Agenda

The symposium will convene with a welcoming reception on the evening of Monday September 27th, 2010 and officially launch on Tuesday morning September 28th.  Tuesday and Wednesday will be full days including keynotes, plenaries, breakout sessions, workshops, a walking tour of Portland’s waterfront, and a film screening.  The symposium will adjourn at 12:30 on Thursday September 30th after a morning strategy session intended to further a national agenda for working waterfronts.  Optional field trips are scheduled for Monday afternoon, September 27th, 2010.  The full agenda, including field trip options, is now available

Agenda (pdf)

For a listing of the presentations by day with abstracts and presenter bios, visit our Presentations page.

The symposium will cover the five topic tracks listed below. 

TRACK I: Economic, Social/Cultural, and Environmental Impacts of and on Working Waterfronts

• Analysis of trends and threats by sector or region
  
• Value of ocean, Great Lakes, estuary, and harbor waterfront economies
  
• Methods to assess economic impacts of working waterfronts at local levels
  
• Effects of working waterfront changes on communities

• Study groups, legislative committees, marine advisory committees
  
• Comprehensive plans, harbor/port plans, land use regulation and coastal smart growth elements
  
• Land use vs. water use planning and management
  
• Connections between natural resources and sustainable working waterfronts
  
• Data collection/dissemination methods: definitions, inventories, clearing-houses, maps, surveys
  
• Education and outreach

• Opportunities and challenges for working waterfronts in economic downturn
  
• Public and private investment and financing programs
  
• Community and economic development programs

• Strategies for small working waterfront enterprises to interface with port and harbor development programs and efforts
  
• Accommodating both new and traditional uses and coordinating diverse stakeholders
  
• Roles and activities of U.S. Coast Guard, Army Corp of Engineers, and other federal agencies in ports, harbors, and commerce

• Climate change impacts on public and private infrastructure
  
• Links to fisheries management, offshore energy development
  
• Planning for emerging tourism/consumer marketing trends that add to the demand for and value of working waterfronts
  
• Legislative panel
  
• CZMA reauthorization
  
• National Working Waterfront Network