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2024 Winter Agenda

Agenda, NAML Membership Business Meeting

Washington, D.C.
In-Person and Virtual Meeting

Briefing Book

Presentations:

Congress Budget and Policy Review
Alli Hays & Meg Thompson, Federal Science Partners
Ocean Research Advisory Panel
Mary Glackin, Panel Co-Chair
National Science Foundation Update
Jim McManus, NSF/OCE Division Director
Priorities of Ocean & Coastal Partner Organizations
Katherine Tsantiris, Director, Government Relations, Ocean Conservancy
Enhancing Laboratory Culture
Kelley Bonner, Burn Bright LLC
2025-2035 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences for the NSF
Mona Behl, Associate Director, Georgia Sea Grant
The New Center for Ocean Leadership
Sonya Legg, Director, Center for Ocean Leadership
Photographs Attendee List
2023 Biennial Meeting Agenda

Agenda, NAML Membership Business Meeting

Minutes
Schiller Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
In-Person and Virtual Meeting

Welcome & Bowdoin College overview - Dave Carlon, NAML President

Program 1 - Public Policy
Five Days into FY 2024 - Update, Outlook, and Expectations - Alli Hays, Federal Science Partners

Program 2 - Increasing Access and Outreach at Marine Labs and Great Lakes Stations
Engaging Youth and Educators Across Maine in Authentic Science Experiences - Leigh Peake, Chief Education Officer, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Experiential Learning in Maine Aquaculture - Meggan Dwyer, Associate Director, Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Maine

Program 3 - Increasing DEI at Marine Labs and Great Lakes Stations
Chris Atchison, Program Officer, National Science Foundation; Professor, University of Cincinnati

Program 4 - Building Sensing Networks
Integrating data from regional sources - How to build network partnerships - the challenges and opportunities for regional data sharing - Jake Kritzer, Director, NERACOOS
The Research Coordination Network for Evolution in Changing Seas - Katie Lotteros, Northeastern University Marine Science Center

Program 5 - Current Research in the Gulf of Maine
Ocean warming undermines the resilience of New England kelp forests following a trophic cascade - Doug Rasher, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Macrophyte community and population dynamics in the GOM: implications for rapid ocean warming - Nicky Yoong – Bowdoin College
Context dependencies of eelgrass-bivalve interactions: importance for multitrophic aquaculture in the GOM - Everett Horch - Bowdoin College
What shellfish tell fish: American lobster sound production - Renske Kerkoffs – Bowdoin College
Photographs
2023 Winter Agenda

Agenda, NAML Membership Business Meeting

Minutes, NAML Membership Business Meeting
Washington, D.C.
In-Person and Virtual Meeting

Briefing Book

Presentations:

1. 118th Congress Budget and Policy Preview
Allison Hays and Meg Thompson, Federal Science Partners
2. Advocacy 101: Who, What, When, Where, and Why - video of presentation and discussion
Peter Hill, Director, Government Relations, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lauren Linsmayer, Ocean Science and Policy Professional, former Professional Staff, U.S House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
3. National Science Foundation Update to NAML
James McManus, Division Director, Geosciences Directorate
4. National Science Foundation, Advancine Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
Allen Walker, Senior Advisor
5. ARPA-E and the Ocean: Harnessing U.S. Energy Resources through Transformational Marine Technologies
Dan Rogers, Technology-to-Market Advisor, Marine Technologies
6. Panel Discussion: Mentoring Underrepresented Minorities in Marine STEM
Mentor Panel (PDF)
Mentor Panel Video
Mentor Resources
Photographs
2022 Winter Agenda

