R.P. Sims: The state of agriculture in Canada; the capacity and constraints in meeting future food demand. The potential for assisting in meeting their increasing demand.
E. Waddell: The population growth in the underdeveloped nations may not be the most critical factor in the food supply problem. Their solution may lie in the accumulated experience of their peasantry and traditions.
W.H.C Simmonds: A discussion of whether the future can best be negotiated on the basis of the prevailing production/consumption philosophy, or whether a change in emphasis from this philosophy may be a prerequisite.
G.W. Brandie: Processes determining the Earth's climate. Evidence for the effects of climate change. The possibility of climate change induced by man's activities.
W.G. Breck: Earth, the water planet. The ocean as a chemical environment; lateral and vertical circulation in the oceans, the influence of pollution; the role of the ocean as the resource frontier.