Thursday, April
25, 2002 |
| 8:00 |
Registration |
Adamkus Conference & Training
Center (12th Floor) |
| 9:15 |
Opening/Welcome/ Workshop Objectives |
Lake Ontario Rm |
10:00 -
12:15 |
State Presentations |
Training Rms A & B |
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| Intended outcome (workshop objectives):
1. Allow each state to share the objectives,
audience, and goals of their environmentally oriented
DSS web-based program;
2. Allow each state to share the "state"
of their web-based DSS development;
3. Share experiences learned and "wisdom"
learned in their effort thus far. |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
IL presentation
"Resource Management Mapping Service"
"Farm.edu: Site Specific Decision Support System"
-- Richard Farnsworth, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
-- Douglas Austen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 |
IN presentation
"Lake Rim GIS"
-- Kevin Miller, Indiana Department of Environmental
Management |
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| 11:15 - 11:45 |
IN presentation
"WWW-Based Decision Support Tools at Purdue University"
--Bernie Engel, Purdue University |
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| 11:45 - 12:15 |
MI presentation
"Understanding Your Watershed: An Interactive Mapping
Program to Explore Michigan Watersheds"
--Jon Bartholic, Michigan State University |
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| 12:15 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 - 2:30 |
Hands-On sessions |
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| Intended outcome (relates to objective
4):
Allow water resource program managers and decision-makers
some hands-on time with select DSS programs. |
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| 1:30 - 2:00 |
A. Purdue |
Training Rm A |
| B. Michigan State |
Training Rm B |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
A. "Windows to My Environment"
-- Carmen Maso, USEPA Region 5 |
Training Rm A |
B. "GeoWEPP"
-- Chris Renschler, SUNY Buffalo |
Training Rm B |
| 2:30 - 3:15 |
Plenary Session
"Where is the Technology Going?"
-- Bernie Engel, Purdue.
"EPA's National
Environmental Information Exchange Network"
-- Steve Goransen, USEPA Region 5 |
Lake Ontario Rm |
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| Intended outcome (workshop objectives):
5. Allow an opportunity to advance region-wide
efforts through a better common understanding,
acceptance of some states to extend their efforts
across the region, enhance the development of
common databases, and utilize, where possible,
unified technology transfer approaches and materials. |
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| 3:15 - 3:30 |
Break |
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| 3:30 - 3:50 |
IL presentation
"Landuse
Evolution and Impact Assessment Model: a distributed modeling
environment"
-- Brian Deal, University of Illinois |
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| 3:50 - 4:10 |
USDA presentations
"Geospatial
Data Gateway is One-Stop Source for Natural Resources
Data"
-- Bruce Nielsen, USDA;
"USDA's Performance
& Results Measurement System"
-- Roger Nanney, USDA, NRCS, Liaison to USEPA/Great Lakes
National Program Office |
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| 4:10 - 4:30 |
MN Presentation
"Interactive,
On-Line Soil Surveys for Natural Resource Management"
-- Jay Bell, University of Minnesota, Department of Soil,
Water, and Climate |
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| 4:30 - 5:15 |
Break Out sessions By functional grouping
(e.g., data, education, assistance, decision-making) |
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| Intended outcome (workshop objectives):
4. Document common and unique themes, approaches,
databases, models, and assessments. |
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| Evening |
Dinner & informal networking |
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Friday, April
26, 2002 |
| 8:30 - 9:30 |
Plenary Session: Report Out from Break
out sessions |
Lake Ontario Rm |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Plenary Session: EPA systems presentation
"BASINS 3.0"
-- Paul Cocca, USEPA Office of Water |
Lake Ontario Rm |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Break |
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| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Concurrent Sessions:
A. Watershed Managers/Decision Makers Forum
B. Developers Forum |
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| Intended outcome (relates to objective
4):
Allow these groups the opportunity to discuss
common themes, unaddressed needs, feedback. |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Plenary Session: Development of Regional
Perspectives |
Lake Ontario Rm |
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| Intended outcome (workshop objectives):
7. The agencies involved could better clarify
their roles, support, and leadership positions. |
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Plenary Session: Development of a Regional
Network & Next Steps |
Lake Ontario Rm |
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| Intended outcome (workshop objectives):
6. Work toward a unifying process that optimizes
concept, software, technique sharing, synergisms,
common data, and parameter development and accessibility;
8. The conveniences of the workshop will support
an enhanced level of communication following the
conference and endeavor to facilitate new support
for state and regional projects and recommendations
coming from the workshop. |
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| 12:30 |
End of Formal Program |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Informal Networking and Lunch, Follow-up
Discussions |
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Case
Studies