Session: Pardee Keynote Symposia: Reducing Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Communities to Hurricane Impacts and Sea-Level Rise: Are Large Scale Restoration and Engineering the Answer?

6 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Reducing Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Communities to Hurricane Impacts and Sea-Level Rise: Are Large Scale Restoration and Engineering the Answer?

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, Ballroom C

Presiding:

Robert S. Young and Denise J. Reed

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:40 PM

Redirecting the Mississippi River – System Level Management for the 21st Century
Harold R. Wanless, Univ of Miami

2:05 PM

Sustaining Coastal Wetlands: Sea-Level, Sediments and Society
Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans

2:30 PM

The First Line of Defense: Louisiana's Barrier Islands
Asbury Sallenger, U.S. Geological Survey

2:55 PM

Influence of Wetland Restoration and Degradation on Storm Surge and Waves
Ty Wamsley, US Army Engineer Rsch and Development Ctr; Bruce Ebersole

3:20 PM

Using Science and Engineering to Further Coastal Restoration in Louisiana
Garret Graves, Louisiana Office of the Governor

3:45 PM

Restoring Coastal Louisiana Will Not Guarantee the Protection of Infrastructure from Storms: Policy Makers Should Also Plan for Strategic Relocation of Critical Infrastructure and Vulnerable Communities
Robert S. Young, Western Carolina University; David M. Bush, State Univ. of West Georgia

4:10 PM

Panel Discussion

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