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Symposium Agenda
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The
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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007
A. Plenary Session (Chair S.
Miller)
09:30 Opening remarks, Michael A.
Lang, Office of the Under Secretary for Science – NMNH
Baird Auditorium
09:45 1. Robert W. Corell,
The Heinz Center: “OUR CHANGING
CLIMATE: A GLOBAL POLICY ISSUE.”
10:15 2. Robert W. Wilson,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory: “Cosmology
from Antarctica.”
10:45 Break
11:00 3. Donal T. Manahan,
University of Southern California: “An
Overview of Biological Research at the Poles.”
11:30 4. William W. Fitzhugh,
National Museum of Natural History: “From
Trash to Treasure: Smithsonian’s Arctic Venture, 1859-2007”
12:00 Dr. Ira Rubinoff,
Acting Under Secretary for Science: Welcoming Remarks
12:05 S. Miller,
Plenary Session Remarks
12:15 Lunch
B. Polar Astronomy: Observational Cosmology (Chair: A.
Stark, SAO) – Smithsonian Castle
01:30 5. John
E. Carlstrom, University of Chicago: “THE
10-METER SOUTH POLE TELESCOPE: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF DARK ENERGY.”
02:00 6. Christopher L. Martin,
Oberlin College: “Feeding
the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way: AST/RO Observations.”
02:30 7. Christopher K. Walker,
University of Arizona: “Terahertz
Astronomy from the Coldest Place on Earth.”
03:00 Break
03:15 8. Nick Tothill, Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory: “Watching
Starbirth from the Antarctic Plateau.”
03:45 9. Timothy J. McCoy,
National Museum of Natural History: “Going
to the Coldest Place on Earth to Learn about the Hottest Event in
Earth’s History.”
04:15 Panel discussion
04:45 Closing remarks
C. Systematics and Biology of Polar Organisms (Chair: R.
Lemaitre, NMNH) – NMNH Exec Conference Room
01:30 10. Angelika Brandt,
Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg: “Biodiversity
and Biogeography of the Deep Southern Ocean Benthos.”
02:00 11. E. Taisoo Park, Texas
A&M University: “Species
Diversity and Distribution of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Calanoid
Copepods as Observed Mainly in Midwater Trawl Collections (a review).”
02:30 12. John S. Pearse,
University of California, Santa Cruz: “Brooding
in Southern Seas: Adaptation or Circumstance?”
03:00 Break
03:15 13. Michael Vecchione,
National Marine Fisheries Service: “Abundance
and Diversity of Cephalopods in the Vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula.”
03:45 14. Judith E. Winston,
Virginia Museum of Natural History: “Systematics
and Biology of Antarctic Bryozoans.”
04:15 15. Martin T. Nweeia,
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
THE FUNCTIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY
MEANING OF NARWHAL DENTITION
04:45 Panel discussion
05:15 Closing remarks
07:00 Public lecture and RECEPTION - Adam
Ravetch and Norbert Wu
Smithsonian Castle and Schermer Hall
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007
D. IPY Histories and Legacies (Chair: I.
Krupnik, NMNH) – NMNH Exec Conference Room
09:00 16. Marc Rothenberg,
National Science Foundation: “Declinometers,
Barometers, Astronomical Phenomena, and the Risk of Death: Placing
the First International Polar Year in the Context of Nineteenth-Century
Scientific Collaboration, Cooperation, and Exploration.”
09:30 17. James R. Fleming,
Colby College: “Advancing
Polar Weather and Climate Research and Communicating Its Wonders:
A History of Quests, Questions, and Capabilities.”
10:00 18. Fae L. Korsmo, National
Science Foundation: “The
Legacies of the International Geophysical Year: 1957-1958 and Beyond.”
10:30 Break
10:45 19. David H. DeVorkin,
National Air and Space Museum: “Preserving
the Origins of the Space Age: The Material Legacy of the IGY at
the National Air and Space Museum.”
11:15 20. Noel D. Broadbent,
National Museum of Natural History: “From
Ballooning in the Arctic to 10,000 Foot Runways during the 1957-1958
IGY: Polar aeronautics and historic archaeology in Svalbard, and
Antarctica.”
11:45 Panel discussion
12:15 Lunch
E. Environmental Change and Polar Marine Ecosystems (Chair:
P. Neale, SERC) - Castle
09:00 21. Patrick J. Neale,
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: “Ultraviolet
Radiation Effects on Southern Ocean Plankton.”
09:30 22. Walker O. Smith, Jr.,
Virginia Institute Marine Sciences: “Southern
Ocean Primary Productivity: A View to the Future.”
10:00 23. David J. Kieber,
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry: “Biogeochemical
Cycling of Organic Sulfur in Antarctica.”
10:30 Break
10:45 24. Olav T. Oftedal,
National Zoological Park: “Nutritional
ecology of reproduction in the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii).”
11:15 25. Chad L. Hewitt,
Australian Maritime College, and Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center: “Latitudinal
gradients and poleward spread of biological invasions in marine
ecosystems.”
11:45 Panel discussion
12:15 Lunch
F. Methods and Techniques of Under-Ice Research (Chair:
M. Lang, OUSS) - Castle
01:30 26. Michael A. Lang, Office
of the Under Secretary for Science: “Scientific
Diving Under Ice: A 40-year Bipolar Research Tool.”
02:00 27. Adam G. Marsh, University
of Delaware, Lewes: “Environmental
Genomics of Cold Adaptation.”
02:30 28. Gerald Kooyman,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: “Milestones
in the Study of Diving Physiology: Antarctic Emperor Penguins and
Weddell Seals.”
03:00 Break
03:15 29. Kenneth H. Dunton,
University of Texas, Austin: “The
Growth and Productivity of Arctic Kelp Populations: Thirty Years
of Observations.”
03:45 30. Langdon B. Quetin,
University of California, Santa Barbara: “LIFE
UNDER ANTARCTIC PACK ICE: A KRILL PERSPECTIVE.”
04:15 Panel discussion
04:45 Closing remarks
G. Cultural Studies (Chair: W.
Fitzhugh, NMNH) – NMNH Exec Conference Room
01:30 31. Igor Krupnik, National
Museum of Natural History: “Watching
Ice and Weather Our Way: Northern Residents Document Arctic Climate
Change.”
02:00 32. Stephen Loring,
National Museum of Natural History: “From
Trading Post to Tent and Back Again: 125 years of Smithsonian Anthropology
in the Eastern Arctic and Subarctic (1881-2007).”
02:30 33. Aron L. Crowell,
NMNH Arctic Studies Center, Anchorage: “The
People of Whaling: Alaska Native Interpretation of Smithsonian Collections.”
03:00 Break
03:15 34. Ann Fienup-Riordan,
NMNH Arctic Studies Center, Anchorage: “Yup'ik
Eskimo Contributions to Arctic Research at the Smithsonian.”
03:45 35. Ernest S. Burch Jr.,
NMNH Arctic Studies Center, Camp Hill: “Smithsonian
Contributions to Alaskan Ethnography: the First IPY Expedition to
Barrow, 1881-1883.”
04:15 36. Douglas Causey,
University of Alaska, Anchorage, FIVE
THOUSAND YEARS OF CHANGE: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND MARINE
ANIMALS IN THE BERINGIAN ENVIRONMENT
04:45 Panel discussion
05:15 Closing remarks
07:00 Keynote speaker and RECEPTION - James
W. C. White, University of Colorado, Boulder, "The
International Polar Year: Science for Society"
- Smithsonian Castle at Schermer Hall
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