[Coral-List] Call for Sessions: 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference

[suzanne garrett]

The 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference is now accepting submissions for scientific sessions.


The 2019 conference theme, "Minding the Gaps: Research Priorities for Response, Restoration, and Resilience,” seeks to bridge basic and applied research in the Gulf of Mexico to highlight new discoveries and inform and update decisions and strategies, emphasizing the identification of remaining information gaps. The conference program also aims to reach beyond the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to consider how various stressors contribute to ecological and social resilience in the Gulf of Mexico, and inform response, restoration, and resource management strategies.


The Conference Executive Committee will select sessions to reflect a balance of basic and applied science. Strong consideration will be given to proposals which offer some combination of: physical/geochemical processes; social, health, and biological impacts; and response, restoration, or management implications. Examples include, but are not limited to:

  *   Cumulative effects of oil spills with other stressors in the Gulf
  *   Surface oil dynamics and impacts on response workers and marine life
  *   Data visualization, modeling, and other means of translating data to inform policy and management decisions
  *   Scientific research from several disciplines within a targeted geographic region (ie, marshes, benthos, pelagic)
  *   Connecting field data to biophysical models of oil breakdown, transport, toxicity, and impacts

The deadline to submit a session proposal is July 1, 2018. More information on the conference and how to submit a session proposal is available at www..gulfofmexicoconference.org<http://www.gulfofmexicoconference.org>. Please don't hesitate to forward this email to any colleagues who may be interested.

Sincerely,
2019 GOMOSES Conference Planners



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Suzanne Garrett

Program Specialist, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Consortium for Ocean Leadership

1201 New York Ave NW | 4th Floor | Washington, D.C. 20005

ph.202.448.1256