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National Marine Educators Association 2010 Conference

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

NMEA 2010: From the Mountains to the Sea

"The National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) brings together those interested in the study and enjoyment of both fresh and salt water and provides a focus for marine and aquatic studies all over the world." NMEA 2010 Conference will offer something for everyone through speakers, concurrent sessions, and evening events for networking. Information regarding registration is available by visiting: www.nmeaweb.org/gatlinburg2010/registration.html. The conference is put on by the Tennessee Educators of Aquatic and Marine Science and will be held July 19-23, 2010 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Award winning photographer, filmmaker and professional inspirational speaker, Annie Crawley, will provide a presentation, “Dive Into Your Imagination: Ocean Education, Entertainment, Environment and Empowerment!” Annie will discuss and share her views of the Ocean after studying and traveling for the past two decades. She teaches the four E’s necessary to create change in people’s perception of the Ocean: Education, Entertainment, Environment and Empowerment.

The Conference will offer several field-trips along with exhibitors, speakers, an auction, and special events. Dr. Eugenie Clark will be the keynote speaker. She is a world-renowned ichthyologist and authority on sharks who is popularly known as the SHARK LADY. Although she is now retired from teaching in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she joined the faculty in 1968, she still holds the title of Senior Research Scientist and Professor Emerita. She currently works on her research in the Center for Shark Research at the Mote Marine Laboratory, where her title is Senior Research Scientist and Founding Director. She was a research assistant at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the New York Zoological Society, and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. She was the founding director (1955 to 1967) of the Cape Haze Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, now a leading center for shark research called the Mote Marine Laboratory with which she is still affiliated.

For detailed information on the Conference, visit: www.nmeaweb.org/gatlinburg2010. for questions, contact the Conference committee at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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