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Carlos M. Duarte Director, The UWA Oceans Institute

OI Members Meeting. Carlos M. Duarte Director, The UWA Oceans Institute. Carlos M. Duarte Director, The UWA Oceans Institute. Providing Ocean Solutions for Humanity ’ s Grand Challenges. November 4, 2011. OI Members Meeting. Every first Friday of the month, followed by drinks.

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Carlos M. Duarte Director, The UWA Oceans Institute

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  1. OI Members Meeting Carlos M. Duarte Director, The UWA Oceans Institute Carlos M. Duarte Director, The UWA Oceans Institute Providing Ocean Solutions for Humanity’s Grand Challenges November 4, 2011

  2. OI Members Meeting • Every first Friday of the month, followed by drinks. • introduce new members & visitors, celebrate achievements, present news, discuss new programs, etc. 2

  3. New Staff • Tracy Parker, New OI General Manager, M.Com., B.Com (Strategic Value Management) - Strategic Analyst w. UWA Business School, before General Manager UNSW Global Pty Ltd. - started Monday Oct. 17. • Tom Lessetier, ANNiMS, PostDoc, w. Jessica Meewig 3

  4. Visitors • Maria Isabel (Maribel) Cerezo, Ph.D. student, Spain, “The role of pollutants as a new evolutionary force in the ocean”, supervisors Susana Agustí and Carlos M. Duarte. • Johnna Holding, Ph.D. student, Spain (US citizen), “Impacts of climate change on Arctic marine communities”, supervisor Carlos M. Duarte. • Brezo Martínez, Ph.D. student, Rey Juan Carlos I (Spain). Macrogalgal Ecology, w. Thomas Wernberg • Jakob Thyrring, Ph.D. student, Denmark, w. Thomas Wernberg • Ulrich Flashsenberg. Rostok Univ., Germany, w. Chari 4

  5. Awards • Dan Smale received a $1,000 Young Investigators Award. • WA Science Awards 5

  6. ARC Results ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Facilities. COFS’s Geotechnical beam centrifuge. PI Professor Christophe Gaudin. Total cost will be  $1.58 million in total of which UWA co-funds $880k and $ 700 will be provided by ARC. ARC Discovery ProjectTitle: DP120103036  Coupled physical and biogeochemical dynamics on the Australian North West Shelf Investigators: Gregory Ivey (UWA), Ryan Lowe (UWA), Peter Strutton (UTas), Nicole Jones (UWA), Miles Furnas (AIMS), Richard Brinkman (AIMS) Amount: $520,000 ARC Discovery Quantitative measures of brain evolution in early vertebrates. Collin, Prof Shaun P; Northcutt, Prof R. GTotal $360,000.00 ARC Discovery A new framework for flow and mixing at the sediment-water interfaceGhisalberti, Asst Prof Marco; Hondzo, Prof Miki. Total $153,000.00 ARC Discovery Maritime legal practice and policy in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf: synergies and challenges for Australian trade and security. Kaye, Prof Stuart B; Schofield, Prof Clive . Total $180,000.00  ARC Discovery. Dynamic evolution of submarine slides and consequences for offshore developments. Randolph, Prof Mark F; Puzrin, Prof Dr Alexander M; Wang, Asst Prof Dong. Total $640,000.00 ARC Discovery. Building an Indian Ocean region. Doyle, Prof Timothy J; Jayasuriya, Prof Kanishka; Rumley, Prof Dennis; Schofield, Prof Clive H; Chaturvedi, Prof Sanjay; Salih, Prof Mohamed. Total $378,000.00 ARC LinkageLong-term changes in the phenology of Australia's temperate marine macroalgae: has climate change impacted the world's most diverse algal flora? Wernberg, Dr Thomas; Gurgel, Dr Carlos F. Total $240,000.00. Partner Organisation(s): Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium of SA, SA Department of Environment And Natural Resources 6

  7. Other Grants Office of Naval Research NICOP program Title: The connectivity of the Australian North West Shelf with the Leeuwin Current Investigators: Gregory Ivey (UWA), Nicole Jones (UWA),Ryan Lowe (UWA), Samuel Kelly (UWA),  Richard Brinkman (AIMS), Craig Steinberg (AIMS), Jeffrey Book (NRL), Derek Burrage (NRL) Amount: $442,700 UWA Research Development Award The Influence of Nonlinear Internal Waves on Mixing and Transport in the Ocean Investigators: Nicole Jones Amount: $20,943 UWA Research Development Award Internal Tides in the Timor Sea and Bonaparte Basin Investigators: Samuel Kelly Amount: $29,414 UWA Research Collaboration Award Structure and Propagation of an Internal Tide Beam in the Tasman Sea Investigators: Samuel Kelly, Nicole Jones, Greg Ivey, Harper Simmons (University of Alaska), Jody Klymak (University of Victoria),  Jonathan Nash Amount: $15,000 (Oregon State University)

  8. Two papers in high-profile journals Today! Current Biology

  9. Communication • OI Webpage: redesigned and updated. • OI Facebook • Google Docs (Pubs, Grants, Ph.D. students, Patents, Visitors). • Blogs: Ocean Solutions Blog (Carlos, screen shot), Boating and Diving Blog, Program Leaders Blogs. • Oceans Institute YouTube Channel (linked to Facebook and web page). • New OI Banner, New Oceans Institute Flyer, Ocean Solutions Flyer, Opportunities on Marine Education at UWA). • Tony’s workshop. 9

  10. Facebook Stats

  11. Web Page Stats

  12. Ocean Solutions Blog

  13. Communication (2) • Communication CHOGM: IOMRC Presentation produced and delivered to CHOGM visitor (Commonwelath Common Fisheries Policy) • Presentation to be posted and made available through the web 13

  14. OI Benefits Survey • A survey completed (> 50% response from staff). • Report to be distributed. • Basis for report at forthcoming meeting of OI Board and to be shared within OI and Heads of Schools. • Food for thought, particularly were caveats were raised on how we can improve service to members. 14

  15. Membership confirmation • Letter and membership form submitted (confirm interest and opportunity to invite new members). • Membership must be fluid with entry and exit doors. • FAQs document 15

  16. Buildings • Watermans: plans consolidated and moved to Document stage (tender), issues with water effluent/pipes pending. • IOMRC: On going discussions - advanced - to expand and improve previous plans. Shaun Collin leads Users group with participation from various members and assistance from Christine Shervington. 16

  17. Ocean Solution Dialogues • Workshops with industry and government on: • Spatial planning. • Marine Food. • Water (w. Water Corporation) – Dec 2011 • Marine Energy • Carbon offsets. • The role of science in managing marine disaster – March 2011 • goal: to better aligned our Ocean Solutions research and training w. government and industry needs. To find partners to deliber ocean solutions to society. 17

  18. Program leaders(OI Management Committee) • Members representing OI at different programs/forums. • Blog to be initiated to maintain communication. • Effective Management Group/Scientific Com of the OI. • Membership: Shaun C.(IOMRC Buildings and NCB proposal: Gary K. (ANNiMS & WAMSI), Greg I. (WAMSI), Chari P. (WAIMOS & ANNiMS), Anya W. (WUN), Jessica M. (NERP), E. Harvey (new DoF fish enhancement structures program), Malcolm M. (NERP). + Director, Deputy Director, General Manager. 18

  19. 2011 Annual Report • Process initiated. • Tracy, Lauren and Beau collecting materials. Please Cooperate! 19

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