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2 Development of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan
Pages 15-17

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... Information about the Denver workshop was widely distributed throughout the ocean science community, including postings on the JSOST website; e-mail notification to members of relevant federal committees, advisory groups, and professional societies and organizations; postings to discussion lists; and print and electronic advertising in the journal Science, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and EOS. However, the workshop was convened with a relatively short lead-time; notification of the workshop began on February 26, less than two months before the workshop was to convene on April 18.
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... Commission on Ocean Policy, provided a model for how to enliven the research plan. Additional common suggestions included improving connectivity and linkages between themes and disciplines, expanding the context to include international efforts, emphasizing the impacts of climate change and the role of humans in inducing climate change, and increasing focus on estuaries, coasts, and the Great Lakes as an integral part of U.S.
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... : Evaluate whether the format of the Denver workshop promoted the open exchange of ideas and suggestions for improvement. The committee finds that while the format of the Denver workshop was designed to promote the open exchange of ideas and suggestions for improvement and did succeed to some extent in this regard, changes in the goals of the workshop shortly before it began; relatively low attendance at the workshop, particularly from non-governmental groups, including industry; and heterogeneity in the formats of the break-out sessions diminished the level of inclusiveness and strategic planning evidenced at the workshop.
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