Please note this is a tentative schedule - click here to view PDF
Charter buses will be available to transport attendees to all conference events.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 10 | |
1:30 pm | Registration Location: Lobby |
7:00 pm | Welcome Location: Ballroom
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7:30 pm | Poster Session & Welcome Reception Location: Lobby |
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 | |
7:00 am | Registration and Coffee Social Location: Lobby |
7:50 am | Opening Remarks Location: Ballroom |
8:00 am | Presentations and Panel Discussion on Topic 1 - Ecosystem Services and the Economic Value of the Mississippi River Location: Ballroom Speakers:
Panelists: TBD |
10:00 am | Break |
10:10 am | Presentations and Panel Discussion on Topic 2 - Floodplain Connectivity, Flood Control and Hydrologic Regime Location: Ballroom Speakers:
Panelists: TBD |
12:00 pm | Lunch (on your own) |
1:15 pm | Presentations and Panel Discussion on Topic 3 - Ethanol Production and the Mississippi River
Panelists: Ballroom |
3:15 pm | Break |
3:25 pm | Presentations and Panel Discussion on Topic 4: Clean Water and the Mississippi River – Uses and Threats Location: Ballroom Speakers:
Panelists: TBD |
5:30 pm | End of All Presentations and Panel Discussions |
6:30 pm | Buses Depart Hotel for Confluence Field Station Location: Hotel entrance |
7:00 pm | Confluence Field Station Sneak Preview and Reception Location: Confluence Field Station, near Melvin Price Locks and Dam |
9:00 pm | Buses Begin Departing Field Station for Hotel; Last Bus Departs at 11:00 pm |
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 | |
7:00 am | Coffee Social |
8:00 am | Workshops Topic 1 – Ecosystem Services and the Economic Value of the Mississippi River |
9:45 am | Break |
10:00 am | Topic 1 and 3 Workshops, continued |
11:30 am | Lunch (on own) |
1:00 pm | Topic 2 and 4 Workshops Topic 2 – Floodplain Connectivity, Flood Control and Hydrologic Regime |
2:45 pm | Break |
3:00 pm | Topic 2 and 4 Workshops, continued |
4:30 pm | End of Workshops 2 and 4 |
5:30 pm | Buses Depart Hotel for Lewis & Clark Community College |
6:00 pm | Mississippi River Stakeholders’ Banquet Location: Commons |
8:00 pm | Key Note Address by Alexandra Cousteau Location: Hatheway Auditorium |
9:00 pm | Buses Depart Lewis & Clark Community College for Hotel |
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 | |
8:45 am | Buses Depart Hotel for Lewis & Clark Community College |
9:15 am | Coffee Social Location: Commons (CM) |
10:00 am | Policy Forum Introductions Location: CM
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10:30 am | Policy Forum: Presentations to Elected Officials and Other Decision Makers |
12:30 pm | Lunch Location: CM
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1:30 pm | Adjourn; Buses Depart Lewis and Clark Community College for Hotel |