Martha's Vineyard Coastal Conference

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. - Welcome and Check In

Coffee, team, and pastries served in the lobby

9:30 a.m. - Introductory Remarks

Adam Turner, Martha's Vineyard Commission

9:35 a.m. - Keynote

"Water, Water Everywhere: Coastal Resilience in Massachusetts"
Deanna Moran, Chief Coastal Resilience Officer, MA Office of Coastal Zone Management

10:15 a.m. - Session 1: What's Happening on Martha's Vineyard

Liz Durkee, Martha’s Vineyard Commission: "Climate Change Resilience - Collaboration is the Key"
Bret Sterns, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah): "Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and Coastal Resiliency"
Jane Varkonda, Town of Edgartown: "Winter Storms of '23 and '24 and Impacts to South Beach/Norton Point Complex"
Eileen Gunn, Fuss & O’Neil: "Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Resilience"

11:45 a.m. - Session 2: Coastal Resilience in the Region

Jason Steiding, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe:  "Navigating the Tides: Coastal Resiliency Challenges and Opportunities in an Indigenous Community"
Michael Barrett, Resilient Woods Hole: "Building a Resilient Community"
Leah Hill, Town of Nantucket: "Easy Street is Flooded AGAIN!! Nantucket’s Plans to Mitigate Flooding on the Island’s Most Important Transportation Corridor"
Megan Tyrrell, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: "Experiments with Thin Layer Sediment Placement to Enhance Salt Marsh Resilience to Climate Change"

1:00 p.m. - Lunch on your own (click here for a list of places to eat)

2:00 p.m. - Session 3: Responding to Flood Risk

Rick Nye, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge: "Erosion and Retreat at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge"
James Lengyel, Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank: "Undevelopment as a Planning Tool"
Shannon Hulst, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension: "Aesthetic Community Character and Flood Risk"
Michele White, Cape Cod Commission and Shannon Hulst, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension: "Regulatory Tools for Coastal Floodplain Resilience"

3:30 p.m. - Session 4: Diving into Insurance

Michael Weir, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: "Protecting Coastal Communities from the Effects of Sea-level Rise: A Complex Investment Decision"
Celeste Santee, Martha's Vineyard Insurance: "Insurance Considerations for Coastal Resilience"

4:30 p.m. - Adjourn