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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