Teachers, scientists, community experts, policymakers, business leaders, and many others came to Raleigh in early November for this year’s Coastal Conference. Together, they discussed urgent and emerging issues affecting our coasts, forged new ties, and literally devoured new research for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This two-day hybrid event was available in person and online, and we recorded much of it. Here, you can watch videos of many of the sessions, or you can view individual presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A look at the full array of programming, session descriptions, guest speaker bios, and abstracts is available in the conference program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “<\/strong>The speakers were professional and brought great content.<\/strong>“<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first day of the 2022 North Carolina Coastal Conference began with a welcome from Susan White, the executive director of North Carolina Sea Grant. Guest speakers Elizabeth S. Biser, secretary of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and Jonathan Pennock, director of the National Sea Grant College Program, also offered opening day remarks, before Elizabeth Frankenberg (above), director of the Carolina Center for Population Aging and Health, gave the plenary address. <\/em>The c<\/em>oncurrent sessions followed. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Planning for a Resilient Future<\/strong>
Chris Ellis, NOAA, moderator<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n