| Monday Afternoon - October 20, 2008 (Gulf Coast Science Conference) |
| 1:00 |
Welcome, Introduction, Goals and Meeting Plans Dawn LaVoie (GOM Science Coordinator, USGS), Barry Rosen (FISC Director, USGS) - Science Forum |
| 1:15 |
Regional Executive's welcome - Jess Weaver (USGS) and Stan Ponce (USGS) |
| 1:30 |
Understanding ecosystems and predicting ecosystem change: Ensuring the nation’s economic and environmental future |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chairs: Tom Doyle and Don DeAngelis |
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Large scale landscape change and Natural Hazards in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Speaker: John Brock |
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Biophysical Controls on Response of Coastal Wetlands to Climate Change, Elevated CO2, and Sea-level Rise. Speaker: Karen McKee |
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USGS Research Activities in Coastal Forest Ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Speaker: Ken Krauss |
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USGS Ecosystem Modeling Applications in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Speaker: Don DeAngelis |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Climate variability and change |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chairs: Virginia Burkett and Tom Smith |
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Climate Change: Science Overview and Implications for the Gulf Coast. Speaker: Virginia Burkett |
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Natural Climate Variability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for the Future. Speakers: Richard Poore, Kristine DeLong, Kathy Tedesco, Lisa Osterman, Julie Ritchey and Terrence Quinn |
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USGS Role in Ocean Acidification Research. Speakers: Lisa Robbins, Kim Yates, Ilsa Kuffner |
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Can the World’s Mangrove Ecosystems Survive with Rising Seas and Increased Storminess. Speakers: Thomas Smith, Don Cahoon, Amanda Demopoulis, Tom Doyle, Ken Krauss, Carol McIvor, Karen McKee |
| 6:00 |
Monday Poster Session and Social (appetizers)
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| Tuesday Morning - October 21, 2008 (Gulf Coast Science Conference) |
| 8:30 |
Energy (plus Alternate Energy – Wind) and Mineral Resources |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chair: Debbie Hutchinson |
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USGS Gas Hydrate Studies in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Speaker: Debbie Hutchinson |
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A geologic-based evaluation of the potential for undiscovered oil and gas accumulations in Paleogene strata of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain and State waters. Speakers: Peter Warwick, James Coleman, Paul Hackley, Daniel Hayba, Alexander Karlesen, Elizabeth Rowan and Sharon Swanson |
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Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Oil and Gas Fields in Neogene Strata of the Gulf Coast U.S.A. Speakers: Russell Dubiel, Janet Pitman, and Ofori Pearson |
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Understanding the shallow stratigraphic architecture Of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: the key to indentifying Potential resources for shoreline stabilization. Speakers: James Flocks, S. Jeffress Williams, Jack Kindinger, and Mark Kulps |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:15 |
National Hazards, Risk, and Resilience Assessment Program: Hurricanes |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chair: Abby Sallenger |
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Aerial rapid assessment of hurricane damages to northern Gulf coastal habitats. Speakers: Thomas Michot, Christopher Wells, and Paul Chadwick |
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HURASIM: Hurricane Simulation Model for Reconstructing Historic Windfields and Landfall Frequencies. Speaker: Thomas Doyle |
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Internet Map Serving the Hurricane Katrina Maximum Storm Tide in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Speakers: Phil Turnipseed, K. Van Wilson, James Hathorn, Dean Tyler, Jason Stoker and Robert Mason, Jr. |
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Assessing the stability and fate of our Barrier islands, northern Gulf of Mexico. Speakers: Jim Flocks, Dave Twichell, and Michael Miner |
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Subsurface control on sea-floor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA. Speakers: David Twichell, Elizabeth Pendleton Wayne Baldwin, and Jim Flocks |
| 12:00 |
Lunch on premises.
Guest Speaker: Tom Armstrong - Climate Change (invited)
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| Tuesday Afternoon - October 21, 2008 (Gulf Coast Science Conference) |
| 1:30 |
Wildlife and Human Health |
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Panel Moderators: Jacoby Carter and Ken Rice
Panelists: Carole C. McIvor, William F. Loftus, and David P.J. Green |
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PANEL DISCUSSION:
Current research on wildlife and human health from your perspective.
What is missing?
What should USGS be doing in the future?
Audience participation is expected.
