When

Friday June 3, 2016

9:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT
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Agenda

9:00-9:30 Registration & Breakfast

9:30-9:50 Welcome

9:55-10:15 Featured Presentation: Why Citizen Science is Important 

10:20-10:40 Using Data to Drive Local Water Quality Improvements: The Long Island Sound Report Card 

10:40-10:55 Networking Break

11:00-12:00 Interactive Plenary: Putting Yourself Back Into Your Science

12:00-12:50 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Sesson 1 

  • OptionA- LIS Report Card: Coordinating Citizen Science for Comparative Review
  • Option B- Distilling Your Message Workshop

2:00-3:00 Session 2

  • Option A- Citizen Science: Making Your Message Work  
  • Option B- Driving Change with Citizen Science: Designing your Program and Evaluating Your Data 

3:00-3:15 Closing Remarks

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Where

Student Activity Center, Stony Brook University
Campus Dr
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11790  



Driving Directions

to Student Activity Center

  • From Nicolls Rd., turn onto Shirley Kenny Drive (Main Campus Entrance)
  • Continue on Circle Rd, bear right at traffic circle, continue on Circle Rd
  • At 4th stop sign, make right on Campus Drive
  • Take first left onto John S. Toll Rd
  • Parking lot is on your immediate right (Permit required and will be provided at registration)

Port Jefferson Ferry Schedule

SBU on-campus bus option (summer schedule-30 min frequency)

Suffolk County bus schedule and http://www.sct-bus.org/

7Bus that goes to/from NYC and http://www.7bus.com/

Long Island Railroad (LIRR) that goes from NYC and http://www.mta.info/lirr (the Stony Brook station is located close to campus)

  Citizen Science:

 Translating Science Into Action For

Long Island Sound

       

Historic 25th Annual

Long Island Sound Citizens Summit


The 25th Annual Long Island Sound Citizens Summit will focus on the very citizens who are taking action to protect the Sound. We will celebrate their efforts, roll out new innovative tools for understanding the Sound's health, and dedicate an entire afternoon of workshops to citizen science monitoring, data analysis, and communicating science with clarity and impact.

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Workshops include:

  • Why Citizen Science is Important 
  • Using Data to Drive Local Water Quality Improvements
  • Putting Yourself Back Into Your Science
  • Coordinating Citizen Science for Comparative Review
  • Distilling Your Message Workshop
  • Citizen Science: Making Your Message Work
  • Driving Change with Citizen Science
 

Our Getting to know the Summit section below will be continously updated with stories, reports, tips and more! Be sure to check in often to see what's next.

We thank the Citizen Groups Participating in Session 2, "Making Your Message Work." Looks to be an exciting hour!

Contact

Brittany Chamberlin
Save the Sound
203-787-0646
bchamberlin-martin@savethesound.org