<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">**apologies for cross-postings**</i></b><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">Join the <a href="http://www.neosec.dreamhosters.com/2018-ocean-literacy-summit/" class="">New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative (NEOSEC)</a> for two days of engaging workshops, field trips, network building opportunities, and speakers during the <b class="">7th biennial Ocean Literacy (OL) Summit!</b> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This year's Summit will take place in <b class="">Boston, MA, </b>on <b class="">November 15 and 16, 2018</b>, hosted by the <b class="">University of Massachusetts at Boston</b> and <b class="">Northeastern University Marine Science Center</b>. The focus will be <a href="http://oceanliteracy.wp2.coexploration.org/ocean-literacy-framework/principle-2-v2/" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Ocean Literacy (OL) Principle #2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth</i></b></a>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The <b class="">call for 2018 OL Summit presenters is still open!</b> Professional scientists, informal and formal educators, environmental consultants, government officials, graduate students, resource managers, citizen scientists, and facilitators of citizen science are invited to present their work on the second day of the Summit (November 16, 2018). Apply to co-present during break out sessions, give a lightning talk, or present a poster.<b class=""> Presentations should assign with OL Principle #2 and focus on topics such as (but not limited to) bio</b><b class=""><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">geochemical cycles; geological links to the ocean; coastal landforms; s</span><font face="inherit" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">ea level change; erosion; currents; beach dynamics; sand; </span></font>sediment<font face="inherit" class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> transport; waves; ocean acidification; and tectonic activity</span></font><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">.</span></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Presentation proposals can be submitted here: </b><b class=""><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018ol2" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018ol2</a>.</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">The call for presenters will <b class="">close June 1, 2018. </b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Questions? Please contact <a href="mailto:info@neosec.org" class="">info@neosec.org</a></b></div></div></div>
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