July 12, 2001

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES CONSERVATION, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS (Committee on Resources),

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND STANDARDS (Committee on Science),

SUBCOMITTEE ON RESEARCH (Committee on Science)

JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARING ON OCEAN EXPLORATION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS.

Staff Briefing Memorandum

PANEL I

• Mr. Scott B.Gudes
  Acting Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce

• Dr. Rita R. Colwell
  Director, The National Science Foundation

• Admiral Jay M. Cohen
  Chief, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy

• Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr.
  President, Consortium for Oceanographic Research & Education

PANEL II

• Dr. Marcia McNutt
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

• Dr. Robert Ballard
  President, Institute for Exploration

PANEL III

• Dr. Robert A. Weller
  Director, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research
  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Dr. J. Frederick Grassle
  Director, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
  Rutgers University

• Dr. Alfred M. Beeton
  Senior Science Advisor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Dr. Alexander Malahoff
  Director, Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory
  University of Hawaii

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