The presentations are organized according to when they were presented. PDF versions of the presentations are available, as provided by the speakers.

Plenary Session

Making the Connection: Communities, the Coast and the Economy

• The Coast is Complicated: Demographic Trends and NC’s Coast.
  Rebecca Tippett, Director, Carolina Demography at UNC-Chapel Hill.
• Community Resilience in an Uncertain Future.
  Phil Prete, Senior Environmental Planner, City of Wilmington.
• N.C. Coastal Conference: Predicting the Coast’s Future in the Eye of a Housing Boom to Bust.
  Cameron Moore, Executive Officer, Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association.
• Science in Support of Sustainable Coastal Economies.
  David Eggleston, Director, NC State’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology.

Concurrent Session 1

Energy Resources

• Offshore Energy.
  Donald R. van der Vaart, Secretary, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Outer Continental Shelf Programs.
  James Bennett, Chief of the Office of Renewable Energy Programs, U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
• Renewable Energy from the Ocean.
  Billy Edge, Professor, NC State University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute.

Coastal Economies

• NC-20 Economy.
  William Hall, Professor, UNC Wilmington.
• Coastal Tourism Economic Impact.
  Wit Tuttell, Executive Director, Visit North Carolina.
• North Carolina’s Coastal Conference.
  Alison Willis, Board of Directors, North Carolina Catch.

Concurrent Session 2

Healthy Coasts and Communities

• Louis Daniel, Executive Director, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
• The Changing Landscape of North Carolina.
  Reide Corbett, Professor, East Carolina University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute.
• Partnerships for a Healthy Coast.
  Todd Miller, Executive Director, North Carolina Coastal Federation.

Hazard Preparation and Response

• NC Hazards and Challenges.
  Steve Pfaff, Warning Coordinator Meteorologist, U.S. National Weather Service, Wilmington.
• Coastal Hazards and Management in North Carolina.
  Braxton Davis, Director, N.C. Division of Coastal Management.
• Impact of Topography, Land Cover and Sea-level Rise on Barrier Island Breaching.
  Margery Overton, Professor, NC State University.

Concurrent Session 3

Marine Industry Development

• Presentation to the 2015 Coastal Conference.
  Bob Peele, Director, Wanchese Marine Industrial Park.
• The Future of Shellfish Aquaculture in North Carolina.
  Bob Rheault, Executive Director, East Coast Shellfish Growers Association.
• Revolutionizing rapid molecular diagnostics for viral and bacterial pathogen quantification in marine waters and seafood.
  Rachel Noble, Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences.

Coastal Infrastructure

• Governor’s McCroy’s 25-Year Vision: Coastal Vision.
  Tony Tata, Secretary, N.C. Department of Transportation.
• Corps on the Coast.
  Jim Medlock, Chief of Programs Management Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District.
• Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) in Central Sewer Systems in Eastern North Carolina: Vulnerability to Rainfall.
  Larry Cahoon, Professor, UNC Wilmington.