Agenda, Membership Business Meeting

Minutes, NAML Membership Business Meeting
Virtual Meeting

Briefing Book

Presentations:
-1. Federal Science Partners, Infrastructure, Build Back Better, FY 22 Appropriations, and FY 23 Budget.pdf
-2. Peter McCartney, Division of Biological Infrastructure Support for Marine Labs.pdf
-3. Steve Thur, Challenges and Opportunities for Marine and Great Lakes Laboratories.pdf
-4. Shelby Walker, GEO Facilities.pdf
-5. Robert Sterner, The Role of Science in Supporting Great Lakes Restoration.pdf
-6. Pierre Beland, Need for a Great Lakes Decadal Science Strategy.pdf
-7. Frank Greenland, Water Quality Protection in Northeast Ohio.pdf
-8. Kelli Paige, A Common Strategy for Smart Great Lakes.pdf
-9. Catalina Martinez, Equity Through Access - Mitigating Barriers to STEM for Marginalized _ Minority Scholars.pdf
-10. Josie Quintrell, Collaboration with Like-Minded Organizations, IOOS.pdf

2021 Biennial Meeting Agenda
Agenda, Membership Business Meeting
Minutes, Membership Business Meeting
Virtual Meeting

Presentations:
-1. Robert Dickey, Introduction to Univ. of Texas Marine Science Institute.pdf
-2. Federal Science Partners, Infrastructure, Reconciliation and FY 22 Appropriations.pdf
-3. Craig McLean, NOAA Research Priorities.pdf
-4. Terry Quinn, NSF Strategic Vision for Ocean Sciences.pdf
-5. Sylvia Butterfield, NSF Strategic Vision for STEM Education and Workforce Development.pdf
-6. Peter McCartney, Marine Laboratory Infrastructure Support.pdf
-7. Aly Busse, NAML Education Committee.pdf
-8. Billie Swalla, NAML DEI Committee.pdf

2021 Winter Agenda
Agenda, Business Meeting
Minutes, Business Meeting
Virtual Meeting

Briefing Book
2020 Winter Agenda
Minutes, Business Meeting
Virtual Meeting

Presentations:
-1. Federal Science Partners, Setting the Public Policy Environment for the Ocean, Coastal, and Great lakes Research and Educational Community
-2. Timothy Gallaudet, NOAA Leadership Thoughts on Coastal Intelligence and Workforce Development
-3. Deerin Babb-Brott, Trump Administration Ocean Policy Initiatives
-4. Kari O'Connell, Demonstrating & Improving the Value of Undergraduate Field Experiences
   4. Supplement Kari O'Connell, Bioscience a framework for STEM Outreach at Field Stations
   4. Supplement Kari O'Connell, Wilson et al. 2018
-5. Grant Murray, Workforce Development
-6. Louisa Koch, NOAA Education
-7. Terry Quinn, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
-8. Robert Benson, National Estuary Program Overview
-9. Pam DiBona, Making Connections_ NEP-Marine Lab Collaborations
-10. Rich Innes, ANEP Reauthorization
-11. Holly Bamford, Challenges Facing Improved Coastal Resiliency

Briefing Book
2019 Fall Biennial Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
Minutes, Business Meeting
Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon

Presentations:
-1. HMSC Overview - Cowen
-2. Partnerships in Marine Education - Cheung
-3. Coastal & Ocean 'Learning Laboratories' - Exploring OSU Marine Studies Initiative's Work to Expand Academic Programs at the Coast - Milligan
-4. Engineering, Construction, and Cultural Challenges to Building Within A Tsunami Zone - Moffett, Farley, Lewis
-5. The Push and Pull of Marine Technology - Spinrad
-6. Ocean Observing and Marine Ecosystem Challenges in the Pacific Northwest - Barth
-7. Helping Publics Make Sense of Ocean Sciences_ 15 Years of Research at HMSC - Rowe
-8. Cascadia - Community Resilience - Fischer
-Federal Science Partners Presentation
Meeting Photograph
WAML Group
Attendee List
2019 Winter Agenda
Meeting Notes
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

Presentations:
-Federal Science Partners Presentation - Setting the Budget and Policy Environment for Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research and Education
-Office of Science and Technology Policy Presentation on Ocean Science and Technology
-National Estuarine Research Reserve System
-Office of Naval Research Overview
-National Oceanographic Partnership Program
-National Science Foundation Coastlines & People (CoPe) Presentation

