USNC ATP

• 1.The US-Netherlands Connection ProgramAcademic Teams Program WorkshopOctober 5, 2012 Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC

2. Agenda Agenda10 AM Welcome by Embassy & introductions of meetingparticipants10:30 AM Collaboration objectives11:00 AM The Dutch Perspective Dale Morris, Senior EconomicAdvisor, Dutch Embassy will moderate a discussion with Dutchparticipants teleconferenced12:00 PM Working Lunch The Interest Matrix Group willdevelop a matrix of focus based on interests of the individualinstitutes. This will facilitate developing a meaningful experiencefor those who make up each knowledge exchange team and howthose teams branch out to interest centers 3. Agenda (cont.)Agenda1:45-2:15 Breakouts: refining the focus & division of laborSubgroup composition, topics & questionsRemember: websites, teleconferencesProposal:2:15-2:30 Report: seek consensus 3:00 PM Fundingopportunities3:30 PM Review assignments and Adjournback Interim and final outputs Plenary (travel) sessions, Reports, recommendations,white papers, data accumulation & dissemination 4. Agenda (cont.) Agenda1:45-2:15 Breakout sessions: Focus & division of labor Committee formats and responsibilities Funding and Sponsorships Websites creating a virtual community through our cluster site and using CAKEX as a repository Science Policy Both from a legal and operational perspective Business/EconomicsInterim and final outputs Plenary (travel) sessions, Reports,recommendations, white papers, data accumulation &dissemination3:00 PM Funding opportunities3:30 PM Review assignments and Adjourn 5. Introductions Netherlands Embassy Florida Earth Participants University Representatives Agency Representatives Private Sector 6. Florida Earth International Programs UNESCO-IHE/Florida Earth Partnership Comparative Water Law Course for Law Schools US-Netherlands Connection ProjectsProfessional Teams Program US-Netherlands Connection Projects AcademicTeams Program 7. PBS Documentary 8. UNESCO-IHEThe Institute for Water Education Located in Delft, theNetherlands Type 1 UNESCO Centeras a JV with Netherlands MSc and PhD degrees in Water Disciplines Designed to benefit developing countries Approximately 220Masters and 150 PhDcandidates Approximately 120countries 9. UNESCO-IHE/Florida Earth Partnership Begun in 2005 Over 110 alumni Student now professor, Dr. Leonardo Alfonso MOU basedSigning of UNESCO-IHE/Florida Earth MOU in March 2005 10. 2012 Hydroinformatics Students 11. Comparative Water Law Course Begun in 2011 Three Law Schools St. Thomas University Barry University Ave Maria University Doubled in size in 2012 12. US-Netherlands Connection Project Professional Teams Program Begun in 2007 Two teams in 2010 and2011 Engineering team withUSACE Policy Team with USGS &USGCRP One team in May 2012w/ both interest groups 13. US-Netherlands University CollaborationThe Linnean Group Interdisciplinary education & research: Engage graduate students, faculty, water professionals and business sustainability officers; train future leaders Continuing long-term global exchange: Start with Florida & Netherlands Plan for global program Directed towards developing urban coastal world Target audience: coastal community business & govt 14. US-Netherlands University Sea Level Rise Adaptation Collaboration Resource for solutions: Website: shared information; literature review & existing info Initial output: identify the players, and the missing partners Web-based seminar series: Room for the River / Living with Water;Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact Focus on urban coastal infrastructure in Florida and the Netherlands.Explore the local risks, environment, needs, economy, governance? Netherlands: who is engaged in the dialogue, and why? Florida: who is missing, and why should they be participating? Future outputs: ask & answer questions Directed towards needs of sponsors? Dreaming big: case studies in London, Venice, India, China, Jakarta Use interdisciplinary networks & skills Benefit from deliberative Dutch decisionmaking approach 15. SKILLS AND INTERESTSSt. Thomas SmithsonianStanford WoodsDuke Nicholas School:Envtl Sustainability;Research ecologists: Institute:300 graduate envtlnegotiation, citizen GCC & blue carbon; Interdisc. Solutions; students, 62 faculty;suits, law, ethics, values Florida mangroves; Ecosystem services; energy, economics,and barriers