(Times are approximate)

Monday July 23, 2007  - USM Abromson Center   

9:00am – 7:00pm – Registration

9:00am – 3:00pm – NOAA Ocean Explorer Workshop

7:30am  - 8:00am - NMEA Board Meeting Continental Breakfast

8:00am – 2:00pm – NMEA Board Meeting

2:00 pm – 5:00pm – NMEA Committee Meetings

5:30pm – 7:00pm – Downeast Welcome Dinner

7:00pm – 9:30pm – Welcoming Speakers and Stegner Lecture Concert featuring Maine’s Schooner Fare

Tuesday July 24, 2007 – USM Abromson Center

8:00am – 5:00pm – Registration for day's arrivals

7:45 – 8:30      Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30      Keynote – Dr Bob Steneck: The Gulf of Maine

10:00 – 10:45   Concurrent Sessions A

11:00 – 11:45   Concurrent Sessions B

12:00 – 1:30     Lunch, Poster Sessions, Social Time

1:30 – 2:15       Concurrent Sessions C

2:30 – 3:15       Concurrent Sessions D

3:00 – 4:30        Roger Payne and Lisa Harrow SeaChange Institute performance (tentative)

Evening at the Portland Museum of Art (limited capacity - sign up at registration)

6:00 – 7:00         1st Seating Dinner Buffet / 1st Presentation of Underwater Images by National Geographic photographer Bill Curtsinger

7:00 – 8:00         2nd Seating Dinner Buffet / 2nd  Presentation of Underwater Images by National Geographic photographer Bill Curtsinger

8:15 – 10:30         Dancing and private tour of Museum of Art

Wednesday July 25, 2007 – USM Abromson Center

8:00am – 5:00pm – Registration for day's arrivals

7:45 – 8:30 – Continental Breakfast
 
8:15 – 8:45 –  Kaiulani Lee – Rachel Carson Theatrical Presentation

9 – 10:00– Plenary Session

10:15 – 11:00 – Concurrent Session E

11:15 - 12:00  - Concurrent Session F

12:00 – 1:30  - Lunch, Poster Sessions, and Social Time

1:30 – 2:15 – Concurrent Session G

2:30 – 3:30 – Concurrent Session H

3:30 – 4:30 – Informal Group Meetings, Committee and Chapter Meetings

4:30 – 5:45 – Presidents' Circle

4:30  -  Meet buses to travel to SMCC

5:30 – 6:30 - Happy Hour and tours of Portland Harbor Museum and Mr and Mrs.
                     Fish Building

6:30 – 8:00  -  Traditional Maine Lobster Bake on the beach

7:00 – 8:00  - Beach Games and Annual Twister Challenge

7:30 – 10:00 – Theater Production of The Importance of Being Ernest (limited capacity - sign up at registration)

8:15 Bus to Eastland

10:00 Bus to Eastland

Thursday July 26, 2007 – Field trips departing from Eastland Park Hotel and SMCC Dormitories

Field Trips or Portland and vicinity on your own

2:00 Exhibits Open at the Eastland Park Hotel

5:00 – 7:00   Exhibitor Reception –  heavy appetizers and cash bar

6:30               Food Stations Open

7:00 – 7:30    Silent Auction Review

7:30 – 9:30    Fun and Live Auction  “American Idol” 

9:30 – 11:00   Dance Party

Friday July 27, 2007 – USM Abromson Center

8:00am – 5:00pm – Registration for day's arrivals

7:45 – 8:30 – Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 – Keynote
Linda Greenlaw – Boat Captain and Best-selling Author

9:45 - 10:00 – Concurrent Session I

10:45 – 11:45 – Concurrent Session J

10:45 – 12:45 – New Board Meeting and Lunch

12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch and Social Time

1:00 – 3:30 – Grand Finale: NMEA Meeting, 2008 Presentation, and Awards Fun

3:30 – 4:30 Closing Presentation
Tim Sample – Maine Humorist

5:30 – 7:30 Cruise on Casco Bay with appetizers by Barber Foods (limited capacity - sign up at registration)