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WSSS is supported by the Tufts Institute of the Environment

The Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS) program is a graduate research and education program that provides Tufts sudents with interdisciplinary perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems around the world. On May 1, 2010, WSSS hosted a symposium on Tufts' Medford campus to highlight interdisciplinary water-related research in the New England area. The symposium featured conversations between students, researchers and practitioners from various disciplines on current water-related challenges.

A link to each speaker's presentation slides in included in the schedule below. WSSS is currently assembling a symposium volume including presentation abstracts, relevant publications, and a synopsis of conference proceedings, which will be posted here when complete.

Download the Conference Program (PDF).

Schedule
Time		Event
	8:00 - 9:00 am Hall of Flags	Registration and Breakfast
	9:00 - 9:30 am ASEAN Auditorium	Keynote Address Shared Vision Planning Richard Palmer, Department Head and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
	9:30 - 10:30 am ASEAN Auditorium	WSSS Student Presentations: Water, Agriculture, Health and Livelihood Click links to view presentation slides. Karen Kosinski, School of Engineering Evaluation of a Novel Primary Prevention Technique for the Control of Urinary Schistosomiasis: A Pilot Intervention in Adasawase, Ghana Peter Kelly-Joseph, Lauren Caputo, Ellen Tyler, various schools 2010 WSSS Practicum, Elbow Cay, The Bahamas Georgia Kayser, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy Assessing the Impact of Post-Construction Support on System Performance & Sustainability in Community Managed Water Supply: Evidence from El Salvador Shonda Gaylord, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Fiber Optic Microarray Detection of Cyanobacteria in Freshwater Melissa Bailey, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy Investing in Water Quality: How Have Environmental Quality Incentives Program Funds Been Distributed Across Livestock Systems?
	10:30 - 10:45 am ASEAN Mezzanine	Break
	10:45 - 12:00 pm ASEAN Auditorium	Panel Discussion: Climate Change Adaptation Peter Rogers, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City and Regional Planning, Harvard University Jerome Delli Priscoli, Senior Advisor, US Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources Water Policy and Climate Herman Karl, Co-Director, MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative (MUSIC) Tim Griffin, Director, Agriculture, Food and Environment Program, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
	12:00 - 1:15 pm Hall of Flags	Lunch and Poster Session
	1:15 - 2:15 pm ASEAN Auditorium	WSSS Student Presentations: Water Resources Management, Planning and Conflict Click links to view presentation slides. Yushiou Tsai, School of Engineering Sensitivity of Streamflow to Land Use, Water Use, and Climate in Eastern US Brian Thomas, School of Engineering Impact of Stormwater BMPs on Boston Groundwater Levels Melissa Ng, School of Engineering The Hydromorphology of Two Urbanizing Watersheds Rhiannon Ervin, School of Engineering Exploring the Use of Partitioning Tracers for the Assessment of DNAPL Source Zone Architecture Vicki Zoltay, Senior Analyst, Abt Associates Generalized Watershed Management Modeling: Case Study Ipswich River
	2:15 - 3:30 pm ASEAN Auditorium	Panel Discussion: Water and Development Annette Huber-Lee, Visiting Scholar, School of Engineering Peter Weiskel, MA/RI District Program Officer, USGS Kirk Westphal, P.E., CDM Julie Wood, Watershed Scientist, Charles River Watershed Association Mark Smith, Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy
	3:30 - 4:15 pm Hall of Flags	Professional Networking Reception
	4:15 - 4:45 pm ASEAN Auditorium	Honorary Speaker: Climate Change Adaptation Paul Kirshen, Co-founder and former director of the WSSS program Battelle Memorial Institute
	4:45 - 5:00 pm ASEAN Auditorium	Closing Remarks

The Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS) program is a graduate research and education program that provides Tufts students with interdisciplinary perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems around the world.

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