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Opening address
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Manfred Thüring
President local organizing committee SGM 2008
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
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The art of using weather radars for hydrology in the Alps |
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Urs Germann
MeteoSvizzera, Locarno
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
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Simple models for complex hydrologic behavior: a challenge for basic research and engineering |
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James Kirchner
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
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Annual opening and closing of alpine valleys |
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Simon Löw
Engineering Geology, Geological Institute, ETH-Zürich
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| 16:00 |
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coffee break |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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Oil supply - peak or not peak? |
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Gérard Stampfli
Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Lausanne
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
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Natural hazard prevention - current challenges for research and development in geosciences |
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Hans Peter Willi
Hazard Prevention Division, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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| 17:30 - 18:00 |
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Platform Geosciences
CHGEOL Award
Paul Niggli Medal
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Helmut Weissert
Daniele Biaggi
Christoph Heinrich
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| 18:00 |
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Break |
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| 18:30 - 19:00 |
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Research in Geosciences in Switzerland - boundary conditions for the coming years |
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Mauro Dell’Ambrogio
State Secretary for Education and Research
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| 19:00 |
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Swiss Geosciences Party |
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