Antarctic Treaty Summit 2009
50th anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty
"with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind"
Day 2 - Session Listing
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Day 2 - Tuesday, 1 December
SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY SYSTEM
The second day – the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty – will celebrate this unique international agreement and offer participants the chance to sign the For Ever Declaration that Antarctica is a Beacon of Peace. The sessions will explore some of critical contributions of the Antarctic Treaty System to global science, examine its remarkable levels of international co-operation at all levels and discuss some of its challenges for the future.
Address from the United Nations Secretary General
CELEBRATORY SIGNING OF THE FOREVER DECLARATION
Chaired by His Excellency Ambassador. Jorge Berguño (Council for Antarctic Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Former Ambassador to the United Nations, Chile)
PLENARY 3 - ANTARCTICA’S ROLE IN GLOBAL SCIENCE
Chaired by Dr. Sergio Marenssi (Director of Science, Argentine Antarctic Institute, Argentina)
- The Ozone Hole and its Implications
- Dr. Susan Solomon (Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States)
- Antarctica’s Role in Global Climate over Different Time Scales
- Dr. Jean-Robert Petit (Directeur de Recherche, Center National de la Recherche, France)
- Cosmology from Antarctica
- Dr. Antony Stark (Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- Southern Ocean in the Earth System
- Dr. Stephen Rintoul (CSIRO Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
COFFEE
PANEL 3 - Interactive Panel Discussion with Questions from the Audience
Chaired by Dr. Sergio Marenssi (Director of Science, Argentine Antarctic Institute, Argentina)
PANELLISTS - Dr. Anders Karlqvist (Director, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Sweden) , Dr. Jean-Robert Petit (Directeur de Recherche, Center National de la Recherche, France) , Dr. Stephen Rintoul (CSIRO Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) , Dr. Susan Solomon (Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States) , Dr. Antony Stark (Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) , Professor Jörn Thiede (Former Director, Alfred-Wegener Institutes for Polar and Marine Research, Germany; Former President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Germany)
YOUNG SCHOLAR ESSAY - 1st Place Winner of the APECS Essay Contest and Winner of The Explorers Club Sponsorship
PLENARY 4 - SCIENTIFIC ADVICE IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY SYSTEM
Chaired by Dr. Yeadong Kim (Former Director of the Korean Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea)
- Sustainable Management in the Southern Ocean
- Professor Denzil Miller (Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia)
- Managing the Antarctic Environment – National and International Responsibilities
- Dr. Olav Orheim (Senior Adviser, Research Council of Norway and Former Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Norway)
- New Frontiers and Future Directions in Antarctic Research
- Professor Mahlon C. Kennicutt II (Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University and President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, United States)
PANEL 4 - Interactive Panel Discussion with Questions from the Audience
Chaired by Dr. Yeadong Kim (Former Director of the Korean Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea)
PANELLISTS - Professor Mahlon C. Kennicutt II (Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University and President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, United States) , Mr. Michael Lang (Director, Smithsonian Marine Science Network; Director, Smithsonian Scientific Diving program; Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution, United States) , Professor Denzil Miller (Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia) , Dr. Olav Orheim (Senior Adviser, Research Council of Norway and Former Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Norway) , Dr. Peter Prokosch (Managing Director, United Nations Environmental Programme / GRID-Arendal, Norway)
PLENARY 5 - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ANTARCTICA
Chaired by A.H. Zakri (Director of the Centre on Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains; Vice President, Third World Academy of Sciences; Former Director, United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies, Malaysia)
- Addressing Global Science Questions Through International Collaboration
- Dr. Karl Erb (Director, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, United States)
- The importance of Logistics and the role of COMNAP
- Dr. José Retamales (Director, Chilean Antarctic Institute and Chair of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs - COMNAP, Chile)
- The ATCM: Where is it Headed after Establishment of the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat?
