Transcript OPENING PLENARY

IASPEI
OPENING PLENARY
IUGG 2011, Melbourne, Australia
Agenda
1) Welcome address by IASPEI President
2) In memoriam (2009-2010)
3) Composition of Committees
4) Nominations of 2011-2015 Officers
5) General Assembly in 2013
6) Grants
7) Statutes and Bylaws
8) Housekeeping items
9) Closing Plenary announcement
10) Presidential address
1 Presidential Welcome
2 In memoriam (2009-2010)
Pierre BERNARD
France (1915-2009)
Jörg Ansorge
Switzerland (1935-2008)
Paul Silver
USA (1948 – 2009)
2 In memoriam (2009-2010)
Luigi BURLINI
Switzerland (1962-2009)
Renato VIDRIH
Slovenia (1957-2010)
2 In memoriam (2009-2010)
John H Hodgson
Canada (1913-2011)
Leon Knopoff
USA (1925-2011)
3 COMMITTEE COMPOSITIONS
AUDITING COMMITTEE
• D Rhoades
• B Dost
New Zealand
The Netherlands
3 RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
• Ian Jackson (Chair)
Australia
• Gerhard Graham
South Africa
• Ding Zhifeng
China
SUBMISSION OF RESOLUTION
PROPOSALS
All resolution proposals have to be received
by the Resolutions Committee by
Saturday 20:00 at the latest
• Please provide the draft of the resolution
proposal in digital form on a USB to one of
the members of the Resolutions Committee
or leave it in the IASPEI office (Room 201.5).
4 NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Cape Town, 2009
• E R ENGDAHL (Chair) USA
• Soren Gregersen (Denmark)
• Kiyoshi Suyehiro (Japan)
• Raoul Madariaga (France)
• David Rhoades (New Zealand)
• Gennadiy Sobolev (Russia)
SLATE OF IASPEI OFFICERS
(2011-2015)
proposed by the Nominating Committee
IASPEI BUREAU
President:
Domenico Giardini (Switzerland)
1st Vice-President:
Ian Jackson (Australia)
2nd Vice-President:
Thorne Lay (USA)
Secretary-General:
Peter Suhadolc (Italy)
IASPEI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Members:
Marcelo Assumpcao (Brazil)
Kenji Satake (Japan)
Michelle Grobbelaar (South Africa)
Alexey Zavyalov (Russia)
Wu Zhongliang (China)
5 IASPEI 2013 General Assembly
IASPEI will have its 37th General Assembly in
GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
JULY 22-26, 2013
IASPEI 2013 scientific program to be
discussed on Saturday Jul 2
at the joint meeting of the Executive
Committee and Commission Chairs
MR108
6 GRANTS
• IASPEI has set aside about
USD 50,000 for grants to help participants
attend this meeting.
• The grants are distributed by the LOC at
registration.
7 STATUTES & BYLAWS
IASPEI Statutes and Bylaws have been
updated and revised to better reflect current
practice
The new version has been sent to all National
IASPEI Correspondents
The revised Statutes and Bylaws will be voted
during the Closing Plenary
8 HOUSEKEEPING - 1
IASPEI office
is located on
the second floor
Room MR201.5
8 HOUSEKEEPING - 2
• IASPEI SOCIAL DINNER
at the “SYKLINE” venue
Price: ASD 60.00
Tickets available at the IUGG Booth
and in the IASPEI Office
20:00 on Monday July 4, 2011
300 Flinders str.,
Victoria University, 12th floor
9 CLOSING PLENARY
announcement
To be held on
Monday, July 4, at 18:00
Room MR211
10 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
IASPEI
Co-operate internationally
to better understand our
Earth
Wu Zhongliang
Thank you for your
presence!