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2008 Kindsvater Symposium on Water Resources and the Environment

03/13/2008
Category: General
Posted by: Sean Porter

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology announces the 2008 Carl E. Kindsvater Symposium on Water Resources and the Environment, taking place March 25 (1:00-8:00 PM) at Technology Square, in Atlanta, Georgia. This year’s event will explore the science of climatology and droughts as experts provide local perspective of Georgia’s drought and share agency experience about current drought management and future drought planning.

Speakers include Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle; Aris Georgakakos, Director of the Georgia Water Resources Institute; Robert Hirsch, Associate Director of the U.S. Geological Survey; Jay Lawrimore, Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch from the National Climatic Data Center; and Bill Mullican, Deputy Executive Administrator of the Texas Water Planning Board. In addition, the program will feature an expert panel discussion focusing on water resources planning and management in the State of Georgia. The panel includes representatives from Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District (MNGWPD), Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the City of Columbus Water Works. (See below for detailed schedule.)

The 2008 Kindsvater Symposium is organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (GA) Environmental/Water Resources Group; Georgia Water Resources Institute (GWRI); School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; U.S. Geological Survey; Georgia Water Science Center; and the University of Georgia. This year’s event marks the third annual Kindsvater Symposium on Water Resources and the Environment in a series honoring the late Professor Carl E. Kindsvater, Regents Professor of Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech and founder of the Georgia Water Resources Institute.

TO REGISTER, GO TO:  https://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=ASCE44E

COST:

Entire Lecture Package (1:00-8:00 PM)

$90.00

Afternoon Lectures (1:00-6:00 PM)

$60.00

Dinner and Kindsvater Lecture (5:30-8:00 PM)

$40.00

PROGRAM:

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Registration

1:00 - 1:20 PM

Welcome and Introduction - Georgia Tech and ASCE EWRG

1:20 - 1:40

Lt. Govenor Casey Cagle

1:40 - 5:30

Distinguished Lecture Series:

  • Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Jay Lawrimore, Chief of Climate Monitoring Branch, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, NC - Instrumental and paleoclimate perspectives on the changing nature of drought in the U.S. 
  • Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Aris Georgakakos, Director GWRI (Georgia Water Resources Institute) - Georgia Drought 2006-2008: A timely wake-up call.
  • Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Robert Hirsh, Associate Director USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) - Role of science in allocating water.
  • Panel Discussion: Water Resources Planning and Management in Georgia.  Panelists include - Georgia EPD, MNGWPD, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and City of Columbia Water Works.

5:30 - 6:30 PM

Cash Bar and Water Resources Poster Session

6:30 - 7:45 PM

Dinner, Student Poster Awards, and Kindsvater Lecture.
Kindsvater Lecture: Planning for Drought: Science and Policy in the Texas Water Plan, Mr. Bill Mullican, Deputy Executive Administrator, Texas Water Planning Board.

For complete details about the 2008 Kindsvater Symposium vist http://www.ce.gatech.edu/uploads/File/Kindsvater_flyer_2008.doc