Schedule at a Glance

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

  • Dr. Dale T. Chapman, President, Lewis and Clark Community College
  • Dr. Gary Rolfe, Executive Director, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
  • Michael Reuter, Director, Great Rivers Partnership, The Nature Conservancy
  • Dr. John Chick, Director, Great Rivers Field Station, Illinois Natural History/National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

 
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:

  • Dr. Steven Kraft, Chair, Department of Agribusiness, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Dr. Kenneth Lubinski, River Ecologist, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, US Geological Survey
  • Dr. Stephen Polasky, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, University of Minnesota

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:

  • Dr. Paul DuBowy, Environmental Program Manager, Mississippi River and Tributaries Regional Technical Center, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Dr. Gerald Galloway, Arthur Maass, Gilbert White Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
  • Dr. Nicholas Pinter, Professor, Department of Geology and Environmental Resources and Policy Program, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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
Location: Ballroom
                                
Speakers:

  • Dr. T. Jack Huggins, Upper Mississippi River Program, The Nature Conservancy
  • Mr. Mike Hubbs, Director, Ecological Sciences Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture
  • Dr. Silvia Secchi, Assistant Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, Department of Agribusiness Economics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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:

  • Mr. William Franz, Upper Mississippi River Team Manager, Region 5, US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dr. David Soballe, Research Biologist, Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Mr. Matt Rota, Director, Water Resources Program, Gulf Restoration Network

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
Location: TBD
                                                           
Topic 3 – Ethanol Production and the Mississippi River
Location: TBD
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
Location: TBD

                       
Topic 4 – Clean Water and the Mississippi River: Uses and Threats
Location: TBD
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

  • Dr. Dale Chapman, President, Lewis and Clark Community College
  • Policy Forum Host:  U.S. Congressman Jerry F. Costello
10:30 am Policy Forum: Presentations to Elected Officials and Other Decision Makers
12:30 pm

Lunch     Location: CM

  • Great Rivers and the Mississippi: A Global Perspective
1:30 pm Adjourn; Buses Depart Lewis and Clark Community College for Hotel