8:00 am – 10:00 pm

         Registration & Continental Breakfast

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Opening Remarks
Welcome and Introductions

Keynote Address: Dr. Donald F. Boesch, Professor of Marine Science and President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
Current Issues in the Chesapeake and Potomac Watersheds: Towards Adaptive Management
Introduced by Chris Heyer, YSI

Plenary Speakers

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Dr. Robert Gardner (Frostburg State University)

Assessing the Consequences of Land Use Change in the Upper Potomac

Abstract
Presentation

Dr. Tom Simpson (Mid-Atlantic
 Water Program)

Ag and Non-point Source Issues in the Potomac

Presentation

Jim Cummins (ICPRB)

The Pros and Cons of Systematic (Targeted)  versus Random (Probability-based) Sample Site Selection

Presentation

Dr. Walter Boynton (UMCES-CBL)

Historical Perspective on Potomac Water Quality Monitoring

Presentation

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch Break

Session Tracks:
Presentations & Facilitated Group Discussions

1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Headwaters

Dan Boward (MD-DNR) – Maryland’s Biological Stream Survey

Abstract

Scott Ator (USGS) –
Past, Present and Future of the NAWQA Program (Paper)

Allen Gellis (USGS) – Methodologies to Identify Sources of Sediments and Sediment Transport Studies

Agriculture

Vicki Blazer (USGS) – Sources of Emerging Contaminants in the Potomac Basin

Sarah Weammert (MAWP) –Assessing BMP Effectiveness in the Potomac Basin

Abstract
Paper

Dr. Elichia A. Venso (Salisbury State University) –Using Bacterial Source Tracking to Assess Pollution Sources

Urban/Suburban

Ray Bahr (MDE) –MS4 Outfall Monitoring and Statewide Trend Analysis

Abstract

Dr. Harriette Phelps (UDC) –Innovative Approaches for Toxics Monitoring in Urban Streams with Focus on the Anacostia

Paper

Robert Betz and Tim Schmitt (LimnoTech Inc.) –Streambanks Characterization Tool

Abstract

John Jastram (USGS) –
Collaborative Monitoring on a Watershed Scale to Measure BMP Effectiveness

Abstract
Paper

Estuary

Claire Buchanan (ICPRB) –From a Drowned River Valley to a Drowned Stream

Abstract
Paper

Mark Trice (MD-DNR) –Potomac Shallow Water Monitoring Program

Ken Moore (VA Institute of Marine Science)-Water Quality Monitoring of Virginia's Embayments 2007

Dr. R. Christian Jones (GMU)– Long Term Water Quality Responses in the Tidal Freshwater Potomac

Chris Heyer (YSI) –Blue-green Algae Monitoring Case Studies

Abstract

4:00 pm – 6:15 pm
6:30 pm – until?

Field Demonstrations of Equipment and Vendor Displays

Dinner Buffet and Networking

8:00 am – 8:30 am

         Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:30 am

Report out from Session Tracks:
 Finding Common Themes

9:30 am – 10:00 am

Presentation:
Chesapeake Bay Program Efforts to Identify Priority Areas and Enhance Monitoring in the Bay Watershed
 by
Scott Phillips, USGS Chesapeake Bay Coordinator

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Morning Break

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Recap: Gaps and Priorities and
Agree on What Is Needed to Address Monitoring Gaps