SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016

TIME

SESSION

5:00 – 7:00 PM

Conference Registration

4:00 – 6:00 PM

Public Event: “Giants Journey” Photographic Exhibition and Marine Mammals Conservation

South end of the Malecon / Boardwalk and City Hall Palace corridor

7:00 – 8:00 PM

Special Hotel Event:  Icebreaker at Conference Venue

(Hotel Guests Only)

Location:  Carreta Garden

MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2016

TIME

SESSION

8:30 AM

Conference Registration

9:30 AM

Conference Opening and Welcome

Amapola & Orquidea Rooms

10:15 AM

Plenary Talk: Mark Spalding – “A Proposal for a North America – South America – Caribbean (NaSaCar) Marine Mammal Corridor in the Atlantic”

10:45 AM

Break

11:15 AM

Panel 1:  Building Innovative Partnerships for Marine Mammal Protection (POC: Brad Barr)

1:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 PM

Plenary Talk:  Anne Nelson – “Incorporating Local Marine Mammal Knowledge into Marine Planning Processes – Can We Do It?”

2:30 PM

Panel 2:  Using IMMAs:  How Can the Tool of IMMAs (Important Marine Mammal Areas) Contribute to Biodiversity as well as Marine Mammal Conservation on the High Seas?  (POC’s:  Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara and Erich Hoyt)

4:00 PM

Break

4:15 PM

Workshop 1:  Marine Spatial Planning

Amapola Room

Workshop 2: IMMAs

Orquidea Room

Workshop 3: 

Managing Encounters with Marine Mammals

Girasol Room

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Welcome Reception at “La bodeguita del medio”

TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2016

TIME

SESSION

9:00 AM

Plenary Talk:  John Ford – “Conserving Orcas – Challenges of Identifying and Protecting Critical Habitats for Killer Whales in Canada”

Amapola & Orquidea Room

9:30 AM

Plenary Talk:  Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho – “Totoaba Black Market:  the Unavoidable Decline of Vaquita”

10:00 AM

Panel 3:  REGIONAL:  Mexico (Pacific side) through Panama including Costa Rica (POC: Jorge Urban)

11:30 AM

Break

11:45 AM

Panel 4: Pinniped Conservation:  Linking Coastal Protections on Land to MPAs  (POC: Tundi Agardy)

1:15 PM

Lunch

2:30 PM

Panel 5: Stakeholder Engagement – Science and Conservation (POC: Angelica Lydia Narvaez Casillas)

4:00 PM

Break

4:15 PM

Workshop 4:

Stakeholder Engagement – Science and Conservation

Amapola Room

Workshop 5: Tools for Managers

Orquidea Room

Workshop 6:  New Challenges for Species Conservation and Management for Rebounding Populations

Girasol Room

7:00 PM

“A Night with Giants”, Video-show hosted by CONANP

Amapola & Orquidea Room

WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2016

TIME

SESSION

9:00 AM

Plenary Talk:  Rebecca Lent – “Enhancing the Design and Implementation of Your IMMPA: Why You Need an Economist”

Amapola & Orquidea Room

9:30 AM

Panel 6:  Evolving Perceptions and Stewardships within human communities (POC:  David Mattila)

11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

Panel 7:  River Dolphins (POC(s): Fernando Trujillo and Miguel Iñiguez

1:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 PM

Workshop 7: Visualizing MMPA Conservation

Amapola Room

Workshop 8:  MMPA Management and International Agreements:  Building Bridges for Cooperation

Orquidea Room

4:00 PM

Break

4:30 PM

Workshop 1 (Continued):  Marine Spatial Planning

Amapola Room

Informal Session:  Ask Managers “What Can ICMMPA Do for You”

Orquidea Room

7:00 PM

Evening Event:  Ocean Noise in MMPAs (Panel and Screening of “Sonic Sea”)

Amapola & Orquidea Room

THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2016

TIME

SESSION

9:00 AM

Workshop 9: Strategies to Support Sustainable Financing for MPAs

Amapola Room

Workshop 10:  Noise Issues – Strategies for Quieter MMPAs (Canada to Costa Rica)

Orquidea Room

Workshop 11: Entanglement Response International Networking in North America

Girasol Room

11:00 AM

Break

11:30 AM

Plenary Talk:  Christophe Lefebvre – “Why Twinnings and How to Manage Them”

Amapola & Orquidea Rooms

12:00 PM

Plenary (Closing) Talk

1:00 PM

Lunch

2:00–4:00 PM

IUCN WCPA/SCC Joint Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force Meeting

Workshop 11 (continued):  Entanglement Response International Networking in North America

5:00 PM

Closing Event – Sunset Boat Ride

Hotel Lobby Pickup