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Presentations

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Tuesday, June 1 - Plenary

Opening Remarks (PDF 104pp, 3.6MB) Paul Gilman

Delivering Science-Based Information to Decision-makers (PDF 6pp, 562KB) Kim Nelson

Wednesday, June 2 - OEI - Session 1

The Future of EPA's Environmental Indicators Initiative and Report on the Environment

The Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (PDF 34pp, x 2.7MB)

Indicators of Healthy Communities and Ecosystems (PDF 58pp, 3.2MB) Heather Case

Wednesday, June 2 - OEI - Session 2

Using Geospatial Tools to Make Program Decisions

OEI Support for EPA HQ Emergency Operations Center (PDF 18pp, 2.3MB) Joe Anderson

Assessing Urban Growth and Land Cover Trends Using Remote Sensing Imagery and Landscape Metrics (PDF 38pp, 4.7MB) Cary Roberts

NEPAssist: A Web-Based Mapping Application for Environmental Review (PDF 15pp, 973KB) Julie Kocher

Wednesday, June 2 - OEI - Session 3

Delivering Consistent Information on Health and the Environment

Collaborative Opportunities in Ecoinformatics (PDF 26pp, 3.0MB) Mike Frame

Environmental Information Exchange Network (PDF 15pp, 526KB) Molly O'Neill

EPA’s System of Registries (PDF 23pp, 371KB) Larry Fitzwater

Wednesday, June 2 - OEI - Session 4

Developing Science-Based Information for Coastal Systems

From Tropical Beaches to Fjords: An Overview of Western Coastal EMAP (PDF 20pp, 3.2MB) Henry Lee

National Coastal Assessment: a Successful State-federal Collaboration in New Hampshire (PDF 12pp, 272KB) Phil Trowbridge

National Coastal Assessment: Monitoring & Modeling in Support of TMDL Calculations (PDF 27pp, 3.3MB) Henry Walker

National Coastal Assessment: Approach and Findings in the Northeast (PDF 31pp, 2.2MB) Henry Walker

Florida’s Inshore-Marine Monitoring and Assessment Program (PDF 32pp, 1.5MB) Kevin Madley

Coastal Science for Decision-Makers (PDF 22pp, 1.7MB) Darrell Brown

Wednesday, June 2 - ORD - Session 1

Advanced Remote Sensing

Report on 2001 National Land Cover Data (PDF 29pp, 2.1MB) James Wickham

Evaluating Environmental Quality Using Spatial Data derived from Satellite Imagery and Other Sources (PDF 29pp, 4.3MB) K. Bruce Jones

Development of Landscape Indicators for Potential Nutrient Impairment of Streams in EPA Region 8 (PDF 28pp, 1.9MB) Karl Hermann

Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Mapping of Anthropogenic Impervious Surfaces: Spatial and Temporal Scaling Issues Related to Ecological and Hydrological Landscape Analyses (PDF 18pp, 3.6MB) S. Taylor Jarnagin

LIDAR: A Remote Sensing Tool for Determining Stream Channel Change? (PDF 25pp, 3.4MB) David Jennings

The Role of Remote Sensing in the Detection and Removal of Buried WWI Munitions in the Spring Valley Area, Washington, D.C. (PDF 45pp, 15MB) Steven Hirsh

Wednesday, June 2 - ORD - Session 2

Innovations in Risk Assessment: Improving Data Resources

Introduction: Innovations in Risk Assessment: Improving Data Resources (PDF 9pp, 349KB) George Woodall

Scientific Data in Regulatory Decision-Making (PDF 17pp, 139KB) Roy Smith

The ATSDR Experience in Using the Supplemental Documents Database in Developing Toxicological Profiles (PDF 17pp, 578KB) Henry Abadin

A Distributed Approach to Data Sharing: DSSTox Public Toxicity Database Network (PDF 32pp, 972KB) Ann Richard

Chemical Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS) (PDF 18pp, 8.5MB) Michael Waters

Wednesday, June 2 - ORD - Session 3

Using Human Data in Risk Assessment

Using Human Data in Risk Assessment (PDF 9pp, 303KB) John Vandenberg

The Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects (PDF 27pp, 51KB) James Childress

