Symposium themes: 

1. Understanding historical changes in the Barkley Sound coastal marine ecosystem, expectations for future changes, and visions for desired social-ecological states;
2. Distributions of natural resources, human uses, and related values in space and time;
3. Indicators of the integrity and health of Barkley Sound marine ecosystems (and social-ecological systems) in the context of planning goals, objectives, and targets.   

Session topics: 

1. Climate, Geology, Oceanography 
2. Biological components (emphasizing marine, but interfaces with freshwater, terrestrial) 
3. Ecological baselines (historic, archeological, paleo-ecological perspectives of variation and change over time and space)
4. Valuation of marine resources and ecosystem resources
5. Human stressors on the ecosystem
6. Projections/Predictions/Scenarios of change (for climate, human populations, industrial activities, ecosystems) 
7. Decision making:

• 7a. Reference states and indicators of ecosystem and social/ecological status and trends in health/integrity
• 7b. Goals/Objectives/Targets for conservation or management
• 7c. Habitat and spatial characterization
• 7d. Achieving integrated management.

 8. 'Next steps' forum (What additional information would be needed to develop a plan that has a realistic view of the appropriately defined ecosystem)