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Invited presentation and lecture series:

1. B. Timbal, 2008: " Downscaling from Global to Regional Climate Change Projections: Description, Uses, Limitations”, Lecture given at the advanced climate course, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Mr. P. Alford.
2. B. Timbal. 2008: “Climate Change projections for the ACT”. ACT Urban Development Seminar Series on Climate and Energy, Changing Climate: Impact on cities, Canberra, Australia. Invited by K. Wellman, director, Centre for Developing Cities
3. B. Timbal. 2007: “Rainfall in southern Australia: current trends and future projections”. Hydrological Consequences of Climate Change Symposium, Canberra, Australia. Invited by Dr. I. Prosser, science director, CSIRO Water for a healthy country flagship
4. B. Timbal, C. Lucas and G. Mills. 2007: “Assessing the impact of Climate Change on fire weather”. Bushfire in a heating world conference, Sydney, Australia. Invited by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
5. B. Timbal. 2006: “Statistical Downscaling: an important part of ACCESS”. BMRC workshop on the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Dr. K. Puri.
6. B. Timbal. 2006: “Statistical Downscaling in BMRC”. Bureau-wide meeting on Climate Change research, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Dr. S. Power.
7. B. Timbal, M. Wheeler. S. Chêne, L. Maitrepierre and A. Leroy. 2004: "Impact de la variabilité  interannuelle  et intra-saisonnière sur l‘activité cyclonique et la pluviométrie". For the Assises Française de la Recherche dans le Pacifique, Nouméa, New Caledonia. Invited by Dr. A. Ganachaud.
8. B. Timbal, 2003: "Regional climate change projections using statistical downscaling techniques". Key presentation at the 11^th Geophysics Conference of Iran, Tehran, Iran. Invited by Dr. Zomorrodian, president of the National Iranian Geophysical Society
9. B. Timbal, 2003: "Statistics and Climatology". A series of eight lectures for the WMO RMTC course on the use of statistics in climate science, Tehran, Iran. Invited by Dr. M. Azadi.
10. B. Timbal and B. McAvaney. 2002: "Using downscaling to assess extreme weathers in changed climatic conditions". BMRC workshop on Modelling and Predicting Extreme Weather Events, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Dr. E. Eberth.
11. B. Timbal, 2002: "Regional Climate Change: Modelling aspects". A series of four lectures for the WMO course on regional climate change, Tehran, Iran. Invited by Dr. M. Azadi.
12. B. Timbal, 2002: "Drought; causes, impacts and predictions. The impact of el Nino on Australia". Public lecture at Shiraz University, Iran. Invited by Dr. Ghaemi.
13. B. Timbal, 2002: "Statistical Downscaling in Climate Predictions". Lecture given at the advanced climate course, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Mr. Bell.
14. B. Timbal and A. Voldoire. 2001: "Statistical downscaling applied to seasonal forecasting". BMRC workshop on Understanding the climate of Australia and the Indo-Pacific region, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Dr. J. McBride.
15. B. Timbal, 1997: "Intercomparison of Land-Surface Schemes coupled in a regional Weather Prediction Model". PILPS Workshop on the Coupling of land surface schemes into atmospheric model, Melbourne, Australia. Invited by Prof. A. Henderson-Sellers.

International scientific conferences:

16. F. Chiew, D. Kirono, D. Kent, A. Frost, S. Charles, B. Timbal and K. Nguyen, 2009: “Uncertainty in GCM projections, downscaling methods and hydrological modelling of future streamflow”, 6^th international GEWEX conference, Melbourne Australia
17. B. Timbal, 2009: “Attribution of the south east Australia recent rainfall decline”, 6^th international GEWEX conference, Melbourne Australia
18. N. Plummer, N. Tuteja, Q.J. Wang, E. Wang, D. Robertson, S. Zhou, A. Schepen, O. Alves, B. Timbal and K. Puri, 2009: “A Seasonal Water Availability Prediction Service: Opportunities and Challenges”, MODSIM09 conference, Cairns, Australia
19. D.-L. Liu, J. Mo, H. Fairweather and B. Timbal: “A GIS tool to evaluate climate change impact: functionality and case study”, MODSIM09 conference, Cairns, Australia
20. B. Timbal, 2009: “Climate change in the Murray-Darling basin”, 9^th AMS southern hemisphere conference, panel discussion, Melbourne, Australia
21. B. Timbal, G. Mills, A. Hasson and K. Walsh, 2009: “The impact of climate change on bush fire extreme weather conditions”, 9^th AMS southern hemisphere conference, special session on bushfire, Melbourne, Australia
22. B. Timbal. 2009: “The rainfall decline in the south-east of Australia”, 9^th AMS southern hemisphere conference, Melbourne, Australia
23. P. Hope, B. Timbal, M. Wheeler and R. Fawcett: “A strengthening link between rainfall variability in the East and West of southern Australia”, 9^th AMS southern hemisphere conference, Melbourne, Australia
24. E. Fernandez and B. Timbal, 2009: “A statistical tool for Australia:, 9^th AMS southern hemisphere conference, Melbourne, Australia
25. B. Timbal. 2007: “South-Eastern Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI) Theme 1: observed climate changes in the southeast of Australia: detection and possible attribution”, Greenhouse 2007, Sydney, Australia
26. B. Timbal. 2007: “Winter rainfall in Southern Australia: Past and future trends”. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Perugia, Italy.