The Role of EPA Clinical Research in Setting Air Quality Standards (PDF 28pp, 334KB) Bill McDonnell

Ethical Issues in Human Subjects Research: Toxicogenomics and Molecular Epidemiology (PDF 33pp, 1.2MB) Richard Sharp

Wednesday, June 2 - ORD - Session 4

Supporting Innovations in Science to Identify Children’s Vulnerability to Environmental Exposures

Introduction to Session 4 (PDF 12pp, 4.7MB) Nigel Fields

Children’s Health and Environmental Exposures: The Most Important Unanswered But Answerable Questions (PDF 38pp, 356KB) Michael Weitzman

The National Children’s Study (PDF 19pp, 456KB) Carole Kimmel

Putting Children’s Environmental Health in Social Context: Recent Findings from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (PDF 42pp, 1.5MB) Virginia Rauh

Wednesday, June 2 - Regions - Session 1

Can You Hear Us Now? EPA’s Role in Invasive Species Research and Management

An Overview of Invasive Species: Snakeheads, Green Crabs (PDF 59pp, 3.1MB) Henry Lee

Rapid Assessment Surveys in Northeast National Estuaries: Identifying Marine Bioinvaders in Fouling Communities (PDF 17pp, 1.2MB) Judith Pederson

Targeted Screening for Invasive Species in Ballast: Genomic Approaches (PDF 18pp, 1.1MB) Michael Blum

Non-native Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay (PDF 13pp, 252KB) Mike Fritz

Wednesday, June 2 - Regions - Session 2

Monitoring and Assessment to Protect Tribal Health and Ecosystems

Protection of Tribal Cultural Practices Through the Development of Native American Exposure Pathways (PDF 10pp, 154KB) Fred Corey

Mercury Fate and Transport on the Fond du Lac Reservation (PDF 35pp, 1.3MB) Nancy Costa

Primary Production Study of the Quoddy Region (PDF 21pp, 1.6MB) Steve Crawford

Wednesday, June 2 - Regions - Session 3

R-EMAP: The Application of EMAP Indicators

The Past, Present and Future of the Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (PDF 27pp, 872KB) Brian Hill

Southeastern Wadeable Streams R-EMAP (PDF 98pp, 5.6MB) Peter Kalla

Maryland Biological Stream Survey: Science for Streams (PDF 82pp, 9.2MB) Dan Boward

Wednesday, June 2 - Regions - Session 4

Great Places Demand Great Science

Great Places Demand Great Science (PDF 9pp, 356KB) Rochelle Araujo

Defining Restored Water Quality, Allocating Load Caps and Implementing Reduction Actions: Chesapeake Bay Lessons Learned (PDF 19pp, 3.8MB) Richard Batiuk

Great Lakes: Collaborative Science to Inform, and Help Frame Policy (PDF 40pp, 15.8MB) John Lyon

Ecological Sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico: The Role of Science, Management and Activism (PDF 31pp, 2.8MB) Quenton Dokken

Thursday, June 3 - OEI - Session 1

Scientific Computing

The Center of Excellence for Environmental Computational Science (PDF 19pp, 303KB) Joe Retzer

High Performance Computing at EPA (PDF 13pp, 411KB) John B. Smith

Growing the Environmental Science Portal (PDF 12pp, 497KB) Terry Grady

Thursday, June 3 - OEI - Session 2

Healthy Communities – One Building at a Time

Indoor Air Quality: Knowledge Base and Gaps (PDF 14pp, 49KB) John Girman

Indoor Environment Research Base (PDF 18pp, 991KB) Jim Jetter

Application of Scientific Knowledge into Program Products (PDF 10pp, 25KB) David Mudarri

EPA’s Proposed Iaq Label for Homes (PDF 21pp, 1.1MB) Sam Rashkin

Indoor Environments Program Strategy: An Interdependent System for Achieving the Risk Reduction Mission (PDF 12pp, 937KB) Tracy Enger

Thursday, June 3 - OEI - Session 3

Net Environmental Benefit Analysis

Isle Royale National Park Protection and Response Strategies (PDF 55pp, 2.5MB) Ann Whelan

Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA) Decision-Making Tool (PDF 96pp, 1.9MB) William Robberson

