Welcoming remarks (8:15 am - 8:40 am)
Jon Kramer, Maryland Sea Grant

Invited Guests:

VADM U.S. Navy Ret. C. Lautenbacher, Jr. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Ronald Baird, Director, NOAA Sea Grant Program
Congressional Leaders

Plenary Session I.  Setting the Stage (8:40 - 10:00 am)

    History of NOAA Sea Grant Oyster Research Programs
    Jim McVey, NOAA National Sea Grant College Program

    Background of NOAA Restoration Center's Oyster Projects
    Kay McGraw, NOAA Restoration Center

    Regional Updates on the Status of Oyster Populations
    • Gulf of Mexico
      William S. Perret, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
    • Pacific Northwest
      Steve Bloomfield. South Sound Aquaculture
    • Chesapeake Bay:
      Roger Mann, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Break (10:00 - 10:20 am).

Plenary Session II.  The State of Oyster Disease
and Environmental Research (10:20 am - 12:30 pm)

    Current State of Knowledge on MSX Disease Caused by
    Haplosporidium nelsoni, and Priorities for Future Research
    Eugene Burreson, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    Current State of Knowledge on Dermo Disease
    Caused by Perkinsus marinus
    Jerome LaPeyre, Louisiana State University

    Juvenile Oyster Disease:Progress and Directions in Research
    Katherine Boettcher, University of Maine

    Summer Mortality and Crassostrea gigas
    Kim Reece, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    Molecular Technologies: Applications for Oyster
    Disease Research
    Gerardo Vasta, Center of Marine Biotechnology, UMBI

    The State of Oyster Disease and Environmental Research
    Gary Rodrick, University of Florida

    Genetics and Oyster Stocks
    Standish Allen, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    The Crucial Ecological Role of Oysters in Chesapeake Bay
    Roger Newell, University of Maryland
    Center for Environmental Science

Lunch and Lunchtime Speaker (12:45 - 1:45 pm)

    Crassostrea ariakensis issue
    Mark Luckenbach, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Plenary III.  Emerging Issues for Oyster Research:
Regional Perspectives from Stakeholders (2:00 - 3:20 pm)

    The Gulf's Viable Oyster Fishery
    Mike Voisin, Gulf Oyster Industry Council

    The Pacific Northwest Oyster Aquaculture
    Daniel Cheney, Pacific Shellfish Institute

    The Mid-Atlantic
    Karen Oertel, W.H. Harris Seafood

    The Northeast
    Dale Leavitt, Roger Williams University

Break (3:20 - 3:40 pm)

Workgroup Sessions I (3:45 - 5:30 pm)
(Charge to Workgroups)

    Oyster Fisheries Management and Restoration
    Facilitator: Victor Kennedy, University of Maryland
    Center for Environmental Science

    Genetics and Oyster Populations
    Facilitator: Patrick Gaffney, University of Delaware
    Graduate College of Marine Studies

    MSX and Dermo - Frontiers in Disease Research
    Facilitator: William Fisher, EPA, National Health and
    Environmental Effects Research Laboratory

    Public Health and Processing
    Facilitator: John Supan, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program

    Aquaculture and Hatchery Issues
    Facilitator: Steve Bloomfield, South Sound Aquaculture

Reception (6:30 - 8:30 pm)

September 9

Breakfast (7:30 - 8:30 am)

Charge to Workgroups (8:15 am)

Workgroup Sessions (8:30 - 11:45 am)

Morning Break (10:30 - 10:45 am)

Lunch and Initial Reports to Compare Progress (12:00 - 1:30 pm)
(5 min reports)

Final Workgroup Sessions (1:30 - 3:00 pm)

Afternoon Break (3:00 - 3:20 pm)

Final Report out in Plenary (3:00 - 5:00 pm)

Adjourn