2nd CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS
Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia, 19-23 June 2000
2nd CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS
Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia, 19-23 June 2000
SCHEDULE
The Technical Secretariat will be open during the breaks
The Botanical Garden offers a guided visit at lunch time on June 20 & 22
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The Historical University Building is located at C/ de la NAVE 2 |
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The Botanical Garden (Jardí Botànic) is located at C/ QUART 82 |
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SUNDAY |
JUNE 18, 2000 |
Venue: JARDÍ BOTÀNIC |
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16.30
- 19.30 |
Registration |
Poster
set up |
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MONDAY |
JUNE 19, 2000 |
Venue:
JARDÍ BOTÀNIC |
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08.00
- 10.00 |
Registration |
Poster
set up |
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MONDAY |
JUNE
19, 2000 |
Venue:
The HISTORICAL
BUILDING. Aula
Magna |
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10.00
- 10.15 |
Opening
Remarks |
Co-convenors
and Local Organizing Committee, Eva Barreno, Penelope Boston, James Miller, Stephen
Schneider. |
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10.15
- 10.30 |
Stephen
H. Schneider Stanford
University, US. Senior
Fellow, Institute for International Studies. |
Evolution of Gaia Science: a Personal History |
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Session
1: THE CORE IDEAS: Defining, Redefining, Affirming and Negating Gaia
Theory Chair:
Sir Crispin Tickell.
Chancellor of the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Chairman of the Gaia Society |
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10.30
- 11.00 |
Timothy
M. Lenton Centre
for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK |
Gaia
Theory as a Whole: Why is the Earth so Favourable to Life? |
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11.00
- 11.30 |
Andrew
J. Watson University
of East Anglia, UK |
Goddess
of the Earth, or Lady Luck? Gaia and the
Anthropic
Principle |
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11.30
- 12.00 |
Lee
F. Klinger Nat.
Center
Atmospheric Research., Boulder, US |
Merging
Gaia and Complexity: A Way Forward |
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12.15
- 13.45 |
OPENING
CEREMONY |
Venue:
The HISTORICAL BUILDING. Paraninfo.
Central Hall |
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Chairs:
Exc. Rector of the Universitat de València, Lynn Margulis, James Lovelock, Sir
Crispin Tickell, Juli Peretó, Francisco Tomás, Eva Barreno |
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Talk: |
Sir
Crispin Tickell Chancellor
of the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Chairman of the Gaia Society |
Gaia:
Goddess or Thermostat |
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Talk: |
James
Lovelock Honorary
Visiting Fellow of Green College, University of Oxford, UK |
Personal
Reflections on Gaia |
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13.45
- 15.00 |
RECEPTION
/ BUFFET |
Venue:
The
HISTORICAL BUILDING Cloister |
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The
participants must return to the BOTANICAL GARDEN.
which is 20 minute walk |
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Session
1: THE CORE IDEAS: Defining, Redefining, Affirming and Negating Gaia
Theory Chairs:
Tyler Volk. New
York University, US
Eva Barreno. Universitat
de València, ES |
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16.00 |
Welcoming
talk by: Manuel
Costa Director
of the Botanical Garden |
Venue:
JARDÍ BOTÀNIC |
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Session
1:
continued |
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16.00
- 16.30 |
David
M. Wilkinson Liverpool
John Moores University, UK |
Homeostatic Gaia: an Ecologists Perspective on the Possibility of
Regulation |
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16.30
- 17.00 |
Jennifer
M. Robinson Murdoch
University, W-AU |
From Thermostat to Complexity |
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17.00
- 17.30 |
Peter
Westbroek University
of Leiden, NL |
Strengthening Gaia - A New Category |
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17.30
- 18.00 |
COFFEE
- BREAK |
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18.00
- 18.30 |
David
W. Schwartzman Howard
University, US |
Is Gaian Evolution Deterministic? |
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18.30
- 18.45 |
Toby
Tyrrell Southampton
University, UK |
Biotic Plunder: The Exploitation of Environments by Organisms |
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18.45
– 19.00 |
Tyler
Volk New
York University, US |
The future of Gaia theory: How to Build a Lively Biosphere |
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19.00
- 20.00 |
CORE
IDEAS PANEL DISCUSSION |
(All session speakers are on the panel to take questions from the
audience) |
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TUESDAY |
JUNE
20, 2000 |
Venue:
JARDÍ BOTÁNIC |
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Session
2: GAIA AND EARTH HISTORY Chairs:
Lee Kump.
