2025 Gulf Resilience Community of Practice annual meeting
The 2025 Gulf Resilience Community of Practice annual meeting will be held on June 3-5, 2025 in Houma, Louisiana at the LUMCON Blue Works Facility.
Registration
Registration (NOW OPEN)
If you are a local government employee or tribal leader, your registration will be covered (FREE!). If you are a student, you can register for a reduced rate of $50. Please contact Dottie Reid at dreid@lsu.edu for more information.
Poster Session (NEW!)
Download the Call for Abstracts
Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025
Please contact Melissa Daigle at mtrosc2@lsu.edu with questions.
Meeting Agenda (NEW!)
Download the Participant Agenda
Lodging Options
Both of these hotels have room blocks set aside for the CoP under “Louisiana Sea Grant” or “Gulf CoP”.
Homewood Suites
142 Citiplace Drive
Houma, LA 70360
Book Here
Comfort Inn & Suites
1530 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Houma, LA 70360
Book Here
Airports
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (1 Terminal Dr., Kenner, LA 70062)
39 miles away from the meeting and hotels.
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (9430 Jackie Cochran Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70807)
70 miles away from the meeting and hotels.
Lafayette Regional Airport (200 Terminal Drive, Lafayette, LA 70508)
88 miles away from the meeting and hotels.
Gulfport/ Biloxi International Airport (14035 Airport Rd, Gulfport, MS 39503)
114 miles away from the meeting and hotels.
Parking
There is limited free parking at the Blue Works Facility. We encourage you to carpool from the hotels if possible.
Contacts

Tracie Sempier, Ph.D.
Resilience Engagement Lead
Phone: 228-818-8829
Email: tracie.sempier@usm.edu