Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute (MARI)

Third Meeting of the Hampton Roads
Sea Level Rise/Flooding Adaptation Forum

July 10, 2013

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Forum Program

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

0830 - 0900:	Registration and coffee
0900 - 0915	Opening Remarks and Introductions — Larry Atkinson, Old Dominion University Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative (CCSLRI) (presentation)
0915 - 0930	Ice-Breaker/Networking Activity — Jenifer Alonzo, Old Dominion University Department of Communication and Theater Arts and CCSLRI
0930 - 0945	RE.Invest Norfolk Update (http://www.reinvestinitiative.org/partner-cities/norfolk/) — Denise Thompson, Manager of Environmental Protection Programs, City of Norfolk (presentation)
0945 - 1030	Earning Trust and Explaining Complexities As You Communicate Climate Science — Katherine Rowan, PhD, Director, Science Communication Graduate Program, George Mason University (presentation)
1030 - 1100:	Q&A with Speakers and Coffee Break
1100 - 1145	Risky Business: Engaging the Public in Policy Discourse on Sea-Level Rise and Inundation — Karen Akerlof, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University (presentation)
1145 - 1245:	Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Margaret Davidson, JD, Acting Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA (presentation)
1245 - 0100	Communicating Adaptation: Notes from the Field — Shereen Hughes, Wetlands Watch (presentation)
0100 - 0130	Updates on Regional HRPDC and TPO Reports and Plans and HRPDC CZM/Virginia Beach Project — Ben Mcfarlane, Regional Planner, HRPDC (presentation)
0130 - 0230	Stakeholder Panel and Discussion Fred Brusso — Planning Administrator of the City of Portsmouth Julia Hillegass — Public Information & Community Affairs Administrator, HRPDC, askHRgreen.org Gayle Hicks — City of Hampton Public Works, Hampton Engages (Hamptonengages.com) Clay Bernick — Administrator of the City of Virginia Beach Environment and Sustainability Office Panelists are asked to address the following briefly (as appropriate) to kick-start a group discussion: What do you do? What do you need communications tools to do? (i.e., inform and increase awareness; or influence behavior?) Who is your target audience and what is the key message? What has worked well and what has not worked so well in your communications efforts? How do you know when your outreach is successful? What are best practices and strategies to effectively use different communications tools and tactics (i.e. social media, radio spots, public speaker series, town halls, etc.)? What are strategies and lessons learned to best address deniers and meeting disruptors? What are effective techniques for engaging the community?
0230:	End Of Program