Pennsylvania State University, US
Juli Peretó. Universitat
de València, ES |
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09.00
- 09.30 |
James
F. Kasting Penn
State University, US |
Climate
Regulation During the Achaean: A Gaian Feedback Mechanism Involving
Atmospheric Methane |
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09.30
- 10.00 |
Heinrich
Holland Harvard
University, US |
Gaia and the Great Oxidation Event |
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10:00
- 10:30 |
Don
E. Canfield Odense
University, DK |
The
Evolution of Metabolic Innovations and Their Expression in the Geologic
Record |
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10.30
- 11.00 |
Mark
McMenamin Mount
Holyoke C. Massa., US |
Syncitial
and Metacellular Organisms: a Gaian Response to Extreme Environmental
Disturbance |
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11.00
-.11.15 |
COFFEE
BREAK |
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11.15
– 11.30 |
Noam
M. Bergman University
of East Anglia, UK |
Coupled
Predictions of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Over Phanerozoic Time |
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11:30
– 12.00 |
Lee
R. Kump Penn
State University, US |
High-Resolution
Palaeoceanography Reveals “Heartbeat” of Gaia |
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12.00
- 12.15 |
W.
W. Hay GEOMAR,
Kiel, DE |
Climate
and the Spread of C4 Plants |
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12.15
- 12.30 |
A.
J. Casanovas Universitat
de València, ES |
A
Neural Net Approach to Climate Forcing and Deglaciation Events |
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12.30
- 12.45 |
BREAK |
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12.45
- 13.30 |
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PANEL
DISCUSSION: GAIA AND EARTH HISTORY |
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13.30
- 14.00 |
POSTER
ANNOUNCEMENTS (4
minutes) |
M.
Fiorilla, T. Lenton, K. Nordstrom, P.
Sperry, F.
Torrens, A. Watson, J. Whiteside |
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14.00
– 16.00 |
LUNCH |
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Session
3: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: ARE THEY GAIAN? Chairs:
William H.
Schlesinger. Duke
University, US
Paul Falkowski. Rutgers
University, US |
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16.00
– 16.30 |
Robert
A. Berner Yale University, US |
The
Rise of Trees in the Palaeozoic and their Effects on Atmospheric CO2 and
O2 |
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16.30
– 17.00 |
Paul
Falkowski Rutgers
University, US |
The
Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles - Natural Selection or Directed
Evolution |
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17.00
– 17.30 |
Lars
O. Hedin Cornell
University, US |
The
Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycle: Nature of Feedbacks and the Emergence of
Macroscopic Patterns |
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17.30
– 18.00 |
COFFEE-
BREAK |
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18.00
– 18.30 |
William
H. Schlesinger Duke University, US |
High
CO2 Stimulates Plant Growth and Rock Weathering: A Feedback that Regulates
Atmospheric CO2 |
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18.30
– 18.45 |
Karl
B. Foellmi University
of Neuch'atel, CH |
Phosphorus-Carbon
Feedback Mechanisms and Environmental Change |
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18.45
– 19.45 |
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PANEL
ON BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES |
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Special
Presentations |
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20.00
– 20.15 |
Andrew
Wier Univ.
of Massachusetts, US |
NASA
Planetary Biology Internships: Gaian Internships in the 21st Century |
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20.15
– 21.00 |
Peter
Westbroek University
of Leiden, NL |
New Center for Gaia Research |
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WEDNESDAY |
JUNE
21, 2000 |
Venue:
JARDÍ BOTÁNIC |
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Session
4: WATER AND GAIA Chairs:
Pedro Marijuan. Universidad
de Zaragoza, ES James
Miller. Rutgers
University, US |
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09.00
– 09.15 |
Jessie
E. Gunnard Univ.
of Massachusetts, US |
Is
the Hydrosphere a Gaian Phenomenon? |
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09.15
– 09.30 |
Pedro
Marijuan Universidad
de Zaragoza, ES |
Water
And The Evolutionary Origins Of Nervous Systems |
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09.30
– 09.45 |
Ricardo
Amils CBM,
UAM-CSIC, Madrid, ES |
The
Tinto River: an Extreme Acidic Environment Produced and Regulated by
Microorganisms |
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09.45
– 10.00 |
Elfatih
A.B. Eltahir M.I.T.,
US |
Multiple
Climate Equilibriums of the Biosphere-Atmosphere System Over West Africa |
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10.00
– 10.15 |
Rafel
Simó ICM,
CSIC, Barcelona, ES |
Gaia
and the Oceanic Sulphur Cycle: the Feedback Plankton / Atmospheric Sulphur
/ Climate |
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10.15
– 10.30 |
James
Miller Rutgers
University, US |
Modelling
Feedbacks between Water and Vegetation in the Climate System |
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10.30
– 11.00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session
5: PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF GAIA Chairs:
Mercé Piqueras. Societat Catalana de Biologia, ES Eva
Barreno. Universitat
de València, ES |
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11.00
- 11.15 |
Eileen
Crist Virginia
Tech, US |
"Concerned
with Trifles?": A Geophysical Reading of Charles Darwin's Last Book” |
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11.1
5 - 11.30 |
Peter
Horton Gaia
Society, UK |
Gaia
Theory and Natural Systems Philosophy: Beyond Morality? |
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11.30
- 11.45 |
Arthur
C. Petersen Vrije
Universiteit, NL |
On
the Relation Between Simple and Complex Models in Earth System Science |
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11.45
– 12.00 |
Dorion
Sagan Amherst,
Massachusetts, US |
The
Goldilocks Paradox: Thermodynamics and GAIA |
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12.00
– 12.15 |
Bruce
Scofield Amherst,
Massachusetts, US |
GAIA:
The Living Earth 2000 Years of Precedents |
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12.15
– 12.30 |
Andrej
V. Lapo VSEGEI, St. Petersburg,
RU |
Is V.I. Vernadsky really known all over the world as a
predecessor of the Gaia hypothesis? |
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12.30
– 12.45 |
BREAK |
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12.45
– 13.30 |
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POSTER
SESSION |
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13.30
– 14.00 |
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BOOK
SESSION Cambridge
University Press |
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14.00
– 16.00 |
BUFFET Offered
by Cambridge University Press and LOC |
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Session
6: FEEDBACK AND THERMODYNAMICS Chairs:
Eric D. Schneider. Hawkwood
Institute, Livingston, US S.A.L.M.
Kooijman.
Vrije Universiteit, NL |
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16.00
– 16.30 |
Eric
D. Schneider Hawkwood
Institute, US |
A
Thermodynamics for a Gaian Planet |
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16.30
– 17.00 |
Robert
B. Chatfield NASA
Ames Research Center, US |
Limits
on the Super-Greenhouse and Methane-Gas Runaway from the Western
Equatorial Pacific: Using Current-Earth Studies to Understand Planetary
Habitability and Stability |
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17.00
– 17.30 |
J.R.
Bates University
of Copenhagen, DK |
A
Dynamical Stabilizer in the Climate System: a Mechanism Suggested by a
Simple Model and Supported by GCM Experiments |
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17.30
– 18.00 |
COFFEE
BREAK |
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18.00
– 18.30 |
S.A.L.M.
Kooijman Vrije
Universiteit, NL |
Quantitative
Aspects of Metabolism and their Global Impact |
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18.30
– 19.00 |
Miquel
De Renzi Universitat
de València, ES |
Exchanging
Information Between the Biosphere and the Lithosphere: Gaia and the Fossil
Record |
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20.15 |
Classical
Music Concert by: Olga Guerrero, M. Sanchís |
Venue:
The HISTORICAL
BUILDING. Paraninfo |
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22.00 |
Dinner Offered
by: Ayuntamiento de Valencia & Cinq Segles |
Venue:
Casino de Agricultura C/
Comedias in the corner to C/ La Paz which
is 3 minute walk |
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THURSDAY |
JUNE
22, 2000 |
Venue:
JARDÍ BOTÀNIC |
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Session
7: QUANTIFYING GAIA AND GAIAN PROCESSES Chairs:
S. L. Weber. Royal N.
Meteorological
Institute, NL
Stephen Schneider. Stanford University, US |
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09.00
– 09.30 |
Martin
Claussen Potsdam
Inst. C. & I. Res., DE |
Quaternary
Biogeophysical Feedbacks - do They Behave Anti-GAIA? |
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09.30
– 09.45 |
F.
