Organising and scientific committees

The Symposium is an initiative and a joint effort of all the members of the Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique G. Lemaître in recognition of the outstanding services of Prof André Berger in developing our Institute

Academic staff (alphabetical order) : Thierry Camelbeeck, Michel Crucifix, Pascale Defraigne, Véronique Dehant, Bernard Ducarme, Thierry Fichefet (head), Hugues Goosse, Joseph Lemaire,  Viviane Pierrard, Guy Schayes, Michel van Ruymbeke, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele. Post-doctoral researchers : Anne de Montety, Christof König Beatty, Wouter Lefebvre, Marie-France Loutre, Philippe Marbaix, Ben Matthews, Martin Vancoppenolle Qiuzhen Yin, Research fellows / Research assistants / Phd Students : Sylvain Bouillon, Elisabeth Crespin, Andrew Ferrone, Laurence Koot, Olivier Lietaer, Emma Pettersson, Gregor Pfyffer, Stéphanie Ponsar, Eric Pottiaux, Attilio Rivoldini, Sebastien Le Maistre, Lê Bihn San Pham, Rose-Marie Baland, Antony Trinh. Technical support staff : Dominique Angelot, Pierre-Yves Barriat, Nicole Materne, Liliane Moens

Contact persons : Michel Crucifix (academic), Nicole Materne (chief correspondent), Pierre-Yves Barriat (IT)

External advisers: Roland Souchez (Brussels Free University), Dirk Verschuren (Royal Gent University), Jean-Claude Duplessy (CNRS, France)

External Scientific committee :  Martin Claussen (Max Planck Institute, Hamburg), Jean-Claude Duplessy (CNRS, France), Tim Lenton (Univ. East Anglia, UK), Lawrence Mysak (Mc Gill University Canada), Joel Guiot (CEREGE, France), Dominique Raynaud (CNRS, France) .

Sponsors: Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, Université catholique de Louvain, AIB-Vincotte, ONDRAF, Commisariat à l'Energie Atomique (France), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)

Grant supports for early-career scientists and scientists from developing countries : PAGES, European Geosciences Union

Special thanks to Jan Dormaels, Michel Moens and Freddy Materne for benevolent help to organise this symposium.

| contact : Michel Crucifix | 25/03/2008 |