This meeting brought together leaders from the Guanabara Bay and Chesapeake Bay regions to initiate ideas for protecting the Chesapeake and Guanabara Bays. These meetings focused on governance structure and role of NGO's and community groups in the restoration process, urban environmental challenges, public and private partnerships, the role of science in the environmental decision making process, and communication challenges and solutions of bay restoration to stakeholders.
Rio Delegation and Support Team
Chesapeake Bay Study Tour Agenda
Partnership Meeting of Guanabara Bay and Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland
Monday, July 29th Meeting on Governance and Site Visits
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
09:00-11:50: Governance Structure and Role of Watershed Organizations in Restoring Chesapeake Bay
09:00-09:05 Introductions of the Delegation
09:05-09:15 IMET Welcoming remarks
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Sowers, Associate Director, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
Resources: Presentation ~ IMET
09:15-09:50 Overview of Chesapeake Bay
Speaker: Dr. Don Boesch, President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Resources: Presentation ~ UMCES
09:50-10:30 Role of the Federal Government
Speaker: Greg Barranco, U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP)
Resources: Presentation ~ US EPA CBP
10:30-11:10 Role of State Government
Speaker: Joseph Gill, Secretary, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Resources: Presentation ~ Maryland DNR
11:10-11:50 Role of Watershed Organizations
Speaker: Erik Michelsen, Executive Director, South River Federation
Resources: Presentation ~ South River Federation
12:00-13:10 Water Tour of Harbor: Meet at vessel ENDEAVOR at Aquarium Dock
13:15-14:00 Port Dredging, Management and Facilities Tour
13:15-14:00 Dredge Material Management Program
Speaker: Kathy Broadwater, Deputy Executive Director, Maryland Port Authority
Resources: Presentation ~ Maryland Port Authority
14:00-15:00 Masonville Cove Dredge Material Containment Facility and Environmental Education Center
Tuesday, July 30th Meetings on Urban Environmental Challenges, Role of NGO’s Applying Principles of Adaptive Management, and Skipjack Tour
Maryland Environmental Service
09:00-11:45 Urban Environmental Challenges and Role of NGO’s
09:00-10:00 Management of Wastewater and Stormwater
Speaker: Dr. Bob Summers, Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment: Wastewater and Stormwater
Resources: Presentation ~ Maryland Department of Environment
10:00-11:00 Solid Waste Management
Speaker: Jim Harkins, Director Maryland Environmental Service: Solid Waste
Resources: Presentation ~ Maryland Environmental Service
11:00-11:45 Role of NGO’s
Speaker: Alison Prost, Executive Director, Maryland Office Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Resources: Presentation ~ Maryland Chesapeake Bay Foundation
13:30-17:00 The Role of Science in the Environmental Decision Making Process
13:30-15:00 Observe BayStat Meeting
15:30-16:10 Monitoring and Modeling Water Quality
Speaker: Bruce Michael, Director, Resource Assessment Service, DNR
Resources: Presentation ~ Resource Assessment Service
16:10-16:50 Communicating Scientific Information
Speaker: Dr. Bill Dennison, Vice President for Science Applications, UMCES, Director of IAN
Resources: Presentation ~ Integration & Application Network (IAN)
17:45-19:00 CBF Skipjack Tour and Discussion of Fisheries Issues
Wednesday, July 31st Public-Private Partnership, Communications, Tour of a Waste Water Facility and Partnership Planning
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
09:00-09:45 Public-Private Partnerships
Speaker: Adam Lindquist, Waterfront Partnership
Resources: Presentation ~ Waterfront Partnership
9:45-11:45 Panel on Communicating the Challenges and Solutions of Bay Restoration to a Broad Audience
Speakers:
Samantha Kappalman, Director of Strategic Communications and Social Media, MDE
Resources: Presentation ~ MDE
Rona Kobell, Staff Writer, Bay Journal
Resources: Presentation ~ Bay Journal
Catherine Krikstan, Web Writer and Social Media Manager, CBP
Resources: Presentation ~ CBP
Amy Pelsinsky, Director of Public Relations, UMCES
Resources: Presentation ~ UMCES
Tom Zolper, Maryland Communications Coordinator, CBF
Resources: Presentation ~ CBF
12:45-14:30 Guanabara Bay – Chesapeake Bay Planning and Next Steps
Speaker: Jane Nishida, Director, Office of Regional and Bilateral Affairs USEPA
15:30-17:30 Tour of Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant
Speaker: Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, City of Baltimore Department of Public Works
Resources: Presentation ~ Bureau of Water and Wastewater
Rio Delegation and Support Team
Ms. Marilene Ramos – President of INEA – Rio de Janeiro State Environmental Institute
Mr. Gelson Serva – Executive Coordinator of PSAM/SEA – Guanabara Bay Environmental Sanitation Program / Rio de Janeiro State Environment Secretary
Mr. Axel Grael – Niteroi (City) Vice Mayor
Mr. Zilto Bernardi – São João de Meriti (City) Municipal Environmental Secretary
Mr. Márcio Santa Rosa – Environmental Technical Consultant of PSAM
Ms. Jane Nishida - Director, Office of Regional and Bilateral Affairs USEPA
Mr. Fernando Bretas – IDB Consultant
Dr. Bob Summers - Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment: Wastewater and Stormwater
Mr. Bruce Michael - Director, Resource Assessment Service, DNR
Mr. Dave Nemazie - Associate Vice President for External Affairs, UMCES