NYMSC Annual Conference
24 October 2015
8:30am-3:30pm
SUNY Maritime College
Protecting our Coastal Environments: The Outlook for Green and Gray Solutions
Speaker abstracts and biographies.
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Directions and Building Information
Our coastal environment is increasingly threatened by over-development, harmful algal blooms, destructive storm surges and rising sea level. Two broad approaches to these threats have been proposed: “Green” solutions that seek to use vegetation or organisms to improve water quality and protect coastlines, and “Gray” solutions that use hard structures and storm barriers. These two approaches are often viewed as mutually exclusive.
The purpose of the 2015 NYMSC conference is to provide a forum where diverse perspectives on green and gray solutions can be presented and discussed. The program brings together experts from the conservation communities, government environmental agencies, academic scientists, and the professional engineering community. Sessions will focus on regulatory and economic aspects of coastal protection and present several examples of both green and gray infrastructure projects. The diversity of ideas and opinions will be discussed and argued in an afternoon debate.
There will be a student poster competition, for both graduate and undergraduate students, with a $250 prize. For all who wish to attend the conference, and to students who want to participate in the student poster competition, please register.
The program for the annual conference can be found HERE.