Navigating the Environment -  Managing Risks and Sustaining Benefits

International Perspectives and Gulf of Mexico Applicability

Technical Seminar & Networking Reception

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October 28, 2009
Westin Canal Place & Plimsoll Club, World Trade Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

8:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome (ppt, 5.04MB)
Colonel Alvin B. Lee, Commander and District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District

Opening Remarks (ppt, 108KB)
Todd S. Bridges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC)

8:30 Session 1: Climate Change
Session Chair: Harald Koethe, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Germany

Climate Change and Navigation, EnviCom TG 3* (ppt, 5.36MB)
Kathleen D. White, Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources (IWR)

Adaptation to Climate Change in the USA: Sea-level Rise and Coastal Change, Causes and Implications for the Future of Coasts and Low-lying Regions (pdf, 9.90MB)
S. Jeffress Williams, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Adaptation to Climate Change in The Netherlands: Report of the Dutch Delta Commission (2008) (pdf, 3.99MB)
Tiedo Vellinga, Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands

Adaptation to Climate Change in Germany: The German Research Program KLIWAS (2009 - 2013) (pdf, 7.65MB)
Harald Koethe, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Germany

10:30 Session 2: Ecosystems and Dredging
Session Chair: Jan Brooke, Jan Brooke Environmental Consultant Ltd, United Kingdom

Dredging Management Practices for the Environment - A Structured Selection Approach (ppt, 881KB)
Axel Netzband, HPA Hamburg Port Authority, Germany, and Douglas G. Clarke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC)

Sediment Dynamics, Dredging and Ecosystem Restoration (ppt, 2.76MB)
Donald F. Hayes, Ph.D., University of Louisiana

Fisheries Habitat Enhancement Using Dredged Material (pdf, 6.1MB)
Douglas G. Clarke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC)

Sea Turtles and Dredging (pdf, 4.76MB)
Dena Dickerson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC)

1:40 Panel Discussion: Comprehensive and Sustainable Sediment Management

Chair: Robert M. Engler, Ph.D., Moffatt and Nichol
Panelists: Rafael Calderon, The Nature Conservancy (ppt, 4.31MB)
Jeff Waters, Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC) (pdf, 2.05MB)
Paul Boyd, Ph.D., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Axel Netzband, Port of Hamburg

3:00 Session 3: Coastal Flood Risk Management
Session Chair: Edmond J. Russo, Jr., P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC)

The Role of Coastal Features in Coastal Storm Protection (pdf, 2.95MB)
Ty V. Wamsley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center (ERDC)

Managing Coastal Systems: Navigation, Flood, Ecosystems
Bill Walker, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (ppt, 544KB)
Garret Graves, Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Activities (pdf, 5.35MB)