OR&R attendees spanned areas of office responsibility including marine debris, natural resource injury assessment, and emergency response. The conference provided opportunities for learning from a range of scientific sessions and connecting with others working in related fields.

OR&R staff and affiliates presented their work and led sessions on topics including marine debris emergency response guides, factors affecting citizen science marine debris collection data quality, long-term oil spill data management, job aids on oil spills and pelagic sargassum, and marsh resilience after intensive shoreline cleanup, and emerging contaminants and their impacts in the Gulf region. 

OR&R director, Scott Lundgren, and program representatives also visited local congressional offices to share office information and discuss shared interests and concerns.