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 – 12:55
1:00 – 1:40
1:40 – 2:40
2:40 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:40
3:40 – 4:40
4:45 – 6:30
Registration
Lunch and Welcome
o David Shaw, Vice President for Research & Economic Dev, Mississippi
State University
o Mark Keenum, President, Mississippi State University
o Greg Sankey, Commissioner, Southeastern Conference
Keynote Speaker 1: John M Barry: Author of Rising Tide
Session 1: Regional policy
o Comparative water policy and law in MS and AL: Bennett Bearden,
University of Alabama
o Partnerships and conjunctive water use: Jimmy Palmer, EPA, retired
o Partnerships and conjunctive water use: Chip Morgan, Delta Council
Break
Keynote Speaker 2: Dennis Dimick, National Geographic
Session 2: Shared coastlines
o Planning for coastal community resilience to sea level rise: Kathryn
Frank, University of Florida
o Coastal Restoration: Robert Twilley, Louisiana State University
o EPA Gulf of Mexico Program: Ben Scaggs, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program
Reception: Book Signing/Student competition
Judy Bonner, Provost & Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
Tuesday, March 28th
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:15
9:15– 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 – 11:30
11:45 – 12:45
1:00 – 2:00
Breakfast
Keynote Speaker 3: Dr. 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: Venkat Lakshmi, University of South Carolina
o Climate, irrigation, and water rights: Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
o Climate impacts on water resources: Joel Paz, Mississippi State University
Break
Session 4: Shared watersheds and aquifers
o Emerging contaminants and herbicides: Keith Goyne, University of
Missouri
o Resiliency: Rafael Munoz-Carpena, University of Florida
o Flood Risk: Susana Ferreira, University of Georgia
Lunch: Jim Dobrowolski, USDA NIFA
Concurrent breakout panel 1
o 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
o Water Resource 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
The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
2:05 – 3:05
3:05 – 3:20
3:20 – 4:20
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 Resource Research Institutes: Regional/Multi-state Water Research
and Management Issues
o John Tracy, (moderator), Texas A&M University
o Chris Thomas, EPA
o Scott Gain, USGS
o Diane Boellstorff, SERA-43
o Jane Watson, EPA
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, USDA National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
o Jeff Johnson, Mississippi State University
o Tri-State Water Wars
o Stephanie Showalter Otts, (moderator), University of
Mississippi
o Heather Elliot, University of Alabama
o William Andreen, University of Alabama
o Christine Klein, University of Florida
The Future of Water:
Regional Collaboration on Shared Climate,
Coastlines, and Watersheds
Water Resource 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 TBD
o TBD
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, USGS
o Nicole Wilkinson, NC Urban Water Consortium
o LaDon Swann, Auburn University & MS AL Sea Grant
o Jimmy Palmer, EPA, retired
Conference Ends
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4:25 – 5:25
5:25