APPENDIX D
INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL OCEAN EXPLORATION WORKSHOP: AGENDA AND PARTICIPANTS
Agenda
May 13-15, 2002
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Paris, France
Monday, May 13
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome: Morgan Gopnik, Director, Ocean Studies Board, U.S. National Academies |
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9:15 a.m. |
John Orcutt, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California (Chair, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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9:30 a.m. |
Patricio A. Bernal, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Assistant Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, France |
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9:45 a.m. |
U.S. Congressman James C. Greenwood |
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10:00 a.m. |
Plenary session Chair: Shirley Pomponi, Vice President and Director of Research, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Florida (Vice-Chair, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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• Charge to speakers: Why/what is ocean exploration: value of exploration in general, and of a coordinated international exploration program in particular? |
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10:10 a.m. |
Marcia McNutt, Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, California (Member, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:50 a.m. |
Joe Baker, Chief Scientist and Commissioner for the Environment, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, Australia |
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11:10 a.m. |
Victor Smetacek, Head, Division on Pelagic Ecosystems, Alfred Wegner Institute, Foundation for Polar and Marine Research, Germany |
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11:30 a.m. |
Panel discussion |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m. |
Existing programs Chair: Susan Humphris, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts (Member, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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• Charge to speakers: Please detail current or prior oceanographic explorations (including international programs), and their objectives, that have occurred in your nation/organization. What have been the significant discoveries/results? |
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2:00 p.m. |
Keynote: Captain Craig McLean, Director, Office of Ocean Exploration, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Maryland |
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2:20 p.m. |
John Field, Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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2:40 p.m. |
Jeremy Green, Head, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australia Maritime Museum |
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3:00 p.m. |
Shubha Sathyendranath, Executive Director, Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, Canada |
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3:20 p.m. |
Break |
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3:40 p.m. |
Su Jilan, Physical Oceanographer, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China; and Chair, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, France |
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4:00 p.m. |
Sunil Murlidhar Shastri, Lecturer, Scarborough Centre for Coastal Studies, University of Hull, United Kingdom |
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4:20 p.m. |
Rene Drucker-Colin, President, Mexican Academy of Sciences |
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4:40 p.m. |
Rob Murdoch, Director, Research Development, National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand |
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5:00 p.m. |
Panel discussion |
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6:00 p.m. |
Reception |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2002
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9:00 a.m. |
Priority areas for a coordinated international exploration program Chair: Victor Vicente-Vidal Lorandi, Director, Oceanography Department, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico (Member, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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• Charge to speakers: What distinctive features of ocean exploration would make it a priority area for your country/organization to participate? What |
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benefits would your nation/organization foresee in an international ocean exploration program? Based on studies that have been conducted to date by your nation/organization, what would you rate as the top 3-5 exploration goals to be undertaken, with a brief discussion of your reasons for your assessment and priority ranking? |
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9:00 a.m. |
Keynote: Fred Grassle, Chair, Scientific Steering Committee for the Census of Marine Life, Rutgers University, New Jersey |
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9:20 a.m. |
Michael P. Meredith, Senior Scientific Officer, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom |
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9:40 a.m. |
Harry Breidahl, Educational Consultant, Nautilus Educational Pty Ltd., Australia |
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10:00 a.m. |
Bryndis Brandsdottir, Research Professor, Science Institute, University of Iceland |
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10:20 a.m. |
Break |
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10:40 a.m. |
James A. Yoder, Director, Ocean Sciences Division, U.S. National Science Foundation, Virginia |
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11:00 a.m. |
Annelies Pierrot-Bults, Science Policy Officer, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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11:20 a.m. |
Muthukamatchi Ravindran, Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology, India |
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11:40 p.m. |
Stephen R. Hammond, Chief Scientist, Ocean Exploration Program, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Oregon |
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12:00 p.m. |
Panel discussion |
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12:20 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m. Technology and infrastructure capabilities and needs Co-Chairs: Earl Doyle, Shell Oil (retired), Texas (Member, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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• Charge to speakers: What assets currently exist, and what technologies/assets are needed to facilitate a coordinated international exploration program? |
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2:00 p.m. |
Keynote: Alain Morash, TotalFinaElf, France |
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2:20 p.m. |
Suzanne Lacasse, Managing Director, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute |
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2:40 p.m. |
Tamaki Ura, Director, Underwater Technology Research Center, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan |
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3:00 p.m. |
Tommy D. Dickey, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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3:20 p.m. |
Break |
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3:40 p.m. |
Paul Egerton, Executive Scientific Secretary, European Polar Board, European Science Foundation, France |
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4:00 p.m. |
Larry Mayer, Director, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire |
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4:20 p.m. |
Kiyoshi Suyehiro, Director, Deep Sea Research Department, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center |
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4:40 p.m. |
Panel discussion |
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5:30 p.m. |
Meeting adjourns for the day |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2002
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9:00 a.m. |
Strategies for facilitating a coordinated international exploration program Chair: John Norton Moore, Director, University of Virginia Center for Oceans Law and Policy (Member, NRC Exploration of the Seas Committee) |
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• Charge to speakers: Recommend strategies to facilitate a coordinated international ocean exploration program. What type of organizational structure would be needed to facilitate your nation/organization’s participation? Is there a particular program you could suggest for a model to administer a large-scale, international, cooperative ocean exploration program? |
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9:00 a.m. |
Jean-Francois Minster, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) |
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9:20 a.m. |
Mario Caceres, Head, Technical Division, Oceanography Department, Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy |
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9:40 a.m. |
Fangli Qiao, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China |
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10:00 a.m. |
Robert Knox, Research Oceanographer and Associate Director, Ship Operations and Marine Technical Support, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California |
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10:20 a.m. |
Break |
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10:40 a.m. |
Montserrat Gorina-Ysern, Adjunct and Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. |
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11:00 a.m. |
Sergey Shapovalov, Head, Center for Coordination of Oceanographic Science, Russian Academy of Sciences |
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11:20 a.m. |
Steven Bohlen, President, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Washington, D.C. |
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11:40 a.m. |
Nii Odunton, Chief, Office of Resource and Environmental Monitoring, International Seabed Authority, Jamaica |
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12:00 p.m. |
Panel discussion |
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12:30 p.m. |
Closing plenary: Sylvia Earle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Inc., California |
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12:50 p.m. |
Meeting adjourns |
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Participants
Constance C. Arvis, U.S. Department of State
Jane Breidahl, Woodleigh School
Marta Estrada, Institut de Ciencies del Mar
Christopher Fox, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Sally Goodman, Nature
Morgan Gopnik, The National Academies
Adolfo Gracia Gasca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Elizabeth Gross, E&G Associates, LLC
Nergis Gunsenin, Istanbul University
Maria Hood, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Norberto Olmiro Horn Filho, Santa Catarina Federal University
Kazuhiro Kitazawa, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Hermann Kudrass, Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Ulf Lie, Centre for Studies of Environment and Resources
David A. Malakoff, Science Magazine
Catherine Marzin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Temel Oguz, Middle East Technical University
Ian Poiner, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Jeremy Potter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
George Satander Sa Freire, Ceara Federal University
Anders Stigebrandt, University of Gothenburg
Anne Tenney, National Science Foundation
Edward Urban, Jr., Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
Marsh Youngbluth, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
