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Program Overview & Highlights

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SUN -
7 AUG 2011
08:30 - 12:30 Set-up & Crew Orientation
Exhibitor Booth Dressing
(14:00 - 17:00)
12:00 - 18:00 Pre-conference AOGS Council Meeting (Closed Session) - Room 106, Level 1
14:00 - 19:00 Registration Ospens - North Foyer, Level 1
MON -
8 AUG 2011
07:30 - 18:00 Conference Registratioin
Exhibition
(08:30 - 18:00)
08:30 - 10:30 Scientific Sessions
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
11:00 - 12:30 Scientific Sessions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
ADGEO Editors' Meeting (Closed Session) - Room 105, Level 1
14:00 - 14:15 Welcome, Opening, Axford Lectures & General Assembly - Room 201, Level 2
Welcome Address by Local Advisory Committee Chair Dr Lou-Chuang LEE
Opening Address by AOGS President Prof Harsh GUPTA
14:15 - 15:15 Axford Lecture Room 201
Prof Samuel Chao Chung TING, Nobel Laureate in Physics, European Organization for Nuclear Research > The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
15:45 - 16:45 Axford Lecture Room 201
Prof Yun-Tai CHEN, Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration > Studies of Earthquake Rupture Complexities with Applications to the Emergency Response in the Recent Significant Intraplate Earthquakes in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau
16:45 - 17:55 General Assembly, Presentation by Axford Medal Award Recipient & Election
18:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception (All are Welcome) - Banquet Hall, Level 3
TUE -
9 AUG 2011
08:00 - 17:00 Conference Registratioin - North Foyer, Level 1
Exhibition
(08:30 - 18:00)
08:30 - 10:30 Scientific Sessions
Ballot Box Opens - AOGS Booth in Room 101, Level 1
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
11:00 - 12:30 Scientific Sessions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  Section Business Meetings - AS, ST - Room 102, Level 1
14:00 - 15:30 Distinguished Lectures:

Atmospheric Sciences (AS) Room 102

(14:00 - 14:45)
Prof Kuo-Nan LIOU, Joit Insitute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE); University of California, Los Angeles > Regional Climate Change: The Role of Light-Absorbing Aerosols and Snow-Albedo Feedback
(14:45 - 15:30) Prof Michael T. MONTGOMERY, Naval Postgraduate School > Paradigms for Tropical-Cyclone Intensification

Solar & Terrestrial Sciences (ST) Room 103
(14:00 - 14:45) Prof Siraj HASAN, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore > India's National Large Solar Telescope
(14:45 - 15:30)
Dr Bernard V. JACKSON, University of California, San Diego > The 3D Analysis of the Heliosphere Using Interplanetary Scintillation and Thomson-Scattering Observations
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Viewing AS1, ST - Room 101, Level 1
Scientific Sessions
WED -
10 AUG 2011
08:00 - 17:00 Conference Registration - North Foyer, Level 1
Exhibition
(08:30 - 18:00)
08:30 - 10:30 Scientific Sessions
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
11:00 - 12:30 Scientific Sessions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  Section Business Meetings - OS, PS - Room 103, Level 1
14:00 - 15:30 Distinguished Lectures:

Ocean Sciences (OS) Room 103
(14:00 - 14:45)
Prof Toshiyuki HIBIYA, The University of Tokyo > Theoretical and Observational Studies of the Distribution of Diapycnal Diffusivity in the World's Deep Oceans
(14:45 - 15:30)
Prof Pei-Yuan QIAN, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology > Comparative Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Function of Two Deep-Sea Brine Pools from the Red Sea

Planetary Sciences (PS) Room 102
(14:00 - 14:45)
Prof Tielong ZHANG, University of Science and Technology of China > Contributions of Venus Express to the Aeronomy of Venus
(14:45 - 15:30)
Dr Gordon CHIN, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center > Submillimeter Remote Sensing of Planetary and Cometary Atmospheres and LRO/LCROSS Observations of the Moon
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Viewing - AS2, PS - Room 101, Level 1
Scientific Sessions
18:00 - 21:00 Town Hall Meeting - AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly 2012 in Singapore
(All are Welcome) - Room 105, Level 1
THU -
11 AUG 2011
08:00 - 17:00 Conference Registratioin - North Foyer, Level 1
Exhibition
(08:30 - 17:00)
08:30 - 10:30 Scientific Sessions
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
11:00 - 12:30 Scientific Sessions
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  Section Business Meetings - HS, SE - Room 103, Level 1
14:00 - 15:30 Distinguished Lectures:

Hydrological Sciences (HS) Room 103
(14:00 - 14:45) Prof Kenji JINNO, Kyushu University > Effect of Groundwater and Nitrate Discharge through Volcanic Rock Aquifer on the Eutrophication in Ariake Sea, Japan
(14:45 - 15:30)
Prof Gwo-Fong LIN, National Taiwan University > Typhoon Rainfall and Runoff Forecasting and Flood Mitigation

Solid Earth Sciences (SE) Room 102
(14:00 - 14:45)
Dr Rixiang ZHU, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences > Timing, Scale and Mechanism of the Destruction of the North China Craton
(14:45 - 15:30)
Dr Naoshi HIRATA, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo > Japanese National Research Program for Earthquake Protection and Disaster Mitigation
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Viewing - HS, SE1 - Room 101, Level 1
Exhibition Tear Down/Ship-out
(17:00 - 18:00)
Scientific Sessions
(16:00) Vote Casting - Ballot Box Closes - AOGS Booth in Room 101, Level 1
18:00 - 21:00 Convener's Dinner (By Invitation Only) - Ji Shiang Room, Basement Floor, Grand Hotel Taipei
Bus Departs TICC from 6pm, please meet at the lobby
FRI -
12 AUG 2011
08:00 - 17:00 Conference Registration - North Foyer, Level 1
08:30 - 10:30 Scientific Sessions
Vote Counting (Closed Session) - Room 106, Level 1
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
11:00 - 12:30 Scientific Sessions
Vote Counting (cont'd)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  General Election Results Announcement
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea Break - Room 101 Foyer, Level 1
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Viewing - OS, SE2, IWG - Room 101, Level 1
Scientific Sessions
18:00 - 21:00 AOGS 2013 Venue Proposals Presentation (By Invitation Only) - Room 105, Level 1
SAT -
13 AUG 2011
09:00 - 14:00 Post-conference AOGS Council Meeting (Closed Session) - Room 105, Level 1