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Wednesday 27 May 2009 |
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10:00 - 17:00 |
Registration, Royal Society of Victoria |
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15:00 - 20:00 |
Tour of Bureau of Meteorology followed by Welcome Reception |
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Victoria Regional Office, Docklands |
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Thursday 28 May 2009 |
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08:30 |
Registration (Continued) Royal Society of Victoria |
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09:00 |
Session 1. Opening Ceremony & Welcomes |
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Welcome: Professor Graham Burrows AO, President, Royal Society of Victoria |
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Opening: Professor David de Kretser AC, Governor of Victoria |
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Greetings by German Consul General to Victoria, Dr Anne Marie Schleich . |
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Greetings by President, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Dr Wolfgang Kusch |
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Greetings by the Director of Meteorology, Dr Greg Ayers |
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09:40 |
Keynote Address |
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Professor Rod Home FAHA
“Neumayer, Humboldt and the Search for a Global Physics” |
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11:00 |
Morning refreshments |
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11:30 |
Session 2. von Neumayer in Australia |
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Professor Patrick Quilty (Uni. of Tasmania)
“von Neumayer’s Legacy in Australia” |
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Dr Richard Gillespie (Museum Victoria)
“Georg von Neumayer and the Melbourne Observatory: An Institutional Legacy” |
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12:30 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 |
Session 3. Von Neumayer in Germany |
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Dr Wolfgang Kusch (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
“Georg von Neumayer: His influence on Marine Meteorology in the German Meteorological Service” |
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Dr Cornelia Luedecke (German Meteorological Society / German Society for Polar Research)
“von Neumayer’s impact on Meteorology in Germany” |
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15:30 |
Afternoon refreshments |
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16:00 |
Session 4. Magnetism |
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Mr Douglas Morrison (Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists)
“ von Neumayer’s Magnetic Survey of Victoria” |
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Dr Charles Barton (ANU)
“The von Neumayer legacy in Geophysics” |
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19:00 |
Symposium Dinner |
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IL Vicolo Resaurant, Carlton |
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After Dinner Speaker Dr Neil Williams PSM, Chief Executive Officer, Geoscience Australia
"Von Neumayer: a century too soon" |
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Friday 29 May 2009 |
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09:30 |
Session 5. Meteorology |
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Dr John Zillman AO (University of Melbourne)
"Von Neumayer and the origins of Australian Meteorology" |
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Dr Mark Williams (Bureau of Meteorology)
“The von Neumayer Legacy in Australian Meteorology” |
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11:00 |
Morning refreshments |
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11:30 |
Session 6. Oceanography |
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Dr Detlev Machoczek (Ferderal German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency)
Georg von Neumayer: Marine Sciences in service of sea trade" |
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Dr Neville Smith (Bureau of Meteorology)
"Australian Oceanography” today |
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12:30 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 |
Session 7. Polar Science |
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Dr Reinhard Krause (Alfred Wegener Institut)
“von Neumayer’s ambitions for Polar Research and his Role in the Establishment of the First International Polar Year 1882-83” |
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Dr Ian Allison (Uni. Of Tasmania)
“The state of polar research after the International Polar Year 2007 - 2008" |
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15 30 |
Afternoon refreshments |
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16:00 |
Session 8. Closing Ceremony |
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Dr John Zillman AO (University of Melbourne) |
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Dr Joern Thiede (Alfred Wegener Institut) |
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Professor Graham Burrows, President, Royal Society of Victoria |
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17:00 |
Display of von Neumayer Exhibits |
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Saturday 30 May 2009 |
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10:00 |
Visits to Melbourne localities, Institutions and landmarks associated with Georg von Neumayer’s involvement in Victoria 1858 to 1864. Bus departs from the Royal Society at 10:00 am, returning at 3.30 pm approx. |