Santini University
of Toronto, CA |
Stability
and Instability in Ecological Systems |
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09.45
– 10.15 |
Nanne
Weber RN
Meteorological Inst., NL |
On
Homeostasis in Daisyworld: is it Relevant for the real Earth System? |
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10-15
- 10.30 |
BREAK |
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10.30
– 11.00 |
Keith
L. Downing Norwegian
University of Science & Technology, NO |
Applying
Artificial Life Techniques to Gaia Research |
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11.00
– 11.30 |
Axel
Kleidon Stanford
University, US |
Strength
of Biospheric Feedbacks on Climate Affects Simulated Amazonian
Biogeography During the Last Ice Age: a Test for GAIA |
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11.30
– 11.45 |
COFFEE
BREAK |
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11.45
– 12.30 |
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PANEL
ON FEEDBACK, THERMODYNAMICS, AND MODELS |
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Session
8: MICROBES AND GAIA Chairs:
Penelope Boston. Complex
Systems Research Inc., US
Isabel Esteve, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona,
ES |
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12.30
– 13.00 |
Penelope
Boston Complex
Systems Research Inc., US |
The Microbial Realm: Higher than the Sky, Deeper than the Ocean. |
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13.00
– 13.15 |
Kurt
A. Grimm UBC
Earth and Ocean Sciences, CA |
The
Architecture of Living Systems: Insights from the Phytoplankton Microcosm |
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13.15
– 13.45 |
Ricardo
Guerrero Universitat
de Barcelona, ES |
Microbial Mats and the Search for Minimal Ecosystems |
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13.45
– 14.00 |
G.V.
Zhizhin North‑West
Polytechnical Institute, RU |
About
the Possibility of Soliton-like Spreading of Cyanobacterial Mats |
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14.00
- 14.15 |
J.
Scott Turner SUNY
College, Syracuse, US |
Emergent
Homeostasis in a Symbiotic Assemblage: the Colonies of Macrotermes
michaelseni and their Fungal Symbiont Termitomyces alba |
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14.15
– 16.00 |
LUNCH |
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Session
9: GAIA BEYOND EARTH Chair:
Ricardo Amils. Centro
de Biología Molecular, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, ES
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16.00
– 16.30 |
S.
Franck Potsdam
Inst. C. I. Res., DE |
Extrasolar
Planetary Systems and the Number of Other Gaia's in the Milky Way |
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16.30
– 17.00 |
Lee
Smolin Penn
State University, US |
Self-organization
and Feedback in Astrophysics and Cosmology |
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17.00
– 17.45 |
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PANEL
ON MICROBES AND GAIA PANEL
ON GAIA BEYOND EARTH |
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17.45
– 18.00 |
COFFEE
BREAK |
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Session
10: The CLOSING SESSION |
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18.00
– 18.45 |
Lynn Margulis 1999
National Medal of Science Distinguished Professor of
the University
of Massachusetts Amherst,
US |
GAIA
BECOMES RESPECTABLE: Modes
of confirmation of GAIA theory |
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PANEL
DISCUSSION / ALL SESSIONS SUMMARY |
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The
CLOSING CEREMONY |
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Chairs:
Lynn
Margulis,
Stephen
Schneider, Co-convenors and
the Local Organizing Committee |
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The
participants must return to
the HISTORICAL
BUILDING.
Cloister |
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21.00 |
Banquet Offered
by the Rector of the Universitat de València |
Venue:
HISTORICAL
BUILDING. Cloister |
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Banquet
speakers: Exc. Sr. Rector, Lynn Margulis, Eva Barreno |
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FRIDAY,
June 23, 2000 Venue:
JARDÍ
BOTÀNIC 10.30
–12.30. No
Formal Session. Informal
discussion and planning for monograph will be arranged for those
expressing an interest. |
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