5th Annual Heceta Head Coastal Conference
A THREE-PART PROGRAM ~ Friday & Saturday
The 5th annual Heceta Head Coastal Conference, featuring a theme entitled: Oregon's Ocean: The Land-Sea Connectionwas brought to a successful conclusion Saturday evening October 24, 2009. If you'd like to review the events and lectures, Dr. Jane Lubchenco's keynote address, and Mr. Malouf's talk, click on the links below.
Click Here to see the preliminary 2009 Conference Program.
2009 Featured Speakers
DR JANE LUBCHENCO
Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator will provide a special videotaped presentation prepared especially for this conference. Dr. Lubchenco is the first woman to head NOAA. She established an international reputation based upon her scientific work on marine ecosystems and for her ongoing efforts to help scientists participate in public policy debates and communicate their work to the general public. She grew up in Colorado, received her PhD. and taught at Harvard University, and then 28 years ago, moved to Oregon State University. She became the Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology. Dr. Lubchenco served as Master of Ceremonies for the third Heceta Head Coastal Conference in 2007.
Dr. ROBERT MALOUF
Dr. Robert Malouf was the director of Oregon Sea Grant from 1991 until his retirement in 2008. His outstanding leadership made the Oregon Sea Grant College Program a benchmark among the thirty national Sea Grant programs. Dr. Malouf received his Ph.D. in Fisheries from Oregon State University in 1977.
His own area of expertise is in the biology and ecology of marine bivalve molluscs. To honor his career and his contributions to the Oregon Sea Grant College Program, a scholarship to support students in marine-related fields has been established in his name. His presentation at the Friday evening session is entitled “Ocean Science & Management: Assessment of the Past 30 Years”……….
Mark your calendar for October 2010.
Check back in a few months for information about the exciting 6th Annual Heceta Head Coastal Conference held in October 2010.
Heceta Head Coastal Conference Mission
The Heceta Head Coastal Conference, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to inform and educate the public of the need for a healthy, productive, and resilient marine ecosystem in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast.
The Conference endeavors to bring together a diverse group of leaders, providing a balance of viewpoints, from the worlds of science, fishing, conservation, government, education, business, and philanthropy. The results of the Conference are widely distributed to promote an ocean policy that protects, maintains, and restores the health, integrity, resilience, and productivity of Oregon´s ocean.