Year of Planet Earth conference 2008

Conference of the MTA Committee on Geonomy connected with the “Year of Planet Earth” series of scientific events, held at the Geological Institute of Hungary (MÁFI).

Date
16 December 2008, starting at 10:00
Venue
Geological Institute of Hungary (MÁFI)

Morning, starting at 10:00

  1. Opening

    Kubovics Imre, DSc in Earth sciences, professor emeritus
    ELTE Department of Petrology and Geochemistry

  2. Space research for the benefit of the Earth – the geonomic lessons of Mars research

    Illés Erzsébet, CSc
    MTA Research Institute for Astronomy

  3. New results in the research of Martian meteorites

    Bérczi Szaniszló, CSc, associate professor
    ELTE Institute of Physics

  4. The effects of the Sun on the planets

    Kálmán Béla, DSc, head of the observatory
    MTA Research Institute for Astronomy, Debrecen Heliophysical Observatory

  5. Cloud formation and optical phenomena in the atmospheres of the Earth and the planets

    Tasnádi Péter, CSc, professor
    ELTE Department of Meteorology

  6. Break

  7. The atmosphere, weather and climate of Mars

    Kereszturi Ákos, PhD
    MTA Research Institute for Astronomy

    Weidinger Tamás, CSc, associate professor
    ELTE Department of Meteorology

  8. Intermittent water flows on Mars

    Horváth András, CSc, space-research astronomer
    Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT)

  9. The surface of Mars in the images of orbiters

    Sík András, geographer, assistant lecturer
    ELTE Department of Physical Geography

  10. Hungarians at the Mars simulation station in Utah

    Hargitai Henrik, PhD
    ELTE Department of Media and Communication

  11. Closing remarks

    Kubovics Imre, DSc in Earth sciences, professor emeritus