NOAA's National Ocean Service: Roundtables

The Future: Sustaining a National Ocean Policy

Roundtable Program | Attendees | NOS Coordinating Offices

This was the seventh and final “Ocean Future” constituent roundtable hosted by Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS). The roundtable focused on “sustaining a national ocean policy” and included discussion on NOS’s strategic vision as a Global Leader in the Integrated Management of the Ocean. NOS programs cover a broad range of scientific, technical and management activities. NOS is also leading efforts in the development of ocean observation and modeling systems, and in educating the public about the importance of these activities.

Roundtable Program

9:00	Welcome - Dr. Richard Spinrad
9:10	Introduction of Roundtable Participants
9:30	Opening Remarks - Dr. Richard Spinrad
9:50	Discussion of NOS's role in sustaining a national ocean policy
10:30	Break
10:45	Discussion of NOS's role in sustaining a national ocean policy - continued
11:55	Closing Remarks - Dr. Richard Spinrad

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Attendees (listed alphabetically)

Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas

Jennifer Black, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland

Tyson Brown, National Science Teachers Association

George Chmael, EcoLogix Group Inc.

Biliana Cicin-Sain, University of Delaware

Clifford Duke, Ecological Society of America

Mathew Dunn, National Marine Manufacturers Association

Sylvia Earle, Deep Ocean Exploration & Research, Inc.

Erika Feller, The Nature Conservancy

Tom Fry, National Ocean Industries Association

Fred Grassle, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences

Lynne Hale, The Nature Conservancy

Hank Lobe, RD Instruments

Tony MacDonald, Coastal States Organization

Kumar Mahadevan, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium

Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire

Bob Moran, American Petroleum Institute

Peter Neill, Southstreet Seaport Museum

Jan Petri, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

Scott Rainey, American Pilots Association

Susan Roberts, The National Academies

Mary Shockley, National Council for Science and the Environment

Carolyn Thoroughgood, Delaware Sea Grant College Program

Christophe Tulou, The Center for SeaChange

Eli Weissman, Ocean Conservancy

NOAA Ocean Council

Kurt Schnebele, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOS Coordinating Office

An NOS staff office is coordinating the seventh roundtable:

The Special Projects Office, a division of the Management and Budget Office (MBO) of NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) provides expertise, products and services that help NOS accomplish its mission to maintain safe and healthy coastal ecosystems and to provide for safe marine navigation for the nation.

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