New Hampshire Sea Grant is thrilled to host our colleagues for the 2025 Sea Grant Joint Extension Assembly (SGEA) and Communicators Meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from Sunday, September 21, 2025 through Wednesday, September 24, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you to the Granite State!
This meeting is adjacent to the fall Sea Grant Association (SGA) meeting to facilitate travel for SGEA/Comms meeting attendees who are also SGA meeting attendees. The SGA meeting will follow on September 24-25, 2025 at the same location.
Venue/Lodging
Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel
250 Market St, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Room Reservation Link Coming Soon
Check-in date: Sunday, September 21, 2025
Check-out date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025*
*For those staying through the SGA Meeting (checking out September 26th), please book using the SGA link and extend your arrival date to Sunday, September 21. The SGEA-Comms meeting booking link does not cover the full week.
Registration
Includes breakfasts, lunches, and one Awards Dinner.
Field Trips on Wednesday, September 24th are an additional fee.
*Registration for the SGA Meeting (September 24-25th) is separate.
Travel/Transportation
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in Boston, MA (~1.5hrs from Portsmouth) and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) in Manchester, NH (~45 min from Portsmouth) are the closest major airports for flights.
- A limited number of flights from Florida (primarily Allegient Airlines) do fly directly to Portsmouth International Airport (PSM): https://flypsmairport.com/
- C&J Trailways is a frequently-used, reliable bus service from Boston Logan Airport to Portsmouth, NH: https://www.ridecj.com/.
- C&J buses pick up directly from BOS airport terminals (right outside baggage claim).
- From the C&J bus stop in Portsmouth, NH, travelers would need to arrange for a taxi/Uber/Lyft or other rideshare to the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel (~10 min drive from the bus station; too far to walk and not pedestrian-friendly).
- Most major rental car companies are also available at BOS and MHT airports.
- Parking is available at the hotel.
Draft AgendaAs of June 18, 2025 – subject to change: Sunday, September 21
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Monday, September 22
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Tuesday, September 23
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Wednesday, September 24
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Local Suggestions Around Portsmouth
- Go Portsmouth, Chamber of Commerce site: https://www.goportsmouthnh.com/what-to-do/
- Portsmouth Harbor Trail Tour: https://www.goportsmouthnh.com/portsmouth-harbor-trail-tours/
- Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH: https://www.strawberybanke.org/
- USS Albacore Submarine, Portsmouth, NH: https://www.ussalbacore.org/
- Prescott Park, Portsmouth, NH: https://www.portsmouthnh.gov/prescottpark
- Black Heritage Trail, Portsmouth, NH: https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/
- Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH: https://www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/
- Additional ideas to be added...
- Coming soon...
Many thanks to our Planning Team!
Meeting Lead: Julia Peterson (NH), SGEA Chair
Extension: Pat Charlebois (IL-IN), Jen McCann (RI), Darren Okimoto (HI), Julia Peterson (NH), Amy Schrank (MN)
Communications: Paul Focazio (NY), Jill Jentes (OH), Cindy Knapman (HI), Leah Shore (USC), Marie Thoms (MN)
Additional Support: Alexa Brickett (NH), Brian Yurasits (NH), Michelle Lemos (NH), Jacob Winn (NH)
Land Acknowledgement
This meeting takes place on N’dakinna, which is the traditional ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook, and Wabanaki Peoples past and present. We acknowledge and honor with gratitude the land and waterways and the alnobak (people) who have stewarded N’dakinna throughout the generations. New Hampshire Sea Grant embraces the importance of collaborating with local indigenous partners to combine local and indigenous knowledge with scientific approaches to better manage our relationship with the ecosystems on which we depend.
