2016 Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference – Event …

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The 2016 Conference Online Program and Planner are now available! Search through over 500 abstracts and plan out the presentations you want to hear. This year, the online planner and mobile app sync so that you can preview on a larger screen and manage your activities on your smartphone or tablet.

Important Dates Registration is now open. Online registration closes January 22, 2016. Onsite registration will be available at the conference.

Registration Fees Registration: $500 Student registration: $150 One-day registration: $250

We accept payment by credit card, PayPal and check. Credit card payments are processed through PayPal but you do not need a PayPal account.

If you are paying by check, please make it out to "Gulf of Mexico Alliance" and mail to: Gulf of Mexico Alliance 1151 Robinson Street Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Refunds If a registration is cancelled on or before November 20, 2015, a full refund will be issued, minus a small processing fee based on payment type. After November 20, no refunds will be made.

The 2016 conference theme, One Gulf: healthy ecosystems, healthy communities, will focus on opportunities to promote and sustain a healthy Gulf environment, communities, and economy, including new discoveries, innovations, technologies, and policies. A strong emphasis this year will be placed on the human dimensions of oil spill in addition to the ecosystem science research that has led past conferences.

The scientific program of the 2016 conference will invite Sessions, talks and posters on the following objectives:

Understand the dynamic physical processes of the Gulf of Mexico and related environment.

Understand the chemistry of the Gulf of Mexico system and the evolution, degradation, and interactions of pollutants introduced in coastal, open-ocean, and deep-water ecosystems.

Understand the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and its resilience, including the sea floor, water column, coastal waters, beach sediments, wetlands, marshes, and organisms.

Advance technology developments for improved research, observation, and operations in the Gulf.

Apply data management and informatics in the context of Gulf of Mexico ecosystem science and oil spill response, restoration and policy.

Understand the impacts of oil spills on public health, socio-economics, and ecosystem services.

Understand linkages between the health of people, animals, and Gulf and associated management and policy decision-making.

Understand the human dimensions of response, mitigation, and restoration following environmental emergencies.

Improve education, outreach, and other efforts to communicate with the public about the risks and long-term impacts of oil spill incidents, and the recovery, and restoration of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.

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