Pan American Institute for Integration of Research on Climate Change and Hazards in the Americas; Panama City, Panama

0921613 solis泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖，由美国国家科学基金会和能源部（DOE）联合支持，将于2010年夏天在Tecnológica de panam<e:1>大学校园举行。由美国地理学家协会的Patricia A. Solis博士组织，PASI会议将讨论美洲气候变化和灾害的综合研究。该研究所将1)识别、吸引和整合新一代学者和实践者与主要组织围绕气候变化与灾害之间关系的正在进行的活动；2)利用地理技术的综合能力，将该地区气候变化与灾害之间联系的先进知识领域相互关联；3)制定跨学科、跨部门的合作研究和教育议程。该活动将通过巩固先进研究、围绕气候变化与灾害之间的联系开展协同国际地理空间合作，以及培育一个区域性的学者和实践者社区，促进从数据到知识再到行动的更大联合运动。这次PASI的预期结果将是通过吸引新一代学者/实践者参与国际倡议，并将这些观点整合到各种科学和工程学科的教育机会中，从而改变气候变化和危害研究。PASI还将通过建立网站和维基，帮助公众更好地了解气候变化及其潜在危害。

0921613SolisThis Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place the summer of 2010, at the campus of the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá. Organized by Dr. Patricia A. Solis of the Association of American Geographers, the PASI cwill address the Integration of research on climate change and hazards in the Americas. The institute will 1) identify, engage, and integrate a new generation of scholars and practitioners with on-going activities of major organizations around the relationships between climate change and hazards, 2) interrelate advanced knowledge domains around links between climate change and hazards in the region using integrative capacities of geographic technologies; and 3) elaborate a collaborative research and educational agenda that spans across disciplines and sectors. The activity will foster greater joint movement from data to knowledge to action, by consolidating advanced research, synergizing international geospatial collaboration around links between climate change and hazards, and fostering a region-wide community of scholars and practitioners. Expected outcomes in this PASI will be to transform climate change and hazards research by engaging a new generation of scholars/practitioners with international initiatives, and by integrating these perspectives into educational opportunities for various sciences and engineering disciplines. The PASI will also help the public better understand climate change and its potential hazards through the development of a website and wiki.