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| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:15 |
Water Census |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chairs: Van Wilson and Richard Treece |
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Moving from monitoring to modeling: regional assessment of nutrient sources, transport, delivery to streams and coastal areas. Speakers: Anne Hoos, Gerard McMahon and Michael Woodside |
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Real-time data collection networks: real-time flows. Speaker: Leroy Pearman |
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Nitrate concentrations in Lake Pontchartrain during the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway opening, April 11 to May 8, 2008. Speakers: Dennis Demchek and Scott Mize |
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Understanding water availability. Speaker: Keneth Odom |
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20th Century development and expansion of Louisiana, and shelf hypoxia, Gulf of Mexico. Speakers: Lisa Osterman, Richard Poore and Peter Swarzenski |
| 4:30 |
Data Integration |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chair: Scott Wilson |
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Priority Habitat Information System (PHINS). Speaker: Chris Cretini |
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WRD data integration. Speaker: Brian Reese |
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Louisiana’s Coastwide Reference Monitoring System: Using Web Services to Integrate and Visualize Data for Assessing Restoration Effectiveness. Speakers: G. Snedden, C. Conzelmann, G. Steyer, R. Raynie and S. Wilson |
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Overview of USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program Data Management and Analysis Tools for Geologic and Hazards Information. Speakers: Shawn Dadisman, Jim Flocks and Robert Wertz |
| 6:00 |
Tuesday Poster Session and Social
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| Wednesday Morning - October 22, 2008 (Joint session for Gulf Coast and FISC) |
| 8:30 |
Welcome - Barry Rosen USGS FISC Director, USGS, Dawn Lavoie - USGS Gulf of Mexico Science Coordinator |
| 8:45 |
Mark Myers - USGS Director |
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Suzette Kimball - USGS Associate Director for Geology |
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Linda Gunderson - USGS Acting Eastern Region Director (invited) |
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Sue Haseltine - USGS Director of Biology (invited) |
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John Haines - USGS Program Coordinator for Coastal and Marine Geology (invited) |
| 11:30 |
Lunch provided on premises with Speaker (invited) |
| Wednesday Afternoon - October 22, 2008 (FISC Science Meeting) |
| 1:00 |
Ecosystems and Populations |
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CAPSTONE TALKS Session chair: |
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1. Overview presentation by moderator (15 min.) |
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2. Five Technical presentations (15 min. each) |
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3. Moderated panel discussion with Q&A (30 min.) |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Coastal Processes |
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CAPSTONE TALKS Session chair: |
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1. Overview presentation by moderator (15 min.) |
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2. Five Technical presentations (15 min. each) |
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3. Moderated panel discussion with Q&A (30 min.) |
| 5:30 |
End of discussion |
| 6:00 |
Wednesday Poster Session and Social (appetizers) |
| Thursday Morning - October 23, 2008 (FISC Science Meeting) |
| 8:00 |
Impact of Climate Change on USGS Programs |
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CAPSTONE TALKS Session chair: |
| 9:00 |
Two technical presentations (15 min. each) |
| 9:30 |
Break with Posters |
| 10:00 |
Freshwater Quality and Availabilty |
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CAPSTONE TALKS Session chair: |
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1. Overview presentation by moderator (15 min.) |
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2. Five Technical presentations (15 min. each) |
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3. Moderated panel discussion with Q&A (30 min.) |
| Thursday Afternoon - October 23, 2008 (FISC Science Meeting) |
| 12:00 |
Lunch provided (on premises) with speakers |
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CAPSTONE TALKS Session chair: |
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* WRD Coop Program (Ward Stabitz) (invited) |
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* BRD Partner Programs (Bob Szaro) (invited) |
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* GD Partner Programs (John Haines) (invited) |
| 1:30 |
Break with Posters |
| 2:00 |
Environmental Health and Degradation |
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CAPSTONE TALKS Session chair: |
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1. Overview presentation by moderator (15 min.) |
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2. Five technical presentations (15 min. each) |
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3. Moderated panel discussion with Q&A (30 min.) |
| 4:00 |
Wrap-up Barry Rosen (FISC Director, USGS)
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* NOTE: Sessions will be populated with actual presentations after abstract submissions.
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URL of this page is: http://ngom.usgs.gov/gomsc/meetings/gcsm2008/agenda.html