27. B. Timbal. 2007: “The impact of climate change on frost occurrences in Australia”. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Perugia, Italy.
28. B. Timbal. 2007: “The impact of Climate Change on Frost Occurrences across the Murray-Darling Basin”. 12^th Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society conference, Adelaide, Australia.
29. B. Timbal, R. Kounkou and G. Mills, 2007: “On the modulation of the occurrences of Cool Season Tornadoes in Southern Australia by the Southern Annular Mode now and in future climate(s)”. Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society conference, special workshop on the Southern Annular Mode, Adelaide, Australia.
30. B. Timbal and P. Hope, 2006: “On the relationship between South West and South East Australian winter rainfall”. 17^th Australian New-Zealand Climate Forum, Canberra, Australia.
31. B. Timbal, S. Power, P. Hope, H. Hendon, J. Arblaster and D. Jones, 2006: "On the reduction of winter rainfall in Southern Australia". 8^th American Meteorological Society Southern Hemisphere Conference, Iguazu, Brazil. 
32. B. Timbal and J. Arblaster, 2006: "Land cover change and rainfall decline in the South West of Western Australia". 8^th American Meteorological Society Southern Hemisphere Conference, Iguazu, Brazil. 
33. B. Timbal, S. Power, P. Hope, H. Hendon, J. Arblaster and D. Jones, 2005: "Facing reduced winter rainfall in southern Australia: the challenge ahead". GREENHOUSE 2005, Melbourne, Australia. 
34. B. Timbal and J. Arblaster, 2004: "Attribution of the observed Rainfall trends in South West Australia". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
35. B. Timbal and D. Jones, 2004: "Is the current drought in South East Australia a precursor of future climate change?" 16^th Australian New-Zealand Climate Forum, Lorne, Australia.
36. B. Timbal and J. Arblaster, 2004: "Attribution of the observed Rainfall trends in South West Australia". 11^th Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society conference, Brisbane, Australia.
37. Y. Kuleshov, G. de Hoedt, B. Timbal, A. Burton, G. Elliot, I. Shepherd, M. Foley, F. Chane-Ming, S. Westrelin and P. Caroff, 2004: "Development of tropical cyclone climatology for the South Indian Ocean and seasonal prediction scheme of variables describing the cyclone season". 11^th Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society conference, Brisbane, Australia.
38. B. Timbal, 2003: "South West Australia past and future rainfall trends". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Sapporo, Japan. 
39. B. Timbal, S. Chene and L. Maitrepierre, 2003: "Predictability of the Tropical Cyclone Season in the South West Pacific". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Sapporo, Japan. 
40. B. Timbal. 2003: "South West Australia past and future rainfall trends". 10^th Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society conference, Perth, Australia.
41. B. Timbal, S. Power and A. Voldoire, 2002: "Statistical-Dynamical seasonal forecasting". 9^th Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society conference, Melbourne, Australia.
42. B. Timbal, B.J. McAvaney, L. Fairhead, J. Katzfey and D. Howard. 2000: "Scenarios for Australia". 15^th Australian New-Zealand Climate Forum, Hobart, Australia.
43. B. Timbal and B.J. McAvaney. 2000: "Downscaling of Global Climate Model Scenarios". 8^th Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
44. B. Timbal. 1999: "Constructing Regional Climate Change Scenarios for Australia: a downscaling technique". 4^th Max Planck Institute Climate Modelling Conference, Hamburg, Germany.
45. B. Timbal. 1999: "A statistical model to downscale GCM predictions". Australian Meteorological and Oceanography Society Conference, Canberra, Australia.
