A conference on the effects of sea level rise on coastal communities was co-hosted by ReMain Nantucket and Egan Maritime Institute in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Climate Central, and Maria Mitchell Association, on Friday, September 24, 2010. 

Watch video highlights of the 2010 Coastal Communities Conference.

2010 Conference Speakers:

Ian A. Bowles, Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Cornelia Dean (Panel Moderator).  A former science writer for the New York Times and the author of Against the Tide: The Battle for America’s Beaches

Ben Gutierrez, Ph.D.  Geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Julia Knisel, M.S.  Coastal Resilience Specialist with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Boze Hancock, Ph.D.  Coordinator of The Nature Conservancy’s partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Community-Based Restoration Program,

Lynne Zeitlin Hale, M.S. Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Marine Initiative

Porter Hoagland, Ph.D.  Senior Research Specialist, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Commander Paul E. Matthews  Member of the Joint Military Operations Faculty at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, serving on the Navy's Task Force on Climate Change

Hubert Murray, FAIA, RIBA.  An architect and Manager of Sustainable Initiatives for Partners HealthCare Inc.

Sarah Newkirk, J.D.   Director of Coastal Conservation at The Nature Conservancy

Franklin W. Nutter, J.D.  President of the Reinsurance Association of America

Andy Revkin (Panel Moderator).  A former science writer for the New York Times and the author of The North Pole was Here, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast

Stan Riggs, Ph.D.  Geologist, Institute for Coastal Science and Policy at Eastern Carolina University and author of Drowning the North Carolina Coast: Sea Level Rise and Estuarine Dynamics

Ben Strauss, Ph.D.  Interim Executive Director of Climate Central

Donna Wieting.  Acting Director of NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management