PROGRAM
23 February, 2000
08:30-16:00 Registration
09:00-09:20 Opening Conference
09:00-09:20 Opening address
Takuya Hirano, President, JAMSTEC
Kaname Ikeda, Director-General, Research & Development Bureau, Science & Technology Agency
09:20-10:00 Special Session US-Japan collaborative coral reef study
10:00-10:10 Coffee Break
10:10-12:10 Session I Biology of Coral Reef
12:10-13:10 Lunch
13:10-15:10 Session IIa Dynamics of Coral Ecosystem
15:10-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-17:00 Session IIb Dynamics of Coral Ecosystem
24 February, 2000
08:30-16:00 Registration
09:00-10:35 Session IIIa Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem
10:35-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:00 Session IIIb Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:05 Session IVa Coral Reef and Human Existence
15:05-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-17:00 Session IVb Coral Reef and Human Existence
17:00-17:10 Closing Remark
Dr. Hiroshi Hotta, Executive Director, JAMSTEC
