Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference

PI请求为定于2013年1月21日至23日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行的墨西哥湾漏油生态系统科学会议提供部分支持。这将是一个由科学界投入驱动的开放科学会议。全体会议的专题和发言人将由会议伙伴确定。通过全体会议和分组会议，涵盖从化学和物理海洋学到生态系统动态和影响，再到技术开发和公共卫生等主题，会议将为墨西哥湾的研究界提供一个论坛，分享他们的最新科学成果。更广泛的影响这次会议将吸引和建立一个致力于墨西哥湾生态系统科学各个方面的研究人员社区，并启动对话与这些信息的使用者。会议鼓励研究生参与。会议还将涉及来自海湾地区的高中教师的参与，使他们接触海湾生态系统科学，为他们澄清科学，并最终帮助推进围绕会议科学内容的学习机会的发展。会议组织者将与四个区域海洋赠款计划（佛罗里达州，洛杉矶，MS-AL，得克萨斯州）和国家海洋教育工作者协会进行外联，以高中教师与他们的地方计划，并招募他们参加会议。

The PI requests partial support for the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference scheduled for January 21-23, 2013 in New Orleans, LA. This will an open science conference driven by science community input. Topics and speakers for plenary session presentation will be identified by the Conference partners. Through plenary and breakout sessions covering themes ranging from chemical and physical oceanography to ecosystem dynamics and impacts to technology development and public health, the conference will provide a forum for the research community in the Gulf of Mexico to share their latest scientific results.Broader ImpactsThis Conference will engage and build a community of researchers working on all aspects of Gulf of Mexico ecosystem science and initiate dialogue with the users of that information. The Conference encourages graduate student participation. The Conference will also involve the participation of high school teachers from the Gulf region to expose them to Gulf ecosystem science, to clarify the science for them, and, ultimately to help advance development of learning opportunities around the science content of the Conference. The conference organizers will engage the four regional Sea Grant programs (FL, LA, MS-AL, TX) and the National Marine Educators Association to conduct outreach to high school teachers affiliated with their local programs and to recruit them for the conference.