OPENING   CEREMONY   AND   KEYNOTE   LECTURES

8th of July, Tuesday

08:30 – 10:00 AM – Opening Ceremonies (Colin Summerhayes and Volker Rachold)

• Welcome: SCAR/IASC Presidents – Chris Rapley and Kristjan Kristjansson

• Welcome: Valentina Matvienko – Governor of St Petersburg

• Welcome: Artur Chilingarov – Russian State Duma

• Welcome: from IPY co-sponsors – Alexander Bedritsky on behalf of WMO, and Khotso Mokhele on behalf of ICSU

• Welcome: Local Organizers – Vladimir Kotlyakov

• Welcome: COMNAP Perspective – Jose Retamales

• Open Science Conference Program Introduction: ISOC co-Chairs – Mahlon Kennicutt and Louwrens Hacquebord

• SCAR Medal Ceremony (3 awardees)

10:00 – 10:30 AM – WEYPRECHT LECTURE - Robin Bell (USA) – The Gamburtsev Mountains - an unexplored frontier (introduction by President of SCAR)

10:30 – 11:00 AM – COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 11:30 AM – Vladimir Lipenkov (Russia) – Subglacial Lake Vostok: a new great challenge to the Antarctic Sciences.

11:30 – 12:00 PM – Jerome Chappellaz (France) – Past climate dynamics from ice cores: where we stand ? Where we go?

12:00 – 12:30 PM – John Walsh (USA) – Present and future Arctic and Antarctic climate change – a comparison

12:30 – 2:00 PM – LUNCH

2:00 – 2:30 PM – Jean-Claude Gascard (France) – The changing Arctic Ocean – ocean warming and sea ice extent

2:30 – 3:00 PM – Wayne Pollard (Canada) – The affects of climate change in the poles – permafrost, geology, and geomorphology

3:00 – 3:30 PM – Yvon Csonka (Greenland) – Polar societies and cultures in a changing world

3:30 – 4:00 PM – Ian Allison (Australia) – Ice sheet mass balance and sea level

4:00 – 4:30 PM – COFFEE BREAK

4:30 – 5:00 PM – Ulrich Bathmann (Germany) – Polar ocean ecosystems and changing climate

5:00 – 5:30 PM – Eigil Friis-Christensen (Denmark) – Space Weather – Fascinating Science and Auroral Displays

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Plenary Closing Remarks – House keeping, Announcements.