Our Vital Waterways: Agents of Transformation

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1 Our Vital Waterways: Agents f Transfrmatin September Syracuse, NY CONFERENCE PROGRAM WCC 2017 Kick Off SUNDAY, September 24 Syracuse Inner Harbr, 1pm 6 pm; pen t the public and cnference attendees. Cme ne and all t enjy a day f fun, learning, entertainment, and merriment n the water. Shuttles will be available t attendees, with stps at the Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn, alng the Creek Walk, the Hneywell Visitr's Center (n the lake) and the Inner Harbr. Tur replica 1862 canal schner Lis McClure and see the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum s display f lng bats. Watch live ht glass shws abard the Crning Museum f Glass GlassBarge. Get n the water! Paddle at the Inner Harbr r take a bat tur f Onndaga Lake. Bat turs leave frm the Hneywell Visitrs Center. Cycle t the Inner Harbr. Jin Tur the Twpath as it cmpletes its tw day tur frm Rme t Syracuse. Meet in DeWitt fr a unique ride thrugh Syracuse t the Inner Harbr. Meet up time TBA. Enjy music, entertainment, fd trucks, Taste NY vendrs, and special exhibits thrughut the day. Drs Open at Museums & Galleries in Dwntwn Syracuse, 1 5 pm Experience dynamic cultural institutins, including the Erie Canal Museum, Eversn Museum f Art, and Onndaga Histrical Assciatin. Delegate Craft Brew Tasting, Lcatin & Time TBA American Canal Sciety Members Meeting, Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn, 1 pm Inland Waterways Internatinal Members Meeting, Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn, 6 8 pm Water Way Yuth Vide Exhibitin, Eversn Museum f Art, Outdr Exhibitin Venue, 8 pm Enjy a screening f 1 3 minute shrt films fcusing n canal life and culture thrugh the eyes, experience and imaginatin f yung peple frm Sctland, Belgium, Italy and New Yrk State. Prjectins will be shwn each night frm September Delegate Opening Receptin, Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn lunge/bar near htel lbby, 8pm Mix and mingle with fellw cnference delegates. We'll als intrduce yu t several f the yuth videgraphers wh participated in the Waterway vide exhibitin, including Islde Debuck, crdinatr fr Ghent shrt films. NOTE: Schedule as f 7/11/17; sessin titles and speakers subject t change. WCC 2017 Prgram Schedule

2 MONDAY, September 25 Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn OPENING PLENARY, 9:00AM TO NOON Welcme Remarks and Cnference Kick Off Crnelius B. (Neil) Murphy, President Emeritus, State University f NY Cllege f Envirnmental Science & Frestry Sharn Leightn, Chair WCC2017, New Yrk State Canal Crpratin, Albany, NY, USA David Edwards May, President, Inland Waterways Internatinal, Grenble, FR Stephanie Miner, Mayr, City f Celebrating 200 Years f Transfrmatin Brian Strattn, Directr, New Yrk State Canal Crpratin, Albany, NY, USA With special WCNY Bicentennial Dcumentary preview Saying I D : Marrying Canal Heritage and Cmmunity Revitalizatin Bb Radliff, Executive Directr, Erie Canalway Natinal Heritage Crridr, Waterfrd, NY, USA Getting Oriented t WCC 2017: Where are we, where are we ging, and what are we ding here? Duncan Hay, WCC2017 Prgram Chair, Erie Canalway Natinal Heritage Crridr BREAK The Transfrmative Pwer f Canals Steve Dunlp, Chief Executive, Scttish Canals, Glasgw, Sctland,UK Histric Cleanup f Onndaga Lake Jhn McAuliffe, Prgram Directr, Hneywell, Jurney Alng the Erie Canal Jhn Rbinsn, CEO, Our Ability, Glenmnt, NY, USA LUNCH: 12PM AFTERNOON STUDY TOURS, 1:15 6:45PM WELCOME DINNER, GRAND BALLROOM, MARRIOTT SYRACUSE DOWNTOWN, 7:30PM

