Ocean + Climate Series, Workshop #4:
Gulf Coast
October 6+7, 2021
(All times Eastern!)
Tuesday, october 5
5:00 p.m. - Welcome and Introductions
Adam Hinterthuer
Director of Programs, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources
Iyana Esters
Program Assistant, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources
Dave Spratt
CEO, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resrources
Wednesday, October 6
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. - Storm Surge: Why a Warming Gulf Means Stronger Hurricanes
Matthieu Le Henaff
Assistant Scientist, Physical Oceanography Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Labratory, NOAA
Andrew Hazelton
Assistant Scientist, Hurricane Research Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Labratory, NOAA
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Rebuild or Relocate? Underserved Communities Struggle to Define Resilience
Julie Maldonado
Co-Director, The Rising Voices Center for Indigenous and Earth Sciences
Jessi Parfait
Water Institute of the Gulf/United Houma Nation
Windell Curole
General Manager, South Lafourche Levee District
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Break
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - The Future of Fishing: Climate Change and the Daily Catch in the Gulf
Acy Cooper
President, Louisiana Shrimp Association
Larry McKinney
Chair for Gulf Strategies/Former Director, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Break
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Building Back Better: Coastal Cities Cope with Disaster, Push for a Just, Sustainable Future
Jennifer Trivedi
Assistant Professor/Core Faculty Member, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
Gordon Jackson
President, Steps Coalition
Ruth Story
Executive Director, EEECHO
5:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Wrap Session
Thursday, October 7th
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Red State? Florida's Troublesome Tides and Their Economic, Ecological and Human Health Impacts
Cynthia Heil
Director, Red Tide Institute, Mote Marine Lab
Maria Revelles
Director, Chispa Florida
Andrew Reich
Scientific Advisor, Florida Bureau of Environmental Health
12:30 - 1:00 p.m. - Break
1:00 -2:30 p.m. - Sea Grass Is Greener: The Story of Florida's New Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve
Mike Shirley
Deputy Director, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida DEP
Tom Wheatly
Senior Manager, Conserving Marine Life in the U.S., Gulf of Mexico, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Bruce Pohlot
Conservation Manager, International Game Fish Association
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Break
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Texas's Coastal Bend is Ground Zero for Oil's Next Big Boom - Plastics
Jennie Romer
Legal Associate, Plastic Pollution Initiative/Author, Surfrider Foundation/Can I Recycle This?
Errol Summerlin
Attorney/Founder, Coastal Alliance to Protect our Environment
Love Sanchez
Co-Founder, Indigenous People of the Coastal Bend
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Wrap Session