Program Update: Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations – May 2010
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The Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations (IWGOO) held the third in a series of stakeholder outreach workshops. Experts from a variety of backgrounds detailed the value of the ocean to California and the challenges of preserving its benefits. The event titled “Small Sea Changes: BIG California Impacts,” was held on May 25 and explored how monitoring and understanding the ocean delivers economic and environmental benefits to industries, government, and citizens of California, at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
The event, sponsored by Fugro GEOS, the IWGOO, SAIC, and Teledyne Technologies Inc., took place at the Robert Paine Scripps Forum for Science, Society and the Environment (Scripps Seaside Forum). The event drew in around 100 decision-makers from a wide variety of sectors ranging from energy, water supply and treatment, aquaculture, commercial fishing, tourism and recreation, transportation, and environmental and urban planning. The event included 16 speakers, across four panels, from research centers, agencies, and companies throughout California.
The IWGOO program office is currently developing a workshop series report that will synthesize the outcomes of each workshop. All video footage and presentations will be made available online at: www.oceanleadership.org/iwgoo. Please check the web site for updates and more information.
