Climate Change Preparedness in New Jersey: Leading Practices and Policy Priorities
May 22, 2013
For a full review of conference events, including a summary of afternoon working sessions, read the conference proceedings .
Read this Rutgers article about the NJCAA's May 22nd conference: Climate Change Preparedness in NJ. Also read about the conference here and poll results unveiled at the conference here.
Agenda & Conference Presentations
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45-8:15
Welcome
8:30
James H. Hughes,
Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
- Anne Hoskins, Senior Vice President for
Public Affairs and Sustainability, PSEG - Honorable James J. Florio
New Jersey Insights
8:45-9:30
Introduction: Gary Sondermeyer,
Vice President of Operations, Bayshore Recycling, Inc.
- State of New Jersey's Climate — Professor Tony Broccoli, Rutgers University ( Broccoli presentation )
- Results of Statewide Polling — Professor Michael Greenberg, Rutgers University ( Greenberg presentation )
Leading Practices and Trends Nationally (Panel 1)
9:30-10:45
- Agriculture — William Hohenstein, Director, Climate Change Program Office, USDA ( Hohenstein presentation )
- Coastal Communities — Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center ( Davidson presentation )
- Natural Resources — Bruce Stein, Director Climate Adaptation, National Wildlife Federation ( Stein presentation )
Moderator: Nick DeNichilo, PE, President and CEO, Hatch Mott MacDonald
Break
10:45-11:00
Welcome
11:00-12:30
Robert M. Goodman, Executive Dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Leading Practices and Trends Nationally (Panel 2)
- Public Health — Michael A. McGeehin, Former Division Director, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( McGeehin presentation )
- Transportation — John Posey, Director, East-West Gateway Council of Governments ( Posey presentation )
- Utilities — Sue Tierney, Managing Director, Environmental Analysis Group ( Tierney presentation )
- Water Resources — Paul Fleming, Manager Climate & Resiliency Group, Seattle Public Utilities and Chair, Water Utility Climate Alliance ( Fleming presentation )
Moderator: Kathleen Ellis, Chief Operating Officer, New Jersey Natural Gas
Lunch
12:30-1:45
verview of climate change adaptation activities in the United States at the state and federal level
Introduction: James Bach, Chief Operating Officer, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
- Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center ( Arroyo presentation )
- Reducing Risks to Vulnerable Populations
Introduction: Nicky Sheats, Thomas Edison State College - Beverly Wright, Executive Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Dillard University ( Wright presentation )
State of Climate Preparedness in New Jersey — Three concurrent panels (choose one)
2:00-4:00
Preparing for Climate Change in New Jersey: Preparing our Residents
Moderator: Tony MacDonald, Director, Urban Coast Institute, Monmouth University
- Public Health — George DiFerdinando Jr., Director, NJ Center for Public Health Preparedness at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health ( DiFerdinando presentation )
- Insurance — Megan Linkin, Natural Hazards Expert, Vice President Global Partnerships, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation ( Linkin presentation )
- Social Services — Robert Kley, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mental Health Association of New Jersey
- Emergency Management — Bob Butkus, Domestic Preparedness Planner, Ocean County Sheriff's Department, Office of Emergency Management ( Butkus presentation )
- Water Resources — Daniel Van Abs, Associate Research Professor, Rutgers University ( Van Abs presentation )
- Underserved Communities — Roland Anglin, Director and Associate Research Professor, The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University ( anglin.pdf )
Preparing for Climate Change in New Jersey: Preparing our Infrastructure
Moderator: Jeff Perlman, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
- Coastal and Inland Flooding — Mark Mauriello, New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management ( Mauriello presentation )
- Transportation and Planning — Jon Carnegie, Executive Director, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, Rutgers University ( Carnegie presentation )
- Water Utilities — Dennis Doll, President & Chief Executive Officer, Middlesex Water Company ( Doll presentation )
- Energy Utilities — Kim Hanemann, Vice President for Transmission, PSEG ( Hanemann presentation )
- Natural Resource Restoration — Patty Doerr, Director of Coastal and Marine Programs, The Nature Conservancy of New Jersey ( Doerr presentation )
- Lands Management and Stewardship — Michael Catania, Executive Director, Duke Farms Foundation ( Catania presentation )
Preparing for Climate Change in New Jersey: Preparing Our Communities
Due to technical difficulties, a video recording of this panel discussion is not available.
Moderator: Jennifer Gonzalez, Environmental Planner, County of Passaic Department of Planning & Economic Development
- Community Engagement — Randy Solomon, Co-Director, The Sustainability Institute at The College of New Jersey ( Solomon presentation )
- Coastal Communities — Tim Dillingham, Executive Director, American Littoral Society
- Urban Communities — Ana Baptista, Environmental & Planning Projects Director, Ironbound Community Corporation ( Baptista presentation )
- Agricultural Communities — Mark Robson, Dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs, Professor of Entomology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University ( Robson presentation )
- Community and Regional Planning — Lucy Vandenberg, Executive Director, PlanSmart NJ ( Vandenberg presentation )
- Community-based Tools — Lisa Auermuller, Watershed Coordinator, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve ( Auermuller presentation )