Last Updated:		6/7/18	June 13th
8:30	10:00	Panel-1	Research to Address Contaminants of Emerging and Increasing Concern for the Chesapeake Region Moderator:  Scott Phillips (USGS CBPO) Panelists:  Greg Allen (US EPA CBPO), Vicki Blazer (USGS), Lee Blaney (UMBC), Heather Gall (Penn State)     [1h 30m] Arundel Ballroom
10:00	10:15		Break (15 minutes)
10:15	11:45	Panel-2	Seagrass Recovery in Chesapeake Bay: A Success Story for Chesapeake Bay Research and Restoration Moderator: Larry Sanford (UMCES) Panelists:  Bill Dennison (UMCES), JJ Orth (VIMS), Cassie Gurbisz (St. Mary's College of MD), Jonathan Lefcheck (Center for Ocean Health)     [1h 30m] Arundel Ballroom
11:45	12:40		Lunch (55 minutes)
		Room	Arundel A	Arundel B	Arundel C	Prince George
12:40	2:40	Wednesday Early Afternoon Session	A3. Change in the Chesapeake: Moving Toward Finer Scales In Watershed and Estuarine Modeling (Lewis Linker, Gary Shenk, Lisa Wainger, Rich Batiuk, Zach Easton, Andrew Sommerlot)  [Part 3 of 4;  Estuary 2: 2h]	H1. Other Current and Emerging Issues in Chesapeake Bay Science and Modeling (Bill Ball, Raleigh Hood, Dave Jasinski) [Part 1 of 2: 2h]	I1. Building useful decision support tools with monitoring and modeling data (Emily Trentacoste and John Wolf)                                                               [2h]	J1. Explaining conditions and trends: Integrated monitoring and modeling approaches to describe water-quality change in the watershed and estuary (Joel Blomquist, Qian Zhang, Jeremy Testa, Gary Shenk)                                                    [Part 1 of 2: 2h]
12:40	1:00	Wed-PM-1	Zhengui Wang, Harry Wang, High resolution water quality modeling in the Chester River of the Upper Chesapeake Bay using unstructured grid SCHISM model	Moges Wagena, A. Sommerlot, E. Buell, G. Bhatt, Z. Easton, Quantifying structural model uncertainty using a Bayesian multi-model ensemble	Allen Gellis, Application of the Sediment Source Assessment Tool (Sed_SAT) to inform managers of sediment sources	Joel Blomquist, R. Fanelli, J. Keisman, Q. Zhang, D. Moyer, M. Langland, A history of nutrient and sediment inputs to Chesapeake Bay: 1985-2016
1:00	1:20	Wed-PM-2	Richard Tian, L. Linker, Impact of geomorphology and meanderings on saltwater intrusion, lateral advection, and hypoxia in the Chester River Estuary	Derek Loftis, H. Wang, Z. Liu, L. Rogers, T. Allen, D. Forrest, D. Bekaert, Exploring communities at intensive risk in the lower Chesapeake Bay via reanalysis of 2011 Hurricane Irene with future sea level rise	Danny Kaufman, O. Devereux, J. Rigelman, H. Ellis, A. Sommerlot, L. Linker, Development of a cost optimization scheme for Chesapeake Bay restoration	Scott Ator, A. Garcia, G. Schwarz, J. Blomquist, A. Sekellick, Adapting SPARROW to disentangle the multiple drivers of nutrient trends in Chesapeake tributaries, 1992 - 2012
1:20	1:40	Wed-PM-3	Cuiyin Wu, J. Keisman, L. Linker, G. Shenk, R. Tian,  Diagnostic of nonattainment of water quality standard of Dissolved Oxygen of the Chesapeake Bay segments	Mac Sisson, J. Shen, R. Wang, B. Joyner, Assessing the impact of floodgates to mitigate coastal flooding risks for the Lafayette River in Norfolk, Virginia, USA	Anton Kvit, B. Davis, J. Bowers, A. DePaola, F. Curriero, Interactive spatiotemporal risk tool for vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay	Richard Smith, A. Sekellick, W. Sanford, J. Blomquist, G. Schwarz, J. Brakebill, Delayed watershed response to management of Chesapeake Bay nitrogen sources caused by long-term storage of nitrogen in groundwater
1:40	2:00	Wed-PM-4	Yinglong Zhang, H. Wang, F. Ye, K. Nunez, Z. Liu, Cross-scale modeling from sub-tributary to ocean:  Implications for Chesapeake Bay	Guido Yactayo, G. Busch, Stream Temperature Modeling for TMDL Development and Implementation in Nontidal Cold Water Streams in Maryland	Jonathan Czuba, River network-based framework for understanding large-scale watershed functioning to guide sustainable landscape management	Wei Zhi, A physically-based nutrient model for understanding controls on nitrate export in Chesapeake Bay
2:00	2:20	Wed-PM-5	Fei Ye, The SCHISM Chesapeake Bay Model: 3D baroclinic simulations based on unstructured grid	Shreeram Inamdar, G. Jiang, A. Lutgen, N. Sienkiewicz, D. Merritts, R. Walter, Freeze-thaw processes and intense rainfall-runoff events: Significant contributors of suspended sediment and nutrient loads from Chesapeake Bay watersheds	Lindsay Perez, Scott Haag, R. John Dawes, Crossing watershed boundaries: Developing scalable tools for the Delaware and Chesapeake watersheds	Qian Zhang, R. Murphy, R. Tian, M. Forsyth, E. Trentacoste, J. Keisman, P. Tango, Status and trends of the Chesapeake Bay water quality standards criteria attainment in 1985-2016:  insights from assessment of thirty years of tidal water quality monitoring data
