February 20-24, 2012 - Sgmeet.com

Program Book
EVS03: Ocean Policy and Management: Workshop
Complementing Session 139 (Workshop)
Sunday, February 19, 13:00 – 17:00, Room 151 A, B, C, G
Organizers: Hal Batchelder, hbatchelder@coas.oregonstate.edu; Suzanne
Lawrence, Suzanne@suzannelawrence.net; and Peter Fox, pfox@cs.rpi.edu
The purpose of this workshop is to foster partnerships in support of a
Global Large Marine Ecosystem Knowledge Network. Our goal is to
strengthen links and best practices information sharing within and among
Regional Ocean Governance practitioners and sustainability scientists in
US and other international efforts. The workshop will engage high level
representatives from the US National Marine Fisheries Science Centers
as well as representatives from NOAA’s Regional Ocean Governance
Network (http://www.csc.noaa.gov/oceangovernance/) such as the Gulf
of Mexico Alliance and the West Coast Governors Agreement for Ocean
Health. International participants will include representatives from the
UNESCO-IOC Capacity Building Program, the Global Environmental Facility/UNDP
Large Marine Ecosystem Program in the Caribbean, and the
Executive Director of the Benguela Current Commission in South Africa.
For more information visit: http://www.lmenet.net
EVM01: National Ocean Policy (Town Hall)
Monday, February 20, 12:30 – 14:00, Room 151 A, B, C, G
Organizers: Kristan Uhlenbrock, AGU, kuhlenbrock@agu.org; Susan
Roberts, Ocean Studies Board, sroberts@nas.edu; Lora Clarke, National
Ocean Council OST-IPC, Lora.Clarke@noaa.gov
Our first National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts,
and the Great Lakes, commonly referred to as the National Ocean Policy
(NOP), sets forth a principle to “use the best available science and
knowledge to inform decisions affecting the ocean, our coasts, and the
Great Lakes, and enhance humanity’s capacity to understand, respond,
and adapt to a changing global environment.” Scientists have an important
role to continue to provide sound advice and innovative research
to ensure the NOP sustains a course of science-based decisions.
AGU and the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board in
collaboration with the National Ocean Council’s Ocean Science and
Technology Interagency Policy Committee (OST-IPC) and Ocean
Resource Management Interagency Policy Committee (ORM-IPC) are
excited to present this town hall showcasing leading policymakers and
managers who make decisions based on scientific conclusions. Our
panelists will discuss the importance of science in the NOP, provide an
update to the policy, and create a dialogue with participants on where
we are headed. The NOP sets forth overarching guiding principles for
United States management decisions and actions affecting the ocean,
our coasts, and the Great Lakes. This town hall will provide a forum for
discussion of the Implementation Plan that is being developed by the
OST-IPC and the ORM-IPC to achieve nine priority objectives. These
objectives include: Ecosystem-Based Management; Coastal and Marine
Spatial Planning; Inform Decisions and Improve Understanding; Coordinate
and Support; Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate Change and
Ocean Acidification; Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration;
Water Quality and Sustainable Practices on Land; Changing Conditions
in the Arctic; and Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Observations, Mapping,
and Infrastructure.
For more information visit: http://www.whitehouse.gov/oceans
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EVM02: ASLOMP/COSEE Young Investigator Luncheon
Monday, February 20, 12:30 – 14:00, Room 250 A, B, D, E
TOS/AGU/ASLO
Organizers: Liesl Hotaling, COSEE, lieslhotaling@yahoo.com; Ben
Cuker, Hampton University, benjamin.cuker@hamptonu.edu
This lunch time workshop, sponsored by the COSEE Network and the
ASLO Multicultural Program, will provide information for young investigators
about the COSEE Network, education and outreach opportunities
within the Network, and scholarship and fellowship opportunities.
EVM03: Ladder of Scientific Success-Deconstructing
(Workshop)
Monday, February 20, 12:30 – 14:00, Room 251 A, B, D, E
Organizers: Bob Chen, University of Massachusetts - Boston, bob.
chen@umb.edu; Adrienne Sponberg, ASLO, sponberg@aslo.org
Deconstruct your science (Make it simple!). In this workshop you will
learn and apply concept mapping skills to help you: 1) visually represent
your science in a “bigger picture” context, 2) simplify your research
goals and communicate them to others, and 3) promote effective dialogue
with various audiences. Concept mapping will help you in writing
collaborative proposals, improving your presentations, teaching effectively,
and focusing your science on questions of societal significance.
This session will be presented by Annette DeCharon, COSEE Ocean
Systems. Lunch will be provided to the first 50 participants.
For more information visit: http://www.coseeocean.net
EVM04: Career-Life Balance Initiatives (Town Hall)
Monday, February 20, 12:30 – 14:00, Room 150 A, B, C, G
Organizers: Victoria Coles, University of Maryland Center for Environmental
Science, vcoles@umces.edu; Susan Lozier, Duke University,
mslozier@duke.edu; Susanne Neuer, Arizona State University, susanne.
neuer@asu.edu
Data collected by MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women
to Increase Retention) over the past four years indicates that 46% of
women see balancing work and family as ‘nearly impossible’ or ‘impossible’,
with only 24% of women rating it as ‘possible’ or ‘very possible’. While
these views are sobering, NSF’s recent announcement of the Career-Life
Balance Initiative and the rise in mentoring networks are promising
signs. At this Town Hall sponsored by MPOWIR and AWIS (Association
for Women in Science), invited speakers will discuss institutional and
personal avenues toward achieving this balance. A panel discussion will
follow. Also, lunch will be provided for the first 75 attendees.
Monday’s event will be followed by a reception and discussion on
Thursday February 23rd at 6:00 pm. Thursday’s event will provide a
forum for sharing strategies on how to achieve a satisfying work life balance
particularly in the context of an oceanography career.
For more information on the sponsoring groups visit: http://www.
mpowir.org and http:// www.awis.org.