Penobscot Marine Museum 2013 Annual History Conference

Are Maine Scientists Changing America's Energy Future?         YES.                      Come to the History Conference    Fish, Wind and Tide: Maine's Future Resources? Penobscot Marine Museum 2013 Annual History Conference Saturday, November 2, 8:15 am to 5:00 pm University of Maine Hutchinson Center       UMO's Advanced Structures and Composites Center is a world leader in composites research and made history last summer by deploying the first U.S. grid-connected wind turbine off the coast of Castine. This year's history conference brings together experts from Maine Maritime Academy, the Universities of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and from Maine Department of Conservation, Tide Mill Institute, Island Institute, Conservation Law Foundation and Maine Ocean & Wind Industry Initiative, to look at the past and to explore exciting new developments for the future of tide and wind power, and fisheries. Wind and tidal power has brought over $900 million in direct investment to Maine since 2006.     Gulf of Maine Fisheries: An Historic Overview William Leavenworth, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Conservation Department, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst Karen Alexander, Historic Fisheries Scientist, Univ. of New Hampshire Planning Maine's Coastal Resources Matthew Nixon, Maine Coastal Program, Maine Dept. of Conservation Richard Nelson, Friendship Lobsterman Caitlin Cleaver, Marine Programs Associate, Island Institute Priscilla M. Brooks, Vice President and Director, Ocean Conservation Law Foundation Historic Tide Mills of Maine Bud Warren, co-founder of Tide Mill Institute and marine historian Maine's Tidal Power Development Gayle Zydlewski, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Univ. of Maine, Orono Teresa Johnson, Assistant Professor of Marine Policy, Univ. of Maine, Orono Richard W. Kimball, Associate Professor of Engineering, Maine Maritime Academy Richard S. Armstrong, Executive Director of Tidal Energy Demonstration & Evaluation Center, Maine Maritime Academy Sail Making The Old Fashioned Way Eben Wilson, Apprentice Sailmaker at Nathaniel Wilson Sailmaker Inc. Maine's Wind Power Development Larry Parent, Assistant Director, Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono Paul Williamson, Director and Industry Coordinator of the Maine Ocean & Wind Industry Initiative  To register online go to https://historyconference.eventbrite.com.  For more information go to www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org or call Penobscot Marine Museum at 207-548-2529.   Register Now www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org