Program

The IFC Conference Planning Team and our external FLOW 2011 Advisory
Committee worked hard to develop a unique and productive
conference program. Thanks to all!
Final Conference Program
 

SUNDAY, MAY 1st
2:00 – 9:00 pm – Registration, Lobby
 
5:00 – 6:30 pm – Arrival Reception overlooking Nashville – Crown Ballroom – Snacks, Cash Bar
Dinner on your own/Explore Town!
 
MONDAY, MAY 2nd
7:00 am – 9:00 pm – Registration, Lobby
 
8:30 – Noon       Workshops – Round 1 – register for one from the list below
 
Noon – 1:30       Lunch – Crown Ballroom
 
1:30 – 5:00        Workshops – Round 2 – register for a second workshop from the list below. More on workshops.
Each workshop is repeated and includes a half-hour break:
 
Science:
Linking Hydrology and Biology – Best Available Science
Policy: Flow Protection through Water Quality Law and Regulation
Public Dialogue: Fostering Public Action - What's Social Marketing and How Can it Help?
Valuation in Depth: What is a River Worth? - The Value Systems of Humanity and Nature Applied to Rivers and Streams

 
5:30 – 8:30 pm – Socializing, Fish Fry Dinner, and IFC Silent Auction – Pavilion/Lawn (weather permitting); cash bar; live music
 

8:30 pm – Explore Town or Relax
 
TUESDAY, MAY 3rd
All plenary sessions will be held in the Grand Ballroom (West, Central)
 
8:00 am – Conference Welcomes and Overview –
Gary Myers, former Executive Director, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Paul Sloan, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
 
Peter Aarrestad, FLOW 2011 Chair

 
8:30 am – Improving Valuation of Instream Flows in Public Decisions – Overview:
Non-Market Economics – Dr. John Duffield, University of Montana/Bioeconomics, Inc.
 
Ecological Values/Ecosystem Services – Dr. Dan Campbell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 
Social and Community Values – Dr. Lynn Maguire, Duke University
 
Each presenter will provide an overview of their craft and a few examples, reserving time for questions and discussion. More on the valuation experts.

 
9:30 am – Assessing Participant Attitudes – Introduction to Participant Polling

Dr. Steve McMullin, University of Virginia

Upon registration, each conference participant will receive and calibrate a polling “clicker”. Dr. McMullin will provide an overview of how these will be used during the conference.


9:45 am - Networking Break (30 minutes)

 
10:15 am - Instream Flow Regime Quantification and Valuation – Three Issue Contexts
Each session includes two case study presentations. Each case study presenter will be asked to cover the following:
  1. Resource and policy context (including the extent and manifestation of public rights to flow, i.e., how flows are valued in public policy)
     
  2. Approach to the flow quantification (i.e., the five ecosystem components - science, at the detail to intrigue and inform (but not lose) the lay folks)
     
  3. Efforts to determine, communicate, and incorporate the value of instream flow into the decision-making.
     
  4. Considerations of climate change if any (including the predictions attempting to respond to)
     
  5. The outcome, and the role of the flow-related valuation efforts in that outcome.
     
  6. Lessons learned, what they’d do differently next time, and advice to others
     
  7. Trends/What we can expect related to the issue context in the future; how to prepare
Case study presentations will be 20 minutes, providing ample time for questions and discussion, including opportunities for the plenary valuation experts to comment on how valuation could have been enhanced. Conference participants (seated in rounds) will then discuss amongst themselves question(s) that will form the basis for subsequent strategizing sessions. Last, before going on break, participants will use their clickers to enter their polling responses. More on the case studies.
 
Issue Context #1 - Instream Flows and Petroleum Development
(see above for format/content)
 
Athabasca River, Alberta – Dan Ohlson, Compass Ltd
 
Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania/New York/Maryland – Andrew Dehoff, Susquehanna River Basin Commission

 
12:15 pm – Lunch, Networking (long lunch, no afternoon break)
-        IFC Awards, Gene Zuerlein, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
 
2:00 pm – Instream Flow Regime Quantification and Valuation – Three Issue Contexts (cont.)
Issue Context #2 - Instream Flows and Water Supplies for Growing Populations
(see above for format/content)
 
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Georgia/Alabama/Florida – Ted Hoehn, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
 
Colorado River Basin Study, Western US States – Terry Fulp, US Bureau of Reclamation

 
4:00 pm – Free Time/Informal Meetings
 
5:00 – 7:00 pm - Social Highlighting Poster Presenters and Exhibitors
               Grand Ballroom East and International rooms – heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
 
7:00 pm – Explore Town or Relax
 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4th
 
8:00 am - Instream Flow Quantification and Valuation – Three Issue Contexts (cont.)
Issue Context #3 - Instream Flows and “Green” Energy Development - The Oregon Experience
(See above for suggested format/content)
 
Rebecca Sherman - Oregon Department of Energy
 
Julie Keil - Portland General Electric
 
Ken Homolka - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

 
10:00 am - Networking Break (30 minutes)
 
10:30 am – Strategizing Sessions – Breakout rooms
Build or strengthen networks and strategies. Define “next steps back home”. Build on discussion/polling results.
 
12:15 PM - Lunch
-        Strategizing Session Report-Out
-        Synthesis and Closing Inspiration – Mark P Smith, The Nature Conservancy
 
2:00 pm – Conference Closing – Chris Goudreau, IFC President
 
2:15 pm - Adjourn

 

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