Northern Gulf Institute 2009 Conference

Draft Agenda – May 11, 2009

Tuesday - May 19th

     1:00pm – 5:00pm [Clipper]  - Minority Summer Intern (MSI) Training Afternoon Session

     1:00pm – 5:00pm [The Commodore]  - NGI Fellows Meeting

     2:00pm – 5:00pm [Windjammer]  - NOAA Coastal Services Center Stakeholder Meeting

     6:00pm – 8:30pm [Mobile Bay 2 & 3]  - NGI Reception (Fellows, Advisory Council, Interns, and Invited Speakers)

Wednesday - May 20th

     7:00am – 8:30am [Preconvene Area 2nd Floor]  - NGI Conference Registration

     7:00am – 8:30am [Mobile Bay Foyer]  - NGI Breakfast (all)

     8:30am – 5:00pm [Preconvene Area 2nd Floor]  - NGI Registration and Information Desk

     8:30am – 10:30am [Mobile Bay Ballroom]  - NGI Plenary Session (all)

          Good morning and Welcome - D. Shaw
          NGI since the last Conference - D. Shaw
          NGI the CI - J. Cortinas
          NGI and NOAA Connections - J. Lartigue
          NGI YR 4 Proposals - M. Carron
          NGI Other Activities - D. Shaw

          Regional Collaboration Presentations

              Introduction / Moderator - D. Shaw
              10:00am NOAA GoM Reg. Collab Team Activites - M. Croom
              10:15am AL/MS Sea Grant - L. Swan

     10:30am – 10:45am [Mobile Bay Foyer]  - BREAK

     10:45am – 12:30pm [Mobile Bay Ballroom]  - Regional Collaboration Presentations (cont)

          Moderator - D. Shaw
          10:50am USGS GoM Activities - D. Lavoie
          11:00am GOMA – Introduction - P. Bass
          11:10am GOMA – Resilience - R. Price
          11:25am GOMA – Habitat - B. Allee
          11:40am GOMA – Restoration - J. Pahl
          11:55am GOMA – Education - L. Yokel
          12:10pm GOMA – Water Quality - S. Wolfe
          12:25pm GOMA – Nutrients - R. Ingram

     12:40pm – 1:45pm [Bon Secour Bay 1]  - LUNCH

     2:00pm – 3:30pm Paper Session 1

          Papers 1.1 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 1]  – Fish Populations
                            Moderator

          Papers 1.2 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 2]  – Sediments
                            Moderator
          Papers 1.3 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 3]  – Monitoring
                            Moderator
          Papers 1.4 [Grand Bay Ballroom]  – Watershed Management
                            Moderator

     3:30pm – 3:40pm [Mobile Bay Foyer]  - BREAK

     3:40pm – 5:00pm Paper Session 2

          Papers 2.1 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 1]  – Trophics
                             Moderator

          Papers 2.2 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 2]  – Modeling
                             Moderator
          Papers 2.3 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 3]  – HABS and Hazards
                             Moderator
          Papers 2.4 [Grand Bay Ballroom]  – Social Sciences
                             Moderator

     5:00pm – 6:00pm [Grand Bay Ballroom]  - MSI NOAA Careers Briefing (ALL STUDENTS welcome)- Ritchie, etal

     6:00pm – 9:00pm [Jubilee Suite]  - Poster Session I and Reception

Thursday - May 21th

     7:00am – 12:00pm [Preconvene Area 2nd Floor]  - NGI Registration and Information Desk

     7:00am – 8:00am [Mobile Bay Foyer]  - NGI Breakfast (all)

     8:00am – 11:00am [Mobile Bay Ballroom 1]  - Poster Session II

     8:00am – 9:10am Paper Session 3
          Papers 3.1 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 2]  - Education and Outreach
                              Room 1 - Moderator

          Papers 3.2 [Grand Bay Ballroom]  - Data Sources
                              Room 2 - Moderator
          Papers 3.3 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 3]  - Hurricanes
                              Room 3 - Moderator

     9:10am – 9:40am BREAK (Visit Poster Session II in Mobile Bay Ballroom 1)

     9:40am – 10:50am Paper Session 4

          Papers 4.1 [Grand Bay Ballroom]  - Metadata and Ontology
                              Room 2 - Moderator

          Papers 4.2 [Mobile Bay Ballroom 3]  - Modeling Fish
                              Room 3 - Moderator

     11:00am – 12:00pm [Bon Secour Bay 1]  - Plenary Session and Keynote Speaker - M. Davidson

     12:00pm – 1:00pm [Bon Secour Bay 2]  - LUNCH (Meeting Adjourned)

     1:15pm – 2:30pm [Grand Bay Ballroom]  - NGI Fellows and Advisory Council Combined Meeting

     2:30pm – 4:30pm [Grand Bay Ballroom]  - NGI Advisory Council Meeting

     2:30pm – 4:30pm [Baypointe Suite]  - NGI Fellows Meeting