IODP Inauguration Symposium
Program



13:00 - Registration  
13:30 - 13:40 Opening Remarks Ikuo Kushiro, Chair, Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC)
13:40 - 13:50 Guest Speeches  
  (1) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)  
  (2) National Science Foundation (NSF)  
13:50 - 14:15 IODP Management Hisatake Okada, Professor, Hokkaido University
14:15 - 14:40 Earth, Oceans, and Life: The IODP Initial Science Plan (2003-2013) Millard F. Coffin, Professor, University of Tokyo
14:40 - 15:30 IODP Activities  
  (1) United States Participation in IODP: The JOI Alliance and the Riserless Drilling Vessel Steven R. Bohlen, President, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (JOI)
  (2) European Structure and Scientific Involvement in IODP Catherine Mevel, Director, ECORD Management Agency (EMA)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
 
16:00 - 17:40 IODP Activities (Continued)  
  (3) The ECORD Science Operator (ESO): Its Organization and Initial Plans Dan Evans, Science Manager, ECORD Science Operator (ESO)
  (4) Japanese IODP Science Activities Hidekazu Tokuyama, Professor, University of Tokyo
  (5) CDEX and “Chikyu” Yoshihisa Kawamura, Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX)
  (6) Center for Advanced Marine Core Research Hisato Yasuda, Professor, Kochi University

17:40 -17:50
Closing Remarks Hajimu Kinoshita, Executive Director, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
18:00 - 19:30 Reception  



Date: October 6 (Mon), 2003
Place: Sanjo Conference Hall, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8653, Japan
Host: Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) and Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC)
Sponsor: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), IODP Management International, Inc. (IMI) and Ocean Research Institute (ORI)
Language: English (Prime)