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The Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology (PACON) is hosting its annual conference in Hilo, Hawaii (USA) on June 1-5 2010. The theme of this year's conference focuses on "International Partnerships in Marine Science and Technology: A Vehicle for Improving Pacific Rim Relations and Resource Management." PACON invites interested parties to apply for organizing one or more focal sessions to be convened as part of PACON 2010. The proposed sessions must address some facet of the overarching conference theme of international partnerships in marine science and technology as vehicles for improving Pacific Rim relations and resource management. Sessions and presentations should specifically include comments on the value of partnerships to the activities being discussed. PACON 2010 will serve as an outstanding opportunity to not only highlight ongoing or recently completed international partnership projects, but also to meet colleagues from other Pacific Rim institutions that are interested in discussing potentials for new collaborative projects in the areas of: * Research/Monitoring
 * Technology Development * Resource Management
 * Engineering
 * Policy Making * Education/Outreach Participating in this conference event is an exciting chance to contribute to this fast developing field! For more information, submit an abstract or register, please visit the website at http://www.hawaii.edu/pacon or email [email protected] with questions. Deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2010. Early registration for conference is April 1, 2010.
