News and Updates

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Portland Town Hall Meeting. OpenOceans Global hosted a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2010, at the American Geophysical Union's Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland, Oregon. This conference is one of the largest international gatherings of ocean scientists with more than 4,000 in attendance. The discussion focused on how to aggregate and visualize ocean data and the role of the semantic web. The stellar group of panelists included: Steven Diggs from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Zdenka Willis from NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System Program, Peter Wiebe from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Peter Fox from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Thanks to all for participating!

Copenhagen Panel Discussion Online. Video of OpenOceans Global's co-hosted event, "Live from Copenhagen," is now available online. The event originated on December 17, 2009, from the HubCulture Pavilion in Copenhagen and at the same time at the University of San Diego's Kroc Center. The panel discussion featured California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Climate Team (see below). USD has edited and merged video from both locations that can now be found online at Copenhagen Video.

Live from Copenhagen. Join OpenOceans Global at USD's Kroc Center on December 17 at 7 a.m. to participate in a live videostream from Copenhagen featuring California Secretary of the Environment Linda Adams, Secretary of Natural Resources Mike Chrisman, Secretary of Agriculture A.G. Kawamura, and Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols. For more information and reservations go to: Live from Copenhagen.

11/01/09: Thanks to all our supporters who voted in Sempra and KFMB Channel 8's "San Diego's Choice Awards for Environmental Stewardship" and congratulations to the San Diego Audubon Society for winnng the additional $50,000 for its very worthy San Diego Children and Nature Collaborative. Here's a video describing our work in the Tijuana River Valley.

10/21/09: Help OpenOceans Global win $50,000 in additional funding by voting in KFMB Channel 8's "San Diego's Choice Awards for Environmental Stewardship" The top four "Environmental Champions" are competing for this funding. Your vote could be the difference!

10/21/09: OpenOceans Global named an "Environmental Champion" by the Sempra Energy Foundation and awarded $50,000 for the organization's work with the Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team web site. Thank you Sempra Energy Foundation!

10/18/09: See updated Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team web site established by OpenOceans Global at: TJ River Team

10/01/09: OpenOceans Global was represented on the panel entitled "Climate Implications for the World's Oceans" at the Governors' Global Climate Summit. See comments.

10/01/09: HubCentral interview of Carl Nettleton explaining OpenOceans Global at the Governors' Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, California. See link on YouTube.

04/17/09: OpenOceans Global receives 501(c)(3) status from the IRS.

09/29/08: NOAA becomes a founding partner.

08/04/08: MIT/U.S. Geological Survey Science Impact Collaborative (MUSIC) becomes a founding partner.

06/23/08: Aquarium of the Pacific becomes a founding partner.

11/08/07: OpenOceans Global is incorporated.

10/15/06: Take a poll to help determine the most important action needed to promote more rapid understanding of the ocean.

09/19/06: PowerPoint presentation made at California and the World Ocean '06 Conference. A number of attendees indicated interest in participating in discussions about collaboration using this web site.

09/12/06: Open Oceans web site celebrates the end of first week of operation.

09/08/06: Review the latest version of the PowerPoint presentation: “A Collaborative Three-Legged Stool to Balance Ocean Investigations, Public Understanding, and Decisions”

09/05/06: Open Oceans web site goes live