#  From Sea to Changing Sea: A Science Symposium about Oceans  

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 28, 2016** 

 09:00AM - 05:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge MA**  



 

 



 

[https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2016-from-sea-to-changing-sea-s…](https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2016-from-sea-to-changing-sea-symposium)

This symposium will focus on important new research on the changing nature of the world’s oceans and the questions that arise from that change.  
The program will begin with a study of new data about the formation of oceans and the origins of early life. Speakers will then examine how oceans have transformed over climate epochs as water temperatures have fluctuated and ice sheets have formed and melted. Leading scientists and policymakers will also consider how human behavior is affecting the seas, and they will explore the impact of these shifts on marine life, islands, coastal areas, and climate change overall. The symposium will conclude by asking what role the scientific community and others can play in understanding and stewarding this critical global resource.

Free and open to the public.  
Please register and join us

We welcome walk-in attendees on the day of the event whenever space is available. If the event reaches capacity, then the information on the URL listed above will be updated. Thank you.

The symposium will be webcast live on this page on October 28. Registration is not required to view the webcast.

Videos of the conference will be available approximately 4 weeks after the event on this site and on Harvard's YouTube channel.

Join the conversation on Twitter: [www.twitter.com/RadInstitute](http://www.twitter.com/RadInstitute) #radoceans

This is the Linda N. Cabot Science Symposium.

SCHEDULE

9:15 a.m.  
INTRODUCTION  
Lizabeth Cohen, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study  
FRAMING REMARKS  
John Huth, Donner Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Codirector of the Science Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

9:30 a.m.  
EARLY LIFE IN THE OCEANS  
Moderator: Chris Bowler RI ’17, CNRS Director of Research, Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure   
David Emerson, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director for Bacteriology, Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences  
Peter R. Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

10:30 a.m.  
BREAK

10:45 a.m.  
THE ROLE OF OCEANS IN CLIMATE  
Moderator: Amala Mahadevan RI ’15, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  
Maureen E. Raymo, Lamont Research Professor and Director, Lamont-Doherty Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University  
Rebecca Woodgate, Senior Principal Oceanographer and Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington   
Lynne D. Talley, Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

12:15 p.m.  
LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION

1:15 p.m.  
IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON THE MARSHALL ISLANDS  
Moderator: John Huth, Donner Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University  
Tony de Brum, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Marshall Islands

2 p.m.  
BREAK

2:15 p.m.  
MARINE LIFE  
Moderator: John W. Mandelman, Vice President, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, and Chief Scientist, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, New England Aquarium  
Andrew Pershing, Chief Scientific Officer, Gulf of Maine Research Institute  
Anne L. Cohen, Associate Scientist with Tenure, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  
Christopher W. Clark, I.P. Johnson Founding Director of the Bioacoustics Research Program; Senior Scientist, Neurobiology and Behavior; Senior Scientist, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

3:45 p.m.  
THE FUTURE OF THE OCEANS  
Moderator: Richard Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard Law School  
Rear Admiral Steven D. Poulin, Commander, First Coast Guard District, United States Coast Guard

4:30 p.m.  
CLOSING REMARKS  
John Huth

4:40 p.m.  
RECEPTION



 

 



 

 

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