1: Thursday, June 15, 2023
Morning session: 9:30AM-11:30AM MST (Tucson local time)

  • Opening Remarks, Welcome to Arizona Institute for Resilience – 5 min

  • CAHS introduction, workshop logistics and goals, review meeting agenda – 10 min

  • Attendee introduction and interest in CAHS – 15 min

  • Summary from prior internal workshop and identification of CAHS themes – 10 min

  • Stakeholder organization needs lightning presentations – 40 min

  • CAHS ongoing and pending projects – 40 min

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    Day 1: Thursday, June 15, 2023
    Afternoon session: 1PM-3:30PM MST (Tucson local time)

  • Organizational presentations of applied hydroclimate science activities – 60 min

  • Data management and technical and scientific knowledge gaps – 20 min

  • Discussion break-out groups: identify opportunities for collaboration, forming teams

    along key research themes, and funding routes – 45 min

  • Plenary summary of discussion break-outs – 25 min

Day 2: Friday, June 16, 2023
Morning session: 9:30AM-12PM MST (Tucson local time)

  • Summary of Day 1 activities and discussions – 10 min

  • Developing hydroclimate-adaptive management paradigms in energy and mining: A

    University of Arizona TRIF-supported project – 20 min

  • NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center opportunity – 30 min

  • Group discussion on facilitating opportunities for collaboration, value proposition –

    45 min

  • Plenary summary discussion of break-outs - 25 min

  • Center administration – 10 min

  • Wrap-up summary and next steps – 10 min