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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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APPENDIX A—SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

Improving the Interaction between Sciences and Policy in the Gulf of Maine Region

A symposium organized by the National Research Council's Ocean Studies Board with assistance from the Maine Coastal Program

November 1 - 4, 1994

Kennebunkport, Maine

AGENDA

The Gulf of Maine Symposium, part of a symposium series that includes California and the Gulf of Mexico, will bring together practitioners in the natural and social sciences, environmental managers, policy-makers, and business interests from around the Gulf of Maine region and from other areas of the United States and Canada. The symposium will examine the interface between coastal/marine science and policy with a special focus on exploring ways to improve the interaction between scientists and managers. Participants will hear a series of papers on the status of science/policy integration in the region and possible avenues for strengthening that integration. A series of small, facilitated issue groups will be formed to provide participants the opportunity to be creative and define specific initiatives appropriate to the region. A summary of symposium discussions and papers will be published following the symposium.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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Symposium

Biliana Cicin-Sain, Chair, Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Project Panel

Co-chairs:

David Keeley, Maine State Planning Office & Gulf of Maine Program

David Townsend, Department of Oceanography, University of Maine - Orono

November 1 (Tuesday)

7:30 p.m.

Meeting of National Steering Committee, Regional Steering Committee, Regional Advisors, and Issue Group Chairs, Rapporteurs, and Facilitators

November 2 (Wednesday)

8:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks - Mary Hope Katsouros, Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council; Biliana Cicin-Sain, University of Delaware; and David Keeley, Maine State Planning Office

8:30 a.m.

Official Welcome --

Steven Adams, Maine Executive Department - Maine State Planning Office & Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment

8:35 a.m.

A Visual Tour of the Gulf of Maine Region and Overview of the Gulf Program --

David Keeley, Maine State Planning Office & Gulf of Maine Program

8:50 a.m.

Introductions

David Townsend, Department of Oceanography, University of Maine

9:00 a.m.

The Challenge of Improving Science and Policy Interactions --

Biliana Cicin-Sain, Center for the Study of Marine Policy, University of Delaware

9:15 a.m.

Natural Science Contributions to Managing Ecosystems --

Author:

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland

Commentator:

Lewis Incze, Director, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

9:45 a.m.

Social Science Contributions to Managing Ecosystems --

Author:

Michael Orbach, School of the Environment, Duke University

Commentator:

Timothy Hennessey, Department of Political Science, University of Rhode Island

 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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10:15 a.m.

Integrating Science and Policy in Ecosystem Management --

Author:

Robert Knecht, Center for the Study of Marine Policy, University of Delaware

Commentator:

Robert Bowen, Environmental Sciences Program, University of Massachusetts - Boston

Each author will speak for 20 minutes and the commentators will speak for 10 minutes on her/his perspective of the issues presented by the author.

11:00 a.m.

Plenary Paper #1 -- Responding to the Cumulative Impact of Land and Water Activities in the Region's Estuaries and Near-Coastal Environments --

Author:

Carolyn Hunsaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

11:30 a.m.

Plenary Paper #2 -- Protecting Significant Terrestrial and Marine Habitats --

Author:

Blythe Chang, St. Andrew's Biological Station

12:00 noon

Plenary Paper #3 -- The Role of Indicators of Environmental Quality in Maintaining the Health of the Gulf of Maine --

Author:

Judith McDowell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

1:30 p.m.

Assemble in Concurrent Issue Groups

Cumulative Impacts in the Region's Estuaries --

Moderator:

John Teal, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Authors:

Environmental Science Considerations - Graham Daborn, Center for Estuarine Studies, Acadia University

Socioeconomic Considerations - Madeline Hall-Arber, MIT Sea Grant

Policy Development Considerations - Tim Glidden, Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Council of Maine

Subgroup 1 -

 

Chair:

John Teal, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Rapporteur:

Peter Douglas, Executive Director, California Coastal Commission John Costlow, Duke University (ret.)

