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Texas Bays & Estuaries Meeting 2007

April 17-19, 2007

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The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) is pleased to announce the annual Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting (TBEM) for 2007. The meeting will occur in Port Aransas, Texas and will occur immediately after a special workshop on Karenia brevis (red tide) health effects sponsored by the National Institutes for Environmental Health (NIEH) center at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. This workshop is co-sponsored by UTMSI and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Dates: April 17, 2007 (Tuesday) Red Tide Workshop
April 18-19, 2007 (Weds-Thurs) Bays and Estuaries meeting

You may register for one or both meetings using this website. Registration information is located at the bottom of the page.

Red Tide Workshop, April 17, 2007

The 1-day workshop will present a review of Florida red tide brevetoxin inhalation and its human health effects. The presentations will summarize results obtained over a 5-year period, and relate to susceptible populations, drug discovery and therapies, animal and human toxicology, and ecosystem-based environmental testing. This highly integrated team supports the activities of four research projects and two facility cores. Each area will present a 30-40 minute talk. Subjects will include aerosols, animal models, respiratory mechanisms, studies on human subjects, toxins, and field studies. All interested researchers in Texas are invited to attend to develop collaborations and hear about the state-of-the-art in this rapidly developing field.

This meeting is a series of plenary talks by investigators funded through a NIEH-Center located at the Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington. There will be 8 talks over the course of the day. This special event was organized to provide information to Texas investigators, managers and public health professionals about the human health effects of red tides. There will be discussion time for interested parties to speak in smaller groups with the speakers, and all Texas researchers are invited to attend and discuss possible future collaborations.

Texas Bays and Estuaries meeting, April 18-19, 2007

Purpose:
The meeting will focus on work being done in the bays, estuaries and near-shore Gulf of Mexico. It provides an opportunity for Texas scientists working in the coastal zone to share information, results and insights into our diverse coastal environment. Both natural and social science research is welcome.

Venue:
The meeting will be held at the Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas. Talks will be held in the Auditorium located in the Visitor’s Center. Information on the Institute and directions can be found at: www.utmsi.utexas.edu/institute/maps.htm

Program:
The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 4: 30 p.m. This year’s meetings will permit only oral presentations. However, the meeting is intended to be informal and student-friendly. There will be awards for best oral student presentation.

-Oral presentations: Digital projectors are available. Electronic presentations are encouraged to facilitate the smooth flow of the meeting.

Abstract:
Abstracts are due 3 April 2007. Late abstracts may not be accepted. Please limit your abstract to 19 lines inclusive of title and affiliation. Margins should be one inch on all sides. Use a Times New Roman font, size of 12, single space. Titles should be in bolded normal case with authors and their affiliations listed afterwards. The name of the presenter should be underlined. Use special characters with care. Every attempt will be made to convert them if they are corrupted, but you are at our mercy for interpretation. We will not edit typographical or grammatical errors. If you are concerned about proper symbols, please include a PDF version as well.

Submit abstracts to: TexBays@utmsi.utexas.edu Abstracts must be submitted electronically. Please indicate if the presenter is a student and if they wish to be considered for the best student presentation award. Please note that only invited talks are being presented at the Red Tide workshop. All other submissions will be presented at the TBEM meeting on Weds/Thurs.

Sample title format:

Mapping of changes in oyster reef extent from 1913 to 2003 in Lavaca Bay, Texas. Josh Harper and James Simons, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Tim Dellapenna and Jason Bronikowski, Texas A&M University-Galveston; William Sager and Mary Patch, Texas A&M University-College Station.

Oral Presentations:
Each talk will be allotted 20 minutes inclusive of 2-3 for questions. A digital projector is available. In the interest of time, speakers should arrange to give their talks to the session chair prior to the start so that they can be loaded onto the computer. If you need an ancient technology like a slide projector or overhead projector, email us well in advance so we can contact a local museum.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Registration:

There is a $35.00 registration fee for the Bays and Estuaries meeting.

Early registration ends on April 2, 2007. Late registration and registration at the door will be $50.00.

There is no registration fee for the Red Tide Workshop. To attend the Red Tide Workshop you must complete the registration form.

A registration form is posted on the UTMSI website: www.utmsi.utexas.edu/ITS/TBEMRT2007

This year we have an electronic form to expedite registration. You will then download a hard copy for payment. Fill it out with payment information and return it to Tracy Villareal, Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Dr, Pt. Aransas, Texas 78373 or fax it to Linda Fuiman at 361-749-6703. Early registration ends on 3 April 2007.

Housing:

Port Aransas has a wide variety of local accommodations for attendees who wish to overnight on Thursday or Friday. A group rate of $59.00 per night is available at the Plantation Suites in Port Aransas (361-749-3866 or 1-877-836-3866). Attendees should reference the "UTMSI April meeting’ when reserving rooms and should reserve rooms as soon as possible due to the limited numbers that are available. This special rate will expire one month prior to the meeting. NOTE: AS OF MARCH 29, THE PLANTATION SUITES IS ALMOST FULL.

Another meeting rate is available at the Allister Inn (1-888749-3003). PLEASE REFERENCE THE APRIL UTMSI MEETING

Social events:
Mixers and social events will be scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday evening. More details will be provided as the time draws near. A cash bar will be available for both events.

Meeting program:
The meeting program and schedule will be distributed by email to registered participants and will be available on the conference website when it is finalized

Contact information:
Tracy Villareal
361-749-6732
texbays@utmsi.utexas.edu

Modified: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 03:57 PM