• Welcome and Background
  • Tom Looney, N.C. Economic Development Partnership
• Rural Economic Development
  • Mary Penny Kelly, Office of the Governor
• Recipe for Success – Key Ingredients to Shellfish Initiative
  • Howard Schnabolk, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
• Panel: Efforts to Promote Healthy Wild Oyster Stocks
  • Dr. Seth Theuerkauf, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Jacob Boyd, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
  • Dr. Lexia Weaver, North Carolina Coastal Federation
  • Jess Hawkins, Crystal Coast Ecotours, Inc
  • Keith Bruno, Endurance Seafood
• Panel: Oysters or Clean Water
  • Shannon Jenkins, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
  • Anne Deaton, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
  • Steve Weeks, Crab Point Seafood
  • Todd Miller, North Carolina Coastal Federation
• Roadmap to Build $100M Mariculture Industry
  • Tom Looney, N.C. Economic Development Partnership
  • Dr. Chris Baillie, East Carolina University
• Consider the Environment – Advances in Research and Regulations
  • Ted Wilgis, North Carolina Coastal Federation
  • Denene Blackwood, UNC Institute for Marine Sciences
  • Dr. Ami Wilbur, UNCW
  • Dr. Craig Harms, NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Techonology
  • Bill Cary, Brooks Pierce
• Panel: Success Breeds Success
  • Whit Winslow, N.C. Wine and Grape Council
  • Richard Greene, N.C. Craft Brewers Guild
  • John Aydlett, N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services