RDX 2004 Presentations by Sessions
Presentations arranged alphabetically by session and title

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Breakout Sessions (Wednesday, Oct. 27, 10:30 am - noon)
Case Studies: Great Lakes management
Moderator: Ian Gillespie, Environment Canada

Presentation Title: Federal Data Needs for Regional Decision Support (PDF 780k)
Presenter: Rebecca Lameka, Great Lakes Commission


Presentation Title: Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous and Invasive Species Database(PDF 1.4M)
Presenter: David Raikow, Great Leakes Environmental Research Laboratory


Presentation Title: The Pileus Project: Incorporating Climate Variability and Change into Decision-Making in the Great Lakes Region
Presenter: Jeanne Bisanz, Michigan State University


Presentation Title: Presenting Great Lakes Biological Information on the National Biological Information Infrastructure (PDF 6.5M)
Presenter: Scott Nelson, USGS-GLSC

Data exchange policies
Moderator: Vincent Tao, York University

Presentation Title: Data Requirements For Ontario Water-Taking Permits (PDF 2.2M)
Presenter: Dave Van Vliet, AquaResource Inc.


Presentation Title: Development of Data Exchanges in Ontario - Policies, Issues and Lessons Learned (PDF 1.8M)
Presenter: Mike Robertson, Land Information Ontario - OMNR


Presentation Title: The Exchange Network - Supporting the Mission (PDF 364k)
Presenter: Pat Garvey, U.S. EPA - OEI


Presentation Title: Using Standards to Share Critical Data between States and Local Government
Presenter: Shilpa George, IDSiGIS

Decision support systems I
Moderator: Brian Huberty, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Presentation Title: Automated EQuIS Data Management: Electronic Data Deliverable Sub-Systems and "Push" Interfaces (PDF 747k)
Presenter: Mitch Beard, EarthSoft


Presentation Title: Integrating Watershed and Transportation Planning: A Stand-alone DSS for the non-GIS Professional (PDF 4.5M)
Presenter: Stephanie Kula, U.S. Geological Survey


Presentation Title: A Unique Federal-State-Local Government Partnership (PDF 1.0M)
Presenters: Richard J. Zdanowicz and Jon F. Bartholic, Water Division, US EPA Region 5 and The Institute of Water Research, Michigan State University


Presentation Title: Utilizing Detailed Modeling and Monitoring Data for Decision Support (PDF 9.4M)
Presenter: Paul J. Martin, AquaResource Inc.

Regional exchange of monitoring data
Moderator: Pranas Pranckevicius, U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
Introduction (PDF 163k)

Presentation Title: Archive and Retrieval of EPA Star Grant Data and Metadata: A Prototype developed by the Estuarine and Great Lakes Star Coastal Indicators Research Centers and EIMS (PDF 462k)
Presenters: Valerie Brady and Terry Brown, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth


Presentation Title: Developing the Binational Executive Committee Monitoring Inventory (PDF 2.0M)
Presenter: Brad Hill, Environment Canada Ecosystem Health Division, Ontario Region


Presentation Title: Establishing a Monitoring Baseline for the Great Lakes Basin (PDF 540k)
Presenters: Anne Sturm and Ric Lawson, Great Lakes Commission


Presentation Title: Michigan's Electronic Filing of Wastewater Discharge Monitoring Reports and Data Exchange (PDF 1.0M)
Presenter: Michael Beaulac, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Breakout Sessions (Thursday, October 28, 8:30-10:00 am)
Decision support systems II
Moderator: Justin Booth, Michigan State University

Presentation Title: Expedited Site Assessment in the Great Lakes Basin Using Information Technology (PDF 1.4M)
Presenters: Jennifer Troast and Natalie Kuester, Weston Solutions, Inc.


Presentation Title: Great Lakes Habitat Evaluation Network (HEN) (PDF 15.6M)
Presenter: Robb Macleod, Ducks Unlimited


Presentation Title: Making Detailed Coastal Science and Engineering Data Easily Accessible To Coastal Management Decision Makers and the Public – The Development of an Information Clearinghouse and Data Portal for the Communities of Southwest Washington (PDF 192k)
Presenters: Christian J. Stewart, Christian J. Stewart Consulting
Philip D. Osborne, Pacific International Engineering, PLLC


Presentation Title: A WebGIS-Based Hierarchical Watershed Decision Support System for the United States (PDF 3.0M)
Presenters: Yi Shi and Jeremiah Asher, Institute of Water Research, Michigan State University

Distributed web mapping applications
Moderator: Greg Buehler, Open Geospatial Consortium

Presentation Title: Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Facilitating Access to Atmospheric Emmission Data (PDF 708k)
Presenters: Kevin Yam, Great Lakes Commission
Jeff Ehman, Jerry Johnston and Shon Doesck, Pangaea Information Technologies Ltd.


