Program

RECENT ADVANCES IN COASTAL ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT AFFECTING CALIFORNIA

California Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Northern California Conference

June 25, 2009

Bounty Room at the Best Western Lighthouse Hotel

105 Rockaway Beach Avenue, Pacifica, California 94044

(800) 832-4777 (650) 355-6300

www.bestwesternlighthouse.com/location.php

TIME	THEME	SPEAKER	DESCRIPTION
8:00- 9:00	Registration		Coffee, reception
8:45-9:00	Opening Remarks	Bob Battalio, Vice President CSBPA	Opening Remarks (Welcome, schedule, etc.)
9:00-9:45	Keynote Address	Sam Johnson, USGS	The USGS and the Future of the California Coast
9:45-10:10	Coastal Ecology	Jenny Dugan, Mark Page, David Hubbard, Nicholas Schooler and Steven Shroeder U.C. Santa Barbara	Ecological Recovery of Disturbed Beach Ecosystems: Paradigms and Experiments
10:10 -10:35	Coastal Economics	Phil King, San Francisco State	Valuing Coastal Resources Why do we need to talk to Economists?
10:35-10:55	Coffee Break
10:55-11:20	Modeling	Adam Young, Scripps	Seacliff Erosion in San Diego: Past, Present, and Future
11:20- 11:45	Modeling	Jenna Brown, Jamie MacMahan, and Ed Thornton Naval Postgraduate School	Rip Currents – Swim Parallel?
11:45:12:20	Modeling	Rick Wilson, CA Geological Survey	New State-wide Tsunami Inundation Maps for Emergency Response.
12:20-1:30	Lunch
1:30-1:55	Modeling	Julie Thomas, Coastal Data Information Program	Coastal Data Information Program - Monitoring & Prediction of Waves and Beaches
1:55-2:20	Sediment Management	Nicole Kinsman, UC Santa Cruz	California Sand Retention Structures: Existing and Future Potential
2:20-2:45	Sediment Management	Brenda Goeden, Bay Conservation and Development Commission	Sand Mining in San Francisco Bay
2:45–3:05	Coffee Break
3:05-3:30	Sea Level Rise	Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute	Measured Sea Level Rise along the Central California Coast
3:30-3:55	Sea Level Rise	Ron Flick, California Dept. of Boating and Waterways, Scripps	Sea Level Rise and Climate Modeling: Results of 2008 Research
3:55-4:20	Sea Level Rise	David Revell, Bob Battalio, Justin Vandever, Brian Spears, Philip Williams and Associates	An Initial Assessment of the Impacts of Sea Level Rise to the California Coast
4:20–4:30	Survey Method	Steven Quan, Doug Smith, Rikk Kvitek Cal. State University – Monterey Bay	A New LIDAR tool for the Coastal Research Community
4:30–5:00	Closing Remarks / Discussion	CSBPA Board of Directors / Speakers	Discussion of Day’s Topics / Questions
5:00-6:30	Reception