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Morss Colloquium Video Presentations

Thursday, April 2, 2009

NEW, 29 Dec. 2009: Paper in press in Marine Policy: "Deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulfides"



	Enlarge Image Morss Colloquium panel. From left: Caitlyn Antrim, Sabine Christiansen, Rod Eggert, Chris German, Nii Odunton, Samantha Smith, Maurice Tivey, and moderator Mindy Todd. (Tom Kleindinst, WHOI)
	Enlarge Image Click HERE to download poster PDF (Photo: Candelabra Vent, Logatchev Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (photo courtesy MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany; poster design K. Joyce, WHOI))
	Enlarge Image Mussel shells and inactive vent sulfide structures at the Galapagos Rift, Alvin Dive 3795, June 2002. (Frame grab courtesy T. Shank, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Agenda
Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides: A Reality for Science and Society in the 21st Century

Redfield Auditorium
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

Introduction
Susan Avery (President & Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
» View Video (5:00 min) [QuickTime | Windows Media | RealPlayer]

2 - 3:30 PM: Keynote Speakers
Maurice Tivey (Dept. Chair, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
» View Video (25:42 min) [Quicktime | Windows Media | Real Player]
» View Slides (PDF)

Nii Allotey Odunton (Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority)
» View Video (24:39 min) [QuickTime | Windows Media | Real Player]
» View Slides (PDF)

Caitlyn Antrim (Executive Director, Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans)
» View Video (23:20 min) [QuickTime | Windows Media | Real Player]

Rod Eggert (Division Director, Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines)
» View Video (24:12 min) [QuickTime | Windows Media | Real Player]
» View Slides (PDF)

4 - 5 PM: Panel Discussion
Panelists included our keynote speakers (above), Samantha Smith (Nautilus Minerals), Sabine Christiansen (World Wildlife Fund), and Chris German (co-chair, ChEss project of the Census of Marine Life).
» View Video (60:00 min) [QuickTime | Windows Media | Real Player]

Click here for information about our panelists.

The panel was moderated by Mindy Todd, host of "The Point" on WCAI Cape & Islands NPR station. Click here for "The Point" interview with Dr. Maurice Tivey and Dr. Stace Beaulieu on March 26, 2009.

Morss Colloquium Program at WHOI

Our public colloquium is the 5th Elisabeth and Henry Morss Jr. Colloquium, sponsored by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. For more information on the Morss Colloquium Program and previous colloquia, please see: https://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=17139. These colloquia expose WHOI's staff and public community to new issues and new perspectives that cross disciplinary boundaries between the sciences and social sciences.

Contact
Workshop Coordinator:
Dr. Stace Beaulieu
InterRidge Coordinator
coordinator@interridge.org
+1 508 289-3821

Last updated: January 4, 2010