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THE FLORIDA COASTAL AND OCEAN CONFERENCE 2010
“An Ocean State of Mine”
 
FRIDAY JUNE 18, 2010
Hotel Duval,  415 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32301
 
The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, a group of organizations working together to conserve, protect and restore Florida’s coastal and marine environment, is hosting The Florida Coastal and Ocean Conference – a one day conference on Friday June 18, 2010 in Tallahassee at the Hotel Duval.

 
The goal of the conference is to explore solutions to key issues facing Florida’s coasts and oceans, including: marine spatial planning, water quality, future of Florida’s coast, marine ecosystems and fisheries and ocean policy and governance.
 
This conference will bring together key policymakers, managers, scientists and interested members of the public (see Speaker List) to provide a well rounded discussion of the issues and solutions at a time of increasing national, state and local attention, especially given the current Gulf oil spill.
 
It has been well over a decade since a coastal and ocean conference such as this was held in Florida. The format of the conference (see Agenda) will be structured to provide expert presentations and facilitated group discussion and audience input conference to develop an action plan for Florida’s ocean and coast.
 
The Coalition invites you and your organization to join us June 18, 2010 in Tallahassee to be part of this process.
 
Please post and share this notice with others who may be interested.   To register and get more details on the conference go to http://flcoastalandocean.org/events
 Special thanks to Lindsey Pickel.

Brave New Ocean, a talk by Dr. Jeremy Jackson*

*Tuesday, June 8, 2010     6:00 pm*

*Baird Auditorium (Ground Floor), Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.

*Free and open to the public*

The ocean is essential to all life but experts agree that there are changes affecting the ocean and how it functions. On World Ocean Day, join us for an evening of deep thinking with *Dr. Jeremy Jackson* from Scripps Institution of Oceanography as he discusses ocean biodiversity loss in his talk  “Brave New Ocean.”

Dr. Jackson’s lecture will kick off  *Changing Tides: A Series of Ocean Discussions* in which top ocean scientists talk about current research and how it is helping to change the tide in ocean science and conservation.

This series is brought to you by Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History and the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) and made possible through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Live webcast of “Brave New Ocean” on the award-winning Ocean Portal
http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-videos/changingtides

 Special thanks to Elizabeth Ban elizabeth.ban@aya.yale.edu