Session chairs
23 February, 2000
09:20-10:00 Special Session US-Japan collaborative coral reef study
Dr. Mineo Okamoto, JAMSTEC, Japan
10:10-12:10 Session I Biology of Coral Reef
Dr. Ken Okaji, Kanso Co., Japan
Dr. Tetsuya Hirano, University of Hawaii, USA
Dr. Moritaka Nishihira, Tohoku University, Japan
13:10-15:10 Session IIa Dynamics of Coral Ecosystem
Dr. Satoshi Nojima, Kyushu University, Japan
Dr. Terry P. Hughes, James Cook University, Australia
15:20-17:00 Session IIb Dynamics of Coral Ecosystem
Dr. Akinobu Nakazono, Kyushu University, Japan
Dr. David R. Bellwood, James Cook University, Australia
24 February, 2000
09:00-10:35 Session IIIa Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem
Dr. Hirosi Mukai, Hokkaido University
Dr. Robert S. Steneck, University of Maine, USA
10:45-12:00 Session IIIb Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem
Dr. Makoto Tsuchiya, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Dr. Michio Hidaka, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Dr. Marlin J. Atkinson, University of Hawaii, USA
13:00-15:05 Session IVa Coral Reef and Human Existence
Dr. Takashige Sugimoto, ORI, Japan
Dr. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Univ. of Queensland, Australia
Dr. Alina M. Szmant, Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA
15:15-17:00 Session IVb Coral Reef and Human Existence
Dr. Kiyoshi Yamasato, Research Institute for Subtropics, Japan
Dr. Terry Done, AIMS, Australia
