Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference

PI请求为定于2013年1月21日至23日在洛杉矶新奥尔良举行的墨西哥湾漏油和生态系统科学会议提供部分支持。这将是一次由科学界投入推动的公开科学会议。全体会议发言的议题和发言者将由会议合作伙伴确定。通过全体会议和分组会议，主题涵盖从化学和物理海洋学到生态系统动力学和影响，再到技术开发和公共卫生，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。广泛影响本次会议将参与并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，并启动与这些信息的用户的对话。会议鼓励研究生参与。会议还将邀请海湾地区的高中教师参加，让他们接触海湾生态系统科学，为他们阐明科学，并最终帮助围绕会议的科学内容促进学习机会的发展。会议组织者将邀请四个地区海洋助学金计划(FL、LA、MS-AL、TX)和全国海洋教育工作者协会向与其当地计划相关的高中教师开展外联活动，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.