Agenda

 

This year's Symposium is built around regional themes -- Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, and Gulf of Alaska.

 

Symposium Program (PDF)

Book of Abstracts (PDF)

Participant List (PDF)

Simple design changes implemented during production of this year's Abstract Book reduced the global carbon footprint of the Symposium by 300 pounds of shipping weight and 60 pages per book from the last several years.

See the current list of Workshops and Non-Plenary Sessions

All non-plenary sessions are OPEN unless specified with (invite).

2010 Alaska Marine Science Symposium
  Monday
18 Jan
Tuesday
19 Jan
Wednesday
20 Jan
Thursday
21 Jan
Friday
22 Jan
Morning
8a - noon

8:00 - noon
Communicating Ocean Science Workshop,
Fore Deck Ballroom
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9:00 - noon
Ocean Acidification and Adaptation Workshop,
Mid Deck Ballroom

8:00 - noon
GULF OF ALASKA plenary continues

Fish and Fish Habitat,
Seabirds,
Marine Mammals,
Humans

8:00 - 8:30

Keynote:
Kate Moran, Office of Science & Technology Policy
"Past, Present, and Future Arctic Sea Ice"

8:30 - noon
ARCTIC PLENARY
Discovery Ballroom

Climate and Oceanography,
Ecosystem Perspectives,
Lower Trophic Levels,
Fish and Fish Habitat

8:00 - 8:30
Keynote:
Mike Sigler and Rodger Harvey,
"Bering Sea Project Headlines from 2009 Research"

8:30 - noon
BERING SEA plenary
Discovery Ballroom

Climate and Oceanography,
Ecosystem Perspectives,
Lower Trophic Levels,
Fish and Fish Habitat

8:00 - 5:00
PCCRC Board Meeting continues, NPRB (invite)

8:00 - 4:30
Bowhead Whale Research Meeting (invite), Mid Deck Ballroom

8:00 - 10:00
Placing Your Stories in OCEAN/Google Earth, Quarter Deck

8:30 - 12:30
MMS COMIDA CAB Meeting (invite), Club Room 2

8:30 - 4:00
Bering Sea Project Patch Dynamics Meeting (invite), Club Room 1

9:00 - noon
Sea Lion Research Coordination Meeting (invite), Voyager Room

10:00 - 1:00
Marine Spatial Planning, 00 Fore Deck Ballroom

Lunch
noon - 1:30p

SEANET Organizational Meeting and Lunch Registration required

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Lunchtime event: National Ocean Sciences Bowl
NOSB teams from Alaska take on veteran scientists in fast-paced competition!

Lunchtime presentation:
Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire
"Law of the Sea and Mapping the Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic"

Lunchtime presentation: Charlotte Vick, Deep Search Foundation and Google Ocean
"Placing Your Stories in OCEAN/Google Earth"
Lunch on your own
noon - 5:00
PCCRC Board Meeting, NPRB Conference Room (open)

1:00 - 4:00
Beaufort Sea Survey Collaboration Meeting (invite), Club Room 2

Afternoon
1:30 - 5p

Symposium opens

1:30
Opening remarks by Senator Mark Begich, D-Alaska

1:45 - 2:15
Keynote:

Carl Schoch, "Prince William Sound Field Experiment 2009: Preliminary Findings"

2:15 - 5:00
GULF OF ALASKA plenary

Discovery Ballroom

Climate and Oceanography,
Ecosystem Perspectives,
Lower Trophic Levels,
Fish and Fish Habitat

4:00 - 7:00
Island Sentinels meeting (invite),
Club Room 1

noon - 2:00
MMS/USGS meeting (invite), Club Room 1

1:30 - 4:30
PWS Field Experiment Special Session,
Discovery Ballroom

1:30 - 3:30
Bering Sea Project Investigators' meeting (invite), Quarter Deck

1:30 - 5:30
Marine Mammal Commission meeting (invite), Whitby Room

2:00 - 5:30
BWASP/COMIDA meeting (invite), Library Room

4:00 - 7:00
Island Sentinels meeting (invite), Club Room 1

4:00 - 5:30
ShoreZone Workshop, Quarter Deck

4:30 - 6:30
Planning for New Acoustic Telemetry in the GOA, Voyager Room

1:30 - 2:00
Keynote:
Mike Beck, The Nature Conservancy
"Towards best practices for multi-objective marine spatial planning"

2:00 - 5:15
ARCTIC plenary continues

Fish and Fish Habitat,
Seabirds,
Marine Mammals

4:00 - 7:00
Island Sentinels meeting (invite), Club Room 1

1:30 - 5:00
BERING SEA plenary continues

Fish and Fish Habitat,
Seabirds,
Marine Mammals,
Humans

5:00
Closing Remarks

Evening

5:30 - 8:00
Symposium Opening and Gulf of Alaska Poster Reception,
Lower Lobby

6:30 - 8:00
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment Session, Quarter Deck

5:30 - 8:00
Bering Sea and Arctic Poster Reception
Lower Lobby

5:30 - 7:00
ArcticWeb Demonstration, Club Room 1
 
6:30 - 8:00
Chukchi Fisheries Research meeting (invite), Voyager Room
  Monday
18 Jan
Tuesday
19 Jan
Wednesday
20 Jan
Thursday
21 Jan
Friday
22 Jan