NSF Oil Spill Conference in New Orleans

There will be an Oil Spill Conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) & Louisiana Board of Regents in collaboration with Mississippi and Alabama. Registration is free but required and the deadline for registering is October 15, 2010. For registration and more information visit: http://web.laregents.org/program-evaluations/oilspill2010/

Where:

New Orleans Marriott at the Conference Center

859 Convention Center Blvd.

New Orleans, LA

When:

November 1 & 2, 2010

Featuring discussion of collaborative research opportunities covering the following topics:

· Engineering Aspects and the Transport and Fate of Spilled Oil

· Coastal and Ocean Environments: Damage, Remediation and Recovery

· Human Communities: Disaster Management, Sustainability and Health

· Economics, Policy and Decision Support Systems