National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology
January 30 - February 1, 2008
Hyatt Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida

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Wednesday Afternoon, January 30, 2008
OPENING SESSION

1:40 p.m.
Effects of Large-Scale Beach Cusps on Beach Profile Change Calculations in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama
Albert E. Browder, Ph.D., P.E., and William L. Reilly, E. I., Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

Thursday, January 31, 2008

SESSION A   MONITORING/DATA ANALYSIS

9:30 a.m.
Coastal Engineering Project Impact Assessment Using Long-Term Morphodynamic Change Analysis
Donald K. Stauble, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

SESSION B   OTHER ASPECTS/PROJECT DESIGN

9:30 a.m.
Surfing Engineered Beaches
Thomas Pierro, P.E., Senior Coastal Engineer and Lindino Benedet, Coastal Oceanographer, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc, Boca Raton, FL

SESSION C   BIOLOGICAL/BENTHIC


10:30 a.m.
New Benthic Methodology (BEAMR) Revolutionizes Biological Assessment of Project Effects and Artificial Reef Efficacy:  An Example from Broward County Segment III
Stacy Prekel, Christie Barrett, Rob Baron, Matt Lybolt and Craig Kruempel, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL; Lou Fisher and Steve Higgins, Broward County Environmental Protection Department, Plantation, FL

11:00 a.m.
Benthic Infauna Recovery Following Channel Dredging in the Vicinity of Bogue Inlet, North Carolina
A. Carter and E. Hague, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL

Thursday, January 31, 2008 

SESSION E   MODELING


1:30 p.m.
Application of Regional Sediment Management Techniques at New Pass and Big Sarasota Pass, Florida
Steven M. Bratos, MSCE, and Jason A. Engle, MSCE; USACE, Jacksonville, FL

2:00 p.m.
Modeling of Morphologic Changes Caused By Inlet Management Strategies at Big Sarasota Pass, Florida
Vadim Alymov, Ph.D., Coastal Engineering Consultants, Naples, FL; Cliff Truitt, Ph.D., P.E.,  Coastal Tech, Sarasota, FL; Michael Poff, P.E., Coastal Engineering Consultants, Naples, FL; and Spencer Anderson, P.E., Sarasota County Environmental Services, Sarasota, FL

2:30 p.m.
Site Specific Calibration of the SBEACH Model for a Southeast Florida Beach
Christopher G. Creed, P. E., and William L. Reilly, Olsen Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

SESSION F   ARTIFICIAL REEFS

1:30 p.m.
Sand Key Beach Renourishment Project:  Functionality of Mitigative Artificial Reefs and Implications for Future Projects
Jessica Craft and Craig Kruempel, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc., Boca Raton, FL; and Nicole Elko, Pinellas County, Florida



SESSION G   ENVIRONMENTAL/SEA TURTLES


4:30 p.m. 
Does Beach Nourishment Affect the Distribution of Juvenile Sea Turtles?  Using the First GIS Turtle Database to Assess Juvenile Sea Turtle Populations After Construction of the Broward County Shore Protection Project
Christopher Makowski and David Rubin, Coastal Planning & Engineering, Boca Raton, FL;  Lou Fisher, Broward County Environmental Protection Department, Plantation, FL.

Friday, February 1, 2008

SESSION J   INLETS/MODELING
 

8:30 a.m. 
South Lake Worth Inlet:  Inlet Modification Feasibility Study
John Duchock, P.E., and Mike Jenkins, PhD., P.E., Applied Technology and Management, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL