Leadership Initiative for Networking and Collaboration Conference

A space for Northeast Fisheries Science Center & the NOAA-Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center to learn about research and connect through panels and breakout sessions.

About

Leadership Initiative for Networking and Collaboration

The LINC Conference is a venue to discuss various means and avenues to improve networking and communications, explore new and foster existing collaborations, promote diversity and inclusion, and pave pathways for attracting potential Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center talent to the center. Each of the two-days will contain a mixture of presentations, panels, interactive breakout sessions, and time for networking.

What is the NOAA-LMRCSC?

The NOAA-Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) is a program funded through the NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and has reached a multitude of accomplishments through collaborative research, publications, student internships, and more!

Ben and Sandy cleaning otoliths. — LMRCSC student Ben Frey (UMCES) & Sandy Sutherland working in the Cottage cleaning mackerel otoliths. Ben was studying Goosefish under the direction of Anne Richards and Sandy Sutherland in Fall of 2019.

As a program built to prepare and train students from underrepresented backgrounds in various career areas of marine science, the research foci of the LMRCSC align with the interests of NOAA Fisheries and can provide a pipeline for NOAA trained and experienced talent. With several partners, the leading academic institution is the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). Students of the LMRCSC, are mentored throughout their experience by faculty and NOAA scientific staff, and can participate as undergraduate, masters or doctoral students.

For more information on NOAA LMRCSC.

The LMRCSC audience at the LINC conference will consist of students (at undergraduates and graduate levels), faculty, staff, and members of leadership.

Our Goals

The overarching goals of the conference are to provide:

Improve networking and communication between the two entities
Explore new and foster existing collaborations
Promote inclusion and identify potential student pathways

Registration

To register complete the form for your organization.

For any questions, or to volunteer towards the planning of the conference, contact the conference organizers kwanza.johnson@noaa.gov or ashok.deshpande@noaa.gov

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

12:30 PM EST - Welcome & opening introductions
NEFSC Keynote Speech
Theme 1 – Stock Assessment Support and Information (SASI) session & discussion An overview and discussion of current NEFSC and LMRCSC research on the conservation, management, and stock status of living marine resources including fish, invertebrates, and protected species, and the anthropogenic causes from fishing or other environmental disturbances.
Theme 2 - Climate Impacts on Marine Ecosystems (CLIME) session & discussion An overview and discussion of understanding and predicting the long-term impacts of climate change in the marine ecosystem on the distribution and production of living marine resources, including reproduction, growth, mortality, diseases and contaminants, and sustainability.
NEFSC Mentee Testimonials LMRCSC alumni will share and describe their experiences as students (e.g. NERTOs), and for some they will discuss their current careers as NOAA/NEFSC employees or contractors. Speakers will provide pre-recorded videos and the live Q&A questions will be annotated and submitted to presenters for response.
NEFSC Mentor Testimonials Previous mentors of LMRCSC students describe the benefits and examples of how mentoring students and share examples of previous student projects. Speakers will provide pre-recorded videos and the live Q&A questions will be annotated and submitted to presenters for response.
Q&A/Discussion Live Q&A from pre-recorded presentations. Discussion of the highlights and best practices mentioned in the Mentee and Mentor testimonials. In addition to other points on mentoring, communicating expectations, and other outcomes.
5:00 PM EST – Closing remarks & Adjourn
Happy Hour* (Google Meets details required) An optional networking session open for all attendees to convene and have free floating introductions and discussion time, or use the probing questions our engagement team has
thought up! Either way, you don’t know who may pop-in or what informative topics may pop- up, so join us if you can! This session will be offered via Google Meets and we will not be recorded.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

11 AM EST Coffee Hour * (Google Meets details required)An optional networking session open for all attendees with the same objectives and set-up as the Happy Hour. This session will also be offered via Google Meets and we will not be recorded.
12:30 PM EST - Welcome & opening introductions
LMRCSC Keynote Speech
Highlighting the Importance of Partnerships A session receive guidance from NOAA leadership on techniques of how to strengthen partnerships between the NEFSC and the academic communities of the LMRCSC as well as identifying the pipelines and hiring authorities that will help to diversify the NOAA workforce (e.g. Talent for the 21^st Century, Conservation Corps Act, etc.).
Theme 3 - Habitats and Biological Systems (HaBS)
An overview and discussion of defining, conserving, and restoring marine habitats required for the health and sustainability of fish, invertebrate and marine mammal populations, and understanding human impacts on them.
Theme 4 - Seafood, Nutrition, Aquaculture, and Pathology (SNAP)
Research on marine aquaculture, including biological and physical conditions for rearing fish and shellfish, including the physiology, genetics, immunology, pathology, reproduction, and nutrition of aquaculture species, and impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs).

Panel Discussion on NEFSC-LMRCSC Collaboration
5:00 PM EST – Closing remarks, acknowledgements & adjourn

Last updated by Northeast Fisheries Science Center on 06/07/2024