IYPE Launch Event Tentative Programme

Registration of guests at UNESCO Headquarters

Address by Prof Zhang Hongren
President of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)

Address by Prof Larry Woodfork
Chair of the IYPE Board of Directors

Introduction by Jean Pierre Jouyet, Minister of State, France

Presentation of Paris Declaration

Introduction to the sessions by Prof. Aubrey Manning
Independent correspondent

Student winner of IYPE contest reads his/her winning essay

Views on theme by Dr Renate Christ
Secretary of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Views on theme by Prof. Ghislain de Marsily
French Academy of Sciences

Views on theme by Prof. Ruud Lubbers
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Views on theme by Ms Arti Mehra
Mayor of Delhi, India

Discussion with audience chaired by moderator
Prof. Aubrey Manning

Concluding remarks by moderator Prof. Aubrey Manning

Opening by Master of Ceremony Dr Ted Nield
Chair of IYPE Outreach Programme Committee

Introduction by Prof Mohammed Sheya
Minister Plenipotentiary, United Republic of Tanzania

Views on theme by Thierry Desmarest
Chair of the Board of Directors of Total

Views on theme by Dr Mark Myers
Director of United States Geological Survey

Views on theme by Vice Minister Wang Shouxiang
Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China

Discussion with audience chaired by moderator
Marina Mielczarek

Concluding remarks by moderator Marina Mielczarek

Introduction by moderator Marina Mielczarek

Views on theme by Prof Peter Hoeppe
Münich Reinsurance, Germany

Views on theme by Prof Sospeter Muhongo
Director Regional Office for Africa of the International
Council for Sciences (ICSU), South Africa

Discussion with audience chaired by moderator
Marina Mielczarek

Video message by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur C. Clarke Foundation