Program
11th May 2015 [Student Center University of Bergen]
[09.00 - 10.30] Registration & Welcoming
[10.30 - 12.00] Plenary Sessions [Open to Public]
[13.00 - 14.30] Plenary Sessions [Open to Public]
12th May 2015 [@ Scandic Bergen City Hotel]
[09.00 - 13.00] Deep-sea Mineral Resources
[14.00 - 18.00] Global Policy & Regulators
13th May 2015 [@ Scandic Bergen City Hotel]
[09.00 - 13.00] Diversity of Vent Ecosystems
[14.00 - 16.30] Environment Protection
photomicrographs © Filipa Marques / dive pics © Center for Geobiology
[09.00 - 10.30] Registration & Welcoming
[10.30 - 12.00] Plenary Sessions [Open to Public]
- Larry Cathles (Cornell University, US) "The importance of ocean resources in sustaining humanity over the next millennia, and the importance of starting now"
- Cindy Van Dover (Duke University, US) "Digging for gold in the deep sea: At what cost to the environment?"
[13.00 - 14.30] Plenary Sessions [Open to Public]
- Steve Scott (University of Toronto, Can) "Seafloor massive sulfide discoveries and future mining"
- Robert Embley (NOAA, US) "The NOAA Earth-Ocean Interaction Program: 30+ Years of Global Hydrothermal Research"
12th May 2015 [@ Scandic Bergen City Hotel]
[09.00 - 13.00] Deep-sea Mineral Resources
- Cornel de Ronde (GNS Science, NZ) "What have we learnt about seafloor hydrothermal systems related to arc volcanoes?"
- John Jamieson (Geomar, Ger) "Uses and limitations of high-resolution AUV bathymetry for exploration and delineation of seafloor massive sulfide deposits"
- Rolf Pedersen (CGB, No) "Contrasting hydrothermal systems and seafloor mineralization at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge"
- Sven Petersen (Geomar, Ger) "Seafloor massive sulfides as a potential future metal resource: should we care?"
- Eoghan Reeves (MIT, US) "Temporal evolution of magmatic-hydrothermal systems in the Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea"
- Chris German (WHOI, US / Geomar, Ger) "Where are the world's largest modern seafloor hydrothermal systems developing today?"
[14.00 - 18.00] Global Policy & Regulators
- Manuel Pinto de Abreu (Sec. State for the Sea, Government of Portugal)
- Harald Brekke (NPD/LTC, No) "Limits, boundaries, and the management of seabed resources"
- Jeff Ardron (IASS, Ger) "Deep-Sea mining: what can be learnt from offshore oil and gas in Norway?"
- Hannah Lily (Commonwealth Secretariat, UK) "Small island states as seabed mining regulators: seafloor massive sulphides in the Pacific Islands region"
- Jonathan Lowe (Nautilus Minerals) "A new frontier from the perspective of a developer"
- Kristina Gjerde (Wycliffe Management, US) "The common heritage of mankind: benefit of present and future generations"
13th May 2015 [@ Scandic Bergen City Hotel]
[09.00 - 13.00] Diversity of Vent Ecosystems
- Ida Helene Steen (CGB, No) " Exploitation of genetic resources from the Mid-Ocean Ridge Vent Fields in the Norwegian Industry"
- Hans Tore Rapp (CGB, No) "Exploration of the benthic macrofauna and ecosystems associated with hydrothermal vents at the Arctic mid-ocean ridge"
- Ingunn Thorseth (CGB, NO) "Low-temperature water-rock-microbe interactions at hydrothermal vents"
- Ana Colaço (IMAR-UAzores, Por) "New challenges for the Azorean deep-sea ecosystems"
- Malcolm Clark (NIWA, NZ) " Ecological diversity and the management of environmental effects of SMS mining: experience from New Zealand"
- Terje Thorsnes (NGU, No) "Environmental seabed mapping on the Norwegian continental shelf, slope and rise in the MAREANO program - can lessons learnt be transferred to the deep sea?"
[14.00 - 16.30] Environment Protection
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto (JAMSTEC, JP) "Protocol developments for environmental impact assessment of exploitation of deep-sea submarine resources"
- Yannick Beaudoin (GRID-Arendal, No) "Mining with purpose?: what countries should consider in the 'new frontier' "
- Ryota, Nakajima (JAMSTEC, JP) " The influence of drill-induced disturbance to the benthic communities of deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems"
- Kanae Komaki (Kochi Univ., JP) " A review of deep-sea current observations in hydrothermal areas and their impact on environmental assessments"
- Andrew Sweetman (IRIS, No) " Major effects of mine tailings on deep-sea ecosystems - the other major problem associated with deep sea mining"
photomicrographs © Filipa Marques / dive pics © Center for Geobiology