Waterfront Conference 2023

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Waterfront Conference 2023

8:00am EDT

General Attendee Breakfast Events Hall (2nd Floor) Waterfront Scholars Breakfast Keeping History Room (3rd Floor)

8:45am EDT

Opening Plenary: “Show Us the Money”—Momentous Federal Funding and the New Congress Safra Hall (1st Floor)

10:15am EDT

Break / Visit the Expo Events Hall Foyer (2nd Floor)

10:45am EDT

Affordable Housing Should Be a National Climate Adaptation Strategy TBA No Turbines Yet, But Offshore Wind Is Here TBA New Jersey Is the Nation’s Leader in Climate Commitments TBA Setting Priorities in Maritime Decarbonization TBA Managing Social Media’s Role in Community Engagement Efforts TBA

11:45am EDT

Break / Visit the Expo n/a

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Events Hall (2nd Floor)

1:00pm EDT

Heather M. Morgan Climate Risk Adaptation Lecture Safra Hall (1st Floor)

1:40pm EDT

Break / Visit the Expo Events Hall Foyer (2nd Floor)

2:00pm EDT

The Harbor and Tributaries Study: What We Need to Know Now TBA Offshore Wind: Sustainability, Nature, and Ecology TBA On Track for More Marine Plastic than Fish by 2050 TBA Addressing Decades of Deterioration: Deferred Wharf and Pier Maintenance TBA The Imperative to Go Beyond Public Meetings TBA

2:50pm EDT

Break n/a

3:05pm EDT

Waterfront Permitting in the Age of Climate Change TBA Offshore Wind’s Other Workforce Gap: Filling Roles in Today’s Planning and Development Phases TBA Mussels as the Great Harbor Cleaner TBA The Truck Congestion Crisis and Ports: Interrelated Crisis, Interrelated Solutions TBA Lowering the Tension: Resilience, Development, and the New Wave of Environmentalism TBA

4:00pm EDT

Closing Plenary: Climate Advocacy–You Can and Must Do It Too! Safra Hall (1st Floor)

5:00pm EDT

Reception Events Hall (2nd Floor)