University of Liverpool

28th - 30th June 2011

Extreme events: shaping the surface of the Earth

Confirmed speakers:

Paul Carling* ~ Boredom and terror in fluvial systems

Alistair Dawson* ~ Tsunami Geoscience

Andy Russell, Jon Carrivick et al.* ~ Impacts and dynamics of volcanically-generated jökulhlaups due to the 2010 Eyafjallajökull eruption

David Sear* ~ Extreme Floods: Hazards or opportunities for large scale river restoration?

Thomas Glade* ~ Landslide hazard and risks - new challenges of extremes

Colin Ballantyne and John Stone ~ The timing of paraglacial rock-slope failures: testing the exhaustion model using 10Be and 36Cl exposure dating

* denotes invited keynote.

The Linton Medal Lecture:  John Lewin ~ Enlightenment and the GM Floodplain

The Warwick Medal Lecture:  Joseph Holden ~ Holey ground: the role of natural pipes in peatland carbon and sediment dynamics

The Wiley-Blackwell Lecture:  to be confirmed

The Frost Lecture:  to be confirmed