OCTOBER 17, 2013: JAMAICA BAY: STATE OF THE BAY 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee and Registration 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Remarks Stuart Suss, Interim President, Kingsborough Community College Veronica White, Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Jennifer Nersesian, Superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area, National Park Service 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM SESSion 1 – HiSTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT Introduced by Dave Avrin, Chief of Resources Management for Gateway National Recreation Area, National Park Service • The Welikia Project: A Natural History Context for Resilience in Jamaica Bay in New York City Eric Sanderson, Senior Conservation Ecologist, Wildlife Conservation Society • The Jamaica Bay Communities: A Shifting Mosaic of Uses and Attachments Kristen Van Hooreweghe, Professor, Department of Sociology / Environmental Studies, State University of New York at Potsdam • Reading the Landscape: Community Use of Parks & Open Spaces in a post-Sandy Jamaica Bay Erika Svendsen, Social Scientist, US Forest Service • Community Action: Marsh Island Volunteer Replanting at Rulers Bar and Black Wall Dan Mundy Jr., Vice President, Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers Don Riepe, Director, American Littoral Society Northeast Chapter 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM SESSion 2 – WATER QUALITY Introduced by John McLaughlin, Director, Office of Ecological Services, NYC Department of Environmental Protection • Water Quality Monitoring in Jamaica Bay: Past, Present and Future Brett F. Branco, Assistant Professor, Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center, Brooklyn College • Eelgrass Demonstration Project Chris Pickerell, Director and Habitat Restoration Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Marine Program • Oyster Restoration – What’s Next? Gregg J. Rivara, Aquaculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Marine Program • Jamaica Bay Ecological Atlas – Planning Tool for the Ecological Restoration Practitioner John McLaughlin, Director, Office of Ecological Services, NYC Department of Environmental Protection • Belt Parkway Stormwater Best Management Practices’ Ted Brown, Water Resources Engineer, Biohabitats • Paerdegat Basin CSO Facility and Improved Water Quality Keith Mahoney, Division Chief of Regulatory Planning, NYC Department of Environmental Protection • Factors Controlling Algal Blooms and Water Quality in Jamaica Bay Christopher Gobler, Professor, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University DAY 1 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Bruce Stein, Director of Climate Change Adaptation, National Wildlife Federation 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM SESSion 3 – Sandy: CHANGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSE PART 1 Introduced by Bram Gunther, Chief of Forestry & Horticulture and Natural Resources Group, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, President of Natural Areas Conservancy • Citywide Wastewater Infrastructure Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Pinar Balci, Director, Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis, NYC Department of Environmental Protection • NYC Salt and Tidal Marsh Vulnerability Assessment – a Framework for Prioritizing Restoration and Protection Needs Marit Larson, Director of Wetlands and Riparian Restoration, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation • Coastal Geomorphological Evolution at Plumb Beach: Sediment Budget and Management Norbert Psuty, Director of Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Programs of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University • Storm Surge Adaptation Modeling Philip Orton, Research Scientist, Stevens Institute of Technology • The Bright Side of Sandy: Shorebirds, Habitat and Hurricanes on NPS Rockaway Beaches Hanem Abouelezz, Biologist, National Park Service 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM SESSion 4 – Sandy: CHANGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSE PART 2 Introduced by Dave Avrin, Chief of Resources Management for Gateway National Recreation Area, National Park Service • Coastal Restoration – Example Partnering Efforts (Past, Present, Future) Peter Weppler, Supervisory Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District • Restoration – Marsh Updates Patricia Rafferty, Coastal Ecologist, National Park Service • Gerritsen and White Island Updates Michael Feller, Chief Naturalist for Natural Resources Group, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation • The Benefits of Natural Defenses in Protecting Communities: An Analysis of the Potential in Howard Beach, Queens Bill Ulfelder, New York Executive Director, Nature Conservancy 4:30 PM Closing Remarks Angela Licata, Deputy Commissioner of Sustainability, NYC Department of Environmental Protection OCTOBER 18, 2013: URBAN RESILIENCE IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Coffee and Registration 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome Nancy Kete, Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM SETTING THE STAGE: PLENARY PRESENTATIONS • Resilience, Ecology, and the Sustainability of Cities – to be confirmed • Jamaica Bay and Hurricane Sandy Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PANEL 1: DEFINING RESILIENCE FOR NEW York’S COASTAL COMMUNITIES Facilitator: William Solecki, Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Hunter College Panelists: Perspectives from the West Coast: • The Science of Resilience: Marina Alberti, Professor, Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington • Public Policy and Resilience: Lara Hansen, Chief Scientist and Executive Director of EcoAdapt The global perspective: • Netherlands: Henk Ovink, Senior Advisor to Secretary of HUD Shaun Donovan, Chair of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force • Venice, Italy: Marco Marani, Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke Pratt School of Engineering • Christchurch, New Zealand: Glenn Stewart, Associate Professor of Urban Ecology, Lincoln University OCTOBER 18, 2013: URBAN RESILIENCE IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE DAY 2 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Coffee Break 11:15 AM- 12:45 PM PANEL 2: CASE STUDIES OF INSTITUTES/CONSORTIA Facilitator: Michael Depledge, Professor of Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, United Kingdom Panelists: • Denise Reed, Chief Scientist, The Water Institute of the Gulf • Steward Pickett, Plant Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies • Peter Steinberg, Director, Sydney Institute of Marine Science • Steven Cohen, Executive Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PANEL 3: KEY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SCIENCE AND RESILIENCE INSTITUTE AT JAMAICA BAY Facilitator: Bram Gunther, Chief of Forestry & Horticulture and Natural Resources Group, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, President of Natural Areas Conservancy Panelists: • Carter Strickland, Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection • Jim Tripp, Senior Counsel, Environmental Defense Fund • Franco Montalto, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Drexel University • Steven Handel, Director, Center for Urban Restoration Ecology, Rutgers University OCTOBER 18, 2013: URBAN RESILIENCE IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PANEL 4: TOWARDS A SCIENCE AND RESILIENCE INSTITUTE PROGRAM Facilitator: Kate Ascher, Principal, Happold Consulting Panelists: • Gary Machlis, Science Advisor to the Director, National Park Service • Dan Zarrilli, Director of Resiliency, NYC Office of the Mayor • Joe Seebode, Deputy District Engineer, Programs & Project Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Venetia Lannon, Regional Director, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Closing remarks Gillian Small, Vice Chancellor for Research, City University of New York 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Reception with the Speakers .