Prospectus 2011

The Prospectus 2011 was completed on 12th September 2011

The Challenger Society for Marine Science and the UK Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR) held a one day meeting at The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 on the 12 September 2011.

This initial one-day meeting had a series of talks and discussion with speakers including:

• Dr Neil Mitchell (Geology)
• Dr Andy Rees (Biogeochemistry)
• Dr Alberto N. Garabato (Physical Oceanography)
• Dr Laura Robinson (Paleoceanography)
• Prof Colm O'Cofaigh (Glaciology & Marine Science)
• Dr Matt Mowlem (Techncology)
• Dr Emily Shuckburgh (Climate Modelling & Prediction)
• Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop (Biology)
  
• Dr Tavis Potts (Policy)

Prof John Field, a Past President of SCOR will close the meeting with an international perspective.

We asked each of these young to mid-career scientists to address questions such as:

• What will my area of Marine Science be like in 20 years time?
• What will be the role of UK Marine Science in international science over that period?
• What are the scientific challenges?
• What technological advances are necessary to meet the challenges?

Speakers were asked to reflect on the progress that has been made over the last 20 years to provide both a context and a springboard for their vision of the next two decades. This meeting was part of a broader plan by the Challenger Society to set out, in an open forum by members of the marine science community, new initiatives for marine science strategy and projects over rolling 5-year periods.

View the talks and listen to the speakers

• 0930 Professor Harry Bryden FRS, President of the Challenger Society for Marine Science
  • Welcome and Context for the Meeting. MP3, PDF
• 0940 Dr Alberto Naveira Garabato, University of Southampton:
  • Understanding the Ocean Circulation: Where Next? MP3, PDF
• 1020 Dr Emily Shuckburgh, British Antarctic Survey and Fellow, Darwin College, University of Cambridge:
  • Climate Modelling and Prediction. MP3, PDF
• 1120 Professor Colm O'Cofaigh, University of Durham:
  • Ice sheets as viewed from the ocean: the contribution of marine science to understanding modern and palaeo-glaciology. MP3, PDF
• 1200 Dr Laura Robinson, University of Bristol:
  • The future of paleoceanography: connecting past and present. PDF
• 1400 Dr Neil Mitchell, University of Manchester:
  • Marine Geoscience. MP3, PDF
• 1440 Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science:
  • Challenges for managing UK seas in a climate of macroecological change. MP3, PDF
• 1520 Dr Andrew Rees, Plymouth Marine Laboratory:
  • The Changing Climate of Ocean Biogeochemistry. MP3, PDF
• 1620 Dr Matt Mowlem, National Oceanography Centre:
  • Technology: inspiring and enabling new capabilities for marine science. MP3
• 1700 Dr Tavis Potts, Scottish Association for Marine Science:
  • Into uncharted seas: the challenges for marine policy, industry and society.  MP3, PDF
• 1740 Professor John Field, Marine Research Institute, Rondebosch, South Africa:
  • A brief address placing content of the meeting in international context.  MP3, PDF

All abstracts from the meeting are available here.

Questions about the meeting can be addressed to members of the organising committee:
Prof. Harry Bryden FRS (H.Bryden@noc.soton.ac.uk)
Dr. Carol Robinson (Carol.Robinson@uea.ac.uk)
Prof. Gwyn Griffiths (g.griffiths@noc.soton.ac.uk)

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