46. B. Timbal and B.J. McAvaney. 1998: "Downscaling: An attempt to reconstructed local Australian temperature using large scale predictors". Australian New-Zealand Climate Forum, Perth, Australia.
47. B. Timbal, A. Henderson-Sellers and K. Puri. 1997: "Intercomparison of Land-Surface Schemes coupled in a regional Weather Prediction Model: PILPS 4(B)". Joint assemblies of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences and International Association for Physical Sciences of the Oceans, Melbourne, Australia.
48. B. Timbal, J.-F. Mahfouf, J.-F. Royer and D. Cariolle. 1995: "Sensitivity of climate change in Europe to the Northern Atlantic warming". International conference on past, present and future climate, SILMU, Helsinki, Finland.
49. B. Timbal. 1995: "Comparison between Doubled CO₂ time-slice and coupled experiments". International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Boulder, USA. 
50. B. Timbal, J.-F. Mahfouf, J.-F. Royer and D. Cariolle. 1995: "Sensitivity of time-slice 2xCO₂ climate to the oceanic forcings and the formulation of the model". European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Hamburg, Germany. 
51. B. Timbal. 1994: "Modifications of the hydrological cycle as simulated by a GCM in a 2xCO₂ time-slice experiment. Sensibility to a change in the SST forcing". European conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, London, UK.
52. B. Timbal, J.-F. Mahfouf and D. Cariolle. 1994: "A 2xCO₂ time-slice experiments: Sensitivity of the response to the model formulation". European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Grenoble, France
53. B. Timbal and J.-F. Mahfouf.  1993: "A 2xCO₂ time-slice experiments" European Geophysical Society General Assembly, Wiesbaden, Germany. 

Workshop and other professional meetings:

54. B. Timbal. 2009: “Theme 1 characterisation and attribution of current climate: overview and linkage with SEACi-2”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia
55. B. Timbal. 2009: “Theme 1 characterisation and attribution of current climate: highlights from SEACI-1 final year”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia.
56. B. Timbal. 2009: “Theme 1 characterisation and attribution of current climate: 2006 to 2009 highlights”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia.
57. B. Timbal, 2008: “The climate of south Australia: on-going changes and future projections”, South Australia Hydrological Society and Stormwater Industry Association joint seminar, Adelaide, Australia
58. B. Timbal. 2008: “Climate change and the climate drivers for South East of Australia”, South Australia Annual Climate Seminar, Adelaide, Australia.
59. B. Timbal. 2008: “Characterisation and attribution of current climate: gap and research direction for them 1”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Melbourne, Australia.
60. B. Timbal. 2008: “Theme 1 characterisation and attribution of current climate: highlights and summary”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Melbourne, Australia.
61. B. Timbal. 2008: “Presentation on milestones 1.1.2, 1.3.1 and 1.4.1”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Melbourne, Australia.
62. B. Timbal. 2008: “Projections, predictions and uncertainty: Downscaling”. Workshop on Future Direction for the Climate Change Research in Australia, Academy of Science, Canberra, Australia.
63. B. Timbal. 2007: “The IPCC AR4 and future projections”. Weather and Climate short course to the NSWDPI, provided by the Bureau of Meteorology NSW regional office, Sydney, Australia.
64. B. Timbal. 2007: “The Science of climate change”. Weather and Climate short course to the NSWDPI, provided by the Bureau of Meteorology NSW regional office, Sydney, Australia.
65. B. Timbal and D. Abbs. 2007: “Climate Change and extreme events”. Review of the Australian Climate Change Science Program, Melbourne, Australia. 
66. B. Timbal and W. Cai. 2007: “Detection and Attribution”. Review of the Australian Climate Change Science Program, Melbourne, Australia. 
67. A. Moise, K. Hennessy and B. Timbal. 2007: “Developing regional climate change projections”. Review of the Australian Climate Change Science Program, Melbourne, Australia. 
68. B. Timbal. 2007: “Theme 1 overview: Characterisation and attribution of current climate”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia.
69. B. Murphy and B. Timbal. 2007: “Analysis of historical climate”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia.
70. B. Timbal and B. Murphy, 2007: “Attribution of changes in climate”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia.
71. B. Timbal, E. Fernandez and B. Murphy. 2007: “Development of the analogue downscaling method”. Annual review meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Canberra, Australia.
72. B. Timbal et al., 2007: “Global warming and regional projections for Australia”, South Australia Annual Climate Seminar, Adelaide, Australia.
