Other Scientific Communications – Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Ove has shared his research and insights with the scientific community and the wider public using a variety of communication mediums. Below are some of his contributions.

    Patents Articles Proceedings Research Reports Symposia & Presentations Professional Services  Other Contributions

      Patents

      1. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. and Dove, S.G. (PCT 1999).   Coral based pigments.  International patent published under the patent cooperation treaty. PCT/AU00/00056 & WO 00/46233
      2. Dove SG, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Prescott M, Karan M, Brugliera F, Mason J (PCT 2001/ Publ.2002) Cell visualising characteristic modifying sequences. World Intellectual Property Organisation PCT/GB02/00928.

      Articles Communicating Science (up to 2016)

      1. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) Indonesia and Australia are sleeping ocean superpowers. The Conversation, December 15, 2016
      2. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) What the ABC’s new Catalyst could mean for science on TV, The Conversation, November 4, 2016
      3. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) The oceans are becoming too hot for coral, and sooner than we expected.  The Conversation, October 9, 2015
      4. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) Melanesia’s oceans are worth US$5.4 billion but are at environmental crossroads.  The Conversation, October 25, 2016
      5. Hussey, K, Hoegh-Guldberg, O and Smale, R. (2016) Queensland commits to fixing water quality in the Great Barrier Reef.  The Conversation, May 25, 2016
      6. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) Great Barrier Reef bleaching would be almost impossible without climate change.  The Conversation, April 29, 2016
      7. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) Sir David Attenborough says the Great Barrier Reef is in ‘grave danger’ – it’s time to step up.  The Conversation, April 24, 2016
      8. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) Coral bleaching comes to the Great Barrier Reef as record-breaking global temperatures continue.  The Conversation, March 21, 2016
      9. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2016) It’s not ‘doom and gloom’ to point out what’s really happening to coral reefs.  The Conversation, March 4, 2016
      10. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2015) The oceans are becoming too hot for coral, and sooner than we expected.  The Conversation, October 9, 2015
      11. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2015) New report: the chance to rescue the world’s oceans from climate change is drifting away, The Conversation, July 3, 2015
      12. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2015) Australia reprieved – now it must prove it can care for the Reef, The Conversation, May 29, 2015
      13. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2015) Coal and climate change: a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef.The Conversation, May 20, 2015
      14. Hoegh-Guldberg, O and Bell, J (2015) The Great Barrier Reef should not be listed as ‘in danger’. The Conversation, December 18, 2014
      15. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2015) The state of the Great Barrier Reef: experts respond. The Conversation, August 13, 2014 – edited:  James Whitmore and Michael Hopkin, The Conversation
      16. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2015) The ocean is not just huge, but also hugely important. The Conversation, April 22, 2014
      17. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2014)  The IPCC has spelled out the risks – now what do we do?  The Conversation, March 31, 2014
      18. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2014) IPCC preview: deep trouble brewing in our oceans The Conversation, March 26, 2014
      19. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2014)  Is Australia shooting itself in the foot with reef port expansions? The Conversation, March 14, 2014
      20. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2013) The Conversation, Change the fundamentals and you are in an ocean of trouble, August 28, 2013
      21. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2012) Climate change guardrail too hot for coral reefs? The Conversation, September 17, 2012
      22. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2012) Shade cloth over reefs? Scientists call for ‘last resort’ measures. The Conversation, August 20, 2012
      23. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2012) Correcting errors in public debate. The Conversation, March 13, 2012
      24. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2012) Is the Great Barrier Reef listing? The UN asks if we’re still heritage-worthy.The Conversation, March 7, 2012
      25. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2012) Panoramic images of Great Barrier Reef will take millions on virtual dives. The Conversation, February 24, 2012
      26. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2011) Drowning out the truth about the Great Barrier Reef. The Conversation, August 30, 2011
      27. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2011) The false, the confused and the mendacious: how the media gets it wrong on climate change. The Conversation, June 24, 2011 (edited: Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol and Michael Ashley, UNSW Australia)
      28. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2011) Who’s your expert? The difference between peer review and rhetoric. The Conversation, June 16, 2011

