Program
All times EDT
Agenda subject to change
Updated 26 February 2021
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Extended Sessions
Workshop: NMC Transform Your Hidden Racial Bias Workshop Panel Discussion: Protecting Water Resources, Conserving Aquatic Species, and Educating People through Testing and Implementing Monitoring of Forestry Best Management Practices |
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm | Break |
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Extended Sessions
Workshop: NADA2: A Full Suite of Data Analysis Methods for Nondetects Workshop: NMC Transform Your Hidden Racial Bias Workshop (continued) |
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Extended Sessions
Workshop: New capabilities of the EGRET R-package, for analysis of surface water quality data using WRTDS Workshop: NMC Transform Your Hidden Racial Bias Workshop (continued) Panel Discussion: Performing Clean Water Act Assessments More Efficiently Using Sharable Code |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Break |
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Evening Plenary |
Other Events (various times) |
Geographic Meet and Greet by EPA Region |
10:00 am – 10:30 am | Yoga
Coffee Club |
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Plenary/Logistics |
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Break |
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Real-time Sessions
DNA-based aquatic ecosystem monitoring: past, present, and future Lake and streamflow hydro-alteration: monitoring effects on ecological and biointegrity Innovative and expanding collaborations between agencies and universities |
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Break |
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Real-time Sessions
Identifying and Protecting our High-Quality Waters Monitoring Coastal Acidification in Estuaries Local, State, and Regional Uses of Community Collected Data |
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Break |
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Real-time Sessions
Improvements to and Applications of Coastal Monitoring Data and Approaches Climatic drivers of long-term trends in regional ambient water quality Making all data matter: incorporating citizen science into decision making for improved water quality |
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Break |
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Virtual Exhibition Happy Hour |
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Volunteer Monitoring Meeting/Additional networking |
10:00 am – 10:30 am | Yoga
Coffee Club |
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Networking Block |
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Break |
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Real-time Sessions
Our aquatic ecosystems: how can we better assess and manage them in an integrated way Using Big Data to Answer National- and Regional-Scale Water Quality Questions Continuous Conundrum – Using Continuous Data in Water Quality Assessments |
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Break |
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Real-time Sessions
Historical changes in water quality: Scale and methodological insights and experiences across the US Progress on Water Data Sharing: The Internet of Water and Related Approaches Continuous Monitoring of Fluorescence-Based Water-Quality Parameters: Recent Examples from a Variety of Aquatic Systems |
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Break |
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Real-time Sessions
Monitoring and modeling water quality in the Delaware River Basin The Monitoring and Assessment Data Life Cycle Next-generation water-quality network operation and methods development: tools and best practices |
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Break |
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Poster Happy Hour |
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Young Professionals Mingle |
10:00 am – 10:30 am | Yoga
Coffee Club |
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Real-time Sessions
Building Credibility in Community-based Monitoring Programs Assessing and evaluating practices and approaches to address resource extraction and Acid Mine Drainage Advances in Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring, Prediction, and Forecasting |
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm | Break |
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Real-time Sessions
Regional Monitoring Programs in an Era of Shifting Baselines Assessing and evaluating practices and approaches to address urban NPS pollution Harmful Algal Blooms |
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Real-time Sessions
Regional and national monitoring of status and trends in groundwater quality Integrative Lake and Watershed Management Harmful Algal Blooms |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Break |
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Plenary , Awards, and Closing Remarks |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Extended Sessions
Panel Discussion: Coordinated Monitoring Partnerships in the Greater New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary—An expanded look at shared goals and outcomes Workshop: Water Quality eXchange & Water Quality Portal Training |
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm | Break |
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Extended Sessions
Panel Discussion: Evaluating potential biological effects of chemicals detected in multiple environmental media using ToxCast high-throughput screening results Workshop: Interpretation and communication techniques for monitoring data Workshop: NMC Transform Your Hidden Racial Bias Workshop (continued from Monday) |
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Extended Sessions
Panel Discussion: DNA Data Acceptability Criteria for Biological Condition Assessments |
End of Conference |