8:00       Registration

 

8:30       Welcoming Remarks

Welcome and Sponsors Recognitions: KELLIE CLARK, PE, Kimley Horn (Co-host: American Water Resources Association)

Opening Comments: JEREMY MCBRYAN, PE, Florida Section AWRA President (Co-host: American Water Resources Association)

Introduction: AMANDA ELLSWORTH (Co-host: Florida Gulf Coast University)

Speaker: MICHAEL MARTIN, PhD, Florida Gulf Coast University President

 

8:50       Session A: Drivers of Regulation

Moderator: KAREN MILLER, GHD (Co-host: Real Estate Investment Society)

A1: Flood Insurance Costs – A Small Business Perspective. JACKI LISZAK, Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce

A2: National Flood Insurance Program. CHRISTOPHER HEIDRICK, ANFI, Heidrick & Co. Insurance & Risk Management

A3: The Role of National Flood Insurance and the Community Rating System in Flood Mitigation for Local Agencies. DON DUKE, PhD, FGCU

A4: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Implications for Regulation. ERIN DEADY, Esq, Deady Law PA

 

10:20    Session B: Student Research Poster Contest and Networking Break

Faculty Coordinator: DON DUKE, PhD, (Co-host: Florida Gulf Coast University)

 

11:20     Session C: Design and Funding

Moderator: JOHN CAPECE, PhD, Southern DataStream (Co-host: Calusa Waterkeeper)

C1: Implications of Changing Hydrological Statistics for Water Management. JAYANTHA OBEYSEKERA, PhD, SFWMD

C2: Environmental Policy Performance Bonds. ROCK ABOUJAOUDE, JR. University of Florida

C3: Funding for the Florida Harmful-Algal-Bloom Task Force. JOHN CASSANI, Calusa Waterkeeper

 

12:50     Lunch with a Student

Professional Coordinator: SALLY GOLDMAN, GradyMinor (Co-host: Florida Engineering Society)

Student Coordinator: YILIANNIS RODRIGUEZ, FGCU AWRA Student Chapter

 

1:20      Keynote Address: The Swamp a Decade Later

Introduction by: WIN EVERHAM, PhD, (Co-host: Florida Gulf Coast University)

Speaker: MICHAEL GRUNWALD, Journalist & Author of The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise.

 

2:00      Session D: Performance of regional water systems during and after during Hurricane Irma

Moderator: RON EDENFIELD, PE, RMEC (Co-host: American Water Resources Association)

D1: Hurricane Impacts on Native Ecosystems. WIN EVERHAM, PhD, FGCU

D2: Resource Needs of Private Well Owners Impacted by Extreme Flooding Events. ANDREA ALBERTIN, PhD, UF/IFAS

D3: Stormwater: Importance of Preventative Maintenance. AMANDA ELLSWORTH, FGCU

D4: Historic Flowway Restoration. JOSHUA EVANS, PE, J.R. Evans Engineering

 

4:00      Announcement of Student Research Poster Contest Winners

Awards Presenter: DON DUKE, PhD, (Co-host: Florida Gulf Coast University)

 

4:10       Break

 

4:20      Session E: World Wetlands Day Panel

Moderator: DAN VANNORMAN (Co-host: Audubon of Southwest Florida)

E1: WILLIAM MITSCH, PhD, FGCU, Director of Everglades Wetland Research Park

E2: ARIEL LUGO, PhD, USDA Forest Service, Director of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry

E3: LI ZHANG, PhD, FGCU, Assistant Director of Everglades Wetland Research Park

 

5:30       Networking Reception

Welcome and Sponsors Appreciation: RON EDENFIELD, PE, RMEC (Co-host: American Water Resources Association)