Call for Presentations
The Working Waterways & Waterfronts 2010 Symposium is now accepting presentation submissions. Submissions will be accepted for oral presentations, panel sessions and workshops. Deadline for submission is January 22, 2010. For more information and to submit your presentation, go to our Call for Presentations page.

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, workshops, field trips, and breakout sessions.  The symposium will adjourn at noon on Thursday September 30th after a morning strategy session intended to further a national strategy for working waterfronts.  Field trips are being considered for Monday and Thursday, to be determined.

The symposium will cover the five topic tracks listed below.  Draft agenda available soon.  Check back in April for more specific presentation details.

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

Draft Agenda