Calendar of Events

2008

MAY

05-08    Offshore Technology Conference - Houston, TX

12-14    10th Annual Harbor Safety Committee Conference -
               Seattle, WA

13-14    Tugs & Barges – Conference & Expo 2008 – Stamford, CT

19-23    Maritime Week Americas 2008  - Miami, FL 

21          The Environmental Imperative: Accelerating Solutions
               2008 National Maritime Day Seminar – Washington, DC

22          National Maritime Day  - The Maritime Administration's
              observance ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at the Franklin D.
              Roosevelt Memorial on West Basin Drive, south of the
              National Mall.  Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters
              has agreed to speak. Our color guard will be representa-
              tives from the Maritime Industries Academy High School
              in Baltimore.

23          Pollution in the Ocean and Coastal Areas: Oil, Ballast Water,
              and  Wastewater Discharges Ocean Law Conference –
              Seattle, WA

JUNE

03-04    ASME/USCG Workshop on Marine Technology and 
              Standards – Arlington, VA

03-05    East Coast Maritime Conference - Savannah, GA

05         Arctic Transportation Conference - Washington, DC

16-18    National Paint and Coatings Association's (NPCA)
              2008 Marine and Offshore Coatings Conference -
              Virginia Beach, VA

25-29   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – Victoria, BC

JULY

03-07   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – Tacoma, WA

10-12   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – Port Alberni, BC

16-18   Port Security Seminar and Expo - Houston, TX

23-27   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – San Francisco, CA

AUGUST

07-10   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – Oxnard Channel
              Islands, CA

15-17   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – Los Angeles, CA

20-24   ASTA Tall Ships Challenge® 2008 – San Diego, CA

SEPTEMBER

16-17   2008 Global Greenship Conference & Expo* –
             Washington, DC

21-25   American Association of Port Authorities - Anchorage, AK

OCTOBER

07-08    Dynamic Positioning Conference – Houston, TX

NOVEMBER

03-05   Ferries 2008 Conference & Expo* – Delray Beach, FL

04-06   Deepwater Operations Conference & Exhibition in 2008 –
             Galveston, TX

18-19   7th Annual Maritime Security Conference & Expo -
              Long Beach, CA

DECEMBER

03-05    International Workboat Show - New Orleans, LA 

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*Details will be posted when they become available.

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NMREC's Calendar of Events covers maritime-related activities within the United States and Canada.  If you know of a conference, workshop, symposium, etc., that could be added to the Calendar of Events, please forward the information to Mrs. Sharon Nielsen at sharon.nielsen@dot.gov.  Thank you.