Recommendations for Everglades Restoration

under a Future Climate Scenario

USGS, CES, Florida Sea Grant Sponsored Meeting
April 28 & 29, 2014
Florida Atlantic University Boca Campus

AGENDA  (download PDF)

The following is a tentative agenda for this technical meeting.

Day 1

 
 8:00 am 

Continental Breakfast

 9:00 am 

Opening remarks and Introductions   20 minutes

 9:30 am

Overview and big PictureLeonard Berry, Nick Auman, Jayantha Obeysekera, Steve Traxler

  • Linking this management decision process to scientific and technical information generated at the previous workshops.
  • Defining need for both concrete management recommendations and identification of information gaps
  • Linking conference process to adaptive management strategies familiar to participants
 10:00 am 

First breakout session—Facilitator Perran Ross

  • Each group encouraged to choose one objective among several possible and explain in plenary report why this is the right one.
 12:30 pm LUNCH
 1:30 pm 

Plenary report and discussion. Groups report back on Objective

General discussion and interactions               
 3:00 pm  BREAK
3:15 pm

Instructions on next session/brainstorm—Facilitator Perran Ross

3:30 pm

Second breakout session Brainstorm develop draft actions 

5:00 pm

Plenary - short report and progress

  • Review of process, any changes
  • Groups encouraged to conduct intersessional work in evening
5:30pm

Facilitator and leadership team debrief.

   

Day 2

 
8:00 am  Continental breakfast startWelcome, housekeeping
8:30 am

Plenary session 2:  Groups report back on Draft Actions

  • Flip charts to visualize for whole group
  • Discussion to align and harmonize proposed actions
9:30 am

Third breakout sessionRefine and redraft actions and add knowledge gaps

  • Ensuring that actions are specific, measurable, time-defined and amenable to adaptive analysis and modification. (This includes filling information gaps.)
  • Testing actions against adaptive criteria—feasibility, cost, practicality
  • Engaging practical manager/management considerations 
11:30 am 

Begin Group Reports—20 minutes per group. 

  • Present visuals (flipchart ) and written document for workshop record 
12:30 pm LUNCH
1:30 pm 

Continue Group Reports

3:00 pm  BREAK
3:15 pm

Final Plenary

  • Discussion
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Information on next steps
4:00 pm  Thanks and closing comments
4:30 pm 

Leadership team and facilitator debrief




 
 
 
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