2010 Call for Presentations
Working Waterways & Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access 2010
September 27-30, 2010
Portland, Maine

Presentation Submission Timeline
The Call for Presentation Submissions is now closed.
Submission status notices sent: Friday, March 12, 2010
Presenter responses due: Friday, March 26, 2010

Purpose of the Symposium
Across the US, communities, water-dependent industries, and the public have struggled to address conflicts over access to beaches, shorelines, and waterways. In the years to come, these challenges will only increase: by 2050, the US population is expected to exceed 400 million people, and it is projected that more than half will live in a coastal county. The good news is that both large and small waterfront communities throughout our country and even the world are implementing creative solutions to address these challenges.

The Working Waterways and Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access 2010 will provide a forum to help communities, organizations, businesses, and individuals address waterfront access challenges by showcasing successful models and tools from around the country. We invite interested parties with experience in applying successful working waterfront planning and implementation approaches to submit an abstract to the symposium.

Who Should Submit a Presentation?
Individuals, groups and communities with experience in planning for or implementing successful strategies for sustaining working waterfronts, including, but not limited to:

• Federal, state, regional, and local level government officials, staff and decision-makers
• members of the commercial and recreational fishing, boasting, marine, and tourism industries
• port, harbor, and navigation district authorities
• commercial and residential real estate developers
• residential property and business owners
• economic development, community planning, and historic preservation professionals
• not-for-profit organizations
• environmental and maritime consultants
• attorneys
• academic researchers and students

Presentation Submission Guidelines
Before submitting your presentation, please review the Working Waterways and Waterfronts National Symposium Guidelines for information on content tracks, submission approaches, and submission forums.

Presentation Submission Guidelines