S P E C I A L   G U E S T S

CATHLEEN CURRAN MYERS
Cathleen Curran Myers
Deputy Secretary, Office of Water Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


KARL BROWN
Karl Brown
Executive Secretary, Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

ALLEN C. GELLIS
Allen Gellis
Research Hydrologist and geomorphologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Baltimore, Maryland

Marel Raub
MAREL RAUB
Pennsylvania Director of Chesapeake Bay Commission

Saturday, September 13, 2008

THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSION
Moderated by Cathleen Curran Myers, Deputy Secretary, Office of Water Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environment and Protection (PA DEP)


8:00 - 12:00 pm - Trout Auditorium (see map)
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8:15 am
Welcome and opening comments
James P. Rice, Associate Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
Susquehanna_River
Bucknell University

8:30 - 8:55 am
Agriculture and the Susquehanna River
Cathleen Curran Myers, Deputy Secretary
Office of Water Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

8:55 - 9:20 am
Nutrient loads in the Susquehanna River
Karl G. Brown, Executive Secretary, Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

sediment_runoff

9:20 - 9:45 am
Sediment loads in the Susquehanna River
Allen C. Gellis, Research Hydrologist-Geomorphologist
U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland

9:45 - 10:30 am
Break and Student Research Poster Session
Center Room, Elaine Langone Center

10:30 - 10:55 am
Agriculture, the Susquehanna River,
and epidemiological connections
Zhengmin Qian and Brian Schwartz, Geisenger Center for Health Research

Chesapeake Bay
10:55 - 11:25 am
Scientific panel discussion
Speakers entertain questions from audience
and address related issues

11:25 - 11:45 am
The Chesapeake Bay connection
Marel Raub, Pennsylvania Director
Chesapeake Bay Commission

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

Break
Move to Terrace Room for lunch

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