Organizing Team Conference Host, Organizing Committee Chair Natalie Wiest, Texas A&M University at Galveston, United States Co-host, Local Arrangements Kristen Willis Schultz, TAMU Galveston Program Chair Liz DeHart, University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, United States Conference Committee Members Mrs Angela C Clark, Univ. of Miami, RSMAS Library, United States Liz DeHart, University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, United States Kathleen Heil, University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Lab Duncan McClusky, University of Georgia Joyce M Shaw, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, United States Susan Stover, Mote Marine Laboratory Jennifer Walton, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Registration Desk Mrs Angela C Clark, Univ. of Miami, RSMAS Library, United States Kathleen Heil, University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Lab Sponsors Texas A&M University at Galveston Thomson Reuters IAMSLIC Sources of Support Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Gunter Library - Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Science Cafe Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory BancorpSouth Bank of Ocean Springs, MS East Beach Specialties Texas Sea Grant