people, landuse, adaptation planning;hydrology, GCC & shorelines, estuariesgrey vs. greencarbon sequestration,UNH / Paul: interdisc,infrastructure; coastal ecosystems,water mngt, microfin & Tufts/Richard: water modeling; food security peat accretion & SLRW.Africa; decision mngt as connector for& envt; freshwateranalysis & urban grad schools; law,adaption diplomacy, engr, health; GCC adaptation; IWRMRice Shell Center: CH2M Hill: LSU: coastal wetlands & Suzanne / Netherlands:interdisc. Envtl interdisciplinary skills & sustainability; comparativeresearch; Gulf Coastal training of future geomorphology;perspectivescience consortium leaders; confront policy interdisciplinary & Netherlands & Va &(consensus driven);challenge (ie. NC lawsocial sciences nexus;Cali; cultural & languageStudy & research re: requiring no SLR Training future issuessocial & economicconsideration)indicators 16. Participant Skills & InterestsAZ State Jennifer: NOAA Laura: Climate USC Intl perspective EBA (Tacy, Jeff): PublicGlobal Inst. Program Office, (Iraq salt marshes); /relations, editing, riskSustainability:supports science &Northeastern: fisheries management,280 sustainability provides US info; focus, collaborationsustainabilityscientists; research coastal services center with U.Amsterdam; connections to bottominstitute & school;in Charl, SC focus on urban & regional policy line & sustainabilitybroad range of SLR; part of US agencyinterests, adapt todecision-makingprogram needs; GCC consortium; fisheries,faculty with intl shellfish & SLRperspectives; wraparound decision theatreto visualizeZurich (Lindene): useCorps (Andy) ops; R&D;UCSB Bob: water mngt, Jantienne: comp.collaboration info;disaster mngt & SLR;coastal & fisheries; GCC; studies; promoteovercome $$ barriers tocoastal change &grad intern prog &outputs withinsustainability;effects; ecosystemvisiting scholars Netherlands;Enhance policy & services; H2o supply; exchange; science,Dale: facilitate the plandecision analysis; needspecies; economic policy & negotiation &for US-Neth connection,uniformity; quality data policy assessments; decisionmakingstopping the bad& info repository & useurban water interface;information; educate &(akin to Defense); modeling; training! IWR inform re: cost-benefit info, assistance, intl analysis 17. Interim and Final Outputs Reports, recommendations, white papers, data accumulation & dissemination http://usnc.tallyfox.com http://cakex.org http://globalchange.gov http://sense.nl 18. Plenary SessionsWho, Where and How US Institutes in the Netherlands http://www.floridaearth.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.2012USNC& Duration? Concept of one initial team that spokes out if desiredby individual institutes Netherlands Institutes in US First program in South Florida Everglades for natural systems perspective Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties for abuilt environment perspective 19. Timeline Early October 2012 - Organizational meetings of the US Institutes AcademicAdvisory Committee and the SENSE Institutes Advisory Committee Late October 2012 - Complete budget development & allocation of financialresponsibility December 2012 - Selection of USNC Academic Teams Members January 2013 - Release of CAKEX-USNC website section March-April 2013 -Knowledge Exchange Preliminary Trips by U.S. &Netherlands directors May 2013 - Florida Earth distributes pre-program materials Late June 2013 - USNC American Team in the Netherlands Mid July 2013 - USNC Dutch Team in the US Late August 2013 - USNC American Team Report Due Late September 2013 - USNC Dutch Team Report Due 2014? - Development of Combined Collaboration Report? 20. Committee Formats & Responsibilities Funding and Sponsorships Websites creating a virtual community through our clustersite and using CAKEX as a repository Science Policy Both from a legal and operational perspective Business/Economics 21. Funding OpportunitiesGrants?TeamPIRE Stan/KeithNSFBrianAIDPaulGIFClint/RobertGreenfundDebbieIGRTLincoln Land InstituteSocioeconomicEnvironmental Center(Annapolis MD) SENCYNATOClimate Consensus (Zurich)IWRBOAshell 22. Next stepsFEF Tasks Other Bios Plan next meeting, including WebinarsDutch universities Living with Water Expand group to add (Netherlands)planners, economists, policy South Florida Regional officials Climate Compact Expand Professionalsprogram allow exchangestudent participation