2:20	2:40	Wed-PM-6	Fei Da, M. Friedrichs, P. St-Laurent, Impacts of direct atmospheric nitrogen deposition and coastal nitrogen fluxes on Chesapeake Bay hypoxia	Alexey Voinov, Modeling for action:  In search of new interfaces	David Saavedra, Adrienne Gemberling, Using high-resolution data and web tools to enable precision conservation	Aaron Bever, M. Friedrichs, M. Scully, C. Friedrichs, Estimating real-time hypoxic volume in the Chesapeake Bay using two vertical profilers
2:40	3:00		Break (20 minutes)
3:00	5:00 +	Wednesday Late Afternoon Session	A4. Change in the Chesapeake: Moving Toward Finer Scales In Watershed and Estuarine Modeling  [Part 4 of 4;  Estuary 3: 20m]	H2. Other Current and Emerging Issues in Chesapeake Bay Science and Modeling [Part 2 of 2: 1h 20m]	I2. Building Useful Decision Support Tools with Monitoring and Modeling Data [Part 2 of 2: 1h 20m]	J2. Explaining conditions and trends: Integrated monitoring and modeling approaches to describe water-quality change in the watershed and estuary                                                               [Part 2 of 2: 2h]
3:00	3:20	Wed-PM-7	Aaron Bever, M. Macwilliams, M. Fabrizio, T. Tuckey,  Quantifying habitat suitability for forage fishes in Chesapeake Bay:  A coupled modeling approach using fishery surveys and a hydrodynamic model	Kelley Uhlig, B. Song, Comparing Estuarine Microbial Community Composition of Conventional and Bio-Based Polymers	Zach Easton, D. Fuka, A. Sommerlot, A. Collick, A Customizable Dashboarding System for Watershed Model Interpretation	Jaclyn Friedman, E. Shadwick, M. Friedrichs, R. Najjar, Seasonal Variability of Carbonate Chemistry in the Chesapeake Bay
			G. Practical Advances in Regional Land Change Modeling: What's Achievable Now?  (Peter Claggett, Claire Jantz, David Donato) [1h 40m]
3:20	3:40	Wed-PM-8	Peter Claggett, Can we ever get to version 2.0? Stepping off the dime	Eric Sakowski, S. Preheim, Phage-host Interactions and Predation Strategies in the Chesapeake Bay	Dave Arscott, A. Aufdenkampe, D. Tarboton, B. Evans, S. Haag, S. Kerlin, M. Daniels, A. Robbins, WikiWatershed: A public web app to model water quality and quantity, visualize monitoring data, and support conservation decisions	Elizabeth Shadwick, M. Friedrichs, R. Najjar, M. Herrmann, New CO2 system observations in the Chesapeake Bay: high-frequency variability and long-term trends
3:40	4:00	Wed-PM-9	Labeeb Ahmed, P. Claggett, F. Irani, R. Thompson, Faster, more flexible and stable models:  Lessons learned on our way to the cloud	John Regan, N. Locke, S. Saia, H. Carrick, A. Buda, M. T. Walter, Identification of Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms Contributing to Phosphorus Cycling in Stream Biofilms	Emily Trentacoste, J. Wolf, A. Hoffman, Integrating 30 years of Chesapeake Bay data into a new decision support framework for Watershed Implementation Plan development	Wei-Jun Cai, J. Su, Insights from spatial distributions of inorganic carbon parameters in the Chesapeake Bay: a bay-wide buffering mechanism via carbonate mineral precipitation and dissolution
4:00	4:20	Wed-PM-10	Scott Haag, Geoinformatics methods and impacts on Regional Land Change Models	Sarah Preheim, K. Arora-Williams, C. Holder, A. Gnanadesikan, Application of DNA- and RNA-sequence based techniques to inform biogeochemical models of the Chesapeake Bay dead-zone	John Wolf, Katherine Wares, R. Thompson, S. Phillips, Mapping Geographic Areas that benefit Multiple Goals and Priorities for Conservation and Restoration Opportunities across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed	Chunqi Shen, J. Testa, Modeling carbonate system dynamics and responses to nutrient loading changes in Chesapeake Bay
4:20	4:40	Wed-PM-11	David Donato, F. Irani, D. Strong, Current computational options and challenges in land-change modeling			Ming Li, X. Xie, C. Shen, B. Chen, W. Ni, W. Cai, J. Testa, Physically driven temporal and spatial variabilities in carbonate chemistry dynamics
4:40	5:00	Wed-PM-12	Claire Jantz, S. Drzyzga, A. Yáñez, Improving the thematic resolution of urban land change modeling			Pierre St-Laurent, M. Friedrichs, R. Najjar, E. Shadwick, Changes in Chesapeake Bay air-sea CO2 fluxes over the past century
5:30	7:00		Reception, Poster Session
			Bold names are the first author. Underlined names are presenters, if different than the first author.