| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Oscillations, abrupt changes, and long-term trends: the nature of interannual change |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Visbeck (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton University, USA)
"The role of the Southern Ocean in the global carbon cycle, past, present and future" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Cecilie Mauritzen (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway)
"On the relationship between the northward-flowing warm waters and the returning dense waters contributing to the MOC" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photograph |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | The spatial patterns of long-term change |
| Discussion Leader: David Holland (New York University, USA) |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Robert Anderson (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA)
"The seasonal cycle of carbon fluxes in the Southern Ocean: results of the US J-GOFS process study" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:25 am | Robie Macdonald (Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada)
"The chemistry of change: a look at how contaminant pathways respond to climate change in the Arctic" |
| 11:25 am - 12:20 pm | Mark Abbot (Oregon State University, USA)
"How do we reconcile models and observations from the Southern Ocean?" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A Reception
Host: Christiane Lancelot (Université Libre, Belgium) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Impacts of change on the deeper ocean waters: convection and the meridional overturning circulation |
| Discussion Leader: Bob Dickson (CEFAS, Lowestoft, UK) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Peter Rhines (University of Washington, USA)
"Observing and modeling the Arctic/Atlantic connection" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Bob Pickart (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
"Ventilation of deep waters in the western subpolar North Atlantic: local versus remote influences" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Impacts of change on upper ocean structure, the biota and food web |
| Discussion Leader: Tom Trull (University of Tasmania, Australia) |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Tim Stanton (U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
"Impacts of climate change on upper ocean mixing processes"
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| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:15 am | Carin Ashjian (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
"Upper ocean food webs: zooplankton communities in Western Arctic and Antarctic Peninsula ecosystems" |
| 11:15 am - 12:10 pm | Phil Boyd (NIWA, University of Otago, New Zealand)
"Climate, phytoplankton community structure and biogeochemical cycles" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Session A Report and Discussion
Discussion Leaders: Mike Lizotte (Bigelow Laboratory, USA) & Christina Hulbe (Portland State University, USA) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A continued |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Impacts of change on bentho-pelagic coupling over shallow shelves: The North |
| Discussion Leader: Christine Michel (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Louis Fortier (University of Laval, Canada)
"Bentho-pelagic coupling in Arctic polynyas: poised for change?" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Ken Dunton (Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Variations in benthic-pelagic coupling over the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea shelves: the critical role of advective processes" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Impact of a changing sea ice cover: interactions among sea ice and planktonic and microbial communities |
| Discussion Leader: Gerhard Dieckmann (Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Germany) |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | David Thomas (University of Wales, UK)
"Changing sea ice cover: what are the implications for biogeochemical processes, within and outside the ice?" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:15 am | Kevin Arrigo (Stanford University, USA)
"Sea ice and the biological pump: Implications for climate change" |
| 11:15 am - 12:10 pm | Sung-Ho Kang (Polar Research Center, KORDI, Korea)
"Importance of phytoplankton assemblages in the sea-ice edge zone to be used as a biological indicator for environmental changes in the Antarctic"
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| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Mid-Conference Summary
Robin Muench (Earth & Space Research, USA), Conference Chair |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B Reception
Host: Barbara Prezelin (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Impacts of change on bentho-pelagic coupling over deep shelves: The South |
| Discussion Leader: Uli Bathmann (Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Germany) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Patricia Yager (University of Georgia, USA)
"Does polar shelf depth matter to climate change? -- speculation about the South from a northern perspective" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Waka Sato-Okoshi (Tohoku University, Japan)
"An application of fluorescent substance to estimate growth rate of benthic bivalves in the Antarctic shelf waters" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Impact of a changing sea ice cover: the upper trophic levels |
| Discussion Leader: Victoria Lytle (Antarctic CRD and Antarctic Div., Australia) |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Keith Reid (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
"Sea-ice variability and Antarctic predators - patterns, processes and predictions (?)" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:25 am - 11:20 am | Hajo Eicken (University of Alaska, USA)
"Sea ice in the western Arctic: plenty of change, but what about the impacts?" |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Poster Session B Report and Discussion
Discussion Leaders: Rolf Gradinger (University of Alaska, USA) & Akira Taniguchi (Tohoku University, Japan) |
| 11:40 am - 12:30 pm | Conference Evaluation, selection of 2005 Chair & Co-Chair, and theme discussion:
Robin Muench (Earth & Space Research, USA), Conference Chair |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B Continued, and Closing Reception
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| 6:00 pm | Conference Banquet
Guest Speaker: Ian Stirling (Canada Wildlife Service, Canada)
"Effects of climate warming on polar bears and seals"
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| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Broader impacts of change: food webs |
| Discussion Leader: Patricia Matrai (Bigelow Laboratory, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Andy Clarke (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
"Climate change and the Southern Ocean food web" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Laurent Bopp (Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, France)
"Interactions between climate change and the high-latitudes
biogeochemical ocean through the CO2 and DMS cycles"
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| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