73. B. Timbal. 2006: “Theme 1 overview: Characterisation and attribution of current climate”. Steering committee meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Sydney, Australia.
74. K. McInnes, B. Timbal and A. Moise, 2006: "Regional Climate Change Projections". Review of the Australian Climate Change Science Program, Sydney, Australia. 
75. B. Timbal and S. Charles, 2006: "Detection and attribution of observed climate change". Review of the Australian Climate Change Science Program, Sydney, Australia. 
76. B. Timbal, B. Murphy, P. Hope, H. Hendon, S. Power, N. Nicholls, W. Drosdowsky and J. Arblaster, 2006: "Detection and attribution of climate change in South-East Australia". Initial meeting of the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative, Melbourne, Australia. 
77. B. Timbal, 2005: "What has happened with the winter rainfall in southern Australia?". 17th BMRC Modelling Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
78. B. Timbal, O. Alves, W. Drosdowsky, S. Power, G. Wang, M. Wheeler, S. Chene and A. Leroy, 2005: " Regional climate variability: an Australian perspective", CLIVAR South-West Pacific Ocean Circulation workshop, Cairns, Australia.
79. B. Timbal, S. Charles and R. Jones, 2005: "Regional climate change projections: downscaling techniques". 2005 review of the Australian Climate Change Science Program, Gold Coast, Australia.
80. B. Timbal, and B. McAvaney, 2005: "The impact of Climate Change on Frost Days: a case study". IPCC model evaluation workshop, Hawaii, USA.
81. S. Charles and B. Timbal, 2004: "Downscaling of climate change to regional and local levels". 2004 review of the Australian Greenhouse Science Program, Melbourne, Australia.
82. B. Timbal, 2003: "The climate system and its observation". National Center for Climatology Seminar, Mahshaad, Iran.
83. B. Timbal, 2003: "Statistics and climate: example of statistical climate projections". National Center for Climatology Seminar, Mahshaad, Iran.
84. B. Timbal, 2003: "Statistics and climatology". Workshop organised by the National Iranian Geophysical Society, Tehran, Iran.
85. S. Charles and B. Timbal, 2003: "Providing local-scale scenarios for impact studies using large scale predictors from climate models". 2003 review of the Australian Greenhouse Science Program, Melbourne, Australia.
86. B. Timbal, 2002: "Climate Change: from a Global issue to Regional impacts ". National Center for Climatology seminar, Mahshaad, Iran.
87. B. Timbal, 2002: "Drought; causes, impacts and predictions. The impact of el Nino on Australia". National Center for Climatology seminar, Mahshaad, Iran.
88. B. Timbal and B.J. McAvaney. 2002: "Using downscaling to assess extreme weathers in changed climatic conditions". 14th BMRC Modelling Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.
89. B. Timbal and S. Charles, 2002: "Providing realistic local-scale scenarios for impact studies using large scale predictors from climate models". 2002 review of the Australian Greenhouse Science Program, Melbourne, Australia.
90. B. Timbal, 2002: " Statistical downscaling of rainfall: is the analogue technique suitable?" Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre seminar, Melbourne, Australia.
91. B. Bates and B. Timbal, 2001: "Statistical Downscaling Techniques". 2001 review of the Australian Greenhouse Science Program, Melbourne, Australia.
92. B. Timbal, A. Hahmann, A. Pitman and A. Henderson-Sellers. 1997: "New developments for the project for intercomparison of land-surface parameterization scheme: Phase 4". WMO/IAHS workshop on Continental-scale Hydrological Models: Charting the Future, Wallingford, UK.
93. B. Timbal, J.-F. Royer and F. Chauvin. 1996: "A GCM study of the impact of greenhouse gas increase on the occurrence of Tropical Cyclones". Workshop on Tropical Cyclone Coastal Impact, Brisbane, Australia. 
94. B. Timbal, J.-F. Mahfouf, J.-F. Royer and M. Déqué. 1994: "Sensitivity parameters of the METEO-FRANCE climate models: EMERAUDE and ARPEGE". NATO Advanced research Workshop on Climate Sensitivity to Radiative Perturbations: Physical Mechanisms and Validation, Paris, France.
95. J.-F. Royer, F. Chauvin and B. Timbal. 1994: "Analysis of the monsoon response to radiative perturbations in GCM simulations". NATO Advanced research Workshop on Climate Sensitivity to Radiative Perturbations: Physical Mechanisms and Validation, Paris, France.