Time

Topic

Speaker(s)

8:05 a.m.

Welcome and Symposium Overview

Kate Litle (Washington Sea Grant)
Meg Chadsey (Washington Sea Grant)

8:30 a.m.

8:35 a.m.

Seaweed and Water Quality

Moderator: Teri King
(Washington Sea Grant)

Robin Fales (University of WA)
Ruth Sofield (Western WA University)
Micah Horwith (WA Dept of Ecology)
Nichole Price (Bigelow Labs, ME)

9:30 a.m.

Kelp Conservation and Recovery

Betsy Peabody (Puget Sound Restoration Fund)

9:50 a.m.

Potential Habitat Effects

Emily Buckner (Puget Sound Restoration Fund)

10:25 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Why Farm Seaweed 

Moderator: Betsy Peabody (Puget Sound Restoration Fund)

Joth Davis (Blue Dot Sea Farms)
Travis Bettinson (Blue Dot Kitchens)
Diane Boratyn (SolSea)
Meg Chadsey (Washington Sea Grant)
Lee-Ann Ennis (Vital Kelp Project, BC)
Tela Troge (Shinnecock Tribe, NY)

1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Seaweed Genetics

Moderator: Tom Mumford
(Marine Agronomics)

Tiffany Stephens (Barnacle Foods, AK)
Simona Augyte (Ocean Era, HI)
Katy Davis (WDFW)

2:15 p.m.

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) and Co-Culture

Moderator: Erin Meyer (Seattle Aquarium)

Charlie Delius (Blue Dot Sea Farms)
James Crimp (Sea Culture Consulting)
Tiffany Waters (The Nature Conservancy)

3:15 p.m.

3:20 p.m.

Indigenous Perspectives

Moderator: Tiffany Waters (The Nature Conservancy)

Blair Paul (Skokomish Tribe)
Loni Grinnell-Greninger (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)
Azure Boure (Suquamish Tribe)
Jeff Dickison (Squaxin Island Tribe)

4:05 p.m.

State Agency Perspectives

Chris Eardley (WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife)
Brady Scott (WA Dept of Natural Resources)

4:40 p.m.

Public Perceptions

Clare Ryan (University of WA)