Critical Transitions Workshop IV

at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Workshop location:
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Building A56, Hasselmann Hall (Basement)
Locations: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/institute/contact/where/pik-location

How to reach PIK:
From Potsdam train station, walk up to Telegraph Hill (Telegrafenberg). Then go to building A56:

Zoom link (with virtual option for afternoon sessions):
Link
Passcode: 451484
Meeting ID: 663 847 9885

Program

Please note that the program of all the afternoons will have a virtual option, but not the mornings.

Day 1: Monday, December 18th, 9:00AM – 6:00PM CET

9:00AM – 9:15AM	Welcome coffee
9:15AM – 9:30AM	Introduction and housekeeping
9:30AM – 9:45AM	Greetings by PIK’s scientific director, Johan Rockström
9:45AM – 10:30AM	Work on the “Dictionary of Critical Transitions” perspectives paper by Giuseppe Ferro and Elizabeth Krüger
10:30AM – 11:00AM	Coffee break
11:00AM – 12:30AM	Workshop format and goals: – Expectations of participants – Interest groups: See Google Sheet here – Very short explanations (no slides) about the different interest groups – Determine composition and schedule of all interest groups
12:30AM – 1:45PM	Lunch
1:45PM – 2:00PM with virtual option	Summary of the morning sessions for virtual attendees
2:00PM – 3:30PM with virtual option	Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Constantin Arnscheidt (Cambridge University) “Critical transitions and global catastrophic risk“ Flash talks (Each 5-7 Min, no questions): 1. George Hagstrom 2. Jonathan Donges 3. Nico Wunderling 4. Emma Zajdela 5. Hannah Prawitz 6. Bastian Grudde 7. Giuseppe Ferro 8. Eddie Lee
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Long coffee break, Meant for questions to the speakers in small groups, and informal discussions about interest groups and your respective work
4:30PM – 6:00PM with virtual option	Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Marta Tuninetti (University of Torino) “The RAS Balancing Algorithm Applied to Hydrology” Flash talks (Each 5-7 Min, no questions): 1. Lan Wang-Erlandsson 2. Jobst Heitzig 3. Saverio Perri 4. Luana Schwarz 5. Njelia Knecht 6. Shreyas Gadge 7. Koustav Halder 8. Florian Jehn
6:00PM	End of day 1 sessions
7:00PM	Conference dinner (covered by PIK) at Theaterklause-Potsdam (https://theaterklause-potsdam.de/)

Day 2: Tuesday, December 19th, 9:00AM – 6:00PM CET

9:00AM – 9:15AM	Reminder of what the “interest groups” are
9:15AM – 10:30AM	Working group sessions (in separate rooms)
10:30AM – 11:00AM	Coffee Break
11:00AM – 12:30PM	Working group sessions (in separate rooms)
12:30PM – 1:45PM	Lunch
1:45PM – 2:00PM with virtual option	Summary of the morning sessions for virtual attendees
2:00PM – 3:30PM with virtual option	Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Pawel Romanczuk (Humboldt University) “Self-organization, criticality and collective information processing” Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Albert Kao (University of Michigan) “Timing decisions as the next frontier for collective intelligence” Flash talks (Each 5-7 Min, no questions): 1. Talia Borofski 2. Annie Stephenson 3. Guillaume Falmagne
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Long coffee break, Meant for questions to the speakers in small groups, and informal discussions about interest groups and your respective work
4:30PM – 6:00PM with virtual option	Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Elisabeth Krüger (University of Amsterdam) “Towards modeling sustainability transformations ofsocial-ecological-technological systems informed by stakeholder perceptions” Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Beatrice Crona (Stockholm Resilience Centre), virtual “Working in the interface between Earth system science and private investments – A journey of discovering sweet spots and dark corners” Flash talks (Each 5-7 Min, no questions): 1. Juan Rocha 2. Sara Constantino 3. André Pinto da Silva 4. Woi Sok Oh
6:00PM	End of Day 2 sessions
7:00PM	Christmas market visit – Self-organized dinner (on own expense)

Day 3: Wednesday, December 20th, 9:00AM – 5:30PM CET

9:00AM – 9:15AM	Reminder (Plenary) of what the “interest groups” are
9:15AM – 10:30AM	Working group sessions
10:30AM – 11:00AM	Coffee break
11:00AM – 12:30PM	Wrap-up of working group sessions – Short presentations about findings and ideas from each working group – Which ideas could lead to a paper? – In the future, how will you organize to work and keep this project alive?
12:30PM – 1:45PM	Lunch
1:45PM – 2:00PM	Wrap-up of the morning sessions for virtual attendees
2:00PM – 3:00PM with virtual option	Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Eddie Lee (Complexity Science Hub, Vienna) “Fluctuations in the growth, death, and resource competition in forests” Flash talks (Each 5-7 Min, no questions): 1. Chelsea Kaandorp 2. Albert Kao 3. Nusrat Molla 4. Jin Wang, virtual
3:00PM – 3:15PM	Small break
3:15PM – 4:15PM with virtual option	Output following the workshop: short presentations about findings, ideas, concrete organization, paper plans, from each interest group.
4:15PM – 4:45PM with virtual option	Coffee break
4:45PM – 5:15PM with virtual option	Keynote (30 Min. including Q&A) by Raissa D’Souza (UC Davis), virtual “Criticality on networks: universality classes, power laws, and Dragon Kings”
5:15PM – 5:30PM with virtual option	Wrap-up of the workshop – Your thoughts about this workshop? – Expectations for next steps? – How should we continue organizing the Critical Transitions Workshop Series?
5:30PM	End of the workshop