FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009
Joint Degree Informational Meeting
12:15 PM
Room 30
Prof. Susan Farady along with Prof. Richard
Pollnac, Chair of the Department of Marine
Affairs at the University of Rhode Island,
will meet with students interested in the
J.D./M.M.A. program to discuss the program
and its requirements and answer any
questions you may have.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
Marine Affairs Roundtable Luncheon
12:15 PM
Bay View Room
"International Marine Affairs Issues"
Join Prof. Susan Farady, Director, and Megan
Higgins, Research Counsel, for lunch to
discuss matters of interest to you as well
as to hear more about the topic indicated
above.
NOVEMBER 2-4, 2009 The Ecology of Marine Windfarms:
Regional Perspectives on Impact
Mitigation, Siting, and Future Uses 8th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant
Science Symposium
Newport Harbor Hotel, Newport, RI
The development of
offshore renewable energy systems is an
international priority driven by the
need to reduce our dependence on fossil
fuels and decrease human impacts on
global climate. At the same time, the
increasing demand for high quality
seafoods, marine bioactive products, and
recreational opportunities is
accelerating worldwide.
The purpose of this
symposium is to develop opportunities
and document progress toward a new
vision of designed, permitted, offshore
ecosystems that have wind-power energy
systems as their focus to provide mutual
benefits for multiple uses of ocean
space and many new opportunities to
develop the “green economy.”
This symposium will
bring together international experts in
wind energy, biotechnologies, seafoods,
fisheries, aquaculture, and leading
legal and policy experts to discuss
innovative methods for the integration
of these future uses into wind-farm
marine areas.
Five sessions will
be convened each led by an invited,
topical keynote speaker:
Marine Spatial
Planning, Economic, Policy and Legal
Issues
Status of
Innovative Aquaculture Technologies
Suitable for Integration with
Offshore Renewable Energy Systems
Innovations in
Fisheries Systems
Designing and
Managing Offshore Structures to
Enhance Coastal Habitats and Fishing
Discussions on
Formation of International Working
Groups on Knowledge Transfer,
Mitigating Impacts and Future Uses
of Windpower Areas
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009
New England Regional Ocean Law and Policy
Workshop: Offshore Wind Facility
Siting
Newport Harbor Hotel
Newport, RI Held in
conjunction with the above-referenced 8th
Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science
Symposium
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Marine Affairs Roundtable Luncheon
12:15 PM
Bay View Room
"Marine Affairs Courses, Jobs & Careers"
Join Prof. Susan Farady, Director, and Megan
Higgins, Research Counsel, for lunch to
discuss matters of interest to you as well
as to hear more about the topic indicated
above.
