Saturday, June 27

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Sea Grant Educators Network Meeting (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

Noon – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Dinner

Sunday, June 28

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

NMEA Board Meeting (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

Noon – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch

3:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Registration Open (Hearst Social Hall)

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

NMEA Board Dinner

Monday, June 29

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Registration Open (Hearst Social Hall)

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Morning Update (Merrill Hall)

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Professional Development Workshops

Grant Writing 101 (Curlew)

The ABC’s of Program Evaluation (Triton)

Picturing Science (Acacia)

Cracking the Diversity Code (Willow Inn Living Room)

Putting Marine Science on the Map (Surf and Sand)

Ocean Literacy (Sanderling)

Noon – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Exhibits Open (Merrill Hall)

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Exhibitor’s Reception and Poster Session
(Merrill Hall)

6:00 – 6:45 p.m.

Dinner

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Welcome
Featured Speakers: Sandy Lydon and Gary Griggs (Merrill Hall)
 

8:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Bonfire

Tuesday, June 30

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration Open (Hearst Social Hall)

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast (Buddy Breakfast starts at 7:15 a.m.)

8:30 a.m.

Morning Update (Merrill Hall)

8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

Featured Speaker Grant Washburn (Merrill Hall)

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Noon – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Featured Speakers: Julie Packard, Marcia McNutt and
Meg Caldwell (Merrill Hall)

2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

4:30 p.m.

Exhibitors Hall and Posters close (Merrill Hall)

4:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Evening on Your Own
Buses depart every 15 minutes to/from Downtown Monterey and Fisherman’s Wharf (Hearst Social Hall)
Last bus departs downtown at 9:00 p.m. (adjacent to Maritime Museum)

6:00 p.m.

President’s Circle (offsite)

6:15 – 8:30 p.m.

Monterey Bay Cruise
Pre-registration required
(end of Fisherman’s Wharf)

Wednesday, July 1

7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Registration Open (Hearst Social Hall)

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Morning Update (Merrill Hall)

8:45 – 9:45 a.m.

NMEA Business Meeting and Awards (Merrill Hall)

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Noon – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch
Chapter Meetings (designated tables in Crocker Dining Hall)

1:00 p.m.

Silent Auction Opens (Merrill Hall)

1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

4:15 - 6:00 p.m.

Auction Reception and Silent Auction Staggered Tables Closing (Merrill Hall)

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Dinner

7:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Live performance by the Banana Slug String Band!
(Merrill Hall)
Live Auction, Silent Auction Winner Announcements, Drawing, Dessert and Coffee (Merrill Hall)

Thursday, July 2

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

7:45 a.m.

Monterey Bay Aquarium field workshop departs
(Hearst Social Hall)
 

8:00 a.m.

Seymour Center field workshop departs
(Hearst Social Hall)
 

8:15 a.m.

Elkhorn Slough field workshop departs
(Hearst Social Hall)
 

8:30 a.m.

Asilomar Sandy Beach field workshop begins
(Sanderling)
 

8:45 a.m.

MBARI/MLML field workshop departs
(Hearst Social Hall)

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (Box lunches are included in field workshops.  Lunch times will vary according to individual workshop schedules.)

3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

COSEE Council Meeting (Sanderling)

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Sea Faire/Sea Swap Share-a-Thon and snacks
(Merrill Hall)

6:00 – 6:45 p.m.

Dinner

7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Farewell Reception and Live Performance by
Gary and the Tropicana Troubadours  
(Monterey Bay Aquarium)

Buses depart to Aquarium
6:45 - 7:45 p.m.
(Hearst Social Hall)

Buses depart from Aquarium to Asilomar
9:00 - 10:00 p.m.  (The last bus leaves at 10:00 p.m.)

Friday, July 3

7:00 a.m.

SCUBA charter field trip departs
(Hearst Social Hall)

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Whale Watch and Kayak field trips depart
(Hearst Social Hall)

9:00 a.m.

Tall Ship and Baylis field trips depart
(Hearst Social Hall)

9:15 a.m.

Point Lobos field trip departs
(Hearst Social Hall)

11:00 a.m.

Wine Trolley field trip departs
(Hearst Social Hall)