SGA Open Meeting: Sustainable Coastal Development
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

8:00 am – 8:15 am Welcome and Introductions
Gordon Grau, President, Sea Grant Association and Director, University of
Hawaii Sea Grant College Program

8:15 am – 8:45 am Sustainable Coastal Development Introduction
Brian Miller, Director, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Mike Liffmann, National Sea Grant Extension

8:45 am – 9:15 am Healthy Coastal Economies
Thomas Murray, Extension Program Leader, Virginia Sea Grant

9:15 am – 9:45 am Coastal Communities in Transition: Population Growth, Public
Engagement and Environmental Sustainability
Jim Falk, Marine Advisory Service Director, Delaware Sea Grant

9:45 am – 10:15 am Coastal Communities Protect and Efficiently Use Land, Energy and
Water Resources Needed to Sustain Coastal Ecosystems and Quality of
Life.
Martin Jaffe, Environmental Planning Specialist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

10:30 am – 11:15 am Identifying Land Use Indicators and Tipping Points That Threaten
Coastal, Ocean, and Great Lakes Ecosystems and Footprints Needed To
Sustain These Ecosystems
Kirstin Dow, Dept. of Geography and Carolinas Integrated Sciences and
Assessments, University of South Carolina

11:15 am – 12:00 pm Creation of Better Economic and Market Research-Based Decision Tools
Brian Deal, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of
Illinois

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch: Special Presentation
Geoff Anderson, President and CEO, Smart Growth America

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Creating Change from the Center: a multidisciplinary model for merging
research, education and project-based outreach to improve community
conditions and campus facilities
Steve Meder, Professor, University of Hawaii School of Architecture, and
Director, University of Hawaii Sea Grant’s Center for Smart Building and
Community Design

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm Decision Tools for Future Coastal Community Scenarios
Chester Arnold, Jr., Associate Director, Center for Land Use Education and
Research, University of Connecticut

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm Networking with Sea Grant Partners (panel and discussion)
Adrienne Antoine, Climate Program Office Sector Applications Research
Program
John Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services
John Frece, Division Director, Smart Growth Program, Office of Policy,
Economics, and Innovation.
Randall Schneider, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm SGA Reception (Academy Art Museum)
Keynote: Jane Lubchenco, Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere,
NOAA Administrator