AIPG 45^th Annual Meeting
Arizona Hydrological Society - 21^st Annual Symposium
 3^rd International Professional Geologic Conference

Technical Sessions
Preliminary Technical Sessions Program
September 22nd and 23rd, 2008
(This Program is subject to change)
AESE Technical Sessions Program
All activities will be held at the Radisson Hotel

AIPG/AHS/3^rd IPGC 2008 Symposium
Technical Session Schedule
All activities will be held at The High Country Conference Center

Monday, September 22, 2008

8:30 am – Plenary Session AIPG/AHS/3^rd IPGC – Prochnow Auditorium – Located South of The High Country Conference Center

Welcome and Acknowledgments

Keynote Speaker: Soroosh Sorooshian, Professor, University of California – Irvine,

Irvine, CA:  How Predictable is the Climate System: Droughts, Floods and Extreme Events

10:00 am – Break – Humphreys Room/Exhibit Area

10:15 am – Technical Session 1 – Energy, Water and Ethics – Doyle Room

Moderator:  Christopher Scott, University of Arizona

10:20 – Water Scarcity and Energy: The Nexus Strengthens

Trevor Hill, Graham Symmonds, Global Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ

10:40 – Challenges Integrating the Need for Electrical Power Generation and Mutually

Beneficial Potable Aquifer Usage/Restoration in the American Southwest

The Water-Electricity Nexus 

David Asti, Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA

11:00 – So You Say Renewables Are the Answer… Let's Talk 

James Burnell, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, CO

11:20 – Water, Electric Power and Growth in Southern Arizona 

Joseph Hoover, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

11:40 – Northern Annular Mode Impact on Spring Climate in the Western United States

Stephanie McAfee, CAP Award Winner, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

                12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Includes AHS Awards and CAP Awards – Humphreys Room

10:15 am – Technical Session 2 – Models, Data and Ethics – Rees Room

Moderator:  Fred Tillman, USGS

10:20 – The Importance of Geologic Information in Trenchless Technology Information

Required, Responsibilities of the Geologist, and Ethical Issues

George Davis, Missouri Department of Transportation, Columbia, MO

10:40 – Conclusions on the Use of Model Predictions Derived From Model Post-Audits and

Re-Evaluations

Joanna Moreno, Adventus Americas, Inc., Conifer, CO

11:00 – Watershed Restoration in Southwest Florida: A Redemptive Model

John Murray, Associate Professor, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

11:20 – Water Balance Approach to Rainfall Runoff Modeling in North Central Arizona Forests

Aregai Tecle, Professor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

11:40 – Creating an Environmental GIS Database

John Kennedy, Caelum/Unitec, Las Cruces, NM

                12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Includes AHS Awards and CAP Awards – Humphreys Room

10:15 am – Technical Session 3 – 3^rd IPGC – Training, Credentials and Continuing Professional Development of the Global Professional Geoscientist – Ponderosa Boardroom

Moderators:  Robert Font, M.B. Kumar, Art Bishop, Bruce Broster, Manuel Regueiro, and

Ruth Allington

10:20 – Introduction to the 3rd IPGC - Opening Remarks

Robert Font, AIPG, Geoscience Data Management, Plano, TX

10:40 – AIPG's System of Online Instruction - A Portal to Global Geoscience

Robert Font, AIPG, Geoscience Data Management, Plano, TX

11:00 – Interactive Modules of E-Learning - An Example with Google Earth        

Detlev Doherr, EFG, Germany, Dean and Professor, Univ. of Offenburg, Offenburg, Germany

11:20 – The Significance of Continuing Professional Development and Credentials upon

Career Opportunities

William Siok, AIPG, Westminster, CO

11:40 – Attitudinal and Economic Realities in a Global Geoscience Workforce

Christopher Keane, AGI, Alexandria, VA

                12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Includes AHS Awards and CAP Awards – Humphreys Room

1:20 –    International Recognition and Cooperation, Professional Qualifications as Passports

