Program

Thursday, 5 March 2009

 
10:45 - 11:20

Registration & Coffee
11:20 - 11:30

Welcome by Ad Huiskes, NIOO-KNAW, Yerseke
11:30 - 12:15

Polar Science and a celebration of IPY

Nicholas J.P. Owens, British Antarctic Survey

12:15 - 13:00

Lunch break & poster presentations
13:00 - 13:30

The dynamic response of Arctic glaciers to global warming (GLACIODYN, IPY activity 37)

Carleen Tijm-Reijmer, Utrecht University - IMAU
13:30 - 14:00

Trace Elements and Isotopes in Polar Oceans
(GEOTRACES, IPY activity 35)
Hein de Baar, Royal NIOZ, Texel
14:00 - 14:30

Health of Arctic and Antarctic bird populations
(BIRDHEALTH, IPY activity 172)

Maarten Loonen, University of Groningen - Arctic Centre
14:30 - 15:00

Large Scale Historical Exploitation of Polar Areas
(LASHIPA, IPY activity 120)

Louwrens Hacquebord, University of Groningen - Arctic Centre
15:00 - 15:20 Short tea & coffee break
15:20 - 15:50

Northern High Latitude Climate variability during the past 2000 years: implications for human settlement

(NORCLIM, IPY activity 120)

Simon Troelstra, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam -

Paleoclimatology and Geomorphology
15:50 - 16:15

Terrestrial Ecosystems in Arctic and Antartic: Effects of UV Light, Liquefying Ice and Ascending Temperature

(TARANTELLA, IPY activity 59)

Ad Huiskes, NIOO-KNAW, Yerseke
16:15 - 17:00

Poster presentations
18:00 - 22:15

Evening programme - Special visit to muZEEum in Vlissingen
incl. guided tour through the ‘Tegenpolen, Zeeuwen en het poolgebied’ exposition and dinner

 
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