Tentative Schedule
8:00 am-8:30 am: Informal coffee, light snacks
8:30 am-8:45 am: Brief introduction to Blue Gold and the workshop objectives
8:45 am-10:15 am: SDSU Blue Gold research capabilities and example projects
10:15 am-10:45 am: Coffee break
10:45 am-11:00 am: Speaker: Eric Stein, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
11:00 am-11:15 am: Speaker: Dustin Harrison, San Diego River Conservancy
11:05 am-11:20 am: Speaker: Wayne Chiu, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
11:25 am-11:40 am: Speaker: Stephanie Gaines, County of San Diego
11:45 am-12:00 pm: Speaker: Claudia Faunt, U.S. Geological Survey
12:00 pm-1:15 pm: Lunch (provided for invitees)
1:15 pm-1:45 pm: Steven Welter, Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate Affairs at SDSU
1:45 pm-2:45 pm: Breakout groups to identify research priorities
2:45 pm-3:15 pm: Coffee break
3:15 pm-4:00 pm: Groups report back to main group
4:00 pm-4:30 pm: Summary and next steps
4:30 pm-5:30 pm: Reception and student poster presentations, Sponsored by Geosyntec, Dudek and Rick Engineering