3 TUESDAY, September 26 Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn SESSION 1: 8:30 AM 10:00 AM REIMAGINING CANAL WATERFRONTS Western Reclamatin Canal Transfrmatin frm Agriculture t Urban, James C. Duncan, Salt River Prject, Arizna, USA Understanding Landscapes and Stimulating Urban Transfrmatins Alng Internatinal Waterway E 70 Lucyna Nyka, Ph.D, Gdańsk University f Technlgy, POLAND Inspiring Cnnectins Alng the Delaware & Lehigh Canal Elissa M. Garfal, Delaware & Lehigh Natinal Heritage Crridr, Eastn, PA, USA BREAK 10:00AM 10:30AM SESSION 2: 10:30AM 12:00PM REIMAGINING CANAL WATERFRONTS Building Break ut Canals Ry B. Mann, The Rivers Studi, Austin, Texas, USA A New Rute t Canal Restratin: Flating Cmmunities and Flurishing Heritage Patrick Mss, Mss Naylr Yung, Frme, Smerset, UK Speaker(s) TBA LUNCH: 12PM THE POWER OF WATER 19th Century Canals Cntributing t a 21st Century Ecnmy Frank Ment, P.E., CHA, Canal Pwer: A Case Study in Cnnecting the Public t Small Hydrpwer Alng Canals Ted Rse, Gravity Renewables, Bulder, CO, USA Leveraging Assets n Canada's Canal System Darlene Uptn, Parks Canada, ON, CANADA WATERWAY TOURISM Sustainable Turism: Ecnmic Develpment and Natural Heritage Preservatin f a Neglected Regin Julia Wleklinska, Academy f Fine Arts, Gdansk, POLAND Building a New Future fr the Sault Ste. Marie Canal Rbin Lessard, Parks Canada, Thunder Bay, ON, CANADA Opprtunity t Regenerate Gyeng in Ara Waterway as a Turist Attractin and Inland Prt Kyun Yun, Manager, K Water, Inchen, KOREA CANAL HERITAGE & RESTORATION 50 Years f Restring Waterways Rger Squires, Inland Waterways Assciatin (IWA), Lndn, UK Waterway Engineering, Ingenuity and Craftsmanship: Dartmuth Inclined Plane Duglas Brwnrigg, Shubenacadie Canal Cmmissin, Dartmuth, NS, CANADA Restring the Lckprt Flight Dnald Nims, P.E., Bergmann Assciates, Rchester, NY, USA Dave Kinyn, Lckprt Lcks Heritage District, Lckprt, NY, USA CANAL HERITAGE & RESTORATION Canal Cllege: Using Sctland s Canal Heritage t Inspire & Train Future Generatins Karen Mre, Scttish Waterways Trust, SCOTLAND Lagan Navigatin Trust: Leveraging Histric, Cultural & Natural Assets t Deliver a Restred Wrking Waterway in Nrthern Ireland Brenda Turnbell, Lagan Trust, Lisburn, NORTHERN IRELAND Quebec Canals & Their Cultural Resurces Luc André Mercier, Québec Waterways Field Unit, Parks Canada, Chambly, QUE, CANADA AFTERNOON STUDY TOURS, 1:15 6:45 PM DINNER ON YOUR OWN

