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We are glad to present a diverse interdisciplinary group of 18 invited speakers from six countries on four continents. We have two keynote speakers and five sessions: 

Keynote on ecological perspective in geomorphic ecosystems:

Stuart Fisher, Professor -  Ecosystems & Freshwater Ecology, Co-Director School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA: Fluvial Ecomorphology: Form and Ecosystem Function in Running Water Landscapes.

Keynote on geomorphic perspective in ecosystems:

Angela Gurnell, Professor of Geography - Hydrology, Geomorphology & Plant Ecology, King's College London, UK: A geomorphological perspective on ecosystems: Interactions between riparian vegetation and fluvial geomorphology

 

Session 1: The Role of Geomorphology in Ecosystems:

Stephen Hamilton, Associate Professor of Zoology, Michigan State University, USA:
Remote sensing of floodplain geomorphology as a surrogate for habitat diversity in a tropical river system (Madre de Dios, Peru)

Grant McTainsh, Associate Professor & Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Australia: The role of aeolian dust in ecosystems

Marten Geertsema, Research Geomorphologist - Prince George Forest Region, British Columbia Forest Service, Canada: Influence of landslides on biophysical diversity – a perspective from British Columbia

 

Session 2: The Role of Ecology in Geomorphic Systems:

Emily Stanley, Associate Professor, Center for Limnology and Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, USA: Peatland stream channels and the role of biological processes in controlling channel form

David Post, Professor - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA: to be announced

Kevin Rogers, Professor & Director, Center for Water in the Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa: A framework for interdisciplinary understanding of rivers as ecosystems 

 

Session 3: Integrated Analysis of Geomorphic Ecosystems:

Oliver Chadwick, Professor of Geography - Soil Sciences and Soil Geomorphology, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA: Precontact Vegetation and Soil Nutrient Status in the Shadow of Kohala Volcano, Hawaii

Jerry C. Ritchie, Ecologist/Soil Scientist - Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, USA: Soil and Soil Organic Carbon Redistribution on the Landscape

Melissa Parsons, Kruger Rivers Post-Flood Research Program - Centre for Water for the Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa: A framework for interdisciplinary understanding of rivers as ecosystems.

 

Session 4: Integrated Management of Geomorphic Ecosystems:

Hans-Rudolf Bork, Professor for Ecosystem Research & Director of Ecology Centre, University of Kiel, Germany: to be announced

Ian Rutherfurd, Associate Professor & Head of School of Anthropology, Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia: The geomorphic effectiveness of habitat rehabilitation works: monitoring of scour around wooden structures in sand-bed streams.

Nancy Jackson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA: Use of a small beach nourishment project to enhance habitat suitability for horseshoe crabs

 

Session 5: Geomorphic Ecosystems in Extreme Climates:

Diane McKnight, Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering - Fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, USA: Reactivation of a cryptobiotic stream ecosystem in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: a long-term geomorphological experiment

Mel Neave, Lecturer in Fluvial Geomorphology, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia: Biophysical interactions in semiarid environments: A summary of erosion processes on a semiarid bajada, southern New Mexico  

Heather McGinness, School of Resource, Environmental and Heritage Sciences, University of Canberra, Australia: The ecological role of hydrological connectivity in a dryland, anabranching floodplain river landscape.

 

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