Greenland is rich on natural resources with great potential national and global benefits. One of these is glacial rock flour.
Join a multi-disciplinary exploration of the potentials of glacial rock flour.

We will shed light on this natural fertilizer’s possible contribution towards Greenlandic business development, sustainable farming practices in tropical regions, and tackling global and local environmental and climatical problems. A range of speakers will present multiple aspects of the extraction, exportation, and utilization of Greenlandic glacial flour. Sessions hosted by the speakers will allow for constructive discussion.

On behalf of Greenland Perspective, Professor Minik Rosing and Carsten Rahbek

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In order to allow for a fruitful discussion, the number of seats at the symposium is limited to 65. It is free to attend the symposium but registration is mandatory.
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PROGRAMME:

8.30 - 9.00     Registration

9.00-10.30     Opening statement by Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations
                        session (video)

                        Welcome address: Scientific research in the service of development
                        by PETER C. KJÆRGAARD, Director, Natural History Museum of Denmark

                        Professor MINIK ROSING, Greenland Perspective, University of Copenhagen:
                        Revitalization of soil using Greenlandic glacier rock dust
 
                        Professor CARSTEN RAHBEK, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate,
                        University of Copenhagen: Preservation of ecosystems through soil amelioration

                        Ass. Professor TAIS WITTCHEN DAHL, Section for Geobiology and Minerals
                        University of Copenhagen:
                        Cooling the Earth by rock weathering – insights from the history of land plants

                        Questions and discussion

10.30-11.00   Coffee break
 
11.00- 12.30   Professor David Beerling, Dep. Of Aanimal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield: Enhanced rock
                         weathering: a climate change mitigation option with substantial co-benefits for global agriculture?
 
                         Professor MSO ANDREAS DE NEEGAARD, Institute for Plant and
                         Environmental Science, University of Copenhagen:
                         Living on a rock:  glacial rock flour as fertilizer and soil amendment

                         Dr. PAULO S. PAVINATO, University of Sao Paolo, Brasil:
                         Brazilian agriculture and rock flour potential use

                         Questions and discussion

12.30-13.30   Lunch

13.30-15.00    Professor Niels Fold, Dep. of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen:
                         North-South trade -possibilities and limitations

                         Professor TOM GILBERT, Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen:
                         Microbial communities in rock dust and the effect of rock dust on soil microbial       communities

                         Professor KURT KJÆR, Center for Geogenetics, University of Copenhagen:
                         Origin of the resource

15.00-15.30  Break

15.30-16.30  Plenary discussion and conclusion




WHEN : Wednesday 27 April 2016, 8.30-16.30

WHERE : The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters,
                 H.C. Andersens Boulevard 35, 1553  COPENHAGEN V
   

Contact : Rebekka Knudsen, Project manager, rekn@snm.ku.dk, +45 30505113
Website : greenlandperspective.dk
Twitter : @GLPerspective