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Draft Programme

09:00 – 09:30
Registration
09:30 – 09:40
Welcome: Nick Owens BAS Director
09:40 – 11:00
Presentations:

Introduction — Martin Collins
The history of South Georgia: exploitation, management and science — Bob Burton
Geology — Mike Curtis
Atmospheric Science — Stephen Mobbs

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Presentations:

Oceanography around South Georgia: numerical simulations for interdisciplinary science — Emma Young
Elephant Seals and Oceanography — Lars Boehm
Terrestrial Ecology — Pete Convey

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Presentations:

Wildlife Biology — Phil Trathan
Benthic Ecology — Michelle Taylor
Fisheries Science — Mark Belchier

14:30 – 15:00
Tea
15:00 – 16:00
Presentations:

Fishery Management — David Agnew
South Georgia GIS — David Herbert
King Edward Point Research facilities, Accommodation and Logistics — Les Whittamore

16:00 – 17:00
General Discussion
Posters

Royal Geographical Society funding opportunities — Catherine Souch
Glacial retreat on South Georgia - Alison Cook
Quaternary Science - Stephen Roberts:

Climate dynamics of the sub-Antarctic: evidence from lake sediments on South Georgia.
Sarah Davies (Aberystwyth University) and Ninis Rosqvist (University of Stockholm)
Reconstructing past environmental change on South Georgia and Annenkov Island: new insights into Southern Hemisphere climate change over the last 10,000 years.
Steve Roberts, Dominic Hodgson, Elie Verleyen, Mieke Sterken, Wim Van Niewenhuyze and Wim Vyverman
C19th and C20th glacier fluctuations and climate change on South Georgia: new evidence from lichenometric dating of moraines in small mountain cirques.
Steve Roberts, Dominic Hodgson, Sam Shelley, Jessica Royles, Huw Griffiths, Tara Deen, Michael Thorne
Continuous Plankton Recorder Research in the Scotia Sea and its origins at South Georgia

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