This year’s themes will include speakers, demonstrations, and strategies regarding Water Quality and Water Access, while incorporating Citizen Science and Youth Engagement; additional details will be distributed in the weeks ahead. For now, mark your calendars and plan to join us for a unique day of networking and action along the Delaware River.

DRAFT AGENDA (times subject to change)

Themes: Improving the nation’s water systems and reconnecting urban communities to waterways

Audience: Federal agencies responsible for improving and protecting water, non-profit organizations who are community stewards, local and state agencies who deliver resources to community members, grassroots organizations that are involved in environmental issues

8:00 -8:30 Registration

8:30-8:45 Welcome and Meeting Outlines

8:45 – 9:15 Keynote Address: State of The Water

9:15- 10:00 Panel Presentations on Local Water Quality Programs and Management

10:00- 10:15 Break

10:15 – 10:45 Breakout: Water Quality Scenario Group Discussions (topics will be handed out at registration)

10:45 – 11:00 Sendup Session (Discussion Results)

11:00- 11:45  Reporting and Response Panel: Examining the bests ways to report and respond to water quality issues, identifying effective means of reaching vulnerable populations/clarifying channels of resource distribution

11:45- 1:00 Lunch

11:45- 1:00 River Stewards Demonstration at Seaport Museum

1:00-1:45 Citizen Science Panel: Observations as a key to resiliency, how to know what to look for and identify what environmental/ecosystem change in our communities looks like

1:45 – 2:00 Break (Networking)

2:00-2:45 Community Panel: Eyes on the Ground – Think Watershed/Act Riverside

2:45 – 3:30 Water Access Panel: Access as a pathway to opportunity, education, and stewardship

3:45 – 4:15 Tour of the Boat Making Program at the Seaport Museum (for those who can stay)