International Pacific Marine Educators Conference (IPMEC)

Program

Program Notes

The venue for the IPMEN’08 conference will be Jupiters in the north Queensland city of Townsville.
The IPMEN’08 conference will run for three days – Friday October 17 to Sunday October 19, 2008.
Monday October 20 will be set aside for optional field trips (yet to be finalized) plus the opportunity for IPMEN’08 delegates to join 300 international youth delegates attending the parallel International Youth Coastal Conference (IYCC), also held at Jupiters.
The following program is a draft program (October 2008) and may be subjected to minor changes.

Venue for joint IPMEC and IYCC
function on Sunday 19

Thursday October 16
Delegates arrive in Townsville and register.
4.00 pm to 6.00 pm Registration at Jupiters (conference venue)

Friday October 17 – Conference Day 1 (Jupiters)
8.00 am to 8.30 am Registration
8.30 am to 9.00 am Opening Ceremony
9.00 am to 10.00 am Keynotes – Strand 1: Education for Ocean Literacy

• Craig Strang, Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence – California (USA)
• Russell Butler, aboriginal elder, Sea Country specialist (Australia).

10.00 am to 10.30 am Morning break
10.30 am to 12.35 pm Concurrent sessions – Strand 1

STRAND 1	Room one		Room two
Time	Name	Title	Name	Title
10.30 am	Luis Pinto PIMEX	An environmental education program for visually impaired adolescents in Chile	Angela Colliver MESA	On the Seashores of Endless Worlds
10.55 am	Arthur Garbiso, PREL Presentation from Florida via web	Internet accessibility in the US affiliated Pacific islands.	Tsuyoshi Sasaki Tokyo Uni. of Marine Science and Technology	Tokyo Uni. of Marine Science Marine Environmental Literacy Program
11.20 am	John Walsh of Brannagh EcoNorfolk Foundation Inc	Can the ocean survive us? Can we survive the ocean? (The Law of the Sea)	Mike Burgess Department of Fisheries WA	Education for a sustainable aquatic environment in Western Australia
11.45 am	Lyndell Whitley Uni. Sthn. California	Parents and Children Learning and Engaging in Environmental Stewardship together!	Judith Lemus Uni of HI	Motivational approaches on ocean sciences education
12.10 pm	Luis Pinto CENTRO COPAS – AQUASENDAS	Initial steps for the Latin-American Coastal Educators Network	Kanesa Duncan Uni of HI	Building Literacy through Ocean literacy

12.35 pm to 1.30 pm Lunch at conference venue

1.30 pm to 2.30 pm Keynotes – Strand 2: Current Action on Sustainability Education in the Pacific

• Stephen Hammond, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration (USA, via web cast).
• Greg Manning, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts (Australia).

2.30 pm to 3.00 pm Afternoon break
3.00 pm to 5.10pm Concurrent sessions – Strand 2

STRAND 2	Room one		Room two
Time	Name	Title	Name	Title
3.00 pm	Hani Nusantari	Marine Environments and its sustainability.	Brian Hughes Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority	It’s like shooting Fish in a barrel
3.25 pm	Luis Pinto Centro copas - AQUASENDAS	The Ocean Literacy program for the Fjord region in Chile	Lisa Utall NOAA – Monterey Bay Nat. Marine Sanctuary	Voices of the Bay Education Program
3.55 pm	Tammy Tabe USP	From a youth perspective: The Econesian Society…	Alfred Ralifo LajeRotuma Initiative	Reviving a culture of biodiversity conservation
4.20 pm	Bob Moffat Wet Paper publications	Possible content and exercises for Pacific Island undergraduate or senior Marine Science Courses	Peter Wood JCU	The preferences of potential marine research tourists for diff. marine research tourism products in Australia
4.45 pm	Margarita Diaz Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion Ambiental	Society United for Sea	Margaret Gooch JCU	Change Strategies for water quality improvement in an urban GBR catchment

7.00pm Formal IPMEN Opening Dinner at Jupiters.

Dr Charlie Veron Coral Reef Research and former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (Australia).