      Reviewed Proceedings

      1. Cameron MCDONALD*, Robert DUNBAR, Jeffrey KOSEFF, Stephen MONISMITH, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Matthew REIDENBACH (2008) Large-scale, In-situ Measurements of Coral Reef Community Metabolism Using an Integrated Control Volume. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      2. Stacy JUPITER*, Guy MARION, George ROFF, Meegan HENDERSON, Verena SCHRAMEYER, Malcolm MCCULLOCH, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Linkages between coral assemblages and coral-based proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient of the Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      3. Baraka KUGURU*, Nanette E. Chadwick CHADWICK, Yair ACHITUV, Sophie DOVE, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Dan TCHERNOV (2008)  Mechanisms of microhabitat segregation among corallimorpharians: Evidence from physiological parameters related to photosynthesis and host cellular response to irradiance. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      4. Nedeljka ROSIC, Mauricio RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY, William LEGGAT, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG* (2008) Effect of irradiance and increased temperature on differential gene expression in dinoflagellate. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      5. Paulina KANIEWSKA*, Paul CAMPBELL, Maoz FINE, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Phototropic growth and molecular basis for axial polyp differentiation in the branching coral Acropora aspera. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      6. Susana ENRQUEZ*, Eugenio MENDEZ, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Roberto IGLESIAS-PRIETO (2008) MORPHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE OF THE VARIATION IN THE LIGHT AMPLIFICATION CAPACITY OF CORAL SKELETON. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      7. Joshua MEISEL*, Ruth REEF, Mauricio RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY, Sophie DOVE, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) The Role of Oxidative DNA Damage and Repair in Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis Breakdown. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      8. Bill LEGGAT, David YELLOWLEES, Sophie DOVE, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG* (2008) Gene Expression in Symbiodinium Under Stress. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      9. Mauricio RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY*, Saki HARII, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Thermal regulation in coral larvae: a microarray screening. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      10. Nachshon SIBONI*, Eitan BEN-DOV, Alex SIVAN, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Ariel KUSHMARO (2008) Global diversity and distribution of coral associated Archaea and the possible role in coral nitrogen cycle. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      11. Tracy AINSWORTH*, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Coral-bacterial associations vary under environmental and experimental conditions.  Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      12. Oren LEVY*, Lior APPELBAUM, William LEGGAT, Yoav GOTHILF, David HAYWARD, David MILLER, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Light-Responsive Cryptochromes from a Simple Multicellular Animal, the Coral Acropora millepora. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      13. Pim BONGAERTS*, Norbert ENGLEBERT, Tyrone RIDGWAY, Cynthia RIGINOS, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Genetic connectivity of the shallow and deep reef: intra-reef genetic structure of Seriatopora hystrix on the northern Great Barrier Reef.  Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      14. Justin MARSHALL, Dave LOGAN*, Ulrike SIEBECK, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Joanne MARSTON, Jenny Miller GARMENDIA, Ania BUDZIAK (2008).  CoralWatch: A Flexible Coral Bleaching Monitoring Tool for You and Your Group. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      15. William SKIRVING*, Roberto IGLESIAS-PREITO, Susana ENRIQUEZ, Tyler CHRISTENSEN, John HEDLEY, Mark EAKIN, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Sophie DOVE, Scott HERON, Peter MUMBY, Alan STRONG, Gang LIU, Jessica MORGAN, Dwight GLEDHILL (2008)  A methodology for using satellite-based temperature and light measurements for predicting coral bleaching severity and mortality. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      16. Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG* (2008) Is 500 ppm CO2 and 2�C of warming the ‘tipping point’ for coral reefs? If so, how should we respond? Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      17. David I. KLINE*, Kenneth R. N. ANTHONY, Guillermo DIAZ-PULLIDO, Sophie DOVE, Selina WARD, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008)  Impacts of Ocean Acidification and Warming on Calcifying Coral Reef Organisms. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      18. Selina WARD*, Sophie DOVE, David KLINE, kenneth ANTHONY, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Ocean Acidification changes the early life history of scleractinian corals. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      19. Guillermo DIAZ-PULIDO*, Kenneth R.N. ANTHONY, David I. KLINE, Laurence MCCOOK, Selina WARD, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Sophie DOVE (2008) Effects of climate change on coral reef algae: will algae be the winners? Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      20. Ruth REEF*, Sophie DOVE, Maya CARMI, Ann MOONEY, Paulina KANIEWSKA, Oren LEVY, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008)  Climate change can supersensitise corals to natural levels of ultra violet radiation. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      21. Laura WICKS, Eugenia SAMPAYO, Jonathan GARDNER, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Simon DAVY* (2008) High Symbiodinium diversity at high-latitude reef sites – a means of survival in the face of climate change?  Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      22. Narinratana KONGJANDTRE*, Mauricio RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY, Tyrone RIDGWAY, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Resolving the Taxonomy of Favia Corals from Thai Waters using Morphological and Molecular Data.  Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      23. Pim BONGAERTS*, Thomas BRIDGE, Eugenia SAMPAYO, Norbert ENGLEBERT, Tyrone RIDGWAY, Mauricio RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY, Jody WEBSTER, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG (2008) Diversity of Symbiodinium in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, July 2008 (abstracts).
      24. Marion GS, Hoegh-Guldberg O, McCulloch MT (2006). “Nitrogen isotopes (δ15N) in coral skeleton: Assessing provenance in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70:13 (From the Goldschmidt International Geochemistry conference, Melbourne).
      25. Marion GS, Hoegh-Guldberg O, McCulloch MT, Jupiter SD (2006). “Coral Isotopic Records (δ15N) of Unprecedented Land Use Stress in Great Barrier Reef Coastal Communities.” Proceedings of the 2006 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI
      26. Heron, M.L.,  Prytz, A., Cetina-Heredia, P., Mao, Y.,  Willis, B., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Skirving, W.J., Heron, S.F., Eakin, C.M., Steinberg, C., R. (2006) HF Ocean Surface Radar Monitoring for Coral Bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef.  IEEEOCEANS06, Boston (September, 2006)
      27. Vestergaard, O, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Unluata, U (2003) Understanding Coral Bleaching Across Four Oceans – Addressing CBD’s Specific Workplan On Coral Bleaching  Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), SBSTTA 8, 10-14 March 2003, Montreal, Extended Abstract
      28. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2002) Coral reefs, thermal limits and climate change.  Biodiversity Advisory Council meeting, Canberra (reviewed proceedings in print and on-line: http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/science/bdac/greenhouse/chapter3.html#3-2)
      29. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2001) The future of coral reefs: integrating climate model projections and the recent behaviour of corals and their dinoflagellates. Proceeding of the Ninth International coral reef symposium, October 23-27, 2000. Bali, Indonesia. 2: 1105-1110
      30. Ridgway, T., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2001). Reef recovery in disturbed coral reef ecosystems. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM. October 23-27, 2000. Bali, Indonesia, 2: 1117-1122.
      31. Ward,  S, Harrison, PJ and Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2001) Coral bleaching reduces reproduction of scleractinian corals and increases susceptibility to future stress.  Proceedings of the Ninth International symposium for Reef Studies.  Bali, October 2000 2: 1123-1128
      32. Hoegh-Guldberg, O.  (2000) Global climate change and the tolerance of corals to changes in sea temperature: Implications for reefs in the 21st Century.  Proceedings of the JAMSTEC International Coral Reef Symposium.  February 23-24: 197-214.
      33. Hoegh-Guldberg O, Berkelmans R, Oliver J. 1997. Coral bleaching: implications for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Proceedings of the Great Barrier Reef: Science, Use and Management National Conference, Townsville, 25-29 November 1996. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 1: 210-224.
      34. Takabayashi, M., Carter, D.A., Ward, S., and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1997) Inter- and intra-specific Variability in Ribosomal DNA sequence in the Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions of Corals. Proceedings of Australian Coral Reef Society 75th Annual Conference, 237-244.
      35. Loh, W., Carter, D.A. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1997) Diversity of Zooxanthellae from Scleractinian Corals of One Tree Island (Great Barrier Reef)  Proceedings of Australian Coral Reef Society 75th Annual Conference, 141-150.
      36. Salih, A., O. Hoegh-Guldberg and Cox, G (1997) Bleaching Responses of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates in Corals: The Effect of Light and Elevated Temperature on their Morphology and Physiology.  Proceedings of Australian Coral Reef Society 75th yr conference: 194-199.
      37. Salih, A., O. Hoegh-Guldberg and Cox, G (1997) Photoprotection of Symbiotic Dinoflagellates by Fluorescent Pigments in Reef Corals. Proceedings of Australian Coral Reef Society 75th yr conference pp 217-230.
      38. Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S. G. and Siggaard, D. (1996) Dissolved free amino acid (DFAA) concentrations in Great Barrier Reef waters: The implications for the role of DFAA transport by Acanthaster planci. 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 2:1237-124
      39. Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Takabayashi, M. and G. Moreno (1996) The impact of long-term nutrient enrichment on coral calcification and growth. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 2:861-866
      40. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1992) Is Acanthaster planci able to utilise dissolved organic matter (DOM) to satisfy the energy requirements of larval development?  Great Barrier Marine Park Authority Workshop Series 18: 37-54 

