The 11 th Pacific Science Inter-Congress The Inter-Congress Theme - PDF document

The 11 th Pacific Science Inter-Congress The Inter-Congress Theme Background “Pacific Countries and Their Ocean Facing Local The 1st Symposium on French Research in the Pacific was and Global Changes” held in August 2004 in Noumea, in New Caledonia. The PSI2009 theme centered on current regional and In 2007, the State of France and French Polynesia agreed international concerns, in which science can help inform to organize the 2nd Symposium on French Research in the policy makers and the public. Pacific which makes it possible to provide an international aspect to the event. The program was divided into five sub-sessions to address this theme in a way that facilitates multidisciplinary approaches that encompass scientific, human, socio-economic and cultural aspects. Financing / Collaborations > Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through the Pacific Fund) > Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development > Ministry of Higher Education and Research > Climate Change and Ocean Acidification > French Polynesia > Health Challenges in the Pacific: Infectious diseases, > Overseas Secretariat of State non-communicable diseases and health workforce > Research Institute for Development > Culture and Politics: The stakes of modernity > Governance and the Economy: Future challenges for the Pacific. The goals of the Inter-Congress were to: > Assess problems and issues related to local and global changes in countries and territories in the Pacific, and how these changes are both geographically based and inter-linked. > Gather together scientists from across the Asia-Pacific region, based on recognition that all countries and territories in the Pacific Rim and Basin face similar or linked problems. > Provide an opportunity for young scientists in the Pacific to garner important experience and take part in stimulating intellectual exchanges. > Develop productive exchanges between participants from the countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region and the communities in French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia.

Organizing Committees Local Organizing Committee Representing the High Commissioner in French Polynesia • The General Secretary or his representative A Local Organizing Committee was established under the • The Attache to the General Secretary or his joint auspices of the High Commissioner of the Republic representative in French Polynesia and the President of French Polynesia. • The Windward Islands Administrator or his representative Special Assistants in Charge of Research and Technology in French Polynesia and in New Caledonia and the Director of • The Chief of Staff of the High Commissioner the Research Delegation of French Polynesia were assigned or his representative to the Committee Secretariat. • The Heads of State Departments or their representatives, if needed Co-Chairs • The High Commissioner of the Republic in French Representatives of Research Organizations Polynesia or her representative • The President of French Polynesia or his representative • The President of the University of French Polynesia or her representative • The Director of the Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Representing French Polynesia Observatoire de l’Environnement or his representative • The University of California at Berkeley’s Gump Station • The Vice-President of French Polynesia or his Director or his representative representative • The Correspondent for the Initiative Française pour • The Minister in Charge of Research or his representative les Recifs Corralliens in French Polynesia or her • The Minister in Charge of Environment or his representative representative • The Director of the Institut Français de Recherche • The Minister in Charge of Marine Resources and Sea pour l’Exploitation de la Mer or his representative or his representative • The Director of the Institut Louis Malardé or his • The Minister in Charge of Land Planning or his representative representative • The Director of the Institut de Recherche pour • The Minister in Charge of Health or his representative le Développement or his representative • The Minister in Charge of Cultural affairs or his • The Director of the Laboratoire d’Étude et de Surveillance representative de l’Environnement or his representative • The Minister in Charge of the Economy or his • The Director of the Laboratoire de Géophysique or his representative representative • The Heads of French Polynesia Departments or their • The Director of Météo France or his representative representatives if needed • The Director of the Research Department of French Polynesia • The Special Assistant in Charge of Research and Technology in French Polynesia NEXT >>

Organizing Committees Local Organizing Committee in New Caledonia • The High Commissioner of the Republic or his representative • The President of the Government of New Caledonia or his representative • The President of the University of New Caledonia or his representative • The Director of the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières or his representative • The Director of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique or his representative • The Director of the Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien or his representative • The Director of the Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer or his representative • The Director of the Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle- Calédonie or her representative • The Director of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement or his representative • The Director of the Special Assistant in Charge of Research and Technology in New Caledonia

Scientific Committee • Dr. Georges RODERICK, University of California, Berkeley, Co-chairs USA • Dr. Congbin FU, President of the Pacific Science • Dr. Bernard SALVAT, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Association, Chinese Academy of Science, China Université de Perpignan, France • Dr. Fabrice COLIN, Institut de Recherche pour le • Dr. Gérard SICLET, Académie des Sciences, France Développement, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calénie • Dr. Serge TCHERKEZOFF, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - Université de Provence, Centre de Members Recherche et de Documentation sur l’Océanie, France • Dr. Bill AALBERSBERG, University of the South Pacific, Fiji • Dr. Rémy TEYSSOU, Institut Louis Malardé, Polynésie française • Dr. Hamid AMIR , Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouvelle-Calédonie • Dr. Randy THAMAN, University of the South Pacific, Fiji • Dr. Darrell TRYON, Australian National University, • Dr. Marie-Lise CHANIN, Académie des Sciences, France Australia • Dr. Jean-Claude COCHARD , Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, Polynésie • Dr. Makoto TSUCHIYA, University of the Ryukyus, française Okinawa, Japan • Dr. Julie COLE, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA • Dr. Juan CORREA, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile • Dr. Jacques COMMAILLE, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cachan, France • Dr. David FIELDING, Otago University, New-Zealand • Dr. Jean-Pierre GATTUSO, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Université Paris 6, Villefranche-sur-mer, France • Dr. Hervé JOURDAN, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie • Dr. Nancy LEWIS, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA • Dr. Christian MONTET, Université de Polynésie française, Polynésie française • Dr. Claude PAYRI, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie • Dr. Serge PLANES, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l’Environnement, Polynésie française • Dr. Sumonta PROMBOON, Science Society of Thailand, Thailand