IWGOO Sponsoring "Small Sea Changes: Big Business Impacts" Workshop: April 14, 2009
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The Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations (IWGOO) is sponsoring a workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland on 14 April 2009 entitled Small Sea Changes: Big Business Impacts. The purpose of this workshop is to engage private industry and communicate the value of ocean science and ocean observations to business decision-making. The target audience is senior decision makers from the agriculture, aviation, construction, energy, finance, fishing, healthcare, insurance, leisure and tourism, manufacturing, mining, retail, transportation and utility sectors.
This workshop will explore the improved business decision support that the Integrated Ocean Observation System can facilitate. For the ocean science community, this workshop provides an opportunity to identify a cadre of industry professionals willing to support the need for ocean science and the Integrated Ocean Observation System. For industry, this workshop will explore the opportunities for better business decisions through examining the connection between weather forecasts, climate projections and ocean observations.
The organizers of this event are seeking assistance identifying and engaging with the target audience and especially with major businesses beyond those that directly interact with the oceans such as offshore oil and gas and shipping. Forwarding this message to potential participants or providing us with contact information within the target sectors would be especially helpful to our efforts to engage a wider cross section of industry in supporting ocean observations.
The workshop flyer, registration and additional information are available at: http://www.oceanleadership.org/iwgoo.
If you have any questions, or you would like to become more involved in helping with this vital outreach project please contact Josh Young, IWGOO Program Coordinator, Consortium for Ocean Leadership at (202) 787-1622 or jyoung [at] oceanleadership [dot] org.
