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Future Challenges for Marine
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40th Anniversary Symposium
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
24-25 October 2002
 
On October 24, 1962, W.E. van Steenburgh marked the opening of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography with an address to a special convocation at a ceremony at Dalhousie University. 

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada are hosting a special two-day symposium on the "Future Challenges for Marine Sciences in Canada", October 24-25, 2002. Twelve speakers have been invited to address diverse oceanographic research topics surrounding the future challenges and adventures in oceanographic research. These speakers are international in scope and are considered elite in their respective disciplines.
Thursday October 24
0900 Welcome
0915 Opening Remarks - Bosko Loncarevic
0930 Eric Mills (Dalhousie University)
Science in Government and Science without Government: the Historical Background of Canadian Marine Science.
Biography/Abstract
1015 Andrew Weaver (University of Victoria)
Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity: Examining the past to understand the future
Biography/Abstract
1100 Break (refreshments provided)
1130 Philippe Cury (University of Cape Town) 
The beauty of diversity: future challenges for fisheries oceanography? 
Biography/Abstract
1215 Lunch
1330 Maureen Raymo (Boston University) 
The Causes of Ice Ages in Earth’s History
Biography/Abstract
1415 Don McRae (University of Ottawa) 
Marine Science and Law: Conflict or Congruence in Regulating the Oceans?
Biography/Abstract
1500 Break (refreshments provided)
1530 Marlon Lewis (Dalhousie University and Satlantic)
Optical observations for operational oceanography
Biography/Abstract
1615 Reception

 

Friday October 25
0900 Presentation - BIO Oceans Association
0915 Philip Bogden (Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System) 
The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System: A new kind of public utility and a pilot for the coastal U.S.
Biography/Abstract
1000 Peter Schlosser (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) 
New insights into high latitude oceanography from tracer studies 
Biography/Abstract
1045 Break (refreshments provided)
1115 Lynne Talley (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
North Pacific and North Atlantic overturning and their impact on the global heat budget
Biography/Abstract
1200 Lunch
1315 Paul Falkowski (Rutgers University) 
Putting biology back into biological oceanography
Biography/Abstract
1400 Tom Pedersen (University of Victoria) 
Hindcasting and Forecasting Climate on Earth: Paleoceanographic Warnings and Challenges
Biography/Abstract
1445 Break (refreshments provided)
1515 Dorrik Stow (Southampton Oceanography Centre) 
Ocean Margins: New Models, Challenges and Resources  
Biography/Abstract
1600 Closing Remarks - Robert Fournier (Dalhousie University)
   
 
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