- Mr. Jan Huber (Former Executive Secretary, Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, The Netherlands)
- Public Participation in Antarctica: Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
- Dr. Harlan Cohen (Advisor on Ocean Governance and International Institutions, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, United States)
PANEL 5 - Interactive Panel Discussion with Questions from the Audience
Chaired by A.H. Zakri (Director of the Centre on Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains; Vice President, Third World Academy of Sciences; Former Director, United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies, Malaysia)
PANELLISTS - Dr. Harlan Cohen (Advisor on Ocean Governance and International Institutions, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, United States) , Dr. Karl Erb (Director, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, United States) , Mr. Jan Huber (Former Executive Secretary, Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, The Netherlands) , Ms. Denise Landau (Former Executive Director, International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, United States) , Dr. Timothy McCoy (Curator-in-Charge, National Meteorite Collection, Smithsonian Institution, United States) , Dr. José Retamales (Director, Chilean Antarctic Institute and Chair of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs - COMNAP, Chile)
POSTER SESSION - SPONSORED BY THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
- Antarctic Data Management
- Ms. Helen Campbell (SCADM Deputy Chief Officer, United Kingdom)
- Harmonies of Ice and Past Climate Change: Antarctic Paleoclimate, SCAR and Treaty Successes
- Alan Cooper (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Peter Barrett (Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University, New Zealand)
- Robert DeConto (Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts)
- Robert Dunbar (Environmental Earth Systems Science, Stanford University)
- Carlota Escutia (Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Spain)
- Dr. Martin Seigert (Head of the School of GeoSciences)
- Nigel Wardell (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy)
- Jon Childs (U.S. Geological Survey)
- The Antarctic Treaty at 50: Challenges and Future Directionauthor: peiqing.guo
- Greenpeace
- John Hocevar (Oceans Director)
- Allison Kole (Campaigns Assistant, Science and the Governance of International Commons)
- Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science
- Igor Krupnik (Smithsonian Institution)
- Mr. Michael Lang (Director, Smithsonian Marine Science Network; Director, Smithsonian Scientific Diving program; Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution, United States)
- Scott E. Miller (Smithsonian Institution)
- Under-Ice Research and the International Polar Diving Workshop
- Mr. Michael Lang (Director, Smithsonian Marine Science Network; Director, Smithsonian Scientific Diving program; Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution, United States)
- Martin Sayer (NERC Facility for Scientific Diving, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom)
- Smithsonian Antarctic Invertebrates Online
- Rafael Lemaitre (Smithsonian Institution)
- The Arctic and Antarctica: Any Analogues?
- Valery Lukin (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russian Antarctic Expedition)
- Antarctica on the Eve of the Treaty
- Organising Polar Science: Canada’s Emerging Antarctic Interests
- Anita Dey Nuttall (Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta)
- Scientific Advice and International Cooperation in the Antarctic Treaty System FUTURE ANTARCTIC MARGIN PALEOCLIMATE SCIENTIFIC DRILLING
- Frank Rack (ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska Lincoln)
- Laura De Santis (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale GS, Italy)
- Richard Levy (GNS Science, New Zealand)
- Tim Naish (Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
- Robert DeConto (Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts)
- Carlota Escutia (Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Spain)
- Protection of Wilderness and Aesthetic Values of Antarctica: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as a Tool
- Tina Tin (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC))
- Rupert Summerson (Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia)
- The Governance of International Spaces
- Professor David Walton (Professor Emeritus, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
- Julie A Hambrook Berkman (Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces)
- Lessons Learned from the Antarctic Treaty System: Can We Apply Them to the Arctic?
- Dr. Michele Zebich-Knos (Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA)
GALA PRESENTATIONS
- Introductions
- Professor Paul Berkman (Chair of the International Board for the Antarctic Treaty Summit)
- Race for Space Hall of the National Air and Space Museum
- Dr. Roger D. Launius (Senior Curator of the NASM Division of Space History Smithsonian Institution, United States)
- Smithsonian Institution Welcome
- Scott E. Miller (Smithsonian Institution)
- Summit Sponsor Welcome
- Mr. Sam Feola (President, TransPolar)
- REMINISCES OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWEREisenhower
- Ms. Susan Eisenhower (Chairman Emeritus of the Eisenhower Institute and granddaughter of President Eisenhower)
- TINKER FOUNDATION – MARTHA MUSE PRIZE FOR ANTARCTIC POLICY ANDRESEARCH
- Ms. Renate Rennie (Chairman and President, The Tinker Foundation)
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