Thursday, June 3 - ORD - Session 1

Sustainability – Educating for the Future

Education for Sustainability Initiatives (PDF 19pp, 9.5MB) Alan Hecht

Principles and Practice of Sustainability Education in Schools (PDF 34pp, 56KB) Jaimie Cloud

National Efforts in Sustainability Education (PDF 57pp, 2.4MB) Alan Elzerman

Building Partnerships for Sustainable Science Education (PDF 60pp, 560KB) Sally Shuler

Thursday, June 3 - ORD - Session 2

Partnering with New York on Air Quality and Human Health: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives

Federal-State Partnership for Enhanced Understanding of Air Quality and Health Relationships (PDF 12pp, 204KB) ST Rao

Environmental Public Health Tracking and The Public Health Air Surveillance Evaluation Project – (PHASE) (PDF 16pp, 517KB) Vickie Boothe

NOAA-EPA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability (PDF 17pp, 3.4MB) Paula Davidson

Science and Innovation to Protect Public Health and Environment: A Regional Perspective (PDF 16pp, 114KB) Kenneth Colburn

Air Quality Management and Challenges in New York State (PDF 11pp, 355KB) David Shaw

Health Activities Related to Air (PDF 12pp, 151KB) Nancy Kim

Thursday, June 3 - ORD - Session 3

State-of-the Science Research on Swimming-Associated Health Effects and the Translation of Health Data to Water Quality Guidelines for Bathing Beaches

State-of-the-Science Research on Swimming – Associated and the Translation of Health Data to Water Quality Guidelines for Bathing Beaches (PDF 5pp, 153KB) Alfred Dufour

The National Environmental and Epidemiologic Assessment of Recreational Water: the Relationship Between Novel Indicators of Water Quality and Health (PDF 25pp, 622KB) Timothy Wade

Epidemiology Study of Swimmers in Nonpoint Source Polluted Marine Recreational Waters from San Diego, CA (PDF 36pp, 626KB) Kenneth Schiff

Partnerships – Linking beach research with BEACH programs (PDF 19pp, 778KB) Rick Hoffman

Thursday, June 3 - Regions - Session 1

Looking into the Future of a Region

Ecological Forecasting – An Introduction (PDF 10pp, 169KB) K. Bruce Jones

A Weight-of-Evidence Approach to Projecting Land-use Change and Resulting Ecological Vulnerability (PDF 24pp, 2.5MB) Laura Jackson

Alternative Scenarios and Land-cover Change: Examples Using Nutrient Export (PDF 14pp, 698KB) James Wickham

Forecasting Species’ Distributions: The Shape of Things to Come (PDF 13pp, 1.2MB) Daniel Kluza

Putting it all Together: Implications for the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2020 (PDF 8pp, 400KB) Betsy Smith

Thursday, June 3 - Regions - Session 2

Regional Research Partnership Program

The Application of a DNA-based Molecular Approach to Identify Sources of Fecal Contamination: The Search for Pathogens (PDF 32pp, 1.5MB) Bonita Johnson

Regional Research Partnership Program (PDF 12pp, 810KB) Mary White/David Macarus

Manganese and Wood-Fired Boilers (PDF 15pp, 36KB) Dan Ahern

Thursday, June 3 - Regions - Session 3

Community Air Toxics Projects

Addressing Air Toxics at the Local Level (PDF 19pp, 1.7MB) Paul Wagner & Henry Topper

Developing a Local HAP Inventory and Reduction Strategy in New Haven (PDF 42pp, 510KB) Madeleine Weil

Louisville 2004: Risk Management Actions (PDF 28pp, 756KB) Jonathan Trout

Mobile County, Alabama Air Quality Study (PDF 41pp, 387KB) Steve Perry

Thursday, June 3 - Regions - Session 4

Science to Support Decisions: Climate Change

Climate Vulnerability and Impact Assessments Can Provide Useful Insights and Guidance--Now (PDF 15pp, 298KB) Michael MacCracken

Use of Science in Gulf of Mexico Decision Making Involving Climate Change (PDF 21pp, 312KB) Arnold Vedlitz

Alternative Approaches to Climate Change Impacts Assessments: Success Stories (PDF 13pp, 472B) Joel Scheraga