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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security (<u><span style='color:#0000FA'>umb.edu/ciocs</span></u>) would like to enlist your help. The Global Conference for Oceans, Climate and Security (<u><span style='color:#0000FA'><a href="http://www.gcocs.org">www.gcocs.org</a></span></u>) opened registration for GC ’12 in January but we really need to ensure the participating audience represents the best minds we can attract to our dialogue-driven conference. We hope to attract 250 people and registration, to date, has fallen short. I’m pleased, therefore, to announce <b>a new special $100 conference fee</b> (available until April 1st, made possible by a generous donor), for those wishing to come to this unique and important event, who might otherwise find cost an impediment. Once you’ve completed your own registration process, will you please help identify and/or send people to GC ’12? Please forward the attached announcement to your friends, colleagues, list-serve, etc. as soon as possible. Or, if more convenient, you may send this link: <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=8rplmziab&v=001tP2d4sszXqowzl3udPzoQWXbgdnwaOTjt7joqifsWzuy-SMOxfpoiksacjEoMIPgUl3JqIeDv4BmwI-8zGi76L6MeJwVxwLZ-MqcQN6Uyr0%3D">http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=8rplmziab&v=001tP2d4sszXqowzl3udPzoQWXbgdnwaOTjt7joqifsWzuy-SMOxfpoiksacjEoMIPgUl3JqIeDv4BmwI-8zGi76L6MeJwVxwLZ-MqcQN6Uyr0%3D</a></span></u>.<br><br>We need an intellectually robust audience at GC ’12 and have only a few weeks to take advantage of this generous subsidy. I hope you can help.<br> <br>You will find, attached, the conference agenda; I think it’s stellar. In addition, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will receive the <i>Collaborative Institute Energy and Environmental Security Award</i> and we look forward to his acceptance speech on May 22nd. A luncheon keynote address will be presented by NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco (Day 2 in the beautiful JFK Library and Museum) and evening receptions with great local food and drink include a welcome by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino (Day 1 atop the UMass President’s Club in downtown Boston) and a special presentation by Mr. Weatherman Dr. Jeff Masters (Day 2 after Sec. Mabus’s award ceremony). Luminaries leading panels throughout the conference include your own fellow advisors as well as Captain Wayne Porter (USN and noted “Mr. Y"), Robert Winokur (Technical Director, Office of Oceanography of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations) and others.<br> <br>We also have interesting workshops shaping up on Monday (Day 1) including one on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning with an introduction by the newly appointed Director of the National Ocean Council Deerin Babb-Brott – the Collaborative Institute’s Program Director on loan to the White House. (<u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans">http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans</a></span></u>).<br> <br>The comprehensive agenda of cross-sector topics situated at the intersection of climate change adaptation, human and national security, and oceans management will address some of the most pressing environmental and security challenges facing the world today. I hope you find a way to help make GC’ 12 a wonderful experience for all. Please feel free to contact me or Tina Stanton, Development Assistant (<u><span style='color:blue'><a href="tina.stanton@umb.edu">tina.stanton@umb.edu</a></span></u> - 617 287 5926) with any questions, ideas, etc.<br> <br>Warmly,<br>Robbin<br><br>Robbin E. Peach<br>Executive Director<br>The Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security<br>The Venture Development Center<br>Ph: 617-287-5770<br>Fax: 617-287-5674<br><u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.umb.edu/ciocs">http://www.umb.edu/ciocs</a></span></u></span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>