Program Book - Oceans'10 IEEE Sydney

UNDERSTANDING THE OCEANS
– A NAVY PERSPECTIVE
Commodore Bruce Kafer
AM, † CSC, ‡ Royal Australian Navy
† Member of the Order of Australia
‡ Conspicuous Service Cross
Commodore Bruce Kafer joined the
Royal Australian Navy as a Cadet
Midshipman in 1977. In 1982 he
specialised in hydrographic surveying
and, on completion of his basic survey course, served in
hydrographic survey ships of the RAN and Royal Navy.
The highlights of Commodore Kafer‘s seagoing career have
been command of the RAN ships HMAS FLINDERS and HMAS
LEEUWIN. He has also had a variety of senior staff
appointments ashore, most recently as the Chief, Combat
Support Group in Fleet Headquarters. He also served for four
years as Hydrographer and Commander of the RAN‘s
Hydrographic, Meteorological and Oceanographic Force Element
Group.
For seven months in 2008-09 Commodore Kafer held command
of Combined Task Force 158, then Combined Task Force 152,
coalition maritime task forces responsible for security in the
Persian Gulf. In late 2009 he assumed duties as the
Commandant, Australian Defence Force Academy.
WHY OCEAN SCIENCE MATTERS
FOR AUSTRALIA
Dr Neville Smith
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne,
Australia
Dr Neville Smith is the Deputy Director
(Research and Systems) at the Bureau of
Meteorology. Dr Smith was previously
Chief Scientist and head of the Bureau of
Meteorology Research Centre, prior to
the creation of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate
Research. As a scientist, Dr Smith played a key role in the
development of ocean and climate prediction systems and has
worked with the international community in the development of
observing systems for climate. Dr Smith is currently the
National Delegate to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission and a member of the IPCC Bureau.
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