Science for Community Leaders Poster Session Update!

Be there or B²

Show-off Your Research to Community Leaders at CERF 2011

Holly Greening, CERF 2011 Conference Co-Chair

hgreening@tbep.org

Bob Chamberlain, CERF Conference Communications Chair

rchamber@sjrwmd.com

You are cordially invited to attend

Science for Community Leaders Special Poster Session

CERF 2011

Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Tuesday evening, 8 November 2011

New at CERF 2011, Science for Community Leaders (SCL) will provide a venue to encourage interaction between our conference attendees, the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences membership, and other community leaders. Community leaders will be invited to talk with our conference attendees in an informal social setting, which will be contained within the main poster hall. Invitations will also be sent to other local and regional leaders (nearby National Estuarine Research Reserve directors, National Seashore director, Florida Water Management officials, college presidents, etc).

Be there! (whether presenting an SCL poster or not)

While the invitees would be initially welcomed at the special poster area, they would also be encouraged to view posters throughout the poster hall and talk to all of the presenters available that evening. So, even if you are not participating directly in the special poster session, we encourage you to show-off your research when the community leaders tour the poster hall.

Community Leaders in Daytona Beach have spoken…

Topics of interest identified by local community leaders and the CERF conference team include:

• Invasive species and how to control them
• Macro (drift) algae: nuisance, important habitat, and control
• Coastal erosion and methods for control
• Possibility of a tsunami
• Diminishing seafood
• Is seafood safe?
• Hurricanes
• Urbanizing coastlines
• Conflicting uses for freshwater (public supply and environment)
• Climate change effects
• Impacts to human resources from sea level rise (global, regional, and examples of local response planning)
• Sea level rise effects on wetlands and shallow submerged resources
• Impacts of the BP oil spill
• Monitoring programs to determine impacts from BP and future oil spills
• Water quality regulations (what has been their benefit…why and where do we need more)
• Making links between nutrient loading and potential impacts
• Existing assessment programs, and proposed solutions for nutrient reduction
• State and federal programs for financial and planning assistance to address: sea level rise, nutrient reduction, and other estuarine resource protection efforts

Don’t miss this opportunity to reach out to community leaders and share the cutting-edge of coastal and estuarine science, found only at CERF 2011.

CERF Green Meetings Policy: Making strides to minimize the environmental footprint of CERF conferences

Despite the many benefits of CERF conferences, they create adverse
impacts upon the environment by generating carbon emissions, primarily
from attendees’ air transport. They also create an environmental
footprint through consumption of natural resources and generation of
waste at the conference center and hotels. For the sake of estuarine and
coastal ecosystems and to lead by good example, the Governing Board in
March approved a green meeting policy to mitigate that impact as much as
possible.
According to the United Nations Environment Program, a green meeting is
one that minimizes negative environmental impacts and leaves a positive
legacy for the host community. Benefits of greener conferences include:
saving money, enhancing organization’s reputation, promoting
environmental innovation, providing local social benefits, raising
awareness, influencing decision-making, and spreading best practices
within the organization.
At past conferences, CERF has encouraged green practices at the hotel,
conference center, and meeting site and has offered registrants a
voluntary carbon offset. Now, CERF will join other scientific
organizations in reducing the environmental footprint of conferences
even further by moving “Toward Green CERF Conferences.”

Call For Abstracts Now Open!

 CERF 2011: Societies, Estuaries and Coasts: Adapting to Change

Daytona Beach, Florida, 6 – 10 November 2011

David Rudnick, Co-Chair, General Program

David Yoskowitz, Co-Chair, Socio-economics

Linda Walters, Poster Session Chair

Bill Nuttle, Plenary and Synthesis Sessions

Bob Virnstein, Scientific Program Team - Regional Issues

Nuria Marba, Scientific Program Team - International Issues

Victor Rivera-Monroy, Scientific Program Team - International Issues

Ruth Carmichael, Workshops Chair

Susan Chalifoux, Scientific Program Database Manager

To Submit, visit the Abstracts Portal at http://cerf2011.abstractcentral.com/index.jsp

Review the program sessions at: http://www.erf.org/cerf-2011

Abstract submittal service online: 16 February 2011

Abstract submission and fee deadline: 12 May 2011

The CERF 2011 Program Committee invites you to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation for CERF 2011. The Federation is committed to bringing scientists and students from around the world together to exchange information and ideas about the science and management of coastal ecosystems. Our Federation conferences provide outstanding opportunities for professionals at all stages in their career for continuing education and development.

