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ASBPA National Coastal Conference: Integrating Coastal Science and Policy
Sessions held at Tradewinds Island Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL

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Tuesday, Oct. 13
12:30-5 p.m. RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION OF COASTAL AREAS: Environmental Compliance Short Course
By: Joan Pope and John Furry

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8 a.m. - noon.	ASBPA Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 a.m.	Registration
1:00 p.m.	Opening of the 2009 Conference • D. T. Minich • ASBPA President Harry Simmons	Minich Simmons
1:10 p.m.	Welcome: State Senator Dennis Jones and the Pinellas County delegation
1:15 p.m.	Welcome: U.S. Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young (Invited)
1:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Mike Sole, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Florida’s Beach Management Program: Recent Milestones and Future Challenges	Sole
2:00 p.m.	Robert G. Dean, Honorary Conference Co-Chair Reflections on Florida's Beach Management Program and Thoughts about the Future	Dean
2:25 p.m.	Richard A. Davis, Jr., Honorary Conference Co-Chair Morphodynamics of the barrier/inlet system of the west peninsular coast of Florida	Davis
2:50 p.m.	Thomas Campbell Science and Policy Considerations/Solutions for Sustainable Shore Protection and Erosion Control Programs in the US	Campbell
3:15-3:35 p.m.	Break
3:40-4:00 p.m.	John Lee Post-Hurricane Ike ground observations on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas	Lee
4:00 p.m.	Kevin R. Bodge Canaveral Harbor, FL - Final Mitigation for Beach Impacts	Bodge
4:25 p.m.	Joan Pope Beach Bums of the Future: Coastal Awareness for the Next Generation	Pope
4:50 p.m.	Nicole Elko A History of Incorporating Structures into a Federal Shore Protection Project: Pinellas County, FL	Elko
5:15 p.m	ASBPA Annual Meeting
6:00 p.m.	Grand Opening (Pre-Game) Reception – Exhibit Hall
7:00 p.m.	Beach volleyball game: Engineers vs. Geologists (winner to play the Biologists)

Thursday, Oct. 15
Concurrent sessions morning and afternoon

1A – Hurricane Ike (1)
(Moderator – Jerry Mohn)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8:00 a.m.	Amy Williams Ecosystem impacts of Hurricane Ike: Perspectives of the Coastal Barrier Island Network	Williams
8:25 a.m.	Rhonda Cummins Effects of Hurricane Ike on the Texas Coast	Cummins
8:50 a.m.	Jerry Mohn The ”Ike Dike”, A Storm Surge Prevention System	Mohn
9:15a.m.	Mark Byrnes Coastal Response to Hurricane Ike (2008): Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas	Byrnes

1B – Modeling (1)
(Moderator – Gordon Thompson)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8:00 a.m.	Brian Caufield Ongoing Efforts to Reduce Coastal Risk through Mapping, Assessment, and Planning	Caufield
8:25 a.m.	Ping Wang Investigating Dredging Options at John’s Pass and Blind Pass Using the Coastal Modeling System (CMS)	Wang
8:50 a.m.	Gordon Thomson The Blending of Numerical and Analytical Models in a Barrier Island Design	Thomson
9:15a.m.	Mark Gravens CSHORE: A Predictive Model for Beach Profile Evolution	Gravens

1C – Integrating Science & Policy
(Moderator: Cameron Perry)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8:00 a.m.	Angelina Freeman Coastal Louisiana Restoration: From Plan to Action	Freeman
8:25 a.m.	David Revell How Many People in the Sandbox? An Application of Video Imagery to Quantifying Beach Use in Hawaii and Australia	Revell
8:50 a.m.	Stanley Boc Coastal Structures Condition Assessment Tool Box	Boc
9:15a.m.	Cameron Perry Coastal Summit – A Beginner’s Guide and the Recent Texas Experience	Perry

9:45-10:15 a.m. Break

2A – Hurricane Ike (2)
(Moderator – John Lee)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
10:15 a.m	Sharon Tirpak U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District Operational Experiences and Response to Hurricane Ike	Tirpak
11:45 a.m.	Nick Kraus Hurricane Ike along the Upper Texas Coast	Kraus
11:10 a.m.	Deidre Williams Recent Shoreline Change along North Padre and Mustang Islands, Texas, Including Hurricane Ike Recovery	Williams
11:35 p.m.	Mark Horwitz Coastal Dune Response to Overwash Induced by Hurricane Ivan: Santa Rosa Island, Fl	Horwitz

