Members of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office staff attended the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Marine Mammal Program Review Poster Session and Reception on April 17 in Arlington, Virginia. The session included posters featuring research projects funded through NOPP. Dr. Marie Roch presented a poster on her research, which was funded through NOPP in FY 2011, titled “Acoustic Metadata Management and Transparent Access to Networked Oceanographic Data Sets.” For more information on Dr. Roch’s research, click here.
Members of the NOPP Office staff also participated in an exhibit booth at the Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference (GMREC), which was held in Washington, D.C. from April 24-26. The theme of the conference was “Expanding Networks, Lowering the Cost of Energy.” Opening remarks were provided by U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R – AK) and attendees included regulatory specialists, offshore renewable energy developers and innovators, federal agencies, policymakers, researchers and members of non-governmental organizations.
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