Registration and Coffee

Welcome

Barry Dellinger, Ph.D. Director, LSU Superfund Research Program (SRP)

Maud Walsh, Ph.D., Research Translation Leader, LSU SRP

Introduction to Symposium and Community Resilience

Margaret Reams, Ph.D., Community Engagement Core Leader, LSU Superfund Research Program

Nina Lam, Ph.D., Professor, LSU Department of Environmental Sciences                                       

Topic: Community Resilience and Environmental Assessment

Kim Anderson, Ph.D., Professor, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology; SRP Project Leader - Biological Response Indicator Devices for Gauging Environmental Stressors (BRIDGES), Oregon State University (OSU)

Topics: Gulf of Mexico and Passive Sample Devices, Use of PSD in Environmental   Emergencies, Data and QA/QC of Citizen Groups using PSDs

Hands-on demonstrations of innovative sampling devices

Jon Rauscher, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6

Tom Harris, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Topic: Regulatory Agency Perspectives on Environmental Disasters, quick and long term monitoring
 

John Lopez, Ph.D.  Director, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation

Daniel Nguyen, Project Director and Environmental Justice Coordinator, Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation

 Topics:  Effective Community Engagement and Monitoring Programs; Community Needs and Goals for Future Environmental Disasters           

Anna Harding, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Director, School of Biological & Population HealthSciences; SRP Community Engagement Core Leader, Oregon State University.

Topic:  Data-Sharing Issues for Community-Based Research Projects involving  Academic and Community Partners

Anna Harding, Ph.D. Professor and Co-Director, School of Biological & Population HealthSciences; SRP Community Engagement Core Leader, Oregon State University.

Topic: Data-Sharing Issues for Community-Based Research Projects involving Academic and Community Partners 

Marylee Orr, Executive Director, Louisiana Environmental Action Network

Topic: A Network Organizational Model for Local Environmental Groups

Lunch Provided On Site for all registered attendees

Lunch Speaker:  Wilma Subra, McArthur Genius Award Recipient,
Environmental Leader, past Vice-Chair of the U.S. Environmental  Protection Agency (EPA) National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology  

Discussion Groups:
Group One:  Response and Characterizing Exposure
During emergency events, which contaminants should be assessed, how to determine and employ monitoring efforts? What QA/QC standards are needed to ensure citizen-collected data is useful for policy makers?

Group Two:  Recovery and the Role of Citizen Scientist
What are the “best practices” for training citizen scientists? How can Citizen Scientists integrate effectively with exposure assessments?

Group Three:  Resilience and Community Participation
What are the best approaches and practices for stakeholder and community participation in assessing local environmental conditions? How can communities build resilience to environmental contaminant disasters?

Break

Groups prepare summary points of discussions