Latsis Foundation 2nd International Summer School

Opening of the Latsis Foundation 2nd International Summer School 2010

The lectures of the Latsis Foundation 2nd International Summer School, with the collaboration of the Oceanographic Institute of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, begin on July 1st, 2010. The programme is exclusively funded by the Foundation, aiming to bring students together and provide them with updated research regarding the Mediterranean, while at the same time contributing to the development of a new generation of scientists that will be able to study, research and eventually protect the aforementioned marine ecosystems.

28 postgraduate and doctoral students as well as post-doctoral researchers from Greece and abroad, specialised in marine sciences, will participate in this year’s Summer School. Over the course of 2 weeks, they will have the opportunity to attend lectures as well as to discuss the latest research developments with 26 internationally renowned scientists from research institutes and academic institutions in Greece and abroad. Additionally, participants will be offered the chance to attend actual sampling and testing on board the research vessel “AEGEO”.

Furthermore, in order to achieve effective dissemination of knowledge, organisers have decided that six (6) lectures, listed below, will be open to a number of invitees including scientists, representatives of NGOs and other public bodies related to marine sciences as well as the Environment.

Open Lectures

Friday, 2/7/2010, 17:30 - 18:30

“European climate change research post Copenhagen”

Lecturer: Dr Elisabeth Lipiatou, Head of Unit Environment and Climate System, DG Research, European Commission

Wednesday, 7/7/2010, 17:30 - 18:30

“Biodiversity including non-indigenous species”

Lecturer: Dr Argyro Zenetos, Marine Biologist, Research Director, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece

Thurday, 8/7/2010, 17:30 - 18:30

“Medusae: trophic role, link to microbial food web and impacts on humans”

Lecturer: Dr Alenka Malej, Head, Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia & Director, International Ocean Institute Operational Centre, Slovenia

Friday, 9/7/2010, 17:30 - 18:30

“Extreme and Deep Environments”

Lecturer: Professor Imants (Monty) G. Priede DSc FRSE, Director, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, UK

Tuesday, 12/7/2010, 17:30 - 18:30

“Impacts of Climate Change on the Ecosystems”

Lecturer: Professor Philip (Chris) Reid, Professor of Oceanography, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Senior Research Fellow, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, Honorary Fellow, Marine Biological Association, UK

Wednesday, 14/7/2010, 17:30 - 18:30

“Socioeconomic Scenarios”

Lecturer: Professor Michalis S. Skourtos, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Aegean, Greece

All lectures will be in English and entrance will not be permitted after each lecture starts.

For more information please visit: www.hcmr.gr/www.summerschool2010.gr.

The Latsis Foundation 2nd International Summer School 2010 is part of an initiative, that began in 2008 by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, aiming to promote scientific research by establishing and exclusively funding a series of International Summer Schools in Greece and abroad on various scientific fields.

Lectures will be held in “Pallas Athena”, Kifissia, until the programme’s completion on July 15th, 2010.