      Major Reviewed Research Reports (up to 2016)

      1. Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hoegh-Guldberg, H., Veron, J.E.N., Green, A., Gomez, E. D., Lough, J., King, M., Ambariyanto, Hansen, L., Cinner, J., Dews, G., Russ, G., Schuttenberg, H. Z., Peñaflor, E.L., Eakin, C. M., Christensen, T. R. L., Abbey, M., Areki, F., Kosaka, R. A., Tewfik, A., Oliver, J. (2009). The Coral Triangle and Climate Change: Ecosystems, People and Societies at Risk. WWF Australia, Brisbane, 276 pp.
      2. Raven, J.; Caldeira, K; Elderfield, H., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.; Liss, P; Riebesell, U.; Shepherd, J.; Turley, C., Watson, A. (2005) Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.  Royal Society Special Report, pp 68; ISBN 0 85403 617 2
      3. Hoegh-Guldberg, H and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) Biological, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef.  World Wide Fund for Nature; 318 pp.
      4. Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hoegh-Guldberg, H, Stout, DK, Cesar, H, Timmerman, A (2000).  Peril in Pacific: Biological, Economic And Social Impacts of Climate Change On Pacific Coral Reefs.  Study for Greenpeace International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ISBN 1 876 221 10 0; 72 pp).
      5. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1999).  Coral bleaching, climate change and the future of coral reefs.  Greenpeace International, 200 pp
      6. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1997) The effect of nutrient enrichment on the energetics and growth of clams and reef-building corals.  Final project report (ENCORE) to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 101 pp.
      7. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1997) Nutrient induced perturbations to the natural abundance of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in reef-building corals.  Final project report (ENCORE) to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 25 pp.
      8. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1996) Effect of elevated nitrogen and phosphorus on the dynamics of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) on micro atolls.  Final project report (ENCORE) to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 42 pp.
      9. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1995) The mass bleaching of coral reefs in the Central Pacific in 1994. A follow up study and establishment of long-term monitoring sites. Climate Impacts Series, 2. Greenpeace International
      10. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1994) Mass-bleaching of coral reefs in French Polynesia, April 1994. Report for Greenpeace International (36 pages).
      11. Ayukai, T. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1992) “The role of DOM, bacteria and phytoplankton in the diet of the larvae of the Crown-of-Thorns starfish” GBRMPA report (45 pages).

