Meeting Information
May 2008 – Hangzhou, China
Synthesis Group meeting (held before Scientific Steering Committee meeting) – This initial 1-day meeting of the Synthesis Group occurred before the group was funded and was primarily for organizational purposes.
August 2008 – Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
This 2-day Synthesis Group meeting included discussions with Andy Solow (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and presentations by Patrick Leary from the Encyclopedia of Life (Marine Biological Laboratory) and Peter Binfield from PLoS ONE (San Francisco, CA). Census Videographer Rick Morris was there to tape some of the proceedings and interview some of the participants.
November 2008 – Valencia, Spain
This Synthesis Group meeting preceded the SSC meeting and followed the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity held in the City of Arts and Sciences.
February 2009 – aboard the Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, USA
Schedule of Events for Synthesis Workshops
Agenda for Plenary Sessions
On the first day, we all gathered on the bow of the Queen Mary for a group photo:
One of the synthesis workshops was an NRIC meeting,
whose participants are shown below:
And after several days of synthesis workshops, plenary talks, and the SSC meeting, the Synthesis Group held a 1-day meeting. This marked the first time that all members of the Synthesis Group were able to attend:
Other Synthesis meetings:
- June 2009 – Cape Town, South Africa (with SSC meeting)
- August 2009 – Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
- October 2009 - Monaco (with SSC meeting)
- February 2010 – Goa, India (with SSC meeting)
- June 2010 – New York City, USA (with SSC meeting)
- August 20010 – Norris Point, Newfoundland, Canada
