2009 BLUE VISION SUMMIT
7-10 March 2009
MARCH 7, 2009 – SATURDAY
Location: Google Office – Washington, DC
| 1:00 – 5:00pm | Ocean in Google Earth Workshop Organizer: Google |
Location: Carnegie Institution – Auditorium – 1530 P Street NW
| 7:00 – 10:00pm | Lessons from Explorers: Why Conservation needs Exploration Organizer: David Guggenheim Panelists: Sylvia Earle Philippe Cousteau Capt. Phil Renaud (USN Ret.) Roz Savage – Ocean Rower Enric Sala – National Geographic |
Refreshments afterwards compliments of Legal Sea Foods & Shark Trust Wines.
Music by Peter Maybarduk.
MARCH 8, 2009 – SUNDAY
Location: George Washington University Marvin Center – Third Floor Grand Ballroom
800 21st Street NW
| 9:00 – 9:30am | Welcome from Summit Sponsors |
| 9:30 – 10:15am | Keynote Address Roger Payne – Ocean Alliance |
| 10:30 – 12:00am | Plenary: Climate and Ocean Moderator/Organizer Mike Hirshfield – Oceana - Speakers: Terry Tamminen – 7th Generation, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, U. of Queensland, Australia, Michael Lemonick, Climate Central |
| 12:15 – 1:15pm | Blue Frontier “Peter Benchley” Awards Luncheon Introduction – Wendy Benchley & David Helvarg Categories: Science – Jeremy Jackson & Nancy Knowlton, Scripps – Presenter Enric Sala National Geo.Media – Mark Shelley, Sea Studios – Presenter Philippe Cousteau, Earth Echo Youth Award – Zander Srodes, sea turtle champ – Presenter Wallace “J.” Nichols, Ocean Revolution Hero of the Seas – Richard Charter, OCS Coalition – Presenter,Warner Chabot, CA. LCV Policy – Rep. Sam Farr (D. CA) – Presenter David Wilmot |
| 1:30 – 3:00pm | Breakout Sessions / Panels (1)Clean Ocean Energy – Room 309 Jack Sterne, Rising Tides Strategies Moderating. Panelists – Tom Jensen, Atty. For Ocean Energy Developers, Amanda Leland, Environmental Defense Fund, Jim McElfish, Environmental Law Institute The Ocean & Human Health – Room 307 The Future of Sustainable Seafood – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom(Double Session) Renewing America’s Global Leadership on Oceans – Room 301 |
| 3:10 – 4:15pm | Breakout Sessions / Panels (2)Coastal adaptation to climate change – Room 309 Adina Abeles – Center for Ocean Solutions, moderating – Dr. Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation, Tony MacDonald, Monmouth U., Matt Heberger, Pacific Institute Solutions to Pollution & Marine Debris – Room 307 Marine Education – Room 301 The Future of Sustainable Seafood – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom(double session continues) |
| 4:30 – 5:45pm | Plenary: Seaweed Success Stories – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom Nancy Knowlton, Smithsonian Institution moderating - Panelists Todd Miller – North Carolina Coastal Federation – 6,000 Acre wetland restoration project in NC Steve Palumbi – Director Hopkins Marine Station – The story of the Recovery of Monterey Bay, CA. Greg Stone, NE Aquarium – How the World’s Largest Ocean Wilderness reserve was established in Kiribati. Leesa Cobb, Port Orford, Oregon – How a small group of fishermen brought ecosystem management to the ocean |
| 5:45-6:15 | Author Bill McKibben End of Nature, Deep Economy – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom On Climate Actions needed to save the ocean and the land. |
| 7:00 – 10:00pm | Celebration of the Sea Evening Event – Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – Sant Ocean Hall-Evans Gallery Food, Drinks, Speakers, Entertainment Sponsored by Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. |
MARCH 9, 2009 – MONDAY
Location: George Washington University
| 8:15 – 8:45am | Coffee, Tea, Danish – Outside 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom |
| 8:45 – 10:30am | Plenary: Advancing Federal Ocean Policy in the 111th Congress and the Obama Administration – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom. Moderator – David Wilmot, Ocean Champions White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, Rep. Sam Farr (D. CA), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D RI), Del. Madeleine Bordallo (Guam). |
| 10:45 – 12:15am | Plenary: State and Regional Initiatives – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom. Moderator: Sarah Chasis NRDC Speakers: California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, N.Y. Deputy Sec. Of State George Stafford, Mass. Undersecretary for Oceans and Coasts Deerin Babb-Brott |
| 12:30 – 2:00pm | Blue Beat Media Luncheon – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom Moderator – David Helvarg, Blue Frontier Campaign Panelists: Joel Bourne – National Geographic, Tim Wheeler – Baltimore Sun, Beth Young – NPR, Anne Thompson – NBC Nightly News |
| 2:15 – 3:30pm | Breakout Sessions / Panels (1)Greening Ports & Shipping – Room 301 Jackie Dragon Pacific Environment moderating – Panel includes David Pettit, NRDC, Joe Radisich, VP, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Dr. Naomi Rose, Humane Society, Joe Cox, Chamber of Shipping of America. The Arctic Meltdown: What a Changing Arctic Means for Our Ocean Plane – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom Market Strategies for the Ocean – Room 307 |
| 3:45 – 5:00pm | Plenary Artists and writers for the Sea – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom. Moderator Melanie Marks – Shark Trust Wines – National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, Marine Artist Wyland, Sherman’s Lagoon Cartoonist Jim Toomey, Authors Carl Safina and Deborah Cramer |
| 5:00 – 5:45 | Training for Hill Day Visits/Field Organizing – 3rd Floor Grand Ballroom John Weber – Surfrider Foundation, and Hill Organizers |
| 8:00 – 11:00pm | Celebration of the Sea Second Evening Event – Science Club, 1136 19th Street NWWith surf films, ocean-themed drinks and other treats Organizer: DC Chapter Surfrider Foundation |
MARCH 10, 2009 – TUESDAY
Hill Day -Location: Capitol Hill Organizer: House Ocean Caucus – Rep. Sam Farr’s and Senator Barbara Boxer’s offices providing Hill Space and lead.
| 9:00am | Meeting on Hill with House Ocean Caucus members, others |
| 10:30 – 4:00pm | Visits to Representatives and Senators |
| 4:30 – 5:30pm | Reconvene and discuss – Environmental and Public Works room (Dirkson – 406) |
Evening Transition to DC Environmental Film Festival– 2009
Ocean Theme
