6 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Reducing Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Communities to Hurricane Impacts and Sea-Level Rise: Are Large Scale Restoration and Engineering the Answer?

Oral Session
Overarching Sessions
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Ballroom C

Presiding:
Robert S. Young and Denise J. Reed
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM
Sustaining Coastal Wetlands: Sea-Level, Sediments and Society
Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans
2:30 PM
The First Line of Defense: Louisiana's Barrier Islands
Asbury Sallenger, U.S. Geological Survey
2:55 PM
Influence of Wetland Restoration and Degradation on Storm Surge and Waves
Ty Wamsley, US Army Engineer Rsch and Development Ctr; Bruce Ebersole
3:20 PM
Using Science and Engineering to Further Coastal Restoration in Louisiana
Garret Graves, Louisiana Office of the Governor
4:10 PM
Panel Discussion