      Invited Symposia, Abstracts and Presentations (examples)

      1. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Towards COP22: African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate Change, World Bank Group, Mauritius (Nov, 2016)
      2. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Oceans and climate change: Crunch time for coral reefs? Kathryn Fuller Plenary Lecture.  WWF, Washington DC (Oct 20, 2016)
      3. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Climate change, Paris, coastal planning and what just happened last week. Keeble Lecture: Planning Institute of Australia, Brisbane (Nov 7, 2016)
      4. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Meeting the challenges of change: The Great Barrier Reef Marine science and climate change: Australian-Indonesian Science Symposium, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra (Nov 29-30)
      5. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016)) COP21+1:  The Paris climate change agreement, one year on: transition to low carbon economy, where does Australia stand? French Australian Chamber of Commerce (Nov 11, 2016)
      6. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Emptying the treasure chest:  The Great Barrier Reef, Biomimetics and Climate Change.  Invited plenary: International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, Brisbane Convention Centre Brisbane, August 20, 2016
      7. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Rough seas ahead? Oceans, coasts and climate change Invited lecture: Australian Embassy, Jakarta (Aug 25, 2016)
      8. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Restoring the ocean economy: meeting the challenge of global change.  Invited lecture: Business School, University of Jakarta, Jakarta (Aug 26, 2016)
      9. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef. Qantas employee association, Brisbane, August 27, 2016
      10. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Grappling with a changing ocean: Coral reefs, people and COP21 (Paris) agreement. Invited talk, Bremen Earth and Social Science (BEST) talks: Bremen, Oct 27, 2016.
      11. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Opening plenary:  The Ocean, People and Ecosystem Health: Challenges and solutions in a changing world.  One Health Congress & The 6th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology and Health. Dec 4, 2016
      12. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Plenary at the Scoping Meeting for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Oceans and the Cryosphere, Dec 5-9 2016.  Monte Carlo, Monaco;
      13. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Temporal patterns of coral cover on the far northern Great Barrier Reef in response to mass bleaching stress and strong cyclones. Presentation to Department of Energy and the Environment, Canberra, Nov 28, 2016
      14. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2016) Introduction to public forum: Marine science and climate change: an Indonesian and Australian perspective.  Australian-Indonesian Science Symposium; Australian Academy of Science, Canberra (Nov 28, 2016)
      15. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2014)  “State of the Science: Impacts of Ocean Acidification”; invited by US Secretary of State John Kerry to address “Our Ocean” summit at State Department in Washington DC (June 17, 2014).
      16. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2014)  “Positioning the Ocean within the Global Action Landscape”, Opening plenary at the Global Ocean Action Summit, The Hague (April 22, 2014)
      17. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2014)   “Climate Change and the Unravelling of Microbial Partnerships in the Ocean”, opening Plenary (as ASM Lecturer for 2014) for the American Society of Microbiologists, Boston (May 17, 2014).
      18. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) Climate change in the ocean: where, how much and at what consequence?  Alfred Wagner Institute, (October, 2013)
      19. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) The Global Climate Challenge: Design Specifications for the 21st Century,  Sustainable Minerals Institute, (Nov 22, 2013)
      20. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) The Catlin Seaview Survey: a race against time; Catlin CEO conference, Singapore (May 15 2013)
      21. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) The Catlin Seaview Survey: a race against time; Catlin CEO conference, London (August 21 2013)
      22. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) The Catlin Seaview Survey: a race against time; Catlin CEO conference, Bermuda (September 13 2013)
      23. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) The Catlin Seaview Survey: A race against time; Catlin CEO conference, Turks and Caicos (November 13 2013)
      24. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) Coral Reefs in a rapidly changing climate: Going, going, gone? ARC Centre for Excellence conference. Coral Reefs in the 21st Century – Townsville, 2013.
      25. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) Saving the Planet one Ocean at a Time, BrisScience, Brisbane City Hall, 2013.
      26. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) Why should we worry about the Ocean?  Plenary: Northeastern University, May 23  2013:  Sustaining Coastal Cities
      27. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) Opening plenary: Ecology, coral reefs and the human heart: meeting the challenge of climate change.  Aug 20: INTECOL 2013 Into the next 100 years, London
      28. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2012) Thomson Reuters Citation & Innovation Awards, Canberra.  One of two award winners to address Press Club, Canberra (May 30, 2012)
      29. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2012) Coral reefs in the rapidly changing climate: going, going, gone? Nobel Conference, October 3, Gustavus Adolphos College, Minnesota USA
      30. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2012) Coral reefs and global climate change: Where do the solutions lie?  Key Note Address, International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, July 5 2012.
      31. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2012) Coral reefs and climate change: adapt or mitigate, what is more expensive? Australian Rivers Institute, Oct 2012
      32. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2012) Climate change, ocean acidification and the future of coral reefs: One Perspective: What’s next in research?  Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Public lectures, Aug 9, Reef HQ, Townsville
      33. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2012)  Virtual diving.  Invited TEDx Sydney talk (May 27, 2012)
      34. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011)  Understanding future impacts of rapid ocean warming and acidification on the carbonate balance of coral reefs. Invited key note:  American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco
      35. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) Coral reefs, anthropogenic stressors and climate change.  Nov 1 Key note to”ZMT symposium: Ocean acidification: A problem in the tropics?.  University of Bremen, Germany
      36. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) Invited Keynote: In hot water: The future of Australia’s marine resources in a warm and assertion. Conference:  Four Degrees or More? Australia in a hot world.  July 12, Sidney Myer Centre, Melbourne.
