Quick jump: Main Contents - Pre-meeting - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Summit Outcomes

---

Day 1 - Monday, 30 November 2009

SCIENCE AS A TOOL OF DIPLOMACY IN THE ANTARCTIC TREATY SYSTEM

The first day will explore the origin, evolution and resilience of the Antarctic Treaty System that emerged from the success of the International Geophysical Year. Recognizing that the Antarctic Treaty has grown from a purely intergovernmental meeting to one with a much wider range of participants, the following sessions present a number of key themes and through discussion and posters will explore interactions among the diverse Antarctic stakeholders in the global community.

---

OPENING CEREMONIES

Chaired by Professor Paul Berkman (Chair of the International Board for the Antarctic Treaty Summit)

• Welcome from Officials
  • Dr. G. Wayne Clough (Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, United States)
  • Dr. Nina Fedoroff (Science & Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State, Department of State, United States)

---

KEYNOTE OPENING ADDRESS

• Humankind and Our Polar Regions
  • HSH. Prince Albert II of Monaco

---

COFFEE

• Group Photo with Speakers and Panellists

---

PLENARY 1 - ORIGIN OF THE ANTARCTIC TREATY

Chaired by Dr. Olav Orheim (Senior Adviser, Research Council of Norway and Former Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Norway)

• Historic Perspectives of Antarctic Claimant and Non-claimant Nations
  • Professor Gillian Triggs (Dean of Law School, University of Sydney, Australia)
• Parallel Agendas for the International Geophysical Year
  • Dr. Cornelia Lüdecke (Privatdozent, Centre for the History of Science, University of Hamburg, Germany)
• President Eisenhower and the Antarctic Treaty
  • Professor Paul Berkman (Chair of the International Board for the Antarctic Treaty Summit)

---

PANEL 1 - Moderated Panel Discussion

Chaired by Dr. Olav Orheim (Senior Adviser, Research Council of Norway and Former Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Norway)

PANELLISTS - Professor Paul Berkman (Chair of the International Board for the Antarctic Treaty Summit) , Professor Aant Elzinga (Professor Emeritus, Department of Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden) , Dr. Roger D. Launius (Senior Curator of the NASM Division of Space History Smithsonian Institution, United States) , Dr. Cornelia Lüdecke (Privatdozent, Centre for the History of Science, University of Hamburg, Germany) , Dr. Ernest Roots , Professor Gillian Triggs (Dean of Law School, University of Sydney, Australia)

• Introduction
  • Professor Paul Berkman (Chair of the International Board for the Antarctic Treaty Summit)

---

YOUNG SCHOLAR ESSAY - 3rd Place Winner of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Essay Contest

---

PLENARY 2 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTARCTIC TREATY SYSTEM

Chaired by Dr. Michael Richardson (United Kingdom)

• Building the International Legal Framework for Antarctica
  • Dr. Marie Jacobsson (Principal Legal Advisor on International Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden)
• Development of Antarctic Governance
  • Ambassador R. Rucker Scully (United States)
• International Antarctic Science: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • Professor David Walton (Professor Emeritus, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

---

PANEL 2 - Interactive Panel Discussion with Questions from the Audience

Chaired by Dr. Michael Richardson (United Kingdom)

PANELLISTS - Professor Hugo Decleir (Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium) , Dr. Marie Jacobsson (Principal Legal Advisor on International Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden) , Ambassador R. Rucker Scully (United States) , Professor David Walton (Professor Emeritus, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

---

OPEN DISCUSSION TO FINALIZE THE FOREVER DECLARATION

Chaired by His Excellency Ambassador. Jorge Berguño (Council for Antarctic Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Former Ambassador to the United Nations, Chile)

Chaired by Dr. Michael Richardson (United Kingdom)

Chaired by Rüdiger Wolfrum (Director, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and Former President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Germany)

---

PERFORMANCE - Keystone State Boychoir

---

Wrap-up

---