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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)Rohit "Rit" Aggarwala • Lisa Garcia • Col. Matthew W. Luzzatto • Kathy Robb • Laurie Schoeman • Rachel Silverstein

10:15am EDT

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

10:45am EDT

Affordable Housing Should Be a National Climate Adaptation Strategy Safra Hall (1st Floor)Emily Goldstein • Spencer Orkus • Matthew Washington • Alex Zablocki No Turbines Yet, But Offshore Wind Is Here Keeping History Room (3rd Floor)Sid Nathan • Carol Oldham How to Get to 80X50 – Understanding N.J.’s Aggressive Mitigation Commitments Room 115 (1st Floor)Sean D. Moriarty • David Pringle • Marcus Sibley • Daniel Sieger Managing Social Media’s Role in Community Engagement Efforts Room 118 (1st Floor)Melissa Aronczyk • Aria Cochran • Trever Holland • Dahvi Wilson How to Get Major Infrastructure Projects Done—An Audience Roundtable Exploring Major Challenges and Best Practices Events Hall (2nd Floor)Damian Bednarz • Jonathan Bowles • Brian Matthews • Peggy Shepard • David Tweedy

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)Terry Doss • Sarah Dougherty, WEDG

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 Safra Hall (1st Floor)Phil Bedient • Dale Morris • Sahana Rao • Tyler Taba, WEDG Offshore Wind: Sustainability, Nature, and Ecology Room 115 (1st Floor)Anthony Dvarskas • Kris Ohleth • Joy Reidenberg On Track for More Marine Plastic than Fish by 2050 Keeping History Room (3rd Floor)James Cervino • Jennifer M. Coffey • Thania Peck • Beizhan Yan Deferred Wharf and Pier Maintenance – Challenges and Opportunities Room 118 (1st Floor)Stephen Famularo • Patricia Gaynor • Rebecca Karp • Maki Onodera The Imperative to Go Beyond Public Meetings Events Hall (2nd Floor)Robert Atterbury • Frank Avila-Goldman • Marisa Denker • Arif Ullah, WEDG

2:50pm EDT

Break n/a

3:05pm EDT

Waterfront Permitting in the Age of Climate Change Safra Hall (1st Floor)Pippa Brashear • Sandy Collins • Jon Miller, WEDG • Dena Prastos Offshore Wind’s Other Workforce Gap: Filling Roles in Today’s Planning and Development Phases Room 115 (1st Floor)Angele Doyne • Terence Kelly • Ian Straughter Mussels as the Great Harbor Cleaner Keeping History Room (3rd Floor)Don Riepe • Matthew W. Gray • John McLaughlin • Chris Pickerell Rebuild By Design: Learning from New Jersey's Solutions Room 118 (1st Floor)Karen Appell • Kim McEvoy • Jonathan Miller • Caleb Stratton Lowering the Tension: Resilience, Development, and the New Wave of Environmentalism Events Hall (2nd Floor)Gwen Dawson • Ali Estefam, WEDG • Andrea Parker • Alexis Taylor

4:00pm EDT

Closing Plenary: Climate Advocacy–You Can and Must Do It Too! Safra Hall (1st Floor)Assemblyman Robert Carroll • Sen. Bob Smith • Tyler Taba, WEDG • Adem Bunkeddeko • Kristen Brengel • Andrew Engel • Kavitha Mathew

5:10pm EDT

Reception, Hosted by Equinor Events Hall (2nd Floor)