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MEDIA CONTACT | Kristin Kracke
Office Phone: 336-255-9884 (until 2/17/12)
Cell Phone: 336-255-9884 (from 2/19–2/24/12)
Email: kkracke@oceanleadership.org
MEDIA REGISTRATION
Registration is complimentary for members of the news media.
Please send Kristin Kracke your contact information (name, media outlet, email, phone) and she will send you details on how to complete your complimentary registration online.
Online registration is available until February 18th. After that date you can register on-site at the Ocean Sciences Meeting Registration Desk in the Salt Palace Convention Center.
See important Visa information if you are planning to attend the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting and are not a citizen or resident of the USA.
ABOUT THE 2012 OCEAN SCIENCES MEETING
The biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting, an international gathering of more than 4,000 attendees, will be held at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah from February 19–24, 2012. This event is an important venue for scientific exchange across broad marine science disciplines, including physical, biological, chemical and geological oceanography, as well as multidisciplinary topics. Presentations will include emerging research on the global ocean and society, including science education, outreach and public policy. The Ocean Sciences Meeting is sponsored jointly by The Oceanography Society (TOS), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
PRESS RELEASES/MEDIA ADVISORIES
Media Advisory 1 (113 KB pdf; posted 1/11/12)
ONSITE PRESS ROOM/INTERVIEW ROOM
LOCATION: Salt Palace Convention Center, Room 150 D
HOURS: Monday–Thursday: 08:00–18:00, Friday: 08:00–12:00
PHONE: 801-534-4700
The press workroom will be equipped with a telephone, computer with Internet access, and a printer for use by members of the media only.
A room for conducting interviews will also be available upon request.
PRESS CONFERENCES
If you are interested in holding a press conference, please contact Kristin Kracke (Phone: 202-787-1644, Email: kkracke@oceanleadership.org).
SESSION OF THE DAY
Friday, February 24
Session 056 | Biology and Chemistry in a High CO2 World
Thursday, February 23
Session 125 | Ocean Acidification in Coastal and Estuarine Environments
Thursday, February 23
Session 141 | Improving the Representation of Plankton Ecology in Earth System Models
Wednesday, February 22
Session 165 | Climate Change Impacts on the Bering Sea and Related Polar Seas: From Observation to Prediction
Tuesday, February 21
Session 136 | Top Predator Distributions: Variability and Fisheries
Tuesday, February 21
Session 032 | The Arctic and Subpolar North Atlantic as the Pacemakers for Climate Change
Tuesday, February 21
Session 088 | Consequences of the March 11, 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant on the Ocean
Tuesday, February 21
Session 013 | Oceanic Uptake of Heat and Greenhouse Gases:
Dynamic and Thermodynamic Controls and Inferences From Tracers
2010 MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
• Carbon credits proposed for whale conservation
• Haiti earthquake produced deadly tsunami
• Underwater robot automates ocean testing
• Red Sea corals mapped in unprecedented detail