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Tentative Schedule
July 2005

9 Saturday    NMEA Board members & Sea Grant Educators Network members arrive
10 Sunday

8 am - noon: Sea Grant Educators Network meeting
12:30 - 2:30 pm: NMEA Long-Range Planning Committee meeting
3 - 5 pm: NMEA Finance Committee meeting

11 Monday  8 am: Registration begins
8 am - 3 pm: NMEA Board meeting
3 - 5 pm: NMEA By-Laws, Awards, Chapters, and Conference Committee meetings
Evening: NMEA Board Dinner
 
12 Tuesday  

Field trips - Day1
4 pm: Afternoon at the Beach
6:30 pm: Lu'au
13 Wednesday      8 am: Exhibitors set up
Field trips - Day 2
4 pm: Ho‘olaule‘a: including Exhibitors Reception, Sea Swap/Faire
 
14 Thursday

8 - 9 am: Coffee Hour
9 am - noon: Marine Science Symposium ~ Cutting Edge Technologies
noon - 6 pm: Exhibits open
Lunch break: Regional Chapter meetings
2 - 5 pm: Concurrent Sessions 1, 2, and 3
7 pm: Open House at the Ocean Sciences Discovery Center & Harborside Boogie

15 Friday  

8 - 9 am: Coffee Hour
9 am - noon: Marine Science Symposium ~ Conservation & Sustainability
Lunch break: NMEA Committee meetings
2 - 5 pm: Concurrent Sessions 4, 5, and 6
5 pm: Pacific Whale Foundation Sunset Cruise
6:30 pm: Evening at the Maui Ocean Center
16 Saturday 

8 - 9 am: Coffee Hour
9 am - noon: Marine Science Symposium ~ Multidimensional Marine Science: Culture & the Arts
Lunch break: New NMEA Board meeting
2 - 5 pm: Concurrent Sessions 7, 8, and 9
5 pm: Auction, Taste of Maui, Annual Meeting & Awards

17 Sunday &
18 Monday

One Ocean Marine Forum (by application and invitation from the NMEA International Committee)