Note: only the first hour of Friday evening’s event (from 7:00 to 8:00 pm) can be viewed remotely over Zoom.
The poster session and exhibits (from 8:00 to 10:00 pm) are in-person only and cannot be viewed remotely.
The Forum (Room 272)
7:00 – 7:05 p.m
Welcome
ANDREW WARNER
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center
Opening Remarks
7:05 – 7:10 p.m
Benjamin Hayes
Symposium Chair
7:10 – 7:30 p.m
Indigenous Perspective
A Faithkeeper’s Perspective on the Word “Sustainability”
Oren Lyons
Chief and Faithkeeper, Onondaga and Seneca Nations, Haudenosaunee Confederacy
7:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Keynote Address
Navigating the Complex Waters and Future of the Chesapeake Bay
DeniCe Heller Wardrop
Executive Director, Chesapeake Research Consortium and Research Professor, Penn State University
Terrace Room (Room 276)
8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Poster Session and Exhibits
8:00 – 9:00 p.m. – students are at their posters and exhibitors are at their tables
9:00 – 10:00 p.m. – evening social
9:45 p.m. – Best Student Poster Awards announced
The annual River Symposium is an educational community outreach event sponsored by the Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment, the Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, and the Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center at Penn State University.
For more information, please contact Dr. Benjamin Hayes, Director of the Watershed Sciences and Engineering Program at the Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment at brh010@bucknell.edu.