Welcome & Opening Remarks

Tony MacDonald, Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Nation

Mid-Atlantic Ocean Economy Panel

Moderator: Kristi Lieske, Ocean Planner, Delaware DNREC

Navigate to Better – Will Fediw, Senior Vice President, Virginia Maritime Association

Delaware Center for Inland Bays Aquaculture Solution – Mark Casey, President, Delaware Aquaculture Association

Introducing MARCO’s Regional MyCoast App: Citizen Science Reporting to Help Inform Planning, Cleanup, Recreation, and Economic Issues – Dr. Janet Reimer, Science Program Manager, MARCO

Mr. Trash Wheel and Baltimore’s Healthy Harbor Initiative – Adam Lindquist, M.C.P., Vice President, Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore

From Data to Decisions: Data Sharing and Management for Ocean Planning

Moderator: Avalon Bristow, Executive Director, MARCO

Data Gaps off the Delaware Coast: A spatial approach to data gaps for marine spatial planning – Dr. James Rising, Associate Professor, University of Delaware

Novel Game-Based Stakeholder Engagement: using the MSP Challenge as a participatory method to explore emerging ocean sectors – Jillian Eller, East Carolina University Ph.D. Student

Expanding Water Level Data Monitoring in the Mid-Atlantic – Tina Sepahpur, Wave and Water Level Manager, MARACOOS

Marine Life and Ecosystem Data Governance – Dr. Emily Shumchenia, Director, Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative (RWSC)

Fisheries Data Governance – Dr Reneé Reilly, Executive Director, Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA)

eDNA in Marine Systems: Applications for the Mid-Atlantic

Moderator: Jessica Coakley, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Fishery Management Specialist

Video: What is eDNA – Dr. Jan McDowell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

Integrating eDNA with capture surveys for better fisheries monitoring plans – Jason Adolf, Endowed Professor of Marine Science at Monmouth University

Searching for Sturgeon – Dr. Angelina Dichiera, Assistant Professor at Batten School & VIMS (virtual)

Shinnecock Bay Hope Spot Expedition – Dr. Kelsey Leonard on behalf of Shinnecock Bay

Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ecosystems

Moderator: Jay Odell, Ocean Conservation Fellow, Urban Coast Institute, Monmouth University

Communicating Ocean Acidification and Mobilizing Calls to Action with Aquarium Partners in the Mid-Atlantic – Jessie Turner, Executive Director, International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification

Stopping Pollution at the Source: Contractor Pollution Containment –  Stephen Jasiecki, Chair of Sustainable Margate & Member of Surfrider Foundation South Jersey Chapter

Sturgeon Product: Real-Time Forecassting for Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon in Delaware River Estuary – Jana Foster, MARACOOS

Right Whale Aerial Surveys in the Mid-Atlantic – Tim Cole, Research Fisheries Biologist, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (virtual)

Sanctuary Advisory Council perspectives of the proposed designation of a national marine sanctuary in Hudson Canyon – Alan Lee, F/V Mushkin & Hudson Canyon SAC

Closing Panel: Reflections & Regional Ocean Planning

Moderator: Tony MacDonald, Urban Coast Institute, Monmouth University, Director

Ryan Green, Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program – Virginia DEQ, Program Manager

Dr. Kelsey Leonard, Mid-Atlantic Ocean Planning Committee Tribal Co-chair; Shinnecock Nation

Elizabeth Andrews, Institute for Engagement & Negotiation, University of Virginia, Distinguished Law and Policy Fellow