Plenary Talks

Room: BERNEXPO 4 Plenary Hall

Thursday, 21 July 2011, 13.45-14.30

Johannes Oerlemans, University of Utrecht (NL)
Climate change and global glacier dynamics

Friday, 22 July 2011, 13.45-14.30

Maureen E. Raymo, Boston University (USA)
Plio-Pleistocene ice volume, Antarctic climate, and the global δ¹⁸O record

Saturday, 23 July 2011, 13.45-14.30

Berhane Asfaw, Rift Valley Research Service, Addis Abeba (ET)
Mio-Pliocene hominid evolution and its environmental context

Monday, 25 July 2011, 13.45-14.45

Thomas Stocker, University of Bern (CH)
Towards IPCC AR5 – The Physical Science Basis: Emerging questions, structure of report, and schedule

Peter Clark, Oregon State University Corvallis (USA)
Sea level – past and future

Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 13.45-14.30

Celâl Sengör, Instanbul Technical University (TR)
Stratigraphy and global change

Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 13.45-14.45

Meinert Rahn, Eidg. Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat (ENSI), Brugg (CH)
The impact of Quaternary sciences on the disposal of radioactive waste in Switzerland

Silvio Tschudi, Allianz SE, München (D)
Living with Uncertainty - Climate Change and Insurance