Ocean Leadership’s Gulf Oil Spill Scientific Symposium

(Updated: 8/3/2010)

Meeting Details:

• Symposium Summary
• Symposium Agenda
• Symposium Attendees

Video of Webcasts

Welcome Remarks – Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Scientific Symposium

• Description: 8:00am – Welcome Remarks
• Dr. Robert Gagosian, President, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
• Dr. Chris D’Elia, Dean School of the Coast and Environment LSU
• Dr. Nancy Targett, Board Chair, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
• Date: Thursday, June 03, 2010
• Time: 8:00 AM
• Duration: 00:09:03

Federal Activities to Date – Scientific Research Challenges and Priorities

• Description:
• Date: Thursday, June 03, 2010
• Time: 8:15 AM
• Duration: 1:48:03

Roundtable Discussion on Academic Assets and Research Needs

• Description:
• Date: Thursday, June 03, 2010
• Time: 11:00 AM
• Duration: 00:47:31

Conducting Oil Spill Research in a Regulatory Framework

• Description:
• Date: Thursday, June 03, 2010
• Time: 12:15 PM
• Duration: 00:47:10

Background Materials:

Federal Activities to Date / Scientific Research, Challenges and Priorities:

Note: All federal agency documents provided by agency representatives

NOAA

• Science Summary Related to the Oil Spill Presentation
  • Dr. Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator
• NOAA’s 2-pager

USGS

• Science to Decisions Presentation
  • Marcia McNutt, Director USGS

NSF

• Science Summary Related to the DWH Oil Spill
  • Dr. Tim Killeen, Assistant Director NSF:
• NSF Oil Spill Activities 2-pager

MMS

• MMS Science Activities for the DWH Oil SPill 2-pager
• Presentation

US FWS

• US Fish and Wildlife Service Oil Spill Science Activities 2-pager

Roundtable Discussion:

• Sea Grant Presentation:
  • Description of the oil spill related research activities that are part of the Gulf of Mexico Research Plan (GMRP) (one-pager)
  • Preliminary results from the GMRP oil spill survey (one-pager)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Plan
  • Description of Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant oil spill outreach activities (one-pager)
• University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Presentation:
  • USM Immediate Response

Working Lunch:

• Conducting Oil Spill Research in a Regulatory Framework:  John Farrington, SMAST UMass-Dartmouth

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