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Esri Oceans Summit

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Wednesday, November 7
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast Atrium
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Video Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jack Dangermond, President, Esri and Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist, Esri		 Auditorium
9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introduction: Summit Goals and Approach
Dawn Wright, Esri and Ben Halpern, UCSB CMAP		 Auditorium
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Laying the Baseline: Where We Were, and Where We Are Today
Dawn Wright, Esri		 Auditorium
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break Atrium
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Opportunities for Improvement
Panel: Barriers to the Use of GIS in Ocean Science and Management
Ben Halpern, UCSB CMAP, Pat Halpin, Duke, Rich Signell, USGS, and Lisa Wedding, NOAA & UCSC 		Auditorium
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Hosted Lunch Café
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Breakout Instructions Auditorium
1:15 p.m. – 3:30 pm
Science-themed Breakout Groups: Identify the Gaps
  1. Marine Geology and Geophysics
  2. Physical/Chemical Oceanography/Ocean Observing
  3. Marine Ecology
  4. Fisheries Science
  5. Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
 Breakout Rooms
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break Atrium
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Breakout Groups Present to Plenary and Daily Wrap-up Auditorium
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Networking Social Café
6:00 p.m. Sustainably Harvested Seafood Dinner
(Compliments of Clearwater Seafoods)		 Café
Thursday, November 8
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Atrium
8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Auditorium
8:10 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Success Stories: Integration of Oceanography and GIS – QPS and Clearwater Seafoods

Marine Stewardship for Fisheries
Fishing management strategies for ocean stewardship address conservation concerns for fish populations and ecosystem impact. Jim Mosher and Matt Sarty, Clearwater Seafood Company, explain types of analyses used for fleet and harvest operations. This has helped the company target species as well as reduce sea floor footprints and damage to ecosystems.

Visualization of Sonar Data
New capabilities of multibeam sonars now make it possible to map fish and marine mammals, plumes and vents, mid-water targets, and physical oceanographic processes. Maurice Doucet, Quality Positioning Systems (QPS), describes commercial tools for processing and visualizing bathymetry, backscatter, and water column data acquired by hydrographic sonars. The discussion will also cover efforts to create geoprocessing tools that directly interact with this data from ArcGIS so that the hydrographic information is readily available to the GIS community.

 Auditorium
8:45 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Breakout Instructions Auditorium
8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. Break Atrium
9:05 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Technical Breakout Groups: Bridge the Gaps
  1. Multidimensional Data Formats
  2. Sensor Formats
  3. 3D/4D
  4. Analytic Tools and Associated Workflows
  5. Data Distribution
 Breakout Rooms
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Hosted Lunch Café
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Breakout Groups Present to Plenary Auditorium
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Break Atrium
2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Response to Breakout Group Actions:
  1. GIS Technology Directions
  2. Ocean Science and Management Directions
  3. Implementation Directions
 Auditorium
3:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Funding Opportunities and Collaborations Auditorium
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Next Steps and Wrap-up Auditorium
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