IYPE Launch Event Tentative Programme

February 12th and 13th 2008, UNESCO Headquarters

Programme booklet (pdf)

Day 1 – 12 February 2008

08.30  

Registration of guests at UNESCO Headquarters

10.00 Opening by Master of Ceremony, Ted Nield, Chair IYPE Outreach Programme Committee
Address by UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura

Address by Prof Zhang Hongren
President of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)

Address by Prof Larry Woodfork
Chair of the IYPE Board of Directors

Introduction by Jean Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State, France

Statements by Heads of State/Ministers and UN Heads

Presentation of Paris Declaration

Introduction to the sessions by Prof. Aubrey Manning
Independent correspondent

13.00 Lunch and Press

15.00 Cultural Event

15.20 Theme 1: Population growth and climate change: challenges for planet Earth
Introduction by moderator Prof. Aubrey Manning

Student winner of IYPE contest reads his/her winning essay

Views on theme by Dr Renate Christ
Secretary of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Views on theme by Prof. Ghislain de Marsily
French Academy of Sciences

16.20 Coffee/tea breaks

16.40

Views on theme by Prof. Ruud Lubbers
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Views on theme by Ms Arti Mehra
Mayor of Delhi, India

Discussion with audience chaired by moderator
Prof. Aubrey Manning

Concluding remarks by moderator Prof. Aubrey Manning

19.00 -
21.00
Presentation of Paris Declaration

Day 2 – 13 February 2008

09.00   Arrival of guests at UNESCO Headquarters

09.30

Opening by Master of Ceremony Dr Ted Nield
Chair of IYPE Outreach Programme Committee

Introduction by Prof Mohammed Sheya
Minister Plenipotentiary, United Republic of Tanzania

09.45 Theme 2: Earth resources: threat or treat?
Introduction by moderator Marina Mielczarek
Independent Correspondent
Student winner of IYPE contest reads his/her winning essay

Views on theme by Thierry Desmarest
Chair of the Board of Directors of Total

Views on theme by Dr Mark Myers
Director of United States Geological Survey

Views on theme by Vice Minister Wang Shouxiang
Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China

Discussion with audience chaired by moderator
Marina Mielczarek

Concluding remarks by moderator Marina Mielczarek

11.20 Coffee/tea breaks

11.40 Theme 3: Geohazards: minimizing risk, maximizing
awareness

Introduction by moderator Marina Mielczarek

Student winner of IYPE contest reads his/her winning essay

Views on theme by Prof Peter Hoeppe
Münich Reinsurance, Germany

Views on theme by Prof Sospeter Muhongo
Director Regional Office for Africa of the International
Council for Sciences (ICSU), South Africa

Discussion with audience chaired by moderator
Marina Mielczarek

Concluding remarks by moderator Marina Mielczarek

13.15 Closing remarks by UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura

13.25

Video message by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur C. Clarke Foundation



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