<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><span></span><b>From: </b>"Anne Thessen" <athessen@eol.org><br><strong><br><br></strong>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Dear Colleagues:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> On November 11<sup>th</sup>,
12<sup>th</sup> and 13<sup>th</sup>
, 20<font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">10</span></font>,
the New
England Ocean Science Education Collaborative (NEOSEC) will host its 3<sup>rd</sup>
Biennial <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ocean Science Literacy
Summit</span></b>
at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. NEOSEC is a network of
institutions
across New England working to
increase
understanding about the vital connections between people and the
ocean.
This year’s theme, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">The Ocean
Supports
a Great Diversity of Life and Ecosystems, </span></i>will be
highlighted
through interactive workshops, lectures and <font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">a </span></font>panel discussion.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">Please
join us!</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> The program includes:</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Thursday Evening
kick-off Event</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Film Screening: <i><em>Oceans</em></i>
<font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"> </span></font>(French
Version)</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Friday Summit
Day</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Interactive workshops</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Wingdings" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From Microbes to Whales:
Recording and sharing diversity of
ocean Life</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Wingdings" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From Intertidal to Deep Sea:
Monitoring<font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"> e</span></font>cosystem
diversity</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Wingdings" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Formal education tools: <font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">D</span></font>iversity of
life and ecosystems</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font face="Wingdings" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Informal education
tools: <font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">D</span></font>iversity
of life and ecosystems</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Interactive panel
discussion</span></font></p>
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</span></font><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">Keynote
address by Paul Snelgrove</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">,<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">“</span></font></span></b>Biodiversity
in the 21st Century: Making Ocean Life Count”</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><i><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: italic;">
Dr.
Snelgrove is Chair of Census of Marine Life Synthesis and Canada
Research
Chair in Boreal and Cold Ocean Systems</span></font></i></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Networking</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Exhibits</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Friday Evening Reception
and Lecture: <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">An Address by Sylvia
Earle</span></b></span></font></p>
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</span></font><i><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-style: italic;">Dr. Earle is a </span></font></i><i><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: italic;">National
Geographic
Explorer-in-Residence</span></font></i></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Hosted by the Gulf of Maine Marine Education
Association</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Saturday Field
Experiences</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Choose from exciting
local field experiences <font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">at</span></font>
the</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Seacoast</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Science Center</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">University of New
Hampshire Coastal Marine Lab</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Great</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Bay Discovery
Center</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Registration</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Early Bird Registration
(prior to September 23): $50</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Regular Registration
(after September 22): $60 </span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Advance registration
closes October 22, 2010</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">For
more information and to register<font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"> </span></font>visit the Summit <a href="http://www.neosec.org/previous-summits/2010-summit" title="http://www.neosec.org/previous-summits/2010-summit" target="_blank">website</a>.
</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Consider exhibiting as
well – we offer great benefits
and reasonable fees for both for-profit and nonprofit/agency
exhibitors! For
more information regarding exhibiting contact Molly Olsher by email or
phone
at: <a href="mailto:MOlsher@neaq.org" title="mailto:MOlsher@neaq.org" target="_blank">MOlsher@neaq.org</a>
or 617-226-2184.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></font><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">Please
forward this message and the
attached flyer on to your networks</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">,
especially: ocean science
education facilitators (i.e., the bridge-builders between scientists
and
educators); ocean scientists; educators, including schoolteachers,
librarians,
and informal educators; school and education department administrators;
science
writers; and policy makers.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> We look forward to
seeing you at the Summit!</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Pam DiBona</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Coordinator, Ocean
Literacy Summit</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">New England</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Aquarium</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Boston</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> MA
02110</span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">-3399</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;">617-973-6566</span></font></p>
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><a href="mailto:pdibona@neaq.org" title="mailto:pdibona@neaq.org" target="_blank">pdibona@neaq.org</a></span></font>
<pre class="moz-signature">--
Anne E. Thessen, Ph.D.
Data Conservancy
Encyclopedia of Life
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St
Woods Hole, MA 02543
508-289-7519</pre>
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