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Schedule of the Park River Watershed Symposium
 

8:00 – 9:00 Registration/ poster and booth setup; Light continental breakfast

9:00 Welcome statement: President James Jones, Trinity College
           Opening remarks: Mayor Eddie Perez

9:30 Introduction to the Park River Watershed – Mary Rickel-Pelletier (Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative)

9:45  Break for coffee and view posters/ table presentations

10:00 – 11:15  Panel Discussion 1: Historical perspectives of the Park River watershed
     Organizer: Joe Barber, Director of Community Service and Civic Engagement, Trinity College
            Moderator – Andrew Walsh (Associate Director of the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College)
                     Panelists – Phil Renn (retired NRCS),  John Alexopoulos (Plant Science Department, University of Connecticut), 
                                       Renwick Griswold (Professor of Sociology, University of Hartford)          

11:30 – 12:45 Panel Discussion 2: Current challenges to watershed health
     Organizer: Mike Fotos,  Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
               Moderator – David Henderson (Trinity College Chemistry Dept)
                      Panelists-   William Hogan (CT-DEP Water Bureau); David Kraus (Town Engineer, West Hartford);
                                    John McGrane (Harford City Engineer); Carol Youell (MDC)

12:45 – 1:30 Lunch Break (Box lunch provided to registered participants)
                        View posters and tables

1:30 – 2:30  Afternoon speaker  “Stormwater Management as Catalyst for Design innovation: Recent work by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates”
                    Andrew Gutterman (Senior Associate at Michael Van Valkenberg and Associates Inc.)

2:30 -3:30 Panel Discussion 3: Solutions and visions for the Park River watershed
     Organizer: Mary Rickel Pelletier
                Moderator – Bob Painter (Hartford City Councilman)
                        Panelists- Bob Weimar (MDC); Lee Dunbar (Assistant Director of Planning and Standards Division within the Bureau
                                of Water Protection and Land Reuse); Andrew Gutterman (Senior Associate at Michael Van Valkenberg and Associates Inc.)
                                Curt Johnson (Program Director and Senior Attorney  with CT Fund for the Environment)

3:30 – 4:30 Poster presenters to be present at their posters; refreshments