2012 PACON Conference
Sunday, December 9, 2012 – Thursday, December 13, 2012
Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay | Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i
International Partnerships in Marine Science and Technology:
Addressing Pacific Regional Challenges and Opportunities
The Final Program
- Click here to download the final program in PDF (8.2 MB) (updated November 30, 2012)
- Click here to download a tentative program matrix in PDF for a broad overview of the program (436 KB)
(updated November 30, 2012)
Confirmed Session Chairs & Co-Chairs:
Click here for session assignments
- New Directions of Sustainability: New Technology and Financial Innovation and Policy
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Lorenz Magaard, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Oceanography | University of Hawai‘i at Manoa | Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
- King Burch, Special Assistant to the Director, International Center for Climate and Society | UH Manoa | Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
_ - Marine Fisheries Enhancement – Aquaculture-Based Fisheries Enhancement
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Wang Qingyin, Director of the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute | Qingdao, CHINA
- Dr. Ken Leber, Associate Vice President for Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mote Marine Laboratory | Sarasota, Florida, USA
_ - Marine Fisheries Enhancement – Artificial Reef-Based Fisheries Enhancement
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Yoshihiro Suenaga, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental, Kagawa University | JAPAN
- Dr. Ken Leber, Associate Vice President for Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mote Marine Laboratory | Sarasota, Florida, USA
_ - Progress and Challenges of Marine Renewable Energy
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Young C. Kim, Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles | USA
- Dr. Ki-Dai Yum, Past President, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute | KOREA
_ - Sustainable Use and Conservation of Marine Resources through Sato-Umi and Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Tetsuo Yanagi, Center for East Asian Ocean-Atmosphere Research, Kyushu University | JAPAN
- Dr. Shinichiro Kakuma, Fisheries Extension Center, Okinawa Prefectural Government | JAPAN
- Genevieve Brighouse, Superintendent of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary | American Samoa
_ - Engineering and Technology Development
_ - Effects of Ocean Acidification
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Emily R. Hall, Staff Scientist & Program Manager, Ocean Acidification Program, Mote Marine Laboratory | Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Dr. Denise Yost, Postdoctoral Scholar, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa | Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
_ - Tsunami Disaster
_ - Education/Outreach
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Abstract Submission
Nearly 100 presentations and posters covering a diversity of marine science, technology, engineering and resource management have already been accepted for PACON 2012. Due to an overwhelming demand from the Pacific Region marine science community, the PACON 2012 deadline for abstract application was extended.
Contact:
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Conference Center
PACON 2012 Conference Secretariate
200 West Kawili Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
pacon@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-974-7555
Conference Accommodations
PACON represents the interests of all nations and states of the Pacific Ocean. It recognizes that each has its own unique culture and challenges within its Exclusive Economic Zone, but that all Pacific Rim Nations share common resources and problems. Marine science and technology can provide common solutions to many of these problems. The organization encourages individual members to be active in national and regional marine science and technological societies within their nations.