North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop North American Drought Monitor Forum April 20 & 21 Global Drought Assessment Workshop April 21 & 22 U.S.-Canadian GEO Bi-lateral Technical Meeting April 23 Hosted by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, Asheville N.C. 1

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop Registration and Breaks will be in the Pre-Function Corridor Each Day

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop

4 1. Report on the status of improving NADM ‐ related drought monitoring within the member countries (CN, MX, US) 2. Address issues related to the production of the NADM map and narrative. 3. Strengthen international linkages by meeting with the Global Drought Assessment and U.S. ‐ Canadian GEO Bi ‐ lateral Technical workshops.

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop 1. Create a clearinghouse for international drought information and services. 2. Develop recommendations to the WMO of SPI characteristics to be adopted by the world’s National Meteorological & Hydrological Services, and where this should be integrated and hosted. 3. Provide a venue for progress on the WMO goal of identifying common indices for agricultural and hydrological droughts.

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop 0800 – 0830 Registration and Coffee 0830 – 0930 NADM Contribution to Global Drought Monitoring 0930 – 1020 Setting the Stage 1020 – 1045 Break 1045 – 1200 Setting the Stage 1200 – 1330 Lunch – Provided Speaker M. McGuirk – NCDC and WMO 1330 – 1445 –Global & Continental Drought Monitoring Activities 1445 – 1515 Break 1515 – 1700 SPI Joint NADM Forum & Global Drought Assess- ment Workshop Global Drought Assessment Workshop

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop 0800 – 0830 Registration and Coffee 0830 – 1000 Nation-Specific Drought Monitoring Activities 1000 – 1020 Break 1020 – 1200 Break-out – What Pieces are Necessary? 1200 – 1330 – Lunch (provided) 1330 – 1530 Break-out – How to House, Portray, and Distribute 1530 – 1600 Break 1600 – 1700 Putting the Pieces Together

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop Wednesday Plenary – Swannanoa Room Lunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A Registration & Breaks – Pre-Function Corridor

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop Thursday Plenary – Swannanoa Room Lunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A Numbers with Badges: Breakout 1 – Swannanoa Room Breakout 2 – Eagle Room Breakout 3 – Berkeley Room Registration & Breaks – Pre- Function Corridor

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop Wednesday Plenary – Swannanoa Room Lunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A Thursday Plenary – Swannanoa Room Lunch – Grand Ballroom Salon A Breakout 1 – Swannanoa Room Breakout 2 – Eagle Room Breakout 3 – Berkeley Room

North American Drought Monitor Forum and Global Drought Assessment Workshop Miscellaneous: Dial-in Phone Lines available for Remote Participation Wednesday: Access code: Thursday: Swannanoa Room Only Dial in: Access code:

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