Speakers Panelists as of 6/10

Wonders of the Ocean World: Exploring, Monitoring & Educating Thursday, June 10th

Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration/Coffee 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Welcome and Keynote Speech Veerle Vandeweerd, Coordinator, Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA), United Nations Environment Programme 9:45 - 11:15 a.m. Session One: Exploring Our Oceans Moderator Dr. Steve Hammond, Chief Scientist NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration Panelists Dr. Robert Embley, Senior Scientist NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Paul Kelly, Senior Vice President Rowan Companies, Inc. ( Building a National Ocean Exploration Program) Dr. James J. Kendall, Chief Scientist Minerals Management Service ( A Regulatory Agency’s Role in Ocean Exploration?) Dr. Larry Mayer, Director Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center 12:45 - 2 p.m. Luncheon cancelled due to Memorial to President Reagan 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Plenary Keynote Speech: Donald L. Evans, Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325 ( Keynote Speech) 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Session Two: Observing, Monitoring and Managing Ocean Data Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325 Moderator Dr. Rick Spinrad, Assistant Administrator NOAA Ocean Service Panelists John Englander, President and CEO International Seakeepers Society ( International SeaKeepers Society) Mike Hemsley, Deputy Director for Coastal Operations Ocean.US ( The Integrated Ocean Observing System: Where do we go from here?) Brigadier General David L. Johnson (USAF Ret.), Assistant Administrator for Weather Service NOAA National Weather Service ( Ocean Observations: Present and Future) Dr. Steve Lyons, Tropical Program Manager The Weather Channel ( Marine Meteorology and Media: The Neglected Ocean Front?) Jeffrey Rosen, Senior Technical Consultant Environmental Services, Perot Systems Corporation ( Data Integration and Analysis Service For NOAA) 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. Session Three: Creating an Ocean Literate Society Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2325 Moderator Dr. Kumar Mahadevan, President Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Panelists Paul Bartishevich, President and CEO Finger Lakes Productions International ( Creating an Ocean Literate Society) Barbara Chow, Vice President, Education and Children's Programs National Geographic Society ( Ocean Literacy) Dr. Steve Coan, Vice President and Executive Director Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration ( Immersion Project Presentation) Rear Admiral Richard D. West (USN-Ret.), President Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education ( Wonders of the Ocean World: Creating an Ocean Literate Society)