March 7, 2009 -- Saturday

Location: Carnegie Institution

7:00 -- 10:00pm Lessons from Explorers

Organizer: David Guggenheim

Panelists: Sylvia Earle

Philippe Cousteau

Roz Savage -- Ocean Rower

Adam Ravetch -- 'Arctic Tale' Filmmaker

Bob Ballard - Invited

March 8, 2009 -- Sunday

Location: George Washington University

8:30 -- 9:00am Coffee, Tea, Danish

9:15 -- 10:15am Opening

Keynote: Arnold Schwarzenegger(?) Nancy Pelosi(?) Senator Whitehouse (?) Sec. Of Commerce Bill Richardson (?)

10:30 -- 12:00am Plenary: Climate and Ocean

Moderator/Organizer Mike Hirshfield -- Oceana - Speakers: Jane Lubchenco, Terry Taminen, others

12:15 -- 1:30pm BFC “Peter Benchley” Awards Luncheon

Categories: Science - Jeremy Jackson & Nancy Knowlton -- Presenter Enric Sala

Media -- Sea Studios -- Presenter Philippe Cousteau

Policy -- Rep. Sam Farr -- Presenter David Wilmot

Hero of the Seas -- Richard Charter -- Presenter Warner Chabot

Youth Award - TBA

1:30 -- 3:00pm Plenary: Practical Solutions that are Working

Speakers: (?)

3:10 -- 4:15pm Breakout Sessions / Panels (1)

Clean Ocean Energy -- Mark Spalding -- Ocean Fdn. Moderating

Arctic Meltdown -- Aspen Institute & Seaweb lead on this

Adaptation to climate change -- Adina Abeles - Center for Ocean Solutions

The Future of Fish -- MFCN, PEW, ELI, (double session on aquaculture & wild fisheries)

4:30 -- 5:45pm Breakout Sessions / Panels (2)

Oceans & Human Health -- Kathleen Frith -- Harvard Center for the Environment and Human Health organizing it

Ecosystem Based Management -- ELI & Seaweb

Pollution Solutions -- Cindy Zipf -- Clean Ocean Action

The Future of Fish (double session continued)

7:00 -- 10:00pm Celebration of the Sea Evening Event

New Smithsonian Ocean Hall -- Food, Speakers, Entertainment

March 9, 2009 -- Monday

Location: George Washington University

8:30 -- 9:00am Coffee, Tea, Danish

9:00 -- 10:30am Plenary: Ocean Act & Federal Policy

Speaker: Moderator -- Former White House Chief of Staff

Leon Panetta

Rep. Sam Farr, Other Key House & Senate members to be invited

New heads of NOAA, CEQ to be invited -Organized by Pew Environment, NRDC, Ocean Champs & Joint Ocean Commission

10:45 -- 12:15am Plenary: Local, State and Regional Initiatives

Speakers: California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Other speakers TBA -- NRDC, BFC others? organizing

12:30 -- 2:00pm Blue Beats Media Luncheon

Panelists: Joel Bourne -- National Geographic

Andy Revkin -- NY Times

Steve Curwood -- Living on Earth - NPR

TV News Person TBA

2:15 -- 3:30pm Breakout Sessions / Panels (1)

International Solutions -- Dr. Billiana Cicin-Sain -- U of Del.

Oceans of Faith -- Margo Pellagrino & NJ Council of Churches?

Greening Ports & Shipping -- Jackie Dragon Pacific Environment with ILWU (Longshore Union) organizing

Marine Education Panel -

3:45 -- 5:00pm Breakout Sessions / Panels (2)

Ocean Trust Fund Workshop -- Zeke Grader PCFFA & Others

WORKSHOP on Field Organizing the Seaweed Movement -- Buck

Begot of BFC & Surfrider?

Artists & Writers for the Sea -- BFC?

5:15 -- 6:30pm Lobby Training

8:00 -- 11:00pm Celebration of the Sea Second Evening Event

Organizer: DC Surfrider

March 10, 2009 -- Tuesday

Location: Capitol Hill

Organizer: House Ocean Caucus -- Sam Farr's office providing Hill Space

9:00am Meeting on Hill with House Ocean Caucus and others

10:30 -- 4:00pm Visits to Representatives

4:30 -- 5:30pm Reconvene and discuss