Thank you to everyone who participated in NAML's 2007 Winter Business Meeting in Washington, DC. We had record-breaking attendance and engaged in very meaningful and informational conversations with a number of different individuals representing the federal government and other marine related advocacy groups. In addition, NAML's joint evening reception with the Sea Grant Association was a big hit.

Photo from the joint NAML/SGA Capitol Hill Reception, March 6, 2007. From left to right: Tony Michaels, NAML President, Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA), Lia Protopapadakis, Farr's Sea Grant Fellow, Congressman Tom Allen (D-ME), Molly Jacobs, Allen's Sea Grant Fellow, Paul Anderson, Sea Grant Association President, VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, NOAA Administrator, and Russ Moll, CA Sea Grant Director

Meeting Information and Speaker Presentations:

• Meeting Agenda
  
• Meeting Briefing Book
  
• Public Policy Update - The 110th Congress and FY 2008 Priorities, Joel Widder, Lewis-Burke Associates
  
  
• Status of the Interagency Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy, Dr. Daniel Walker, Co-Chair, Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy
  
  
• Science in the Media and Public Opinion, Mr. Curt Suplee, former science editor for the Washington Post
  
  
• Ocean Education and Expanding NAML's Outreach to Minority Serving Institutions, Dr. Louisa Koch, Director, NOAA Education Office
  
  
• Ocean Exploration and Research at NOAA, Dr. Barbara Moore, Director, National Undersea Research Program, NOAA
  
  
• Meeting Summary and Action Items

If you have any questions about the meeting or any of the materials on this website, please contact Wendy Eichorst at Lewis-Burke Associates LLC (wendy@lewis-burke.com).