How Leadership, Diversity, and Innovation In Marine Science Promotes Healthy Oceans and Informs The Blue Economy

Friday, October 4, 2013: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chairs:
Corey Garza, PhD, Assistant Professor, California State University Monterey Bay , Serena Moseman-Valtierra, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island , Elisa Maldonado, PhD, Research Coordinator, Harvard University and Sarah Mesnick, PhD, Ecologist, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Description: The “blue economy” seeks technologically sophisticated, regionally appropriate solutions to ensure the health of our oceans and the livelihoods that healthy oceans support. This session focuses on emerging multidisciplinary areas of research related to the blue economy such as marine renewable energy, sustainable fisheries, blue carbon, and global change science.

Sponsored by: by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the San Diego Maritime Alliance



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
Blue carbon sequestration in coastal ecosystems
Robert Chen, PhD , Professor , University of Massachusetts Boston
10:40 AM
Indigenous Ocean Knowledge and the Blue World
Trisha Watson, PhD , Environmental Consultant , Honua Consulting
11:00 AM
Climate Change Science and the Blue Economy
Rafe Sagarin, PhD , Research Scientist , University of Arizona