MPA News and EBM Tools Network webinar 19 Oct.

01 October 2009, 5:42am

MPA News and the EBM Tools Network will co-host a live Web-based seminar ("webinar") on 19 October 2009 to explore lessons learned from MPA networking programs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (U.S.) and in rocky reef MPAs in the Mediterranean.

SPEAKERS:

* Billy Causey, National Marine Sanctuary Program (U.S.)
* Joachim Claudet, University of Salento (Italy)

TIME: Due to time zone differences, the start time of the 90-minute webinar will depend on your location. It will begin at the following hour in these time zones:

19 October, 8:00 a.m. US Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)
19 October, 11:00 a.m. US Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4)
19 October, 3:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
(In Australia, the webinar will occur very early on the morning of 20
October.)

REGISTRATION: Register for the webinar for free at the link below.

QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS: If you already have questions in mind about MPA networking that you would like the speakers to answer, please e-mail them ahead of time to mpanews@u.washington.edu.

Any questions received ahead of time will be presented to the speakers along with questions submitted by the live webinar audience.

DESCRIPTION: The event will feature presentations by the speakers followed by questions from the audience, and will last for 90 minutes total. Webinar participants can use their computer speakers/microphone OR a telephone conference call for audio for the webinar. Webinar participants will be able to ask questions directly to the panelists, using either the audio system to ask the question directly to the speakers or by typing questions in to the webinar system to be relayed to the speakers. The webinar will be enabled an hour prior to the start of the
webinar to allow users to test their systems.

RECORDING/TRANSCRIPT: If you are unable to participate in the live webinar, a recording and transcript will be available at www.ebmtools.org/about_ebm/meam.html a few days after the webinar.

If you have any questions about the webinar, please contact Sarah Carr at sarah_carr@natureserve.org.

Register for the webinar

Geo: International