Agenda

08:30 Welcoming Remarks – Bob Gagosian, President and CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership

08:35 Update on the National Ocean Policy – Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality

09:00 Keynote Address – Honorary Host Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

09:30 National Commission on the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Findings – Don Boesch, University of Maryland
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10:00 Break

10:30 Panel 1: Fate, Effects and Implications of the Oil & Chemical Dispersants

• Moderator – Shirley Pomponi, Harbor Branch Oceanic Institute
• David Conover – Director, Division of Ocean Sciences, NSF (View Presentation)
• Chris Reddy – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (View Presentation)
• Michael Carron – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (View Presentation)
• Tara Rothschild – House Science Committee Staff

11:45 Featured Address – Marcia McNutt, USGS Director (View Presentation)

12:15 Featured Address –Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL)

12:30 Featured Address –Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)

12:45 Lunch

02:00 Panel 2: Implications for Offshore Oil and Gas Regulations and Production

• Moderator – Kate Miller, Texas A&M University
• Walter Cruickshank – Deputy Director, BOEMRE
• Mike Kearns – National Ocean Industries Association
• Catherine Hazlewood – Senate Commerce Committee Staff

03:15 Featured Address – Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator (View Presentation)

03:45 Break

04:00 Panel 3: Gulf Ecosystem Restoration

• Moderator – Nancy Rabalais, LUMCON
• John Hankinson – Director, Gulf Ecosystem Task Force
• Larry Robinson – Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management, NOAA (View Presentation)
• Ann Jochens – Texas A&M University (View Presentation)
• Ana Unruh-Cohen – House Resources Committee Staff (View Presentation)

05:15 Closing Remarks – Bob Gagosian, Ocean Leadership

06:00 Reception – Honorary Sponsor Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)