Gareth Jones, John Clifford, Christer Akerman, EFG, Ireland and Sweden

1:40 –    A Review of the CPD Programs Used by Different Professional Groups

David Abbott, AIPG, Denver, CO

2:00 –    Five Points of Professionalism - Professionalism, Certification and Continuing

Development in Energy Resource Geoscience: the AAPG Experience

Thomas Ewing, DPA-AAPG, San Antonio, TX

2:20 –    The Practicability and Impracticability of Certification 

Robert Tepel, AEG-CSMGB, San Jose, CA

2:40 –    The Profession in Canada - A Review and Update 

Oliver Bonham, CCPG, Canada

3:00 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

3:20 –    Professional Registration/Licensure in the United States - A Summary

Rick Ericksen, DPA-AAPG, Jackson, MS

3:40 –    A World Federation of Professional Geologists: Why the World Needs One

Manuel Regueiro, EFG, Madrid, Spain

4:00 –    The Importance of Professional Titles - An Update       

Dirk De Coster, Cristina Sapalski, Isabel Gomez Garcia, ICOG, Madrid, Spain

4:20 –    Strategies to Successfully Recruit and Retain Women Geoscientists

Laurie Scheuing, Mary Anne Holmes, AWG, Glens Falls, NY

4:40 –    An Internet Survey of Scholarships Offered by US Geoscience Professional

Organizations and Foundations: Totals, Ranges, Means, Medians, Modes, Models, Motivations, and Disappointment     

Robert Tepel, AEG-California State Mining and Geology Board, San Jose, CA

1:15 pm – Technical Session 4 – Human vs. Ecosystem Needs – Agassiz Room

Moderator:  Boris Poff, National Park Service

1:20 –    Potential Effects of Recent Climate Change on Municipal and Agricultural Water Supplies in Chile

Daniel Neary, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

1:40 –    Conserve to Enhance: Voluntary Municipal Conservation to Support Environmental Enhancement

Joanna Bate, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ

2:00 –    "Reference" Wetlands Refers to … What? 

Charles Drake, Tetra Tech, Orlando, FL

2:20 –    An Analysis of Existing Literature on the Threats to Riparian Ecosystems in the

Western U.S.

Boris Poff, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

2:40 –    Using Controlled Floods to Restore the Grand Canyon

Michael Hoenig, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

3:00 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

1:15 pm – Technical Session 5 – Water Quality – Rees Room

Moderator:  Jim Leehouts, USGS

1:20 –    Mine and Quarry Design Approaches to Limiting Environmental Effects on the Water Environment 

Ruth Allington, GWP Consultants, LLP, United Kingdom

1:40 –    The Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Local Groundwater Conditions, Washtenaw County, SE Michigan

Frank Tokar, Jr., Natural Resources Management, LLC, Sylvania, OH

2:00 –    The Use of Storm-Water Monitoring for Evaluation of Surface-Water Quality of Lower North Potato Creek, Copper Basin Mining District, Tennessee 

Thomas McComb, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc., Nashville, TN

2:20 –    Environmental Impacts of Mining - Derived Coastal Sand Dunes, Chanaral Bay, Chile

Daniel Neary, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

3:00 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

1:15 pm – Technical Session 6 – Groundwater Issues and Ethics – Doyle Room  

Moderator:  Nick Melcher, USGS retired

1:20 –    Certified Ground Water Professionals and the Data Quality Act

Robert Masters, National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH

1:40 –    Well Siting Optimization System

Melanie Maguire, Golder Associates, Inc., Tucson, AZ

2:00 –    Groundwater Exploitation from a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer with Limited Storage

Vit Kuhnel, LFR, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ

2:20 –    Monitoring Grand Canyon Springs as an Assessment of Water Resources Response to Climate Change and Groundwater Withdraw   

Steven Rice, National Park Service-Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon, AZ

2:40 –    Water Well Rehabilitation in Botswana, Africa    

Robert Turnbull, Roscoe Moss Company, Los Angeles, CA

3:00 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

3:20 –    How to Improve Well Efficiency and Well Yield and Save Money

Charles Drake, Tetra Tech, Orlando, FL

3:40 –    Postaudit of Heads and Water Budgets in Predictive Scenarios of the Current Trends Analysis of the Salt River Valley, Arizona, Regional Groundwater Flow Model

