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SCOR 50th
Anniversary Symposium
20-21 October 2008
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Program
October 19 (Sunday)
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4:00 p.m. |
Reception
and Poster Session for Students |
October 20 (Monday)
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductory Comments |
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9:00 a.m. |
Remarks from ICSU - Thomas Rosswall
(International Council for Science)
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9:30 a.m. |
SCOR's legacy in interdisciplinary Ocean
Science - Elizabeth Gross (SCOR) and George Hemmen (former SCOR
Exec. Sec.)
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10:30 a.m. |
Break
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11:00 a.m. |
Panel #1 on Future Scientific
Tracks : Proposed future actions deriving from on-going SCOR Working Group
activities
Session Chair: TBA |
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1. Ocean variability, climate, humans and
fish – Philippe Cury (Centre
de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale) |
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2. Ocean variability, productivity and
sediment record - Karin Lochte (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-
und Meeresforschung |
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3. New developments on marine viruses
- Corina Brussaard (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) |
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4. Integrating past and recent time
scales of ocean dynamics – Jean Lynch-Stieglitz (Georgia Institute of
Technology) |
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5. Organic carbon in sediments/chemistry
and hypoxia - Jack Middleburg (Netherlands Institute of Ecology) |
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6. Deep ocean-shelf exchange – John
Johnson (University of East Anglia, UK)
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noon |
Discussion
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12:45
p.m. |
Lunch
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2:15 p.m.
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Keynote address #1-
Ocean variability - Martin Visbeck (Leibniz-Institut
fuer Meereswissenschaften, Germany) |
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3:15 p.m.
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Poster Session (will include students and
young scientists from SCOR nations) |
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6:00 p.m. |
Transportation to NAS Woods Hole Facility for reception and lobster boil |
9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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9:00 a.m.
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Keynote address #2 - Climate, the carbon
cycle and the ocean - Andy Ridgwell (University of Bristol)
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10:00 a.m. |
Break
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10:30 a.m. |
Panel #2 on Future Scientific Tracks
What are the big science issues SCOR programs see for the next decades
Session Chair: Victor Gallardo, Univeridad de
Concepción, Chile |
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1. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) –
Hugh Ducklow (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA) |
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2. Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and
Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project – Julie Hall (National
Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand) |
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3. Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study
(SOLAS) – Peter Liss (University of East Anglia, UK)/Doug Wallace
(Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Germany) |
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4. GEOTRACES project – Bob
Anderson (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)/Gideon Henderson
(Oxford University) |
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5. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC)
project – Ian Perry (Fisheries
& Oceans Canada) |
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6. Global Ecology and Oceanography of
Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) project – Raphael Kudela
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
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11:30 a.m. |
Discussion
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch
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1:30 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker #3: Technology Development for
Observing Systems - Chris Scholin (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute) |
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2:30 p.m. |
Coffee
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3:00 p.m. |
Final panel presentation and round-table discussion
Session Chair: TBD |
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1. Introduction: The view of
the SCOR President on the future of multidisciplinary ocean research
and the role
of SCOR in the next decades - Bjřrn Sundby |
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2. Capacity building and
participation of developing countries in SCOR activities – Venu Ittekkot
(University of Bremen) |
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3. Cooperation with other organizations
- Javier Valladares (Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission)
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4:30 p.m. |
Final wrap-up by an external rapporteur? And
discussion?
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5:00 p.m. |
Meeting ends |
Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.
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