Census of Marine Life to be Featured During The 2011 International Cosmos Prize Commemorative Lecture
In this photo, a marble-sized jellyfish (calycopsis borchgrevinki) is shown. They are one of the more common hydromedusae encountered in Antarctic waters. (Russ Hopcroft/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Census of Marine Life)
This symposium is held to commemorate the 2011 Cosmos Prize winner, The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) of the Census of Marine Life (CoML).
Dr. Ian Poiner, chairperson of the committee will deliver a lecture themed “The achievement and the future of the Census of Marine Life”.
After the lecture, members of the Census of Marine Life and a member of the screening committee of the Cosmos Prize discuss the world of the Census of Marine Life. The event will be held on October 22, 2011 from 1:30-4:30pm at the UN University Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. For More information, please see http://isp.unu.edu/events/2011/international-cosmos-prize-commemorative-lecture.html.
Please click here for more coverage of this event in English, and here for more coverage in Japanese.
Programme
| 13:00 | Doors open |
| 13:00 – 13:35 | Opening |
| 13:35 – 14:35 | Commemorative Lecture “The Achievements and the future of the Census of Common Life”
2011 International Cosmos Prizewinner |
| 14:35 | Break |
| 14:50 – 16:30 | Symposium “The World of CoML”
Coordinator: Panelists: Mr. Jesse Ausubel, Co-Founder, SSC of CoML, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, adjunct scientist Dr. Katsunori Fujikura, Representative, National and Regional Implementation Committees, Japan, CoML Dr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Member of International Cosmos Prize Screening Committee of Experts |
| 16:30 | Closing |
*Simultaneous interpretation in English and Japanese will be provided.
