2025 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit

1:30 - Delaware Valley Early Warning System: Real-time Decision Support During Major Spill Response
    Paula Kulis; Kelly Anderson; William Cesanek
1:45 - Enhancing Spill Response through Modeling and Automation
   Joseph Fogarty; Li Zheng; Namsoo Suk; John Yagecic
2:00 - Sensitivity of Delaware River Salinity Intrusion to Changes in Freshwater Flow
   Molly Hesson; Phil Duzinski; Ramona McCullough; Kimi Artita; Joe Anarumo
2:15 - A Sensitivity Analysis for a 3-Dimensional Model of Salinity Intrusion in the Delaware River Estuary
   Kimi Artita; Phil Duzinski; Kinman Leung; Eileen Althouse; Ramona McCullough; Molly Hesson
2:30 - Stream Restoration and Pollutant Removal in McIntire Park: Integrating Environmental and Community Goals
   Ryan O'Banion; Ty Smith; Dan Frisbee

3:15 - PFAS 101 and the impacts to the Delaware Estuary
    Elizabeth Colletti; Radhika de Silva, PhD, PE
3:30 - Monitoring PFAS in the Delaware River and Tributaries to Reduce Loading and Protect Water Quality for End Users
    Jeremy Conkle; Ron MacGillivray; Matt T. Amato; Elaine Panuccio; Jake Bransky
3:45 - PFAS in Delaware Surface Waters
    John Cargill, IV
4:00 - Microplastics Upstream of the Delaware River: Assessing the Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Hitchhikers of Microplastic Pollution in Blue Marsh Lake
    Jill Felker; Tami Mysliwiec; Vinh Lu; Hailey Zavecz
4:15 - Q&A

10:45 - Community Engagement and Nature Based Solutions in the Face of Historic Flooding in Eastwick
    Erin Lacour; Lamar Gore
11:00 - Community-Driven Modeling for Flood Risk Resilience in the Darby-Cobbs Watershed
    Jazmin Ricks; Ahmad Haseeb Payab
11:15 - Hurricane Ida: An Interstate Flood Resilience Plan for the Brandywine in Delaware and Pennsylvania
    Grant DeCosta; Gerald J. Kauffman, Jr.; Seung Ah Byun
11:30 - Monitoring and Modeling of Urban Creeks in Philadelphia
    Anish Mahat; Eileen Althouse; Kinman Leung; Zachary Eichenwald
11:45 - Community Science Data Informs Restoration in an Urban System
    Matt Sarver, Katie Bird

1:30 - Creation of an Outdoor Exploration Space
    Alison Quimby; PDE Staff
1:45 - ASAP: The Apprenticeship In Shellfish Aquaculture Program
    Jenny Shinn; Diana Burich; Michael Acquafredda; Lisa Calvo
2:00 - Overview of The New Jersey Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Reference Document: A Tool to Help Municipalities, Non-Profits, and Decision Makers in the Development, Implementation, and Monitoring of Effective NBS to Address Climate Hazards
    Janine Barr; Ashlyn Spector; Elizabeth Semple; Katie-Rose Imbriano; Paolo Mora Villacres
2:15 - Ecological uplift potential of green bulkheads
    Taylor Beck
2:30 - Q&A

3:15 - Upstream Opportunities - A listening approach to early public engagement in DRBC climate resilience planning
    Kristen Bowman Kavanagh; Sarah Beganskas, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Koniers Brown; Avery Lentini; Chris McCann; Kevin Pregent
3:30 - Northeast Rising: Implementing Climate Resilience through Community Building on the Brandywine River in Downtown Wilmington, Delaware
    Karen Igou; Gerald Joseph McAdams Kauffman
3:45 - City of Wilmington Urban Pollinator Corridor and Food Resilience Project: A Community Approach to Conservation and Sustainability at the Neighborhood Level
    Kerry Wilson; Michele Wales; Tannicka Johnson
4:00 - Breaking Down Barriers: Making the Outdoors More Accessible in the Delaware River Watershed
    Michelle Barakat
4:15 - Q&A