Workshop on Thailand and the Polar Regions

Programme for Workshop on Thailand and the Polar Regions – Consequences of Climate Change

Moderated by Dr. Pichai Sonchaeng
President of the National Science Museum
Thursday March 1st 2012
National Science Museum Science Square, 4th floor, Chamchuri Square building, Rama IV, Bangkok

13.00 Registration

13.30 Welcome address
by H.E. Katja Christina Norgaard
Ambassador of Norway to Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar

13.45 Global consequences of climate change
by Dr. Tore Furevik
Professor, University of Bergen, Director Centre for Climate Dynamics at the Bjerknes Centre

14.15 Coffee Break

14.30 Climate Change; The Thailand perspective
by Dr. Seree Supharatid
Director of the Disaster Warning Centre at Rangsit University

15.00 Thai scientists and research in Antarctica
by Dr. Suchana Apple Chavanich
Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
and Dr. Voranop Viyakarn
Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University

15.45 Panel discussion followed by questions and answers

16.30 Finish