Monday, 13 December

U12B Science and Policy Union Lecture

Scientists, Science Advice, and Science Policy in the Obama Administration
Presented by John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President of the United States
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U15A Frontiers of Geophysics

Society's Growing Vulnerability to Natural Hazards and Implications for Geophysics Research
Presented by Julia Slingo DSc, OBE, Chief Scientist, United Kingdom Met Office
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AE12A Franklin Lecture

Twenty-Five Years of New Discoveries in Atmospheric and Space Electricity
Presented by D. D. Sentman, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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OS13H Sverdrup Lecture

The Autonomous Revolution: Transforming Ocean Observation with Mobile Platforms
Presented by C. C. Eriksen, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
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B14B The Sagan Lecture

Isotope Geochemistry and the Study of Habitability and Life on Other Planets
Presented by J. Eiler, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
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Tuesday, 14 December

P21D Shoemaker Lecture

Template for the Terrestrial Planets: The Moon
Presented by C. M. Pieters, Geological Sciences, Brown University
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H22A Langbein Lecture

Opportunities for Impacting the Trajectory of Hydrologic Model Development
Presented by W. G. Gray, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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V22A Bowen Lectures

The Double-Edged Sword of High-Precision U-Pb Geochronology or Be Careful What You Wish For
Presented by S. A. Bowring, Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, MIT
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Volatiles in Earths interior
Presented by H. Keppler, Universität Bayreuth
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C24B Nye Lecture

Mountain Hydrology, The Fourth Paradigm, and the Color of Snow
Presented by J. Dozier, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
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G24A Bowie Lecture

Ultra-High Resolution Four Dimension Imaging Across the Earth Sciences
Presented by G. W. Bawden, US Geological Survey
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S24A Gutenberg Lecture

The Fate of Water in the Cascadia Forearc
Presented by M. G. Bostock, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia
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Wednesday, 15 December

GC33D The 2010 Stephen Schneider Global Environmental Change Lecture

Scientists, Expert Judgment, and Public Policy: What is Our Proper Role?
Presented by M. Oppenheimer, Geosciences, Princeton University
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T34B Birch Lecture

Global Tectonics Ties Quakes, Rocks, and Volatiles in the Mantle Transition Zone
Presented by W. Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana
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Thursday, 16 December

PP41C Emiliani Lecture

Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Ice Age From the Perspective of 17°N, 90°W
Presented by D. A. Hodell, Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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V41F Daly Lecture

Geochemical Insights Into Mantle Geodynamics and Plume Structure
Presented by D. A. Weis, PCIGR, Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia
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A42A Bjerknes Lecture

A Very Grand Challenge for the Science of Climate Prediction — Towards a Community-Wide Prototype Probabilistic Earth-System Model
Presented by T. Palmer, Atmospheric Physics, University of Oxford
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A42D Charney Lecture

Past and Contemporary Climate Change: Evidence From Earth's Ice Cover
Presented by E. S. Mosley-Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University and Department of Geography, Ohio State University
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GP43C Edward Bullard Lecture

Geomagnetic Secular Variation as a Window on the Dynamics of Earth's Core
Presented by A. Jackson, Institute for Geophysics, ETH Zürich
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NG43J Lorenz Lecture

Dragon-Kings, Black-Swans and Prediction
Presented by D. Sornette, Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich and Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zürich
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SM44A Van Allen Lecture

Plasma and Field Boundaries in Space
Presented by B. U. Sonnerup, Dartmouth College
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Friday, 17 December

EP53E The EPSP Robert P. Sharp Lecture

Noise is the New Signal: Moving Beyond Zeroth-Order Geomorphology
Presented by D. J. Jerolmack, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, and National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota
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