The upcoming United Nations Conference of Paris on Climate Change (COP21 / Paris 2015) at the end of this year provides Dalhousie University and the French Embassy the opportunity to bring together high-level experts in marine research from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss these issues and their future.

Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Proteins and the Conversion of Membrane Surfaces to High Definition Lipid Signaling Screens — Presented by Dr. Vytas A. Bankaitis, E.L. Wehner-Welch Foundation Chair, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA

Phytoplankton in a changing world — Presented by Zoe V. Finkel, Canada Research Chair in Marine Environmental Ecology, Mount Allison University

Mapping fugitive gas emission sources and severity across southeastern Saskatchewan — Presented by Dr. David Risk, Earth Sciences, St. FX University

Presented by Dr. Paul Corkum, Director, Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa, and National Research Council of Canada.

Helical Sphere Packings: Insights into the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Confined Fluids — Presented by Richard Bowles, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Chemistry.

The Risks of Risk Assessment — Presented By Margo Watt, Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University

The sequence of events recorded in the Morocco Jurassic system — Presented by Dr. Driss Sadki, Geology Moulay Ismaïl University, Morocco.

The Bloody Creek structures: multiple impact craters in Nova Scotia or a figment of imagination? — Presented by Dr. Ian Spooner, Earth and Environmental Sciences Acadia University.

Robustness in Shh signalling during neural development — Presented by Angelo Iulianella— Dalhousie University, Department of Medical Neuroscience.

Towards a Green Macrocyclization: Novel Strategies and Catalysis — Presented by Shawn Collins, Université de Montréal, Department of Chemistry.

The free public lecture, “Beyond words: What animals think and feel”, will be given by renowned marine biologist and author Dr. Carl Safina.