The GOMA All Hands Meeting was June 26-29, 2023, in Austin, Texas, at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center!
We brought together partners from state and federal agencies, academia, non-profits, and industry from across the region to plan projects that implement Governors’ Action Plan IV.
Details on the schedule, professional development workshops, hotels, and sponsors are listed below.
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pre-Meeting Workshops and Special Sessions:
– Bi-national Planning Workshop – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
– Esri Workshop: Understanding Sea Level Rise and Community Impacts – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Professional Development Workshops by University of Texas McCombs School of Business
Three professional development workshop topics are available: Building Engagement, Effective Communication, and Making Diversity Work. Details for each workshop and registration information is available here: Professional Development Workshops
The professional development workshops by the University of Texas McCombs School of Business are free to attend but you must be registered for the All Hands Meeting to participate and a separate pre-registration is required for each. CEUs are available.
7:30 a.m. Registration, coffee and networking
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Get to Know GOMA Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – noon Opening Plenary: Texas water needs with Stephen Tatum, Tarrant Regional Water District; L’Oreal Stepney, Texas Water Development Board; and Robert Mace, Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Porfirio Alvarez, Executive Secretary, Consortium of Marine Research Institutes of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, will also join us to talk about reinvigorating partnerships with Mexico.
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
Noon – 2:00 p.m. Business Advisory Council Meeting (open to members of GOMA BAC)
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team Meetings
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Networking Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team Meetings
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Tools Café
7:30 a.m. Registration, coffee and networking
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Priority Issue Team Meetings
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Networking Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team Meetings
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team & Cross-Team Meetings
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Networking Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team & Cross-Team Meetings
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Seagrass Community of Practice
7:30 a.m. Coffee and networking
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Priority Issue Team Meetings
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Networking Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team Meetings
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team & Cross-Team Meetings
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Networking Break
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Priority Issue Team & Cross-Team Meetings
Three professional development workshop topics were offered: Building Engagement, Effective Communication, and Making Diversity Work.
CEUs are available.
These workshops are sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
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Professional Development Workshop Sponsor
Tools Café
International Liaison
Opening Plenary Host
Cell Phone Charging Stations
Partners
Supporter Sponsors
Contributor Sponsors
Freese & Nichols ♦ Fugro ♦ Galveston Bay Foundation ♦ Moffatt & Nichol ♦ National Audubon Society ♦ Texas Parks and Wildlife ♦ The Nature Conservancy ♦ Waggoner Engineering ♦ NOAA Gulf of Mexico Region
The AT&T Hotel and Conference Center is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold certified facility and uses multiple sustainable practices. Examples include:
Learn more here: https://meetattexas.com/about/sustainability
