Friday, May 20
6:00 – 10:00 PM Celebration of the Seas
Location: Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
Saturday, May 21
Location: Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20052
7:30 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome Address
9:00 – 10:30 Voices from the Gulf
10:45 – 12:15 Ocean and Economics
12:15 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 2:15 Workshops and Panels
Ocean Wilderness Areas
Ocean Acidification
Oceans of Faith
Offshore Energy
2:30 – 4:00 Plenary: BP Oil Disaster 1 Year Later
4:15 – 5:30 Workshops and Panels
Promoting Restoration
Ocean Energy
Seas of Plastic
PETER BENCHLEY OCEAN AWARDS
5:00–7:00 Cocktail Reception & Awards Ceremony
Location: Marvin Center Grand Ballroom, George Washington University, 800 21st Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20052
7:00–10:00 Celebration Dinner
Location: Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
THEME DINNERS
From 7:30 PM. Various locations. See Specific dinners for details.
Sunday, May 22
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:00 Welcoming Event
9:00-10:30 Plenary: National Ocean Policy
10:45 -12:15 Plenary: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning – What’s in it for me?
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 The Changing Media and the Everlasting Sea
1:15-2:30 WORKSHOPS AND PANELS
Panel: Ocean Recreation and Conservation Alliances
Panel: Endangered Water Systems–Infrastructure and Innovation
Panel: Artists & the Ocean
Workshop: Finding the Funding for Your Ocean Conservation Project
2:45-4:00 WORKSHOPS AND PANELS
Panel: Oceans and the Federal Budget–Sink or Swim?
Workshop: Implementing Good Ocean Policy at the State Level
Panel: Cities and The Sea
Panel: The Future of Fish
4:15-5:30 Plenary: Hill Day Training
5:45-7:00 Plenary: Overcoming “Ocean Deficit Disorder”: Reconnecting Our Youth to the Oceans and Nature
7:00 PM SURFING OUR WAY TO THE HILL PARTY
Monday, May 23
CAPITOL HILL OCEAN DAY
9:00 – 10:00 Meet Up at the Hill
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406
10:00-5:00 Office Visits
Location: Various
5:00-8:00 BVS3 Closing Reception
Location: The Mott House, 122 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002
