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<div><b style="font-size: 16px;">ANNOUNCING THE MASSACHUSETTS MARINE EDUCATORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT WOODS HOLE</b></div>
<div><b>Saturday, May 2nd from 8:30am to 4:30pm (new member reception at 8:00am)</b></div>
<div><i>Redfield Building at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</i></div>
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<div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This year's theme is Marine Technology</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; font-size: 18px;"><b>Schedule</b></span><br>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">8:00 New Member Reception </span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">8:30 Registration in Redfield 204, Refreshments</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">9:15 Keynote Speakers</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">12:00 Business Meeting and Awards, Lunch (Complimentary chowder/soup will be served)</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1:30 Tours</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3:30 Social Reception at Sea Education Association</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 18px;"><b>Keynote Speakers</b></span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">* REMUS AUV - Gwyneth Packard, Research Engineer, Oceanographic Systems Laboratory, WHOI </span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1;">* MISSION 31, LIVING UNDERWATER - Liz Magee, Three Seas Program Coordinator, Northeastern University Marine Science Center</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 18px;"><b>Tour and Field Trip Information</b></span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1;">* Visit the WHOI CORE lab</span><br>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">* Piloting lesson at Nobska Light with possible lighthouse tour</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">* Zephyr Cruise: Join us aboard the R/V Minuteman for a marine specimen collection cruise on Vineyard Sound (Cost is $10 and
nonrefundable. Tour is limited to 20 participants.)</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">* Take a tour of the Marine Biology Laboratories</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">* Try the new, extended dock tour </span></div>
<div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);">* </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1;">Conference
attendees can also choose to visit the Ocean Science Exhibit Center.</span><br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 18px;"><b><a href="https://massmarineeducators.wufoo.com/forms/zqy4mq906gzrld/">Register online here</a></b></span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early Bird Registration: $65 by 4/20</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Regular Registration: $75 after 4/20</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Lifetime Member: $40.00</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Full Time Student: $45.00</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Registration (excluding life members) includes a year membership to MME. Membership entitles you to all the services that MME
provides, including our quarterly journal, Flotsam and Jetsam, invitations to member events, networking with educators in the field, special member pricing for MME sponsored conferences, and full access to www.massmarineeducators.org.</span><br style="letter-spacing: 0.129999995231628px; line-height: 19.3050003051758px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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<div>Carole McCauley</div>
<div>Outreach Program Coordinator</div>
<div>Northeastern University Marine Science Center</div>
<div>430 Nahant Road</div>
<div>Nahant, MA 01908</div>
<div>P: <a href="tel:781-581-7370%2C%20x321" value="+17815817370" target="_blank">781-581-7370, x321</a></div>
<div>F: <a href="tel:781-581-6076" value="+17815816076" target="_blank">781-581-6076</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/marinescience" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.northeastern.edu/marinescience</font></a></div>
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