Kade BP Hutchinson, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ

4:00 –    Lower Floridian Aquifer Alternative Water Supply Exploratory Program  

Charles Drake, Tetra Tech, Orlando, FL

3:15 pm – Technical Session 7 – Subsidence – Agassiz Room

Moderator:  Ralph Weeks, AMEC, Retired

3:20 –    Land Subsidence in Arizona – Introduction and Overview

Ralph Weeks, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. (retired), Tucson, AZ

3:40 –    Numerical Simulation of Land Subsidence and Earth Fissure Initiation due to Ground Water Withdrawal 

Muniram Budhu, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

4:00 –    Predicting Subsidence - I've Got a Sinking Feeling

Kenneth Fergason, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Tempe, AZ

4:20 –    Resistivity as a Reconnaissance Tool for Land Subsidence Potential

Michael Rucker, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., Tempe, AZ

4:40 –    A Synthesis of Land Subsidence and Earth Fissures in the Apache Junction - Hawk

Rock Area

Muniram Budhu, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

3:15 pm – Technical Session 8 – Forest Watershed Management – Fremont Room

Moderator:  Dan Neary, USFS

3:20 –    Potential Effects of Prescribed Fire on Watershed Processes in Southwestern

Oak-Savannahs 

Karen Koestner, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

3:40 –    Monitoring and Assessment of Air Pollution Effects on Forests in the Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest, AZ

Boris Poff, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

4:00 –    Desertification and Watershed Degradation: The Role of Wildfire

Daniel Neary, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

4:20 –    An Overview of the Cascabel Watershed Stude: Peloncillo Mountain, NM  

Karen Koestner, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ

3:15 pm – Technical Session 9 – Water Ownership: Public vs. Private – Rees Room

Moderator:  Marvin Glotfelty, Clear Creek Associates

3:20 –    Water Management Solutions for Rural Areas; A case study of the Upper

San Pedro Partnership

Julie Jonsson, CAP Award Winner, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

3:40 –    Private Ownership of Municipal Water Supplies in U.S. Western Mining Towns

Bob Kent, Boise State University, Boise, ID 

4:00 –    Comparison of Groundwater Use Under Contrasting Property Regimes in Texas and New Mexico: Is Prior Appropriation More Protective of Groundwater Supplies than the Rule of Capture?

Christopher Brooks, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

4:20 –    Stakeholder Processes and Mutually Supportive Projects in Southwestern New Mexico Related to the Arizona Water Settlements Act

Alison Williams, Interstate Stream Commission, Santa Fe, NM

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8:00 am – Technical Session 10 – Water Supply vs. Public Policy – Agassiz Room

Moderator:  Leslie Graser, Arizona Department of Water Resources

8:00 –    Pieces of a Puzzle: Why Transdisciplinary Socio-Technical Tools are Necessary to Address Water Resource Policy 

Suzanne Pierce, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

8:20 –    Tribal Leadership and Influence in Addressing Water Resource Issues in Washington State:  Examples of Tribal Environmental Successes through Participation in Watershed and Water Resource Planning Processes 

David Fuller, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, National Resources Department,

Kingston, WA

8:40 –    Southern Drought and Thirsty Atlanta Rekindle Georgia/Tennessee Border Dispute

Lawrence Weber, TTL, Inc., Nashville, TN

9:00 –    Water, Cultures, Power and Politics - Walking the Ethical Tightrope

Craig Roepke, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, Santa Fe, NM

9:20 –    Managing Shorelines for Multiuse Reservoirs - Values, Goals, Objectives, and Compromises

Mark Murphy, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, Albuquerque, NM

9:40 –    Desalination of Brackish Groundwater in Arizona  

Ed McGavock, Errol L. Montgomery & Associates, Prescott, AZ

10:00 – Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

8:00 am – Technical Session 11 – Water Quality: Science, Policy and Ethics – Rees Room

