Our Changing Oceans Conference

国际和平研究所请求提供资金，以支持将于2011年1月19日至21日在华盛顿特区罗纳德·里根大楼和国际贸易中心举行的第11届关于海洋变化的科学、政策和环境全国会议。我们的海洋变化会议将提供一个论坛，探讨我们的海洋面临的危机、所需的新知识和工具以及保护和维持海洋的政策和治理。它将是一个为期三天的互动活动，包括主旨演讲、全体会议、专题讨论会和分组会议，重点关注八个主要主题：1)海洋和碳；2)沿海海洋变化和适应潜力；3)海洋和海洋生物生态系统；4)海洋与人类健康；5)海洋如何影响非沿海地区；6)临界点；7)白色北极与蓝色北极；以及8)探索了解变化。广泛影响：更广泛的影响包括分享海洋问题的科学现状，并在相关情况下将科学与政策联系起来；交流关键信息；重新组织问题；生成促进跨学科研究的建议；NCSE将出版一份关于会议亮点和建议的报告，并将在全国范围内传播。会议成果的沟通目标将包括国会、联邦机构、关键的国家利益攸关方组织和国际机构。

The PI requests funding to support the 11th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment on Our Changing Oceans, to be held January 19-21, 2011, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. Our Changing Oceans Conference will provide a forum for exploring the crisis facing our oceans, the new knowledge and tools needed, and the policies and governance to protect and sustain oceans. It will be an interactive three-day event including keynotes, plenary sessions, symposia and breakout sessions focused on eight major themes: 1) oceans and carbon; 2) coastal ocean change and the potential for adaptation; 3) oceans and living marine ecosystems; 4) oceans and human health; 5) how the oceans affect non-coastal regions; 6) tipping points; 7) white Arctic versus blue Arctic; and 8) exploring to understand change.Broader Impacts: The broader impacts include sharing the current state of science on ocean issues and linking science to policy where relevant; communicating key messages; and reframing issues; generating recommendations to foster interdisciplinary research; developing targeted and actionable science-based recommendations; catalyzing partnerships among institutions and organizations and create new initiatives to advance ocean conservation.NCSE will publish a report of conference highlights and recommendations, which will be disseminated Nationally. Communication targets for conference outcomes will include Congress, federal agencies, key national stakeholder organizations, and international bodies.