Briefing Book
2018 Winter Agenda
Meeting Notes
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

Presentations:
-Joel Widder and Meg Thompson, Federal Science Partners
-Dr. William Easterling & Dr. Rick Murray, National Science Foundation
-Novim Report: Warning Signs - Dr. Ari Patrinos, Mr. Key Koizumi, Dr. Jack Fellows
-Panel: Future of the Sea Grant Program - Dr. Jon Pennock, Dr. James Hurley, Dr. Amber Mace
-University Federal Relations and NAML Labs
-Jon White, Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Briefing Book
Attendee List
2017 Fall Biennial Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
Minutes
Cousteau Center, Rutgers University, Tuckerton, New Jersey
2017 Winter Agenda
Meeting Notes
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

Briefing Book
Attendee List
2016 Winter Agenda
Meeting Notes
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

Meeting Presentations
Briefing Book (64 MB in size)
2015 Fall Biennial MeetingAgenda & Documents
Minutes
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida

Sea Level Rise
-Sea Level Rise, New, Certain, and Everywhere, Virnstein
-Science to Solutions, Outreach and Education on Coastal Change, Nuttle

Regional Observations
-Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network, Hanisak and Davis
-Smithsonian Vision for Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO)

International Update, Babb
PhotographAttendee List
2015 Winter Agenda
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

Briefing Book (PDF, 47 MB)
NAML Resolution, Decadal Survey, FSML
Policy Briefing, Federal Science Partners, NAML
NOAA Libby Jewett Briefing to NAML
NOAA Louisa Koch Briefing to NAML
NSF Charles Liarakos Briefing to NAML
NSF Jill Kartsen Briefing to NAML
NSF Rick Murray Briefing to NAML
OBFS Sarah Oktay Briefing to NAML
 Attendee List
2014 Joint OBFS/NAML Meeting Agenda
Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

- Able - Understanding Larval Fish Ingress into Estuaries
- Arsuffi - Communicating Science
- Kinkade - Enabling Decision Making
- Porter - Role of Environmental Monitoring and Data Management, Case Study
- Sosik - Insights from Multiscale Plankton Time Series
- Voss - Small Drones for Science
Meeting PhotographAttendee List
2014 Winter Agenda
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

- Oldaker Group: Federal budget and policy developments
- Moran: Strengthening America's Ocean Economy
- 2014 Public Policy Work Plan for federal FY15
  
2013 Fall Biennial MeetingAgenda
Minutes
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

- Shimmield: Bigelow Laboratory
- Jacob: Cyberinfrastructure Frameworks
- Kido: InteleSense Wireless Sensor Monitoring
- Oldaker Group: Outlook for Federal R and D
- Hagedorn: Marine Global Earth Observatories
- DeLuca: Enhancement of Sentinel Site Capacity
  
2013 WinterAgenda
Minutes
Washington, D.C.

  
2012 Winter  Meeting Photograph 
2011 Fall Biennial MeetingMinutesUniversity of Connecticut, Avery Point, Connecticut

Meeting Materials
 Attendee List
2009 Fall Biennial MeetingMinutes Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia  
2008 WinterAgendaWashington, D.C.

  
2007 Fall Biennial MeetingMinutes Wrigley Marine Science Center, University of Southern California, Catalina Island, California  
2005 Fall Biennial MeetingAgenda
Minutes
F. T. Stone Laboratory, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, The Ohio State University, Gibraltar Island, Put-in-Bay, Ohio 
2005 WinterMinutesS. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.  
2002 WinterMinutesWashington, D.C.  
2001 WinterMinutesWashington, D.C.  
2000 WinterMinutesWashington, D.C.  
1999 Biennial MeetingMinutesGreat Lakes WATER Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  
1997 Biennial MeetingMinutesChesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland  







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