AGENDA
         
  June 12      
  2-5:00 pm Pre-Registration Hyatt Regency Tampa  
  7:00 pm Reception The Florida Aquarium  
  7:15 pm Welcome Thom Stork, Director, The Florida Aquarium  
  8:00 pm Sharks in Perspective Program Coral Reef/Shark Exhibit  
  9:00 pm End of Reception    
         
  June 13      
  7:30 am Registration Hyatt Regency Tampa  
  8:45 am Welcome/Conference Overview Mike Spranger, Florida Sea Grant  
  9:00 am Shark Conservation Merry Camhi, National Audubon Society  
  9:30 am Shark Management Margo Schulze-Haugen, NMFS  
  10:00 am World Shark Attacks in Perspective George Burgess, University of Florida  
         
  10:30 am Break    
         
  11:00 am Shark Attacks - View from Florida Joe Wooden, Volusia County Beach Patrol  
  11:30 am Shark Attacks - View from California Alex Peabody, CA State Parks  
  Noon Shark Attacks - View from Hawaii Randy Honebrink, Div. of Aquatic Resources  
         
  12:30 pm Lunch    
         
  2:00 pm Shark Attacks -- A Lifeguard's View Chris Brewster, U.S. Lifesaving Assn.  
  2:30 pm Media Perspective Kevin Lollar, Ft. Myers News-Press  
         
  3:00 pm Break    
         
  3:30 pm Shark Feeding - State Perspective Roy Williams, FL Fish/Wildlife Commission  
  4:00 pm Recreational  Fisheries Rich Novak, Florida Sea Grant  
  4:30 pm Commercial Fisheries Eric Sander, Florida Marine Research Institute  
  5:00 pm Closing comments & summary    
  5:15 pm Adjourn - Evening & Dinner on your own    
         
  June 14      
  7:30 am Registration Hyatt Regency Tampa  
  8:30 - 9 am Welcome of Day's Activities    
  9:00 am
Concurrent Panel Discussions:
  Management - Enric Cortes, NMFS SE Fisheries Science Center, Panama City
    Merry Camhi, National Audubon Society
    Margo Schulze-Haugen, NMFS Highly Migratory Species Division
    Colin Simpfendorfer, Mote Marine Laboratory
    Sonja Fordham, The Ocean Conservancy
    Frank Snelson, University of Central Florida
    Jack Musick, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
    Eric Sander, Florida Marine Research Institute
    Rich Novak, Florida Sea Grant
     
  Media Relations - Bob Hueter, Mote Marine Laboratory
    Kevin Lollar, Ft. Myers News-Press
    Bob Hite, NBC/Tampa, WFLA, Channel 8
    George Burgess, University of FL, FL Museum of Natural History
 
       
  10:15 am Break  
       
  10:45 am
Concurrent Panel Discussions:
  Conservation - Sonja Fordham, The Ocean Conservancy
    Jack Musick, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
    Enric Cortes, NMFS SE Fisheries Science Center, Panama City
    Colin Simpfendorfer, Mote Marine Laboratory
    Frank Snelson, University of Central Florida
    Merry Camhi, National Audubon Society
    Margo Schulze-Haugen, NMFS Highly Migratory Species Division
    Eric Sander, Florida Marine Research Institute
    Rich Novak, Florida Sea Grant
     
  Beach Safety - Chris Brewster, US Lifesaving Association
    Alex Peabody, California State Parks
    Joe Wooden, Volusia County Beach Patrol
    George Burgess, University of FL, FL Museum of Natural History
       
  Noon Lunch  
       
  1:30 pm Concurrent Session Reports  
  2:30 pm Discussion - Next Steps  
  3:30 pm Adjourn