16 June Opening Day Program - Room 205 (APEC Room)
2pm - AOGS2008 Official Opening
Please be seated by 2pm
Arrival: Guest of Honour
2.10pm – Speech & Address
Welcome Address by Co-Chairs,Local Advisory Committee
Opening Address by AOGS President
Speech by Guest of Honour, Seung-soo Han,
Prime Minister, Korea; United Nations’ Special
Envoy on Global Climate Change Treaty
2.45pm - Axford Lecture by Taroh Matsuno
Frontier Research Center for Global Change“Modelling of tropical convection by use of an ultra-high resolution (3.5-7km) global
atmosphere model – New age of tropical Meteorology”(3.45pm – Coffee/Tea Break)
4.15pm - Axford Lecture by Wooil M. MoonSeoul National University“Space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Geophysical Applications: Polarimetric
Imaging and Monitoring of Earth’s Surface Processes”
5.15pm - AOGS2008 General Assembly
Meeting Agenda
Treasurer’s Report
Secretary General’s Report
Constitution – Proposed Changes and Adoption(6pm - Meeting adjourned to Welcome Reception)
Busan City Hosts Welcome Reception
Level 3 – Grand Ballroom, 6.30pm to 9.30pm
Please be seated by 6.30pm
Arrival: Guest of Honour Mayor Namsik HurAddresses all AOGS Participants

AOGS Conference Proceedings – “Advances in Geosciences”
All Members are Welcome to Attend!
Publication Committee Report to AOGS Members
Monday, 16 June - 1pm to 2pm, Room 205 (APEC Hall)Light meals will be provided at the meetingSection Business Meetings – 12.30pm to 2pm
Light meals will be provided at the meetings
Tuesday, 17 June
HS Section – Room 203
ST Section – Room 101/102

Wednesday, 18 June
AS Section – Room 109
SE Section – Room 101/102
OS Section – Room 204

Thursday, 19 June
PS Section - Room 101/102

Distinguished Lectures
Visit http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2008/public.asp?page=lectures.htm
to learn About the Speakers & Their Talks
AXFORD LECTURES
All will be held in Room 205 (APEC Room)Dr Taroh Matsuno
Frontier Research Center for Global
Change (FRCGC)

Modeling of tropical convection by use of
an ultra-high resolution (3.5-7km) global
atmosphere model – New age of tropicalmeteorology

June 162.45pm
Rm 205

Prof Wooil M. Moon
Research Institute of
Oceanography (RIO)School ofEarth and Environmental Sciences(SEES) Seoul National University

Space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) and Geophysical Applications:
Polarimetric Imaging and Monitoring ofEarth’s Surface Processes

June 164.15 pm
Rm 205SECTION LECTURES
All will be held in Room 101 & 102
ATMOSPHERICSCIENCE(AS)

Dr Chae Shik Rho
The National Academy of Sciences,Korea

Climate Change and Its Impacts on
the Korean Environment

Jun 19 2pm

HYDROLOGICALSCIENCE(HS)

Prof A.P.S. Selvadurai
Department of Civil Engineering andApplied Mechanics, McGillUniversity

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT IN POROUS
MEDIA: Analytical, Computational
and Experimental Approaches”

Jun 17 11am

OceanScience(OS)Prof Kon-Kee Liu(Institute of Hydrological andOceanic Sciences, National CentralUniversity, Taiwan

From the East China Sea to global
continental margins: their role in theglobal biogeochemical cycle in thepast, present and future

Jun 18 11am

PLANETARYSCIENCE(PS)

Prof Manabu Kato,
Department of Planetary Science,
Japan Aerospace Exploration
AgencyThe Kaguya (SELENE) Mission andLunar Science

Jun 19 –11am

SOLAR &TERRESTRIALSCIENCE(ST)

Prof Pendyala Balarama Rao
National Remote Sensing Agency,
Department of SpaceHigh Power Radar Studies of Low
Latitude Plasma Irregularities

Jun 17 2pm

Prof Gary P. ZankInstitute of Geophysics andInterplanetary Physics
University of California Riverside

The Interaction of the Solar Wind
with the Interstellar Medium

Jun 17 –2.45pmProf Zhongliang Wu
Institute of Geophysics, China
Earthquake Administration, Beijing,
China

Evaluation of the CTBT International
Monitoring System (IMS): Calling forInternational Cooperation

Jun 18 2.45pm

Prof Sung-Tack Kwon
Department of Earth System
Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul,Korea.

Evolution of igneous activities inSouth Korea: Implications for thetectonic evolution of East Asia

Jun 18 2pm

SOLID EARTHSCIENCE(SE)