The International Pacific Marine Educators Network (IPMEN) will hold its fourth biennial conference from Monday 26 November to Monday 3 December 2012 in Chile.

During the IPMEN 2012 conference, which theme is “Un gran océano, muchos sueños” (One ocean, many dreams), marine educators will gather again to share resources and to advance a network aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the Pacific and the communities who depend upon it.

The activity goal is to give a jumpstart to marine education in Chile talking to policy makers, scientists, teachers and students and seeks the participation from the full spectrum of formal and informal educators through the submission of papers and posters dealing with:
1. Marine Biodiversity
2. Sustainable Aquaculture
3. Community response and government management of natural ocean-related disasters
4. Local experiences in formal, non-formal and informal marine education

For all those interested in participate, the first-round call for workshops and / or papers closes on October 15th, 2012.

For More Information
For more information about the Chile 2012 conference or, more generally, IPMEN please contact:
Luis Pinto (Chile) | luispinto2000@hotmail.com
Harry Breidahl (Australia) | nautilused@optusnet.com.au
Sylvia Spalding (Hawaii) | info.wpcouncil@noaa.gov

About IPMEN
The International Pacific Marine Educators Network (IPMEN) is a developing collective of marine educators throughout the Pacific. The idea for this group began as one of the outcomes of the One Ocean Marine Forum (OOMF) that took place on the Hawaiian island of Maui in July 2005. IPMEN website is at http://www.ipmen.net.

The aim of the Forum was to create a global network of marine educators to share knowledge, expertise and resources to solve ocean related environmental issues. Then, it was decided to further the Forum goal by first forming a network of Pacific marine educators as a pilot. The International Pacific Marine Educators Conference (IPMEC) was held in 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and resulted in the formation of IPMEN.