2017 MARINE Oceans Colloquium

8th Annual Oceans Colloquium: "Make Your Message Matter"

Ocean-interested students and early career professionals: Here’s a great opportunity to present your work, sharpen your communication skills, and learn new ways to reach different audiences.

Montery Area Research Institutions’ Network for Education (MARINE)’s 8th Annual Oceans Colloquium focuses on sharing ocean work across multiple perspectives, interests, and disciplines. Join us for a diverse set of activities, including:
* Keynote speakers
* Short talks
* Interactive demonstrations
* Breakout sessions, including:

- storytelling
- video communication
- getting involved in ocean policy
- citizen science in your research

Talks use non-traditional means of public speaking, encourages participants to present their work in engaging formats, and promotes professional development through interactive breakout sessions.

Free and open to participants from MARINE's seven partner campuses. Includes morning refreshments, lunch, and afternoon happy hour.

Submit an abstract for one of several talk formats. Talks can discuss your current research, projects, or recent professional experiences Deadline: March 8. More information at:

http://marineucsc.wixsite.com/2017oceanscolloquium

Agenda:

Morning - Talks, Lunch
Midday - Breakout sessions
Afternoon - Happy hour, Expo

PRESENTATION FORMATS

TED-style Talks (15 min) Explain an interesting topic through good public speaking and multimedia. Text-heavy slides are kept to a minimum, but visuals that enhance key ideas are encouraged.

Three Minute Messages (3 min) Convince the audience why they should care about your work! Include key ideas to describe the main outcomes of your work and why it matters. Avoid overgeneralizing, and slides (if used) should enhance your message.

Interactive talks (10 min) A more hands-on talk to engage the audience using props or short actvities.

Demonstrations (45 min) An alternative to a traditional poster session, we are holding an expo. Hands-on demonstrations of equipment, computer software, and websites; displays of educational or outreach materials, new reports or technical documents; or other creative interactive demonstrations encouraged

Multiple breakout sessions will be held simultaneously. We will make our best efforts to get participants their top choices for breakout sessions.

Kindly organized by MARINE student liaisons