      37. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) Invited talk, Asian-Pacific in the spotlight: climate change, coasts and people.  Launch of Children Health and Environment Program, Aug 7, Royal Children’s Hospital, Herston Campus.
      38. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) Ocean planet: Understanding, living and meeting the challenges of a changing world, Peter Doherty Lecture, Indooroopilly State High School, Aug 12, 2011 (also filmed and made into an episode of ABC catalyst).
      39. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) Climate change: The Conservation Challenge for Marine Resources and People in the Pacific Keynote address – Fijian Conservation Society Annual meeting.  Sep 16, 2011
      40. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) ” Large-scale change in marine ecosystems” World Forum on the Environment and Enterprise, Oxford University, June 30, 2011.  Invited by Sir David King
      41. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) ” The Global Ocean: Climate Change, blue economics, and essential ecological services.  Can we live without them? The World Bank, June 23 2011.
      42. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) “Climate change and the Coral Triangle” International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Manila, Philippines (Feb 1, 2011)
      43. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) “Climate change and the future of the Great Barrier Reef.” Invited keynote talk, Greenhouse 2011. 
      44. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011, by video) “Climate change and coral reef ecosystems”.  I International Programme on the State of the Ocean, the Royal Society and the Zoological Society of London (July 6, 2011)
      45. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) Climate change, coastal biodiversity, and people:  The folly of false optimism.  Invited keynote, Biodiversity Research Centre Academia Sinica, Taipei. (March 24, 2011)
      46. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) “Scaling up from experimental responses” , Invited address, IPCC, 11-14 January WGII AR5 First Lead Authors Meeting – Okinawa, Japan
      47. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011, by video) “The Coral Reef Story”.  Workshop on ocean acidification for teachers;  Committee on Education of the European Geosciences Union (EGU; June 24, 2011)
      48. A. Redondo-Rodriguez, S.J. Weeks, R. Berkelmans, J.M. Lough, C. Steinberg, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, Implications of climate change for the oceanography of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem [abstract]. In: Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility 2009 Annual Conference; 2009 Apr 28-30; Townsville, Queensland: MTRSF: 2009, P 50.
      49. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010) “The Coral Triangle Alliance.” Senior Officials Meeting, CTI, Manado, Indonesia November 2011.  Invited by Indonesian Minister Fadel Muhammad, Fisheries and Marine Affairs to address meeting.
      50. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010) “The impacts of climate change on world’s marine ecosystems.” NCCARF, Brisbane, September 2010
      51. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010) “Climate change and its impact on ocean ecosystem function.” Potsdam, Germany September 10, 2010
      52. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010) “Climate change and marine ecosystems: have dangerous changes already begun?”, Oxford University, September 6, 2010
      53. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010) “Climate change and the global ocean – have we gone too far?” ISME-13 STEWARDS OF A CHANGING PLANET, Seattle Washington, August 26, 2010
      54. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010) “Our Changing Oceans: evidence, implications and ramifications” Stanford University, August 18, 2010
      55. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010)  “Ocean acidification: unraveling the complexities of its impacts on coral reefs”, Shine Dome, Canberra, 7 Oct 2010
      56. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “Coral reefs, symbiosis and Koyaanisqatsi.” June 27  Invited speaker, Archilife Research Foundation, Tapei, Taiwan
      57. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “Oceans of Change: Why we must achieve firm action on CO2 emissions in Copenhagen.” June 23  Invited Speaker, Australian Education International, Tapei, Taiwan.
      58. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “Coral reefs, evolution and climate change.” Workshop: Responses of Coral Holobionts under the Impact of Climate Change: Symbiont Diversity, Coral Bleaching, Diseases, and Ocean Acidification; June 23 Invited speaker. Tapei, Taiwan
      59. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “Coral reefs and climate change: Is there any hope for coral reef ecosystems?” Workshop: Responses of Coral Holobionts under the Impact of Climate Change: Symbiont Diversity, Coral Bleaching, Diseases, and Ocean Acidification. June 22, Plenary speaker. Tapei, Taiwan
      60. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) Coral reefs in a rapidly heating and acidifying global ocean: reasons for hope and strategies for survival.  World Ocean Congress, Manado, Indonesia (May 11-15, 2009)
      61. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “450 ppm or bust:  Copenhagen, climate change and the future of the earth’s biosphere.”  Invited speaker, Woods Institute, Stanford University.
      62. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “Climate change and our climate” Invited speaker, Blue Visions Summit, Washington DC, March 2009.
      63. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “The Coral Reef Crisis”, Invited lecture to EarthStock Day at Stony Brook University, New York, USA.
      64. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2009) “Coral reefs and Rapid Climate Change:  Impacts, Risks and Implications for Tropical Societies.” International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, University of Copenhagen, March 12-14 2009.
      65. Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Coral reef ecosystems, climate change and human societies.  Key Note Address to the World Bank’s Environment Sector Board, Washington DC, USA.
      66. Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Keynote address “Coral reefs and global change”.  AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston on “Global Interactions between Climate Change and Microbial Activity.” Boston MA, USA
      67. Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) “Coral reefs and ocean acidification.”  Invited lecture given as part of the public symposium “What’s Killing the Coral Reefs?” at the Marian Koshland Science Museum Coral Reefs Program        Washington DC, USA
      68. Hoegh-Gulderg O (2008) Invited keynote address. “Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world’s coral reefs.” International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans, Gijón, Spain May 19-23, 2008
      69. Hoegh-Guldberg O. Invited Key Note speech for opening of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Symposium 2008 – “The Sustainability of Coral Reefs Faced by Unprecedented Environmental Change”, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