***Education Sessions and Science for Community Leaders Poster Session***

The conference limit of one first author oral or poster presentation per individual does not apply to the Education sessions and Science for Community Leaders poster session. The abstract fee will be waived for a second abstract submitted to this session. To allow second abstracts to be submitted, we invite you to submit an abstract between May 13-20 for this session rather than during the regular abstract submittal period.

Policies and Procedures for Submitting Abstracts to CERF 2011

 

The abstract submittal deadline is

May 12, 2011 11:59 PM PST/May 13, 2011 04:59 GMT

Electronic submittal: This method is highly encouraged. The abstract submittal portal is accessed via the CERF 2011 conference Web site found at http://www.erf.org. All abstracts must be received by the closing date noted above. Any abstracts received after the deadline may not be eligible for inclusion in the conference program.

Postal/Courier Mail: Under special circumstances and to encourage submittals from regions and countries with historically low submission rates, we will also accept submittal by mail. Mailed submittals must be received, not postmarked, by 12 May 2011. Please call 1-254-776-3550 (Texas, USA) or e-mail cerf2011@sgmeet.com for mailing instructions.

Abstract Fee: All submittals, including invited abstracts, must be accompanied by the abstract fee of $60USD for electronic submission or $70USD for other forms of submission.

Guidelines: Submittal guidelines and procedures are posted on the CERF 2011 conference Web site and must be followed exactly. If the guidelines are not followed, your paper will not be accepted. Questions or concerns about your submittal or the scientific program should be directed to Susan Chalifoux, Scientific Program Committee Abstract Database Manager at sue.chalifoux@unh.edu.

One abstract submittal per person

Please note that the Federation has a one presentation per person policy. This means that each participant is permitted to be the lead author or presenter on only one poster OR oral presentation. You may be co-author on other presentations. This policy was adopted to ensure that Federation conference sessions contain contributions from as many people as possible.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

CERF 2011 Special Poster Session: Science for Community Leaders

Holly Greening, CERF 2011 Conference Co-Chair/Session Lead

hgreening@tbep.org

Thanks to input and encouragement from the CERF Conference Core Team and the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS), Science for Community Leaders is on the way to becoming a Special Poster Session at CERF 2011! Communicating estuarine and coastal science findings and status regarding current topics to decision-makers is recognized as an important objective of CERF—and is probably one of the more difficult tasks to implement. At the Science for Community Leaders session, we plan to provide a venue to encourage interaction between our conference attendees and the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences membership.

The poster session will be held in conjunction with a scheduled evening poster/social event. Daytona Beach MOAS members will be invited to attend and talk with our conference attendees in an informal social setting, which will be contained within the main poster hall. Invitations will also be sent to other local and regional leaders (nearby National Estuarine Research Reserve directors, National Seashore director, Florida Water Management officials, college presidents, etc.). The invitees would be initially welcomed at the special poster area, and then would be encouraged to view posters throughout the poster hall and talk to all of the presenters available that evening.

MOAS leaders are enthusiastic about the upcoming CERF conference in Daytona Beach; CERF 2011 will be the largest scientific conference the city has hosted! MOAS sees this as an opportunity to promote the role of arts and science in the community. The MOAS membership roster includes many local decision-makers and successful business leaders, who actively support the arts and sciences in the Daytona Beach area. They are interested in partnering with  CERF 2011 to create an event that engages their membership and our scientists in a meaningful and enjoyable way. The Director and Curator of MOAS also believe that their members would be interested in being invited “inside” the conference and in interacting with CERF’s scientists and managers as they work.

Contributed posters are encouraged on important coastal topics (oil spill impacts, hurricanes, marine spatial planning, urbanization, climate change, etc.) or case studies addressing these and other topics of interest to coastal community leaders.

For this special poster session, the CERF Conference

Team will waive the ban on being the primary author on only one presentation; the abstract fee for this poster session is also being waived. The CERF Conference Team will provide guidance on poster presentations for the public (more pictures and graphics, less words).

If you are interested in finding out more or participating in this Special Session, please contact CERF 2011 Co-Chair Holly Greening at hgreening@tbep.org. We welcome your ideas and comments—and look forward to a lively new venue for communicating coastal and estuarine science to local decision-makers.