2B – Modeling (2)
(Moderator – Doug Gaffney)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
10:15 a.m	Dana Arnouil A MIKE Sediment Transport Model for Design of a Sediment Trap Basin in Ft. Pierce Inlet, Florida	Arnouil
11:45 a.m.	Brian Joyner Numerical and Physical Modeling for the Design of T-Head Groins: Two Case Studies at Guapo Beach, Trinidad and Saraya Islands, UAE	Joyner
11:10 a.m.	Lindino Benedet Definition of Wave Climates for Morphological Modeling for Time Scales varying from Seasons to Decades: Methods and Practical Applications at Beaches and Inlets	Benedet
11:35 p.m.	Julio Zyserman Finding Stable Beach Planforms Using a Phase Resolving Wave Model	Zyserman

2C – Biological Monitoring
(Moderator – Steve Higgins)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
10:15 a.m	Jessica Craft When do Artificial Reefs Reach Functional Equivalency with Natural Hardbottom? A Case Study for Managing Reefs in the Central Florida Gulf Coast	Craft
11:45 a.m.	Robert Grove San Dieguito Lagoon and Del Mar Beach Bacteriological Studies	Grove
11:10 a.m.	Adam Priest From Failure to Success: Update on the Vero Beach P.E.P. Reef™: Indian River County, FL USA	Priest
11:35 p.m.	Melissa Tucker Coastal Policies and Wildlife in Florida: A Panel Discussion on Challenges and Opportunities	Tucker

Noon - 2 p.m. Luncheon
• Peer to Peer Sessions
• A conversation with our Honorary Co-Chairs, Dr. Robert G. Dean and Dr. Richard A. Davis, Jr.

3A – Regional Sediment Management (RSM)
(Moderator – Jeff Waters)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
2:00 p.m.	Michael Wutkowski Regional Sediment Management in North Carolina	Wutkowski
2:25 p.m.	Tom Smith Hawaii Regional Sediment Management	Smith
2:50 p.m.	Cliff Davenport Coastal RSM Plans- Strategies for Implementing Regional Sediment Management	Davenport
3:15 p.m.	Donald Cresitello The Long Island Coastal Planning Project: Institutionalizing Regional Sediment Management	Cresitello

3B – Modeling (3)
(Moderator – Pete Seidle)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
2:00 p.m.	Christina Lindemer Numerically Simulating Morphological Change of the Chandeleur Islands during Hurricane Katrina using Xbeach	Lindemer
2:25 p.m.	Joseph Morrow Using an ADCP to Calibrate a SBEACH Model for Distinguishing Volume Changes between Two Named Tropical Events	Morrow
2:50 p.m.	Lauren Dunkin Variability in Long-Wave Runup as a Function of Complex Nearshore Bathymetry	Dunkin
3:15 p.m.	Michael Slattery Incipient Rip-Current Statistics in an Open Coast	Slattery

3C – State Policy
(Moderator – Tony Pratt)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
2:00 p.m.	Emma Fisher A Comprehensive Plan for Coastal Restoration in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana	Fisher
2:25 p.m.	Ralph Clark CSSI, Coastal Storm Scene Investigation: the Post-storm Forensics Engineering Analysis	Clark
2:50 p.m.	Johnny Martin NC Beach and Inlet Management Plan	Martin
3:15 p.m.	Tony Pratt Delaware’s Beach Management Program: A Case Study	Pratt

3:40 – 4:10 Break

4A – Dredged Material Management
(Moderator – Todd Roessler)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
4:10 p.m.	Todd Roessler The Morehead City Harbor Project – A Long and Winding Road to a DMMP	Roessler
4:35 p.m.	John Pauling and Jay Jahangiri Sustainable Dredged Material Management	Pauling Jahangiri
5:00 p.m.	Bill Hanson Dredgers Build to Meet Project Challenges	Hanson

4B -- Morphodynamics
(Moderator – Tim Kana)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
4:10 p.m.	Hilary Stockdon National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Change Vulnerability	Stockdon
4:35 p.m.	Tim Kana Barrier Island–Lagoon Evolution at Decadal Time Scales	Kana
5:00 p.m.	Tiffany Roberts Longshore Variations in the Nearshore Bar Morphodynamics along West-Central FL	Roberts

