Water Quality & Climate Change Issues

Florida Water & Climate Alliance Webinar 

Register:  https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJApcO6tqz8uE9XO_ubCPO6Xl11Wvw-QpQQC

Agenda:

• Welcome and Introduction to the Florida Water & Climate Alliance
• Summary from 9/25 FloridaWCA webinar breakout groups: Water sector climate resilience barriers, successes and resources
• Project Updates: Integrating NASA Earth Systems Data into Decision-Making Tools of Member Utilities of the FloridaWCA
  • Vasu Misra, PhD, Professor of Meteorology, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University
• Panel Session: Water Quality & Climate Change Issues – From Biscayne to Tampa Bay
  • Biscayne Bay Task Force Report Overview: (& panel moderator) Irela Bagué, President & CEO, Bagué Group; Past Chair, Biscayne Bay Task Force
  • Tiffany Troxler, PhD, Research Assistant Professor; Associate Director of Science, Sea Level Solutions Center, Florida International University
  • Envisioning a Greater Biscayne Bay Watershed Program: Todd Crowl, PhD, Professor; Director, Institute of Environment; Florida International University
  • Phytoplankton dynamics and harmful algal blooms in South Florida: Tom Frankovich, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Florida International University
  • Maintaining the Recovery of Tampa Bay: Ed Sherwood, Executive Director, Tampa Bay Estuary Program
• Q & A with audience and panel discussion
• Close

Facilitator: Karen Schlatter, Research Coordinator, University of Florida Water Institute