Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel, Secretary-General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Berlin: “Navigating Transformation: The Role and Responsibility of Science”
Prof.a.D. Dr. Richard Greatbatch, Oceandynamics, Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, GEOMAR: "Factors controlling barotropic transport and its variability in the North Atlantic Ocean"
Florian Schmid: "Local Earthquakes indicate a current transition from rifting to spreading at the Fonualei Rift in the Lau Basin, Southeastern Pacific"
Dr. Tillys Petit, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (USA): "A New Paradigm for Atlantic Ocean Deep Water Formation"