      70. Schuttenberg, H., C. Corrigan, L. McLeod, P. Marshall, N. Setiasih, D. Obura, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, B. Causey, M. Drew, L. Hansen, G. Grimsditch, J. West, A. Skeat, M. Eakin, L. McCook, M. Crawford, P. Kramer and S. Campbell, 2007. “Building resilience into coral reef management: Key findings & recommendations,” In ICRAN and ICRI.  2007.  Proceedings of the 3rd International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS3), Cozumel, Mexico, 16-20 October 2006. ICRI and ICRAN, Cambridge, UK.
      71. Stacy Jupiter, Guy Marion, George Roff, Meegan Henderson, Verena Schrameyer, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (2007) Linkages between coral assemblages and coral-based proxies of terrestrial exposure along a cross-shelf gradient of the Great Barrier Reef. Annual Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia.
      72. Marion GS, Hoegh-Guldberg O., McCulloch MT, Mucciarone DM, Dunbar RB (2006). Isotopes (δ15N) in coral skeleton: A proxy for historical Great Barrier Reef water quality.   Annual Australian Coral Reef Society Conference, Mission Beach, QLD.
      73. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Time frames, growing risk and indecision, National University of Mexico, Mexico, December 11, 2006.
      74. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Global Warming and Coral Reefs: All over, except for the singing? University of Texas, Texas, November 21, 2006.
      75. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Coral Reefs and Environmental Change: Workshop for Cook Islands Government, University of Queensland, CRTR GEF Program, September 11, 2006.
      76. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) The Great Barrier Reef – at risk?  Plenary talk at the Davos leadership retreat, Hayman Island Resort, August 26, 2006.
      77. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Global ideas and networks: Opportunities and challenges in the international science arena. Plenary talk at INORMS Internationalization of Research Conferences, Brisbane Convention Centre, August 23, 2006.
      78. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Sustaining the Marine Environment, Pioneering a sustainable Queensland Talk Series, Queensland Museum, May 31, 2006.
      79. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Chairman’s Panel, leadership retreat on Coral Reefs, Orpheus Island, May 24, 2006.
      80. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation dinner, Dinner address to Board, Customs House, Brisbane, May 11, 2006.
      81. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Address to Rio Tinto Board on Coral Reefs and Climate Change, Rio Tinto, May 10, 2006.
      82. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) IOC-UNESCO Working Group on Coral Bleaching and Related Ecological Factors (Bleaching Working Group). Opening talk at UNESCO-IOC, Paris, April 10, 2006.
      83. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Coral Reefs and climate change – prognosis? SEB Conference / Thermal Biology of Coral Reefs, University of Kent, Canterbury, April 5, 2006.
      84. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) The Great Barrier Reef and Climate Change, UNESCO conference on climate change and World Heritage sites, UNESCO headquarters, Paris, March 15, 2006.
      85. Lawton, A, Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2006) the effect of temperature on the photosynthetic and respiration rate of reef building corals.  ACRS conference, Abstract.
      86. Ainsworth, TD, Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2006) Pathology and Microbial Ecology in Coral Disease and Bleaching.  ACRS conference, Abstract.
      87. Marion, GS, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Jupiter, SD, McCulloch, MT (2006) Coral isotopic records (δ15N) of unprecedented land-use stress in Great Barrier Reef coastal communities.  ACRS conference, Abstract.
      88. Kaniewska, P., Sampayo, E., Anthony, K., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Exploring factors affecting within colony light attenuation at macro and micro scale in Stylophora pistillata.  ACRS conference, Abstract.
      89. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2006) Complexities of climate change for coral reefs:  what are the key questions? ACRS conference, Abstract. Heron, M.L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Willis, B, Skirving, W, Steinberg, C, Caley, J, Bayler, J, Colton, M, (2005) HF Ocean Surface Radar as a Monitoring Technique for Coral Bleaching.  IAPSO/IABO Abstract August 2005 Cairns, Australia
      90. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) Climate change and Australia’s coral reefs.  Participant in joint workshop on challenges for the Great Barrier Reef at the Davos leadership retreat, Hayman Island Resort, August 2005.
      91. Marion GS, Jupiter SD, Hoegh-Guldberg O, McCulloch MT (2005). “Mackay Whitsunday quality and coral-mangrove ecosystem linkages since European colonization.” The Mackay Whitsunday Healthy Waterway Forum (MWNRM). Keynote Speaker, Sarina QLD.
      92. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) Coral reefs in 2050: Life in a warm acid sea.  Plenary, Australian Ecological Society, Brisbane, October 2005.
      93. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) Challenges for tourism in a warming world.  Responding to coral bleaching and climate change.  Australian Reef Tour operator’s workshop, Cairns, October 2005.
      94. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) Coral-algal symbiosis in a changing environment.  Invited Seminar, Interuniversity Underwater Institute, Eilat, Israel, June 3, 2005
      95. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) Climate change and coral reefs – the burning issues. Invited seminar, Weizmann Centre, Israel, June 3, 2005
      96. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2005) Coral reefs in a warming, acidifying ocean.  Invited seminar to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Canberra, March 13, 2005
      97. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) The Great Barrier Reef in the Current Century of Rapid Environmental Change. University of Pennsylvania, October 18, 2004
      98. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) Coral Bleaching: A Multinational, Multidisciplinary Program to Address a Critical Global Issue.  Invited talk to CZAP, Sydney.
      99. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) Targeted Research Program to understand climate change impacts on coral reefs.  Invited lunchtime seminar, World Bank, Washington, Oct 18-22, 2004.
      100. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) The Great Barrier Reef and Climate Change. Invited seminar to the DAVOS leadership retreat.  August 2004.
      101. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) Low coral cover in a high CO2 world. In the special symposium entitled “The Ocean in a High CO2 World.” hosted by IOC-UNESCO and SCOR, Paris,  May 2004
      102. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) Changing environmental envelopes.  Degraded coral reefs or coral reefs off Sydney?  Invited seminar at the Great Barrier Reef Water Quality conference, Townsville, March 2004.
      103. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2004) Great Barrier Reef: Coral, climate and the future. Invited speaker at launch of major report. World Fund for Nature, Sydney  March 2004