Presentation Title: Building a Distributed Spatial Capacity for the Gulf of Maine (PDF 53k)
Presenter: Dave McIlhagga, DM Solutions Group Inc.


Presentation Title: Internet-based interactive 3D visualization and monitoring of the great lakes region based on OpenGIS web services (PDF 224k)
Presenters: Dr. Vincent Tao and Björn Prenzel, York University


Presentation Title: Next Generation Web Mapping Applications (PDF 756k)
Presenter: Ian Clemens, IDV Solutions

Ecosystem observing
Moderator: David Schwab, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Presentation Title: Great Lakes Aquatic GAP: Development of a habitat database for riverine systems in the Great Lakes (PDF 2.0M)
Presenter: Stephen S. Aichele, U.S. Geological Survey


Presentation Title: Great Lakes Wetland Monitoring-SAR and Landsat (PDF 2.0M)
Presenter: Laura Bourgeau Chavez, General Dynamics AIS


Presentation Title: Regional Association Development for the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) (PDF 932k)
Presenter: Roger Gauthier, Great Lakes Commission


Presentation Title: Real Time Data Exchange for Great Lakes Ice Chart (PDF 1.3M)
Presenter: David Bradley, Canadian Ice Service, Environment Canada

Federal, state or provincial web portals
Moderator: Eric Swanson, Center for Geographic Information, State of Michigan

Presentation Title: Building an Environmental Information System for Ontario (PDF 6.4M)
Presenter: Brad Hill, Environment Canada Ecosystem Health Division, Ontario Region


Presentation Title: Land Information Ontario: Creating a Spatial Data Infrastructure for Ontario (PDF 1.5M)
Presenter: Mike Robertson, Land Information Ontario - OMNR


Presentation Title: The National Map - A Framework for Data Exchange (PDF 1.2M)
Presenter: Charles Hickman, U.S. Geological Survey


Presentation Title: Open technologies for visual framework data catalogs in Wisconsin (PDF 2.0M)
Presenter: AJ Wortley, WI State Cartographer's Office

Brainstorm Sessions (Wednesday, Oct. 27, 3:30-5:00 pm)
Environmental applications
Moderator: Gail Krantzberg, International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office

Presentation Title: Web-Based Decision Support System for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Land Use Change (PDF 709k)
Presenter: Bernie Engel, Purdue University

Opportunities for binational economic development
Moderator: Jennifer Day, International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Regional Office

Presentation Title: A Proposal for a Great Lakes Circle Tour Coastal Access Guide (PDF 469k)
Presenter: David Hart, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute

Opportunities for education
Moderator: Michaela Zint, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Presentation Title: Knowledge and information management framework using GIS: An integrated approach (PDF 33k)
Presenter: Shiva Achet, Roosevelt University

Protection of public health
Moderator: Joan Rose, Michigan State University

Presentation Title: EPA/OPPT's PBT Profiler (PDF 128k)
Presenter: Elizabeth Becker, Consortium for Environmental Risk Management


Presentation Title: The Use of Information Technology To Enable Partnerships, Improve Sharing of Resources, and Advance the Goals of Pollution Prevention Within North America and Globally (PDF 645k)
Presenters: Tania Del Matto, Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention (C2P2)
Andy Bray, Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA)

Geographic Focus (Thursday, Oct. 28, 1:00-2:30 pm)
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Moderator: Ian Parrish, Ontario Ministry of Environment (invited)

Presentation Title: Data Rich, Information Poor: maximizing the usefulness of existing data through standards (PDF 2.5M)
Presenter: Tanya Trivedi, Fisheries & Oceans Canada


Presentation Title: GIS and Web Technology for Wetland Planning
Presenter: Patrick Lawrence, University of Toledo

Lake Huron
Moderator: James Schardt, USEPA

Presentation Title: The Great Lakes GIS: A Habitat-based Decision Support System for the Great Lakes Basin (PDF 713k)
Presenters: Christine A. Geddes and Edward S. Rutherford, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment Institute for Fisheries Research

Lake Michigan
Moderator: David Hart, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sea Grant Institute

Presentation Title: NPS Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Program Gateway (PDF 1.1M)
Presenters: Ulf Gafvert and Mark Hart, NPS, Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network (GLKN)
Jeremiah Asher and Yi Shi, MSU Institute of Water Research (IWR)

Lake Superior
Moderator: Valerie Brady, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Natural Resources Research Institute

Presentation Title: Standardization of genetic markers and databases (PDF 288k)
Presenter: Wendylee Stott, Great Lakes Science Center-USGS