4C – Local Nourishment Policy
(Moderator – Phill Roehrs)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
4:10 p.m.	Jason Buelterman The Process of Federal Funding: Tybee Island, Georgia	Buelterman
4:35 p.m.	Kate Gooderham Grass-roots support, a case study ― Blind Pass Eco-zone, Lee County, Florida	Gooderham
5:00 p.m.	Tara Marden Public/Private Partnership for Dune Restoration at Cow Bay, Martha’s Vineyard, MA	Marden

6:00 p.m. Sunset Reception & Awards Ceremony – Featuring a live band (The Blues Pig) on the Beach Deck
7:00 p.m. Beach Party Cookout

Friday, Oct. 16
Concurrent sessions morning

1A – Sediment Resources (1)
(Moderator – Michael Walther)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8:00 a.m.	Tem Fontaine Case Study of Sand Placement Design on a Sand Starved Clay Shore at Sargent Beach in Matagorda County, Texas	Fontaine
8:25 a.m.	Donald Cresitello Initiatives on a Systems Approach to Coastal Protection	Cresitello
8:50 a.m.	Jonathan Hall Regional Sediment Management and Sustainability Analysis for Southeast Florida	Hall
9:15 a.m.	Ashish Mehta and Mamta Jain Sand Budget Calculations for Jupiter Inlet, Florida	Mehta Jain

1B – ASBPA 2009 Best Restored Beaches
(Moderator – Michael Dombrowski)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8:00 a.m.	Steve Keehn 2009 Fire Island, NY Beach Renourishment High Complexity Did Not Detour Determined Communities	Keehn
8:25 a.m.	Michael Dombrowski and Laurel Eiler St. Joseph Peninsula Beach Restoration Project: They said it would never be built and almost wasn’t!	Dombrowski Eiler
8:50 a.m.	Tom Pierro 2009 FEMA Hurricane Repair Project at Lido Key, Flo	Pierro
9:15 a.m.	Katherine Weldon Pacific Station Opportunistic Use Beach Nourishment Project – 2009	Weldon

1C – Inland Shores
(Moderator – Phill Roehrs)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
8:00 a.m.	Michael Poff “Under the Sea” with the Florida Sea Grant College Program	Poff
8:25 a.m.	Lee Weishar Wetland Form vs Function: Can We Incorporate Function into Wetland Success Criteria Without Killing Projects?	Weishar
8:50 a.m.	Matthew Trammell Community Maritime Park: Wetland Mitigation Through Marsh Creation	Trammell
9:15 a.m.	Russ Boudreau Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Project: Winner of COPRI’s First Project Excellence Award	Boudreau

9:45-10:15 a.m. Break

2A – Sediment Resources (2)
(Moderator – Beau Suthard)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
10:15 a.m	Hande Caliskan Measurement of Velocity and Sediment Transport to Evaluate the Feasibility of a Sediment Deposition Basin as a Sand Bypassing Source in Ft. Pierce Inlet, FL	Caliskan
10:45 a.m.	Jim Flocks The Evolution and Fate of a Barrier Island Chain, Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana	Flocks
11:10 a.m.	Beau Suthard Regional Sand Search Investigations for West-Central Florida	Suthard
11:35 a.m.	Ronald McPherson EUREKA, Sand in Texas	McPherson

2B – Nourishment Design
(Moderator – Tom Herrington)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
10:15 a.m	Al Browder Experiences with FEMA and Beach Restoration in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama	Browder
10:45 a.m.	Alicia Mahon Assessment of Alternative Beachfill Placement on Surfing Resources	Mahon
11:10 a.m.	David Lager and David Vine Plum Island MA Shoreline Protection and Management - A Review of Current Design and Construction Initiatives	Lager Vine
11:35 a.m.	Leanne Welch The Ocean Ridge FL Shore Protection Project: A Balancing Act in Every Sense	Welch

2C –Risk Management and Sea Level Rise
(Moderator – David Revell)

Time	Session	Presenter(s)
10:15 a.m	Clifford Hearn Understanding the Tampa Bay Shoreline: risk assessment of stability of longshore bars and effects of sea level rise	Hearn
10:45 a.m.	Adam Hosking Coastal Adaptation: The Incorporation of Climate Change into Coastal Risk Planning	Hosking
11:10 a.m.	David Revell An Initial Assessment of the Impacts of Sea Level Rise to the California Coast	Revell
11:35 a.m.	Dilip Trivedi An Adaptation Strategy to Address Sea Level Rise along Coastal Developments	Trivedi

Noon Adjourn

1- 5:30 p.m. PINELLAS COUNTY’S FEDERAL SHORE PROTECTION PROJECT
Post-Conference Field Trip

*Program and speakers subject to change