CALL FOR PROPOSALS
DEDICATED SESSIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND POSTERS
Restore America's Estuaries
6th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
October 20-24, 2012 Tampa, Florida, USA
Submittal Deadline: February 1, 2012
Conference Theme: Restoring Ecosystems, Strengthening Communities
Healthy coastal and estuarine habitats are critical not only to the environment and the national economy, but to regional and local economies, as well. Because human and natural systems are interdependent, restoration strengthens and reinforces the social, economic, and environmental ties that bind communities together. Healthy coastal ecosystems mean jobs, new and better economic opportunities, and the prosperity and stability vitally important in the troubling economic times and high unemployment rates currently facing our nation.
About the Conference
Restore America's biennial National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration has become one of the most important and preeminent conferences on the coastal restoration community calendar. The Conference focuses attention on the challenges and opportunities facing coastal habitat restoration by bringing together leaders from every sector of the restoration community. Join restoration practitioners, civic and community leaders, consultants, scientists, educators, planners, engineers, tribal leaders, representatives from industry and business, researchers, philanthropists, field staff, contractors, regulators, and others at this must-attend event.
Topics
The 6th National Conference theme is "Restoring Ecosystems, Strengthening Communities," and we are particularly interested in proposals for sessions, presentations, and posters dealing with the interface of the environment and the economy, but all proposals relevant to coastal habitat restoration will not only be considered, but are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.
We seek proposals and posters including, but not limited to, those that relate to one or more of the following Conference topics:
- Intersection of habitat restoration and community; how one strengthens the other
- "How-To" of restoration--basic tenets, techniques, and efforts associated with implementing on-the-ground restoration
- Integrating restoration science, technology, and planning
- Large-scale coastal and estuarine habitat restoration
- Roles of policy and funding in coastal and estuarine habitat restoration
Additional topics for consideration include:
- "Green" job growth and career development through habitat restoration
- Recovery and restoration in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Advances in science and policy in coastal and estuarine "Blue Carbon" sequestration
- Effective advocacy for restoration at federal, state, and local levels
- Recent regulatory and legal changes and their impact on coastal restoration
- Use of mitigation and "penalty projects" to support restoration
- Emerging role of Low Impact Development in furthering habitat restoration
- Impacts of climate change on coastal habitat restoration, policy, planning, and implementation
All proposals must be submitted through the 6th National Conference program website: program.estuaries.org.
Special Student Incentives
Students are encouraged to participate! All students taking part in the program will be entered into the student poster or student presentation contests, for which cash prizes will be awarded. Please note that students qualify for special discount rates.Limited numbers of scholarships will also be available for students with financial needs.
Questions?
For additional information about the Conference, please contact:
2012 Conference Prospectus
Call for Proposals 2012 |