4 Wednesday, September 27 Marritt Syracuse Dwntwn SESSION 1: 8:30AM 10:00AM CELEBRATING & INTERPRETING CANALS THROUGH PUBLIC ART & EVENTS CANAL ENGINEERING WATERWAY CLEANUP CANALS AND BROWNFIELDS Track 4 CANAL VESSELS OLD AND NEW RiverArt: A Reginal Develpment Prject Dr. J.F. Bakker, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Welland Canal Imprvements (Ontari, Canada) William R. (Bill) Miles, Bergmann Assciates, Rchester, NY, USA Cmbined Navigatinal and Envirnmental Dredging (Duluth, MN) Eric Dievendrf, Arcadis, Using the Rhein Main Danube Canal System fr Green Energy and Prducts Klaus Delle, SUNY ESF, Make N Small Plans Transfrming Scttish Canals Thrugh Art & Creative Engineering Richard Millar, Scttish Canals, Glasgw, Sctland, UK The Strattn Lck Expansin Prject (Fx River, IL) Jsh Repp, Bergmann Assciates, Buffal, NY, USA Envirnmental Remediatin f Cal Gas Facilities alng the Erie Canal Tdd Cridge, Lauren Putnam, Mark Gravelding, Arcadis, Prtecting and Prmting Irelands Flating Heritage Crmac McCarthy, Waterways Ireland, Scarrif, Cunty Clare, IRELAND Lwell's Canals: A Visin fr City Peter Aucella, Lwell NHP, Lwell, MA, USA James Ostis, Lwell Heritage Partnership Tbias Marx, City f Lwell Innvative Belw Water Inspectin f Canal Facilities Eric Thrkildsen, GPI/Greenman Pedersen,Inc, Albany, NY, USA Transfrming Utica s Inner Harbr Paul Rman, OBG, Utica, NY, USA Lisa Nagle, Elan Planning, Design & Landscape Architecture, Saratga Springs, NY, USA Examining Our Legacy: The Intercnnected Relatinship f Waterways and Frests Erick Tichnuk, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT, USA BREAK: 10:00AM 10:30AM SESSION 2: 10:30AM 12:00PM CELEBRATING & INTERPRETING CANALS THROUGH PUBLIC ART & EVENTS CANAL AND CANALSIDE RECREATION WATERWAY CLEANUP A FOCUS ON ONONDAGA LAKE Track 4 WORLD HERITAGE CANALS Extending the Seasn with Light Art Festivals Felix Guttmann, Amsterdam Light Festival, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Empire State Trail A Transfrmatin alng New Yrk s Navigable Waterways Andy Beers, Hudsn River Greenway, Albany, NY, USA Onndaga Lake and The Great Law f Peace Philip P. Arnld, Syracuse University, Panel Discussin Representatives invited frm: Rideau Canal, Canada, Grand Canal, China, Canal du Midi, France, Pntcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales Amsterdam Ring, NETHERLANDS

5 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, CONTINUED The Jurney and Impact f Water Music NY David Alan Miller, Albany Symphny, Albany, NY, USA Let s Adapt! Partnering fr Inclusive Canalway Transfrmatin Anita O'Brien, Rchester Accessible Adventures, Rchester, NY, USA Peter Abele, Erie Canal Bat Cmpany, Fairprt, NY, USA Onndaga Lake: Intrductin and Vital Histry Edward M. Michalenk, Ph.D., Onndaga Envirnmental Institute, (Panel Discussin Cntinued) Speaker TBA Blueways Reimagining Inland Waterways in Ireland Onndaga Lake: Respnses t Habitat Restratin Hw Culd Wrld Heritage Standards Apply in the US? Sharn Lavin, Waterways Ireland, Carrick n Shannn, IRELAND Neil H. Ringler, Ph.D., Onndaga Lake Science Center, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY, USA Brenda Barrett, Living Landscape Observer, Harrisburg, PA, USA LUNCH: 12 PM AFTERNOON STUDY TOURS, 1:15 6:45 PM DINNER: UPSTATE COOK OUT AT PAPER MILL ISLAND (ERIE CANAL LOCK 24), BALDWINSVILLE

6 Thursday, September 28 Niagara Hudsn Building / Natinal Grid Headquarters FUTURE VISIONS FOR INLAND WATERWAYS, CLOSING PLENARY, 9:00AM TO NOON Welcme [TBA], Natinal Grid, Presenting Spnsr Transfrming New Yrk's Canals Gil Quinines, President & CEO, New Yrk Pwer Authrity, New Yrk, NY, USA Canals f the Future: Frm Hauling Cal t Driving a Lw Carbn Ecnmy Panel discussin mderated by representatives frm Scttish Canals and Scttish Waterways Trust BREAK Invitatin t WCC2018 Sharn Lavin, Head f Marketing and Cmmunicatins, Waterways Ireland, Carrick n Shannn, IRELAND Clin Becker, Inland Waterways Assciatin f Ireland (IWAI), IRELAND Ceremnial Passing f Canal Waters: United States t Ireland WCC2017 Hsts t WCC2018 Hsts frm Irish Waterways Clsing Remarks David Edwards May, President, IWI, Grenble, FRANCE Sharn Leightn, Chair, WCC2017, Albany, NY, USA NOTE: Schedule as f 7/11/17; sessin titles and speakers subject t change.