      104. Vestergaard, O, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Unluata, U (2003) Understanding Coral Bleaching Across Four Oceans – Addressing CBD’s Specific Workplan On Coral Bleaching  Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), SBSTTA 8, 10-14 March 2003, Montreal,
      105. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2003) Near and long-term strategies for preserving coral reefs.  Invited Discussant;  5th International Conference on Environmental Future (5th ICEF) 23-27 March 2003 ETH Zurich, Switzerland
      106. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2003) Invited Plenary and Congress Welcome:  Bleaching of coral symbionts: A global threat 4-International Symbiosis Society Congress Programme, August 17, 2003; Halifax, Canada
      107. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2003) The Physiological Ecology of Mass Coral Bleaching. Invited talk at US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting: Coral Reefs, Climate, & Coral Bleaching June 18 – 20, 2003; Turtle Bay Resort Hotel, Oahu, Hawaii
      108. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2003) Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef, Invited talk, Reef Summit 2004, Townsville July 4 2003.
      109. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2003) Wishful thinking or science waiting to be done? Coral reefs, thermal thresholds and climate change.  Invited lecture, Australian Institute of Marine Science.  February 14, 2003.
      110. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2003) Invited plenary: Climate change and the future of Australia’s marine ecosystems.  Australian Maritime Engineers annual conference.  Nov 2003
      111. Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2003) Coral Bleaching TRG: Introduction and synthesis.  4th Coral Bleaching Working Group meeting (synthesis and planning), IOC/UNESCO, Paris, 29-31 March 2003
      112. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2002) Coral reefs, thermal thresholds and climate change.  Australian Coral Reef Society, Annual meeting, Moreton Bay Research Station, Brisbane, July 2002
      113. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2002) World Bank/GEF Targeted Research Initiative into coral reefs and climate change – an overview.  Australian Coral Reef Society, Annual meeting, Moreton Bay Research Station, Brisbane, July 2002.
      114. del Carmen Gómez-Cabrera, M., van Oppen, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2002) Seasonal variations in symbiotic dinoflagellate populations.  Australian Coral Reef Society, Annual meeting, Moreton Bay Research Station, Brisbane, July 2002.
      115. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2002) Coral reefs, thermal limits and climate change.  Biological Diversity Advisory Committee, 1-2 October 2002 (ANU, Canberra)
      116. Johnson, C.R., Dunstan, P.K., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2002) Predicting the Long Term Effects of Coral Bleaching and Climate Change on the Structure of Coral Communities. World Bank-UNESCO Targeted Working Group on modeling climate change, Miami Florida, USA.
      117. Johnson CR, Dunstan PK, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2002) Predicting the long term effects of coral bleaching and climate change on the structure of coral communities. In: Proc Int Soc Reef Studies Eur Meeting, Cambridge, Sept, Abstr vol 50
      118. Hoegh-Guldberg, O.  (2002) Critical mechanisms in coral bleaching.  GEF-WB-IOC Puerto Morelos field workshop, Mexico 9-22 Sept 2002
      119. Franklin D.J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Jones, RJ, and Berges, JA (2002) Oxidative stress and depressed variable fluorescence correlate with dinoflagellate death in the coral Stylophora pistillata GEF-WB-IOC Heron Island field workshop, Great Barrier Reef, 25 Feb-18 March 2002:
      120. Johnson, CR, Dunstan, PK, Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2002) Predicting the long term effects of coral bleaching and climate change on the structure of coral communities.  GEF-WB-IOC Heron Island field workshop, Great Barrier Reef, 25 Feb-18 March 2002:
      121.  Smith, C.R., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Wilson, K. and van Oppen, M. (2002) The heat stress response of Acropora millepora: a population perspective. GEF-WB-IOC Heron Island field workshop, Great Barrier Reef, 25 Feb-18 March 2002
      122. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2001).  “Sizing the impact: Coral reef ecosystems as early casualties of climate change” invited plenary at conference”Detecting the Fingerprints of Climate Change”.  Gland, Switzerland.
      123. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2001) The Future Of Coral Reefs: Integrating Climate Model Projections And The Recent Behaviour Of Corals And Their Dinoflagellates. Invited seminar, Situating the Environment, Conference, St Lucia.
      124. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2001) Tropical Marine Science. Setting priorities for universities.  Invited talk, Queensland State Development. 
      125. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2001) Climate change and implications for fisheries. Invited Plenary, Fisheries Summit May 1 2001
      126. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2001) Climate Change and Australia’s coral reefs.  ACRS 2001 Annual Conference of the Australian Coral Reef Society, Magnetic Island, Townsville, Queensland, 6-8 July 2001.
      127. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2001) the Great Barrier Reef: Our Dead Sea? Invited Plenary at the Photosynthesis Conference, Sydney, June 2001.
      128. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2000) Photoinhibition and climate change:  why reefs bleach. Invited seminar at Max Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany, June 16, 2000
      129. Hoegh Guldberg, O. (2000) How will coral reef ecosystems react to projected changes in sea temperature? Invited Plenary speaker, Copenhagen ASLO meeting and Special session: SS27 – Climate change, weather patterns and aquatic systems
      130. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2000) The future of coral reefs: integrating climate model projections and the recent behaviour of corals and their dinoflagellates. Proceeding of the Ninth International coral reef symposium, October 23-27, 2000. Bali, Indonesia,
      131. Ward,  S, Harrison, PJ and Hoegh-Guldberg, O (2000) Coral bleaching reduces reproduction of scleractinian corals and increases susceptibility to future stress.  Proceedings of the Ninth International symposium for Reef Studies.  October 23-27, 2000. Bali, Indonesia,
      132. Ridgway, T., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2000). Reef recovery in disturbed coral reef ecosystems. Ninth International Coral Reef Society Symposium. October 23-27, 2000. Bali, Indonesia, 
      133. Carter, D.A., Gava, N., Loi, T.H., Loh, W.KW and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2000) Genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (“zooxanthellae”) inhabiting different scleractinian coral species.  Australian Society for Microbiology Conference, Cairns, 8-11 July 2000
      134. Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2000) Corals – Sentinels of Global Change. Australian Marine Science Association, plenary, Townsville, Friday, 31 March 2000