Moderator:  Bob Hart, USGS

8:00 –    Using Environmental Isotopes to Distinguish Mountain Front Recharge and Mountain Block Recharge

Ailiang Gu, Burgess & Niple, Inc., Tempe, AZ

8:20 –    Invisible Data: Dealing with Nondect Values in Contaminant Modeling

Kevin Krogstad, URS Corporation, Phoenix, AZ

8:40 –    Chattanooga Creek Site NAPL & Creosote Remediation Utilizing AquaBlok® Low Permeability Thin Capping Approach  

John Valkenburg, Adventus Americas, Inc., DeWitt, MI

9:00 –    Hydrogeology and Human Health: An Intersection for Nutrition Research in Bangladesh 

Robert Merrill, Catheart Energy, Inc., Sugar Land, TX

9:20 –    Is Artificial Recharge of Treated Effluent a Safe, Long-Term Strategy?

Frank Butterworth, Institute for River Research International, Prescott, AZ

9:40 –    Perched Groundwater in Central Flagstaff: Implication for Identification of Sources and Extent of Contamination

David Laney, SCS Engineers, Phoenix, AZ

10:00 – Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

8:00 am – Technical Session 12 –GIS and Water Resources – Doyle Room

Moderator:  Paul Gremellion, NAU

8:00 –    GIS and Water Resources - Are we Effectively Using the Tools Available?  

John Kennedy, Caelum/Unitec, Las Cruces, NM

8:20 –    GIS Databases and Mapping - Tools for Watershed Management, Lake Tuscaloosa, City Reservoir 

Lois George, LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL

8:40 –    Arizona NEMO Wet/Dry Mapping of the Agua Fria River 

Kristine Uhlman, University of Arizona, Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ

9:00 –    Application of GIS in the Hydrology of Mine Pit Lake

Bibhuti Panda, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Tempe, AZ

9:20 –    Groundwater and Solute Transport Numerical Modeling Using GIS of the Eastern Coast of Cap-Bon (Tunisia)

Adel Zghibi, Département de Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, Tunis, Tunisie

9:40 –    Erosional or Constructional shorelines? A GIS investigation of a playa system using IFSAR   

John Kennedy, Caelum/Unitec, Las Cruces, NM

10:00 – Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

8:00 am – Technical Session 13 – 3^rd IPGC – Professional Ethics and the Global Geoscientist: New Horizons in Geology - Ponderosa Boardroom

Moderators:  Robert Font, MB Kumar, Sue Lynn Bishop, Oliver Bonham, Dirk De Coster

8:00 –    Ten Characteristics of Self Regulation Professions  

Derek Doyle, APEGBC, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

8:20 –    The Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) and Geoscience Licensure in the United States   

Wilson Herrod, ASBOG, Cody, WY

8:40 –    Consulting Geology and the Role of Licensing

Joan Underwood, ASBOG, Sheboygan, WI

9:00 –    The ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology and Practice of Geology Examinations: The Development and Administration of a National Examination 

Richard Spruill, ASBOG, Grimesland, NC

9:20 –    The Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) and Professional Ethics  

John Williams, ASBOG, Professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

9:40 –    Professional Geologist in the Protection of the Public – Licensure – Ethics – Society    

Christopher Mathewson, ASBOG, Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

10:00 – Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

10:20 – Review of International Professional Disciplinary Proceedings: Procedures and

Actions Taken 

David Abbott, Oliver Bonham, Don Larking, John Gustavson, AIPG, CCPG

10:40 – The Geologist and Cognitive Diversity as a Key to Problem Solving

Shane McDonald, AIPG, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., King of Prussia, PA

11:00 – Geology-Based Unitization of Reservoirs in the Petroleum Fields of Louisiana:

An Overview  

M. B. Kumar, AIPG, Baton Rouge, LA

11:20 – Unconventional Gas Resources - Are We Prepared for the Journey or Have We

Already Arrived? 

