The Conference will offer attendees opportunities to learn about relevant projects while interacting directly with the Monterey Bay environment.

The conference's Welcome Breakfast Keynote Speaker is Stephen Palumbi, Director of the Palumbi Lab at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. The Monday Luncheon Keynote Speaker is Ken Alex (invited), Senior Advisor to Governor Jerry Brown.

The Conference will give attendees the opportunity to get close with the local environment and to experience environmental management first hand through a series of innovative mobile workshops.

Special progress report from the Enhanced CEQA Action Team, a collaboration of the Association of Environmental Professionals and the California Chapter of the American Planning Association.

Join AEP for a fun and festive opening reception at the Monterey Beach Party House.

The Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit abstracts for the student research poster session that will be on display during the 2011 AEP Conference.