      Recent Professional Services (2016 only)

      1. Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Independent Expert Panel
      2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Deputy Director
      3. Great Barrier Reef Foundation International Scientific Advisory Committee
      4. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Bleaching Scientific Advisory Panel
      5. Queensland Government’s Great Barrier Reef Water Science Taskforce
      6. XL Catlin Seaview Survey Chief Scientist
      7. UNESCO member of working group on ethical consideration of climate change (September, Rabat)
      8. World Bank Blue Ribbon Panel for the Global Partnership for Oceans Chair
      9. Australian representative (one of two) on the IPCC scoping committee for the special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels (August, Geneva)
      10. Australian representative (one of three) on the IPCC scoping committee for the special report on the Climate change on the Ocean and Cryosphere (December, Monte Carlo)
      11. Coordinator for 3-day meeting between the Australian and Indonesian Academies of Science (Canberra)

      Other Contributions (2016 only)

      1. Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Independent Expert Panel Event occurred throughout Feb and March, but was confirmed in March
      2. Fighting coral bleaching:  Then-Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt announced funding for GCI researchers to re-survey the Great Barrier Reef following the worst global coral bleaching event in recorded history.
      3. 27 March to April 2.  Course on managing climate change in tropical coastal settings. Hoegh-Guldberg, Nha Trang University, Vietnam
      4. 11 March; World Science Festival:  National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr Sylvia Earle, James Cook University’s Professor Terry Hughes and GCI’s Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg joined a panel discussion, Can we save our precious reefs in time?, as part of the prestigious World Science Festival.
      5. 12 March; Introduction by Hoegh-Guldberg.  Thomas Oration by Hon Robert Hill AO; Festival Lab, Cultural Forecourt, Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
      6. 6 April; Sir David Attenborough Premiere.  The Great Barrier Reef Foundation joined UQ in hosting the Australian premiere of Sir David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef.
      7. May 28 to June 3, 2016. Hoegh-Guldberg invited and attends, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on Thursday 30th June 2016, 
      8. July 7-11; Discussion of Australian and Indonesian scientific collaboration.  Planning for meetings and workshop in November in Canberra between academies.
      9. Aug 4 2016.  Climate change and coral reef.  Meetings with Bloomberg Foundation over potential collaborations; Bloomberg headquarters; New York
      10. International Partnership for Blue Carbon workshop; invited by Australian Government. Global Change Institute (foundation member); 23-24 August in Bogor, Indonesia.
      11. Should climate change impacts on the ocean raise the level of climate action ambition?  Invitation by the government of Chile, Washington DC, September 14-15
      12. Scoping meeting for special IPCC report on 1.5oC and the future.  Invited expert for scoping meeting for the IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways.  Geneva,15 – 18 August 2016.
      13. Development of Non-binding Declaration of Ethical Implications of Climate Change. 29-25 September, Rabat, Morocco
      14. Reviving Melanesia’s Ocean Economy: The case for action. Global Report released (Hoegh-Guldberg, Ridgway and Boston Consulting Group), 18 October
      15.  Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT). International Board meeting. Bremen, German. 24-28 October
      16. Australian and Indonesian Academies meeting convened by GCI Director. Canberra.  Convened and presented at meeting of scientists from Indonesia and Australian Academies Public day plus closed session workshops with plenary presentations on health, marine science and climate; November 28-30
      17. IPCC scoping meeting for the IPCC Special Report on climate change and oceans and the cryosphere, invited expert.  Monaco. 6-9 December 2016.