What can sediments tell us about climate change?
Veröld - Hús Vigdísar
Lecture hall
New findings from Queen Margrethe’s and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society
Open seminar in Auðarsalur, Veröld – Húsi Vigdísar, University of Iceland
Friday December 9th, from 12:00 til 14:00
Programme
12:00 – 12:05 Opening address
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s prime minister
12:05 – 12:10 Opening address
Kirsten Geelan, Ambassador of Denmark to Iceland
12:10 – 12:15 Opening address
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector, University of Iceland
12:15 – 12:45 Keynote
Why on Earth should we worry about what nature looked like in the past?
What questions does ROCS want to answer?
Professor Katherine Richardson, leader of ROCS
12:45 – 13:00 The Saga of that one layer between the Ocean and the Atmosphere around Iceland, and why should we care about it
Angel Ruiz-Angulo, associate professor of Oceanography, University of Iceland
13:00 – 13:15 ROCS – Together we can achieve more
Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, director of the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland
13:15 – 13:30 ROCS and the Icelandic Museum of Natural History: collaboration and future vision
Hilmar J. Malmquist, director of the Icelandic Museum of Natural History
13:30 – 14:00 Discussions
After the seminar guests are invited to join the ROCS team for coffee and pastry outside the lecture hall.
New findings from Queen Margrethe’s and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society Open seminar in Auðarsalur, Veröld – Húsi Vigdísar, University of Iceland Friday December 9th, from 12:00 til 14:00
