The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
SEC Academic Conference
Hosted by Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi
Conference Agenda
Times reference Central Daylight Time
Monday, March 27th
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:15
1:15 – 2:00
2:00 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:00
4:00 – 5:00
5:00 – 6:30
Registration
Lunch and Welcome
o David Shaw, Vice President for Research & Economic Development,
Mississippi State University
o Mark Keenum, President, Mississippi State University
o Greg Sankey, Commissioner, Southeastern Conference
Break
Keynote Speaker: John M Barry: Author of Rising Tide
Session 1: Regional Policy
o Interstate? Intrastate? Who’s on First?: Jimmy Palmer, EPA, retired
o Partnerships and Conjunctive Water Use: Chip Morgan, Delta Council
o Comparative Water Law and Policy of MS and AL: Bennett Bearden,
University of Alabama
Break
Keynote Speaker: Dennis Dimick, National Geographic
Session 2: Shared Coastlines
o Planning for Coastal Community Resilience to Sea Level Rise: Kathryn
Frank, University of Florida
o An Ecosystem Design to Promote Sustainable Deltaic Landscapes:
Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University
o Restoration Collaboration: Opportunities and Challenges: Ben Scaggs,
EPA Gulf of Mexico Program
Reception and Announcement of Winners in the Campus Water Matters Challenge:
Judy Bonner, Provost & Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
Tuesday, March 28th
7:30 – 8:20
8:20 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:15
9:15– 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 – 11:30
11:45 – 12:55
1:00 – 2:00
Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction: Bill Herndon, Associate Vice President, Division of
Agriculture, Forestry, & Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
Keynote Speaker: Jay Famiglietti, University of California - Irvine and NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology
Session 3: Regional Climate and Climate Change
o Hydrological Extremes from Space: Venkat Lakshmi, University of South
Carolina
o Climate Change and Water: A Challenge for SEC Agricultural Science:
Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
o Climate Impacts in the Southeast: Challenges and Opportunities for
Agricultural Systems and Water Resources: Joel Paz, Mississippi State
University
Break
Session 4: Shared Watersheds and Aquifers
o Veterinary Antibiotics and Neonicotinoids: Challenges, Potential
Solutions, and Future Directions: Keith Goyne, University of Missouri
o Engineering Watershed Governance for Resilience: Unintended
Consequences of Fragmented Management: Rafael Muñoz-Carpena,
University of Florida
o The Economics of Flood Risk: Susana Ferreira, University of Georgia
Lunch: Jim Dobrowolski, US Department of Agriculture: National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Concurrent Breakout Panel 1
o National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sponsored
Programs
o Robert Moorhead, (moderator), Mississippi State University
o LaDon Swann, Auburn University & MS AL Sea Grant
o Edward Clark, NOAA
o Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA
o Nonpoint Source Pollution & BMPs
o Cristiane Surbeck, (moderator), University of Mississippi
o Scott Knight, University of Mississippi
o Prem Parajuli, Mississippi State University
o Eban Bean, University of Florida
o Student Career Speed Dating:
o Laurie Fowler, (moderator), University of Georgia
o Mississippi State University ASABE student chapter
The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
Water Resources Research Institutes: Establishing a Southeast Water
Research Institute Forum to Address Multi-state and Regional Water
Resources Priorities
o Bill Herndon, (moderator), Mississippi State University
o Brian Haggard, University of Arkansas
o John Tracy, Texas A&M University
o Puneet Srivastava, Auburn University
Concurrent Breakout Panel 2
o Coastal Resiliency
o Scott Hagen, (moderator), Louisiana State University
o Denise DeLorme, Louisiana State University
o James Morris, University of South Carolina
o Craig Landry, University of Georgia
o Environmental Hydrology
o Carmen Agouridis, (moderator), University of Kentucky
o Fouad Jaber, Texas A&M University
o Chris Wilson, University of Tennessee
o William (Bill) Ford, University of Kentucky
o Water Treatment
o Ranil Wickramasinghe, (moderator) University of Arkansas
o Isabel Escobar, University of Kentucky
o Baolin Deng, University of Missouri
o Gnaneswar Gude, Mississippi State University
o Water Resources Research Institutes: Regional/Multi-state Water
Research and Management Issues
o John Tracy, (moderator), Texas A&M University
o Chris Thomas, US Environmental Protection Agency
o Scott Gain, US Geological Survey
o Diane Boellstorff, SERA-43, Texas A&M University
o Jane Watson, US Environmental Protection Agency
Break
Concurrent Breakout Panel 3
o Food-Energy-Water Nexus
o Matt Interis, (moderator), Mississippi State University
o David Gattie, University of Georgia
o Eugene LeBoeuf, Vanderbilt University
o Dayton Lambert, University of Tennessee
o Water in Agriculture
o Ron Lacewell, (moderator) Texas A&M University
o John Tracy, Texas A&M University
o Jim Dobrowolski, US Department of Agriculture: National
Institute of Food and Agriculture
o Jeff Johnson, Mississippi State University
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2:05 – 3:05
3:05 – 3:20
3:20 – 4:20
The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
Tri-State Water Wars
o Stephanie Showalter-Otts, (moderator), University of
Mississippi
o Heather Elliott, University of Alabama
o William Andreen, University of Alabama
o Christine Klein, University of Florida
o Water Resources Research Institutes: Innovative Projects/Programs of
Interest that Could Be Transferable Among States
o Brian Haggard, (moderator), University of Arkansas
o Kevin Wagner, Texas A&M University
o Lindell Ormsbee, University of Kentucky
o Bennett Bearden, University of Alabama
o Richard Ingram, Mississippi State University
Concurrent Breakout Panel 4
o Climate Change
o Christopher Fuhrmann, (moderator), Mississippi State
University
o John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University
o Jamie Dyer, Mississippi State University
o Sarah Praskievicz, University of Alabama
o Campus Water Quality/Watershed Projects
o Beth Baker, (moderator), Mississippi State University
o Laurie Fowler, (moderator), University of Georgia
o Mark Callahan, University of Georgia
o Eve Brantley, Auburn University
o Amanda Gumbert, University of Kentucky
o Emerging Water Law and Policy Issues in the Southeast Region
o Stephanie Showalter-Otts, (moderator), University of
Mississippi
o Blake Hudson, Louisiana State University
o Catherine Janasie, University of Mississippi
o Water Resource Research Institutes: Resource Considerations,
Organizational Issues, and Next Steps
o Bill Herndon, (moderator) Mississippi State University
o Earl Greene, US Geological Survey
o Nicole Wilkinson, NC Urban Water Consortium
o LaDon Swann, Sea Grant Regional Initiatives
o Jimmy Palmer, US Environmental Protection Agency, retired
Conference Ends
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4:25 – 5:25
5:25