Saturday October 18 – Conference Day 2 (Jupiters)

8.00 am to 8.15 am Welcome from Conference Chair, Ben Namakin
8.15 am to 9.15 am Keynotes – Strand 3: Linking the Pacific

• Sereima Savu, SPREP (Samoa): 2008 Year of the Coral Reef
• Terri Luciani, Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (New Caladonia)

9.15 am to 9.30 am Morning break
9.30 am to 11.35 pm Concurrent sessions – Strand 3

	Room one: Capacity Building (Strand 4)		Room two: Linking the Pacific (Strand 3)
Time	Name	Title	Name	Title
9.30 am	Mark Rodrigue Parks Victoria	Building Stewardship for Marine Protected Areas through Education	Sylvia George WWF	Linking RA’ui (Traditional Resources Management) and Western Scientific Knowledge.
9.55 am	Russel Kelley byoguides	The Indo Pacific Coral Finder	Alan Resture Institute of Marine Resources USP Fiji	Sustaining the Pacific: Learning from Elders, Listening to youth: A case study of Nanumea Island Community, Tuvalu
10.20 am	Taati Eria Environment and Conservation Division Kiribati This presentation will be delivered from Kiribati via the web	Motivation towards safeguarding our Marine Environment	Semisi Meo USP	Youth Involvement in Community Adaptive Management
10.45 am	Asenaca D. Valemei USP (ReefBase Pacific Project)	Reef Base Racific Portal to Ocean Literacy	Fremden Shadrack Live and Learn Environmental Education (Vanuatu Office)	Trading Polar Bears for Coconut Crabs- Adding value and meaning to Biodiversity Education in the South Pacific.
11.10 pm	Sylvia Spalding Charley Kaaiai WPRFMC This presentation will be delivered from Hawaii via the web	Ocean Literacy, Traditional Knowledge and the Case for Cultural Consultation in the Pacific.	Akisi Bolabola WWF Fiji Country Programme Community	Messaging in the EBM Macuata Network of communities

11.35 pm to 11.50 pm Morning Break

11.50 pm to 12.50 pm Keynotes – Strand 4: Capacity Building- building the network (making it real)

• Joeli Veitayaki, University of the South Pacific (Fiji)
• Natalie Davey, Saltwater Projects and Pelican Expeditions.

12.50 pm to 1.50 pm Lunch at conference venue.
1.50 pm to 5.00 pm Concurrent sessions – 1 hour Workshops

WORKSHOP	Room one		Room two
Time	Name	Title	Name	Title
1.50 pm	Tamy Tabe USPFiji Youth	Towards a sustainable environment	Tony Bartram Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch	Tail slapping Global Action
2.50 pm	Kate Kilgour Grey Nurse Guardians Marine Education	Triple P Marine Education: A best Practice Guideline	Joel Simonetti MCB	Building a Marine Conservation Ethic: One Kid at a Time
3.50 pm to 4.20 pm Afternoon break
4.20 pm	GBRMPA	TBA	Bob Moffat	Designing exercises and selecting marine science content for Pacific Island undergraduate or senior marine science students

5.20 pm - Day two close

Evening: Informal Social Function

Sunday October 19 – Conference Day 3: Building and strengthening the Network- Forum

8.00 am to 8.30 am Registration
8.30 am to 9.00 am Opening session- Looking at the history of the network

• Harry Breidahl (Australia) OOMF (2005)
• Kitty Simonds (presenting via web IPMEC (2007)
• Ben Namakin (Kiribati) IPMEN chair: the future of the network

9.00 am to 10.00 am Day Planning

• Joeli Veitayaki (USP Fiji) facilitator

Explanation of how the day will run and what we would like participants to do. Explain that the outcomes of the day will be to extend the network and we have some actions such as points of contacts etc. as topics that people could potentially chair

10.00 am to 10.20 am Morning break
10.20 am to 11.20 pm IPMEN working groups meeting 1
11.20 am to 12.20 pm IPMEN working groups meeting 2
12.20 pm to12.50 pm Reporting session – chair of each discussion reports back to the whole group

12.50 pm to 1.50 pm Lunch at conference venue

1.50 pm to 2.50 pm IPMEN working groups meeting 3
2.50 pm to 3.20 pm Reports
3.20 pm to 4.20 pm Action groups
4.20 pm to 5.00 pm Conclusion and Conference Close

6.00 pm Joint IYCC & IPMEN Function with indigenous theme at Reef HQ

Field Trips Monday October 20: Option 1

At Billabong Sanctuary

Morning: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Reef HQ Aquarium OR Billabong Sanctuary

Afternoon: IPMEN delegates attend IYCC youth presentations (at Jupiters)

Field Trips Monday October 20: Option 2

Full day field trips: Sustainable cities tour OR Australian Institute of Marine Sciences plus James Cook University.

Field Trips Tuesday October 21: Option 1

Magnetic Island OR one day dive trip (scuba or snorkel) to the Kelso Reef .

Field Trips Tuesday October 21: Option 2

Three day live-aboard dive trip (scuba or snorkel) to the Great Barrier Reef and the Yongala wreck.

Great Barrier Reef dive
(photography by
Tourism Queensland)