Douglas Kenaley, ExxonMobil, Houston, TX

11:40 – Geothermal Energy in Europe

Gareth Jones, Herald Ligtenberg, EFG, Ireland and The Netherlands

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch – Bruce Aiken: Roaring Springs/Grand Canyon Presentation –

 Humphreys Room

10:15 am – Technical Session 14 – Southwest Water Policy Issues – Rees and Doyle Rooms

Moderator:  Brad Hill, City of Flagstaff

10:20 – Providing a Nexus Between Land Use and Water Resources – Developing Municipal

                Water Policies to Ensure Long-Term Sustainability    

Bradley Hill, City of Flagstaff, Flagstaff, AZ

10:40 – Testing the Climate for Non-potable Water Reuse: Opportunities and Challenges in

Arizona    

Christopher Scott, Assistant Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

11:00 – Two Examples of Quantification of Subflow Zone Depletion in Arizona      

Jon Ford, Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc., Denver, CO 

11:20 – Mapping Ground Water Vulnerability to Nitrate in Arizona

Kristine Uhlman, University of Arizona, Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ

11:40 – Testing the Climate for Non-potable Water Reuse: Opportunities and Challenges in

Arizona    

Christopher Scott, Assistant Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch – Bruce Aiken: Roaring Springs/Grand Canyon Presentation –

 Humphreys Room

10:00 am – Noon – Technical Session 15 – Poster Sessions – Humphreys Room

Moderator:  David Best, NAU

–Chemical and Isotopic Tracers of Groundwater Recharge and Flowpaths in the Middle San

  Pedro Basin   

     Candice Adkins, USGS, Tucson, AZ

–Resampling a Ground-Water Quality Monitoring Network in the West Salt River Valley,

  Arizona  

     David Anning, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ

–Summer Base Evaluation of the Middle Verde River, Yavapai County, AZ       

     Donald Bills, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ

–Delineation of Recharge Areas, Groundwater Flow Pathways, and Travel Times on the Kaibab

  Plateau, Arizona  

     Chris Brown, Masters of Science in Geology Candidate, Northern Arizona University,

     Flagstaff, AZ

–Stochastic Model to Estimate Travel Times from the 52nd Street Facility        

     Daniel Burnell, GeoTrans, Inc., Sterling, VA

–Addressing the Water Quality Issues of Lake Powell  

     Robert Hart, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ

–Digital Hydrogeologic Models of Basin-Fill Aquifer Systems in the Southwestern New Mexico

  Border Region-A Powerful Tool for Binational Water-Resources Management    

     John Hawley, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, Las Cruces, NM

–Lake Mary Bathymetry  

     Nancy Hornewer, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ

–The Role of Absolute Gravimetry in Arizona's Rural Watershed Initiative Projects       

     Jeffrey Kennedy, USGS, Tucson, AZ

–Characterization of the Highway 95 Fault in Lower Forty-Mile Wash using Transient

  Electromagnetics (TEM), Controlled Source Audio-Frequency Magnetotellurics (CSAMT), and

  Direct-Current Resistivity, Nye County, Nevada    

     Jamie Macy, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ

–Successful Remediation of Benzene and Trichloroethylene in Groundwater Through

  Stimulation of In-situ Bacterial Degradation         

     Ira Merin, Richard Todd Church, URS Corporation, Herndon, VA

–Spatial Patterns of Effluent Discharge and Development of Effluent Dependent 

  Waterways in AZ

     Margaret White, PhD Candidate, School of Life Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1:30 pm – Technical Session 16 –Aquifer Recharge and Restoration – Agassiz and Fremont Rooms

Moderator:  Doug Bartlett, Clear Creek Associates

1:30 –    Sensor Monitoring of Aquifer Storage & Artificial Recharge 

David Wardwell, In-Situ, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI

1:50 –    Artificial Recharge System in Fractured Bedrock Aquifer  

Bibhuti Panda, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Tempe, AZ

2:10 –    In-Situ Leaching of Sandstone Uranium Deposits in New Mexico: Past, Present,                                               and Future Concerns and Potential       

