Chesapeake Community Modeling Program

the CCMP Newsletter | April 2010

Modeling Symposium Special Addition

Introduction

Hello! The Chesapeake Modeling Symposium 2010 (ChesMS10) is just under two weeks away (May 10-11, 2010). This is a special edition of the CCMP Newsletter to update you on some last minute details. Below, you will find information on the Keynote and Plenary talks, session topics, how to upload presentations and what to do if you still need to pay your registration fee.

ChesMS10 promises to be an enlightening event with presentations on a diverse suite of topics dealing with the integration of modeling and management in the Chesapeake region. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

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Contents

1. Keynote and Plenaries
2. Special Sessions
3. Symposium Logistics

1. Keynote and Plenaries

Keynote - Chuck Fox, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, USEPA

FoxImproving Pollution Control Performance and Accountability in the Chesapeake Bay

Chuck Fox is a Senior Advisor to the Administrator, focused on Chesapeake Bay and the Anacostia River. Before joining the Environmental Protection Agency in March 2009, he served as a Senior Officer with The Pew Charitable Trusts, managing its international marine conservation programs. Fox also served as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Assistant Administrator for Water at EPA. He worked for a number of nonprofit environmental organizations including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Friends of the Earth, American Rivers and the Environmental Policy Institute. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

HumborgPlenary - Christoph Humborg, Director of the Swedish Baltic NEST Institute.

The Decision Support System Nest - a Key Modeling Tool for the Baltic Sea Action Plan

Christoph Humborg is a biogeochemist from Stockholm University and associate professor working on issues related to coastal biogeochemistry. His research interests are: Land sea fluxes of biogenic elements (C, N, P and, Si, Man-made changes of N and P fluxes in watersheds, Biogeochemistry of enclosed seas (Baltic Sea, Black Sea), Global warming induced changes in C fluxes in taiga and tundra biomes, and Baltic Sea environmental management issues.

Plenary - Kenneth Reckhow, Professor of Water Resources Environmental Sciences & Policy, Nicholas School, Duke University.

ReckhowChesapeake Bay water quality modeling – Is this simply intellectual game-playing, or do these models really represent reality?

Kenneth H. Reckhow is a professor at Duke University with faculty appointments in the School of the Environment and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is currently Chair of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Progress Implementation for Nutrient Reduction to Improve Water Quality (2009-2011). He has published two books and over 100 papers, principally on statistical and probabilistic water quality modeling, uncertainty and decision analysis, and pollutant loading assessment.He is now serving, or has previously served, on the editorial boards of Water Resources Research, Water Resources Bulletin, Lake and Reservoir Management, Journal of Environmental Statistics, Urban Ecosystems, and Risk Analysis. He received a B.S. in engineering physics from Cornell University in 1971 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in environmental systems analysis in 1977.

Plenary - Robert Hirsch, Research Hydrologist, USGS National Research Program

HirschNew approaches to analysis of the river inputs of nutrients to Chesapeake Bay

Robert M. Hirsch currently serves as a Research Hydrologist at the USGS. From 1994 through May 2008, he served as the Chief Hydrologist of the U.S. Geological Survey. In this capacity, Dr. Hirsch was responsible for all U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water science programs. These programs encompass research and monitoring of the nation’s ground water and surface water resources including issues of water quantity as well as quality. Since 2003 he has served as the co-chair of the Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, and in this role he has been instrumental in developing interagency priorities for water science and technology. Since returning to a research position he has focused his efforts on methods for better documenting and understanding long-term changes in water quantity and quality in rivers. He is exploring century-scale trends in flooding nationwide and nutrient transport trends over several decades in rivers tributary to the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Clear communication of the results and their implications for policy is an integral part of this research. Hirsch earned a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering.


2. Special Sessions

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A list of the ChesMS10 Special Sessions can be found below. Further information on each session and a full Symposium schedule can be found here. Some notable additions to the schedule include two hands-on sessions during the afternoon of the first day. Representatives of the Baltic NEST Institute will be giving a demonstration of their Baltic NEST decision support tool. Representatives from the University Of Virginia will also be on hand to give a demonstration of the UVA Baygame. Attendees are advised to bring their own laptops so they can participate.

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3. Symposium Logistics

Symposium Schedule and Abstracts

programIn addition to the online Symposium schedule, a downloadable pdf version is now available. In the pdf version, you will find Keynote and Planary speaker bios, an overall Symposium schedule, individual session schedules and abstracts for all presentations and posters. Please download a copy and bring it to the symposium on your laptop.

 

Upload Your Presentation

If you are giving a presentation at one of the ChesMS10 Sessions, you can upload your presentation at the Chesapeake Meetings Website. We encourage everyone to take advantage of this service as it will ensure that all of the sessions run smoothly without any time wasted loading presentations right before your talk.

Pay for Registration

If you still need to pay your Symposium registration fee, please contact Ben Hilliard at the Chesapeake Research Consortium. Registration fees cover Symposium attendance, breakfest, lunch and breaks on both days as well as a poster session

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