12 October 2010
Convegno alla Società Geografica Italiana
Within the framework of the project "On the Trails of the Glaciers", following the first expedition that took place in the summer of 2009 in Karakorum, on 15 October 2010 the conference entitled "1909-2009: One Hundred Years of Glaciology and Photography in Karakorum. Problems and results of a centuries-old symbiosis'. It is scheduled to include talks by Prof. Claudio Smiraglia, Prof. Kenneth Hewitt and Fabiano Ventura, among others.
A selection of images from the photographic exhibition "On the Trails of the Glaciers. 1909-2009: a century of climate change on the Karakorum glaciers" held with great success last winter at the Sala S. Rita in Rome.
Conference Programme
| 15:30/15:45 | Franco Salvatori Fabiano Ventura | Conference opening and official greetings |
| 15:45/16:00 | Felice Egidi Responsabile Affari Regolamentari Enel Green Power | Planet-friendly renewable energies |
| 16:00/16:15 | Prof. Claudio Smiraglia Università Statale di Milano Facoltà di Scienze della Terra Già Presidente del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano | Introduction: Studying glaciers from Antarctica to Karakorum: meaning and purpose of cryosphere studies. |
| 16:15/16:45 | Prof. Kenneth Hewitt Professore Emerito di Geografia e Studi Ambientali Ricercatore del Cold Regions Research Centre Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo (Ontario), Canada | From the high ground: images, mainly photographic, and scientific understanding of Karakoram glaciers, 1846-2010 |
| 16:45/17:15 | Prof. Claudio Smiraglia Università Statale di Milano Facoltà di Scienze della Terra Già Presidente del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano | At the foot of K2: a century of maps and photographs as a contribution to knowledge of Baltoro, the Italians' glacier |
| 17:15/17:45 | Fabiano Ventura Fotografo di montagna Presidente dell’Associazione Macromicro | The 'On the Trail of the Glaciers' project and technical aspects of high altitude photography |
| 17:45/18:30 | Smiraglia, Hewitt, Ventura | Conclusions and discussion with the audience |
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1909-2009: One hundred years of glaciology and photography in the Karakoram. Problems and results of a centuries-old symbiosis.
Friday 15 October 2010
Time 15:30 – 18:30
Free entrance
Lecture Hall of the Italian Geographic Society
Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana
Via della Navicella 12, Roma
For more info:
- Press Office Società Geografica Italiana
tel. 06/7008279
ufficiostampa@societageografica.it - Press Office Associazione Macromicro
tel. 06/452217040
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