Virginia McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM

2:30 –    Deep Aquifer Recharge Study Through Water Level Monitoring in Kathmandu

Valley, Nepal 

Swostik Kumar Adhikari, Kathmandu, Nepal

2:50 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

3:10 –    Role of Remediation Hydraulics in Groundwater Restoration Accounting for Realistic Aquifer Behavior  

Kevin Wilson, ARCADIS, Novi, MI

3:30 –    An Integrated Simultaneous Approach to Groundwater Remediation Using Environmental Hazard Evaluation and Treatment Zone Maps     

James Jacobs, Environmental BioSystems, Inc., Mill Valley, CA

3:50 –    Spring Water Resources - A Case Study From Kathmandu Valley, Nepal  

Pramod Simkhada, Kathmandu, Nepal

1:30 pm – Technical Session 17 –Surface Water – Groundwater A Shared Resource –

Doyle and Rees Rooms

Moderator:  Abe Springer, NAU

1:30 –    Evaluating Surface Water and Ground Water Interactions in a Stressed Aquifer

System using an Echohydrological Approach

Ray Talkington, Geosphere Environmental Management, Inc., Exeter, NH

1:50 –    Assessing a Destructive Element of Surface Water/Ground Water Interactions - Ground Water Flooding   

Brent Huntsman, Terran Corporation, Beavercreek, OH

2:10 –    Subsurface Groundwater Flow and Sinkhole Development Sedona, Arizona      

Paul Lindberg, Consulting Geologist, Sedona, AZ

2:30 –    Legal Implications of Rainwater Harvesting for Existing Surface Water Right Holders: Does Arizona Have a Problem?      

Aaron Lien, CAP Award Winner, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2:50 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

3:10 –    Cessation of Flow in the Peace River - the Hawthorn Aquifer System Connection, Polk County, Florida        

Michael Gates, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Tampa, FL

3:30 –    Ground-Water Flow for the Colorado Plateau and Adjacent Basins Simulated Using the Northern Arizona Regional Ground-Water Flow Model

Don Pool, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, AZ

3:50 –    Ground-Water Flow Simulated for Coconino and Yavapai Growth Projections Using the Northern Arizona Regional Ground-Water Flow Model           

Kyle Blasch, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, AZ

1:30 pm – Technical Session 18 – 3^rd IPGC – Expanding International Influence and Reach; Overcoming Challenges and Mapping successful Strategies – Ponderosa Boardroom

Moderator:  Robert Font, Gareth Jones, Oliver Bonham, MB Kumar, Sue Lynn Bishop

1:30 –    The GEOTRAINET Programme       

Isabel Fernandez Fuentes, Herald Ligtenberg, Gareth Jones, EFG, Spain,

The Netherlands, Ireland

1:50 –    Information Age, Globalization and Geoscience Enterprise: Opportunities, Challenges and the IYPE Beyond 2009    

Larry Woodfork, AIPG/IYPE, WV

2:10 –    Geological Mapping in Spain: Cost Benefit Analysis   

Manuel Regueiro, ICOG, Madrid, Spain

2:30 –    Natural Hazards in Land Use Planning:  The Spanish Perspective

Luis Suarez, ICOG, Madrid, Spain

2:50 –    Break – Humphreys Room / Exhibit Area

3:10 –    The Terrafirma Project 

Ruth Allington, David Norbury, EFG, United Kingdom

3:30 –    Women in Geology in Spain                                                       

Isabel Gomez Garcia, ICOG, Madrid, Spain

3:50 –    Overview of International Mine Closure Guidelines  

Dawn Garcia, SRK, Tucson, AZ

4:10 –    Climate Change and the Salinization of Potable Water Supplies:  A Growing Threat Facing Development in Coastal Areas

Bruce Broster, CCPG, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

4:30 –    Information Flows and Policy: Use of Climate Diagnostics and Cyclone Prediction for Adaptive Water-Resources Management Under Climatic Uncertainty in Western North America

Ashley Coles, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

4:50 –    The 17 August 1999 Turkey Earthquake, What Happened and What Have we Learned?