Aganda for Tomorrow's Symposium!

Coastal Carolina Scientific Diving Association

5th Annual Scientific Diving Symposium

Friday, February 21, 2014

Hosted by the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

http://www.ncaquariums.com/pine-knoll-shores

MORNING SESSION (Divers Only):

8:00-8:30  Registration, Hospitality, and Meet and Greet

Opening Remarks - Ethan Simmons, DSO NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

9:00-12:00  Scientific Diver Meeting

1. Carteret County response to dive emergencies
1. Lessons learned from recent DCS event
2. Changes to first responders and hospital workers
3. DAN and Duke continuing education for hyperbaric medicine
2. Marty McCafferty, Diver’s Alert Network - DAN, “How good is your emergency action plan?”
3. Recent discoveries of DAN research

12:00-1:00  Lunch Buffet sandwich bar with soup and sides catered by Capt. Bill’s Waterfront Restaurant, Morehead City, NC

           

AFTERNOON SESSION:

Opening Remarks - Ethan Simmons, DSO NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

1:10-1:25  Lauren Heesemann, “Citizen Science and Sanctuaries”

1:25-1:50  Phil Hartmeyer, “Passengers, packages, and copper: the steamer Pawabic and its place in history”

1:50-2:05  Christine Buckel, et al., “Baseline ecological assessment of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: guiding design of a research area”

2:05-2:20  Jenny Vander Pluym, et al., “Characterization of fish communities, benthic habitats and contaminants in the St. Thomas East End Reserves”

2:20-3:05  Marty McCafferty, “Challenges in diagnosing DCI”

3:05-3:25  Wilson Freshwater, “New species and new records of marine algae in North Carolina—an important marine transition zone”

                 

3:25-3:40  Inga E. Conti-Jerpe, “Maybe old, but probably new, borrowed (where known) and beautifully blue – the new stoloniferous Octocoral, Genus species (TBA): Invasive in its known range?”

3:40-3:55  Erin Burge, “Groupers and their associated reef fish assemblage near Cape Fear, North Carolina”

3:55-4:10  Steve Broadhurst, “ECARA—Eastern Carolina Artificial Reef Association”

4:10-4:25  Members of the PEDRO crew, “Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point PEDRO: Capabilities Briefing”

4:25-4:40  Photo contest winner vote tally and announcement

Closing Remarks: Jenny Vander Pluym

HAPPY HOUR: 5:00 -- Bistro-By-The-Sea in Morehead City in conjunction with the “If you can’t beat’em, Eat’em!” Lionfish Tournament. Cash Bar.

Directions from Aquarium to Bisto-By-The-Sea:

1.      Turn left on Salter Path Road—at the light after leaving the aquarium

2.      Turn left on Atlantic Beach Causeway—main light in Atlantic Beach

3.      Turn left on Arendell/Hwy 70—light after crossing the bridge

4.      Turn left into Bistro By the Sea’s parking lot—next to Taco Bell and Hampton Inn