​2020 ANNUAL MEETING​ UPDATES

2020 Ropeless Annual Meeting
26 October 2020
Please see Ropeless.org for more information

NARWC Consortium Annual Meeting 
27-28 October 2020

Virtual Meeting
The 2020 NARWC Annual Meeting will be a two day virtual event October 27-28. 

Format
As has been the case for in person meetings, the 2020 agenda will be organized by topic sessions. All presentations will be uploaded in advance and made available to registered participants at least two weeks in advance of the meeting. 
Participants may view the presentations and submit questions prior to the meeting. 

The live meeting will consist of Q&A sessions with presenters in each of the topic sessions. All presenters from each session will be live and on screen to take questions that were submitted in advance of the meeting, as well as those submitted live via chat module. Each Q&A session will be moderated by a NARWC Board member.

At the end of each meeting day, there will be break out sessions that will provide registered attendees the opportunity to meet in small groups, live with others participants, to discuss emerging topics, research plans, host a media briefing, and/or just to socialize.

Registration
There will be a single registration fee for the meeting that will allow for participation in all events for both days. There will be no single session or single day fee.

North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Meeting
​One of the most effective ways to carry out the Consortium mission is to hold annual meetings at which research, new techniques, management strategies, and other facets of right whale conservation are shared and discussed. The Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium is the only annual event during which all stakeholders have the opportunity to gather and exchange ideas and information, and therefore we view this meeting as an invaluable resource to the management and conservation of this species.

The Annual Meeting agenda each year includes the Business Meeting. During this meeting, vacant Board positions are filled, the membership hears updates from various management teams, and discussions about the role the Consortium as an entity does and can play in right whale conservation and management take place.
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In addition to the Business Meeting, research, management, conservation, and education presentations are planned. Attendance of NARWC members at the meeting is encouraged and there is not a requirement to present to attend.

Press may be in attendance, but may be restricted from aspects. Press interested in attending should be in touch with the Executive Administrator. 

Ropeless Consortium Meeting
The Ropeless Consortium meeting will take place the day before the NARWC Annual Meeting on October 26th, 2020. Registration for the Ropeless meeting is NOT included in that of the NARWC meeting. Information on the Ropeless meeting will be updated HERE. The meeting will include presentations on available ropeless fishing products, prototypes in development, and testing results from this year, as well as discussion of progress overcoming regulatory challenges, fisheries outreach, establishing experimental fisheries, and funding opportunities and challenges.

The Ropeless Consortium Meeting is closed to the press.