Facilitator:

Fran Rudoff, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development

Subgroup 2 -

 

Chair:

Jack Wiggin, Urban Harbors Institute, University of Massachusetts

Rapporteur:

Alison Rieser, Marine Law Institute, University of Maine School of Law

Facilitator:

Peg Brady, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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Regionally Significant Habitats --

Moderator:

Donald Scavia, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Authors:

Environmental Science Considerations - Robert Steneck, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine

Socioeconomic Considerations - James Acheson, University of Maine

Policy Development Considerations - Peter Shelley and Eleanor Dorsey, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston

Subgroup 1 -

 

Chair:

Donald Scavia, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Rapporteur:

Susan Hanna, Oregon State University

Facilitator:

Robert Bowen, University of Massachusetts

Subgroup 2 -

 

Chair:

George Finney, Environment Canada

Rapporteur:

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland

Facilitator:

Melissa Waterman, Gulf of Maine Program

Indicators of Environmental Quality --

Moderator:

Gareth Harding, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Authors:

Environmental Science Considerations - Steve Jones, Jackson Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

Socioeconomic Considerations - David Terkla, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts - Boston

Policy Development Considerations - Charles Colgan, Edmund Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, University of Southern Maine

Subgroup 1-

 

Chair:

Theodore C. Loder, University of New Hampshire

Rapporteur:

Michael Orbach, School of the Environment, Duke University

Facilitator:

John Sowles, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Subgroup 2 -

 

Chair:

Gareth Harding, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Rapporteur:

Edward Goldberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Facilitator:

Judy Pederson, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management

The moderator of an issue group will introduce speakers and panel members and describe expectation of sponsors, describe the schedule, and lay out issue group goals and objectives. Each Issue Group covering one of the three topics will be divided into Subgroups of 15 to 20 individuals each, to facilitate meaningful and interactive small group discussions.

Each Subgroup will be coordinated by a chairperson.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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One or two rapporteurs, generally drawn from the OSB Committee on Coastal Science and Policy Interactions, will be responsible for synthesizing the major themes of the discussion orally at the meeting, and in written form in the report to be published after the symposium.

The facilitator will keep the discussions focused and record major points made.

The sessions will begin with 15 minute presentations by authors of the Issue Group papers, listed above. After the presentations, the Subgroups will divide, and a general discussion of these papers and their relation to the plenary papers will occur.

3:15 p.m.

Reconvene Issue Groups

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn Issue Groups

7:00 p.m.

Making Links with the California Symposium

Moderator:

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland

Speakers:

Robert Knecht, Center for the Study of Marine Policy, University of Delaware

Peter Douglas, California Coastal Commission

This panel will highlight the lessons learned at the November 1992 California symposium and present messages applicable to the Gulf of Maine.

November 3 (Thursday)

8:30 a.m.

“Vignettes” - Case Studies of Science and Policy Working Together to Address Key Issues for Managers

Moderator:

Curtis Mason, Center for Coastal Environmental Health, Charleston, S.C.

Panelists:

Christine Gault, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

James Wilson, University of Maine

Michael Crosby, NOAA/Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

James Ellsworth, Environment Canada

Michael Connor, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

9:45 a.m.

Subgroups Reconvene

4:00 p.m.

Reassemble in Plenary -- Moderators: Biliana Cicin-Sain and David Keeley

Rapporteurs for the Subgroups give a status report on their efforts and direction of discussions.

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn Plenary Session

 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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8:00 p.m.

Panel of Scientists and Managers Involved with the Gulf of Maine Region

Moderator:

Gordon Wallace, Chairman - Regional Association for Research in the Gulf of Maine & University of Massachusetts - Boston

Panelists:

Michael Connor, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

David Townsend, University of Maine

This panel will address communications between scientists and policymakers, how such interactions could be improved, and examples of successful or unsuccessful science-policy interactions in the region.

9:00 p.m.

Adjourn for the day

November 4 (Friday)

8:00 a.m.

Subgroups Reconvene to Finalize Comments and Suggestions

10:45 a.m.

Reconvene Plenary --

Symposium Cochairs:

Biliana Cicin-Sain, Chair - Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Project Panel

David Keeley, Maine State Planning Office/Maine Coastal Program

David Townsend, Department of Oceanography, University of Maine

Session chairs will present their group's suggestions. The symposium cochairs will synthesize the results.

11:45 p.m.

Symposium Adjourns

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Agenda." National Research Council. 1995. Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy: Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9151.
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