39th CIESM Congress – Venice, Italy, 10 - 14 May 2010

Congress Programme Overview:
A. Morning Panels
B. Afternoon Sessions
C. Social Events
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A. Morning Panels    09h00 - 12:30


Tuesday 11 May
P1   Signs of Change
P2   Restoration of the Venetian Lagoon

Wednesday 12 May
P3   Blue Biotechnologies
P4   Marine Observatories Networks

Thursday 13 May
P5   SESAME – main findings
P6   Sustainable Fisheries?
Round Table on Multibeam Mapping

Friday 14 May
P7   Maritime Industry and Marine Science
P8   Mapping Critical Habitat of Mediterranean Predators
B. Afternoon Sessions   14h00 - 18h30 – Overview [see details (pdf file)]


C1 – Marine Geosciences:
• Monday (joint C1/C2: Paleoceanography); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations), Thursday (High resolution mapping, new technological tools, Turbidites, catastrophic events, geohazards, Messinian salinity crisis), Friday (Estuaries/subterranean estuaries, Mud/gas expulsion structures)

C2 – Physics and Climate of the Ocean:
• Monday (joint C1/C2: Fluxes and budget); Tuesday (Large scale variability, water mass circulation, Integrated system of Mediterranean observatories); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations), Thursday (POEM-Robinson, Wind and waves), Friday (New techniques for satellite data analyses, Physical/biological coupling, Straits, Coastal oceanography)

C3 – Marine Biogeochemistry:
• Monday (Vertical fluxes, Ocean acidification, Mediterranean precipitation regime); Tuesday (Joint C1/C3 Present/Past Biogeochemical Cycles); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations), Thursday and Friday (Contaminants).

C4 – Marine Microbiology:
• Monday (Mediterranean Marine biotechnologies, recent development, Marine biodiversity, potential for biotechnology development, New techniaues/approaches in microbiology, Diversity of Mediterranean environments); Tuesday (Functional microbial diversity, From viruses to microzooplankton – synoptic views); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations)

C5 – Living Resources & Marine Ecosystems
• C5a - Monday (Indo-Pacific Aliens, new species to science, threatened species); Tuesday (Plenary C5 sessiom Marine reserves and biodiversity); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations); Thursday (Ecological impact of extreme events, Biology and ecology of early life stage, Molecular approaches in ecology); Friday (Ecology of marine mammals, turtles and sea birds, Fishing down food webs vs high trophic aquculture)

• 5b - Monday (Coastal vs offshore ecology, Tuesday (Plenary C5 session - Marine reserves and biodiversity); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations); Thursday (Seagrasses and macrophytes, General - Zooplankton ecology, Fish physiology); Friday (From fish to jelly seas, Deep sea biodiversity)

C6 – Coastal Systems:
• Monday (Shoreline evolution: natural and anthropogenic, General - sediments); Tuesday (General-modeling and forecasting, General - Environmental quality and human impacts); Wednesday (Powerpoint Poster presentations); Thursday (Economics impacts, General - Plankton and seawater); Friday (Global warming, Success stories in restoration of coastal marine ecosystems)

Thursday 13 May – Marine Technology Session

C. Social events


Sunday 9 May
14:30 - 19:00 Congress registration desks open (wine buffet)
19:00 Winner of 'Early Registration Tombola' announced (prize is a gondola ride for two anytime during the week)

Monday 10 May
10:00 Official Opening Session – Palazzo del Cinema
19:30 Opening Reception – Hotel Excelsior, Venice Lido

Wednesday 12 May
16:15 Wine and Cheese Cocktail (Posters session)

Friday 14 May
19:30 Closing Reception – Arsenale di Venezia