Friday, October 18

Opening Remarks

The Forum (Rm. 272)
Elaine Langone Center

7:00 - 7:05 p.m. Welcome by Karen Morin, Associate Provost, Bucknell University

7:05 - 7:20 p.m. Opening Remarks by John Bravman, president of Bucknell University

7:20 - 7:30 p.m. Recognition of Skip Wieder as Honorary Symposium Chair, by John Dawes, Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds

Keynote Address

7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
"Chesapeake Bay:  Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Watershed Management."

Ann Pesiri Swanson
Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission,

Poster Session

Terrace Room (Rm. 276)
Elaine Langone Center

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Research poster session from universities throughout the Susquehanna and Delaware River watersheds, consulting firms, state and federal agencies and watershed groups.

Saturday, October 19

Breakfast and
Poster Session (self-guided)

Terrace Room (Rm. 276)
Elaine Langone Center

8:00 - 8:50 a.m. - Light breakfast, coffee and conversation to get the day started.

MORNING SESSION

The Forum (Rm. 272)
Elaine Langone Center

9:00 - 9:05 a.m. Opening remarks by Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Provost of Bucknell University

9:05 - 9:15 a.m.
Indigenous People’s Perspective
Sid Jamieson, FaithKeeper of the Greenwoods Land Conservancy Cayuga Nation Iroquois


PLENARY TALKS

9:15 - 9:45 a.m.
"Local Resilience Related to Flood Risk in Susquehanna Region Communities"

Lisa Iulo, Robert Nicholas, Nancy A. Tuana, Lara Fowler, Casey Helgeson, Lacey Goldberg, and Klaus Keller

Penn State Initiative for Resilient Communities (PSIRC)
The Pennsylvania State University

9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
"It Takes a Village: Using Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Science to Unravel the Complex Dynamics of a Susquehanna River Fishery"

Geoff Smith
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

Megan K. Schall
Penn State Hazleton

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
"Restoring Floodplains - a Regional Approach to Improve Water Quality and Community Resiliency"

Kelly Gutshall and Justin Spangler

Land Studies, Inc.

Intermission

10:45 - 11:00 a.m. - Intermission

Breakout Discussions

The Forum, Rooms 241 A/B and C/D, and Gallery Theater,
Elaine Langone Center

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout Discussions

Lunch

Walls Lounge (Rm. 213)
Elaine Langone Center

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch

Oral Presentations

The Forum, Rooms 241 A/B and C/D, and Gallery Theater,
Elaine Langone Center

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Oral Presentations

Exhibits

Center Room (Rm 256)
Elaine Langone Centernter

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Exhibits

Oral Presentations

The Forum, Rooms 241 A/B and C/D, and Gallery Theater,
Elaine Langone Center

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Oral Presentations