Become a 2025 Conference Sponsor Your sponsorship will positively impact our community and help provide educators with inspiring curriculum, hands-on experiences and life-changing learning. The Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators (NAME) annual conference will be held in Newport, OR on July 24-27,2025. Each year this conference immerses educators from Oregon, Washington, Alaska and British Columbia […]
Planning your Trip Travel to the 2025 Conference in Newport The conference schedule begins Thursday, July 24 at 4:00 pm and ends 12:00 noon on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Flights Scheduling flights to Portland (PDX), we recommend leaving 5 hours between the last session and flight departure times. (3 hour drive + check-in 2 hours […]
Hotels Holiday Inn Express & Suites 135 SE 32nd St., Newport, OR 97365 p. (541) 867-3377 – f. (541) 867-3378 – c. (971) 239-9601 Holiday Inn Express Newport is proud to host overnight accommodations for this event with reduced group rate sleeping rooms. We are located within easy walking/driving distance to all that Newport has […]
NAME Oregon is excited to invite you to a South Coast Excursion May 31–June 1, 2025!
Join us for a Marine Education Event to introduce Gloria Snively’s new book! April 26, 2025 • 2:00–4:00 pm East Sooke Community Hall, 1397 Coppermine Road Join us to learn about marine animals and Pacific ecology, with hands-on touch tanks hosted by marine educators. Proceeds from book sales help support the Northwest Aquatic and Marine […]
The Call for Presenters for the 2025 Conference hosted by NAME and the Oregon Coast Community College closed March 31. This year’s theme is Aquatic Science Extravaganza: Outdoor Explorations from the Forest to the Sea. We invite educators, researchers, students, and resource professionals from the Pacific Northwest to submit your proposals using the online form […]
Please join us for this opportunity to learn from marine and aquatic educators, scientists, traditional knowledge practitioners, and other industry professionals. Speakers will share experiences, educational tips and stories from the field. Registration is required; after registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please contact us at info@pacname.org if […]
Please join us on Sunday, December 8 for our NAME-BC Annual General Meeting! Our Annual General Meeting is a chance for us to get together and celebrate everything that NAME-BC has been up to in the last year, plan out an exciting new year, and elect our Executive Board. Our board consists of President, Vice […]
President Maile Sullivan, Seattle, WA As Washington Sea Grant’s Marine Education Specialist, Maile has spent the past 15 years managing K-12 education and outreach programming helping to build ocean literacy among teachers, students and their families. She orchestrates all aspects of Orca Bowl and NOAA Science Camp, develops program partnerships, and designs and implements program […]
Sunday, August 11, 2024 • 8:45 – 10:00 am Where the Whales Are—Lessons learned from giants about positive change in a changing world “Where the Whales Are” will be a presentation dedicated to the importance of speaking for the ocean and how to help inspire positive change in a changing world. The presenter is Jackie Hildering, […]