ASBPA's 2011 National Coastal Conference: TIME TO REGISTER!!!!!
Let Me Count the Ways…
By Kate and Ken Gooderham, Executive Director
How do you value a conference?
By the strength of the plenary? We’ll meet Mark Mazzanti who replaced
Gary Loew as the Director of Civic Works Program Integration Division.
We’ll ask the question, ” Are the U.S. Academic Training Programs for
Coastal Engineers Second Rate?” We’ll look at lessons learned from the
Tohoku Oki Tsunami and get some back ground into the design and
construction of the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier in Response to Hurricane
Katrina.
By number of sessions? Right now we have a day and a half of four
concurrent sessions every 20 minutes. Between sessions you attend, and
your access to the virtual conference – you’ll have over 80 opportunities.
By variety of sessions? Sessions include, coastal policy, regional
sediment management, modeling, CWPPRA policy, beach nourishment, sea level
rise, biological monitoring, LACES, shoreline restoration, adaptive
management, Mississippi barrier island restoration, wetlands, coastal
structures, remote sensing, diversion, ecology, funding, sand resources,
LCA, regional sediment management, beach morphology and FEMA modeling.
By the networking? Because ASBPA is multi-disciplinary, you have variety
in the types of people as well as the opportunities. Mayors, federal
agency people, coastal engineers, geologists, local and state government
people, professors and many more are there to discuss the issues of the
day. In addition to the four networking breaks, you’ll also have
breakfast on Thursday and Friday, lunch on Thursday, and a Wednesday
evening social hour.
By the pre-conference professional development opportunities? We have a
pre-conference short course AND a pre-conference workshop. A Tuesday
afternoon short course, “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer
Research and Development Center's Coastal Storm Modeling System (CSTORM-
MS) is a physics-based modeling capability for simulating tropical and
extra-tropical storm, wind, wave, water level and coastal response
(erosion, breaching, and accretion). The workshop is “Introduction to U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Project Planning and Implementation" is
the title, and it will be presented by the Corps' National Planning Center
of Expertise for Coastal Storm Damage Reduction. It will consist of
several modules addressing different aspects of the coastal planning
process. We also provide certificates for professional development hours.
By the quality of the field trip? Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
is 2005, the Corps began to design and construct the Hurricane and Storm
Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) for Southeast Louisiana. A key
feature of the HSDRRS is the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lake
Borgne Surge Barrier. The surge barrier is part of the program to provide
a 100-year level of protection for New Orleans.
No matter how you count it, ASBPA’s 2011 National Coastal
Conference, “Expanding Coastal Horizons,” has the value you look for in a
coastal conference. We urge you to register today at www.asbpa.org.
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