Blue Vision Summit set for March in Washington, D.C.

From a blog entry by MarineBio's Vice president and Editor, Joni Lawrence:

The Blue Vision Summit will be held on March 7-10, 2009 in Washington D.C. This Summit will bring a range of people engaged in ocean conservation and its sustainable use together around three themes:

+ To influence President Obama and Congress to take leadership actions on the ocean;
+ To Address Climate Change impacts on the Ocean; and
+ To highlight Solutions to marine threats that are working from the local to the global level.

The Summit will include a night with top ocean explorers, two days of meetings and discussions, two evening celebrations and a Capitol Hill day that will provide an opportunity for people to meet with their elected representatives.

Join up to 500 ocean leaders including new NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco (invited, waiting Senate confirmation), White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley (invited, waiting Confirmation), Representative Sam Farr and other members of the House Ocean Caucus, Sylvia Earle, Philippe Cousteau, Leon Panetta, Ralph Nader, Actor Ted Danson (invited), Author Bill Mckibben, California Secretary of Resources Mike Chrisman, Senators Barbara Boxer and Sheldon Whitehouse (invited), Sherman’s Lagoon Cartoonist Jim Toomey, “Arctic Tale,” Director Adam Ravetch, Terry Tamminen, Ocean Rower Roz Savage and many other dedicated ocean defenders from sea to shining sea.