Ohio River Basin Alliance 2024 Summit Proposal Submission Form

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The Ohio River Basin Alliance is hosting the ORBA Summit at the University of Pittsburgh from October 30, 2024-November 1, 2024. The theme for this summit is “Healthy Rivers, Healthy Communities: From Headwater to Mainstem”. We are excited to bring together advocates, professionals and water leaders of all kinds together to learn, plan, and build a diverse identity across our important river basin.

Have a presentation you want to give? A workshop you'd like to facilitate? A panel that brings together speakers to discuss key issues? A research talk or poster presentation? Tell us your idea! We will be collecting submissions until August 9th and finalizing the Summit Agenda by early September. Stay tuned for updates by checking https://www.orsanco.org/orba-summit/. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Megan Lange at megan.lange@pitt.edu

*You may submit more than one proposal idea. Please just fill out the form one time per idea.

Your name(s) *

Email *

Organization/Affiliation *

Proposed Title (for your poster, panel, workshop, presentation, other) *

Which of the following focus areas (each representing a chapter of the Ohio River Basin Restoration Plan) does your submission most closely relate to? Feel free to select more than one if appropriate, or other if you aren't sure.

*Proposals that highlight or feature presenters, partnerships and projects that support and include historically underserved or environmental justice communities will be prioritized where possible.

Clean and Abundant Water (drinking water, regulations, PFAS and contamination, AMD, clean streams, water access)

Healthy and Productive Ecosystems (habitat for fish/mussels/etc., monitoring and cleanup efforts, restoration projects)

Knowledge and Education to Inform Decisions (any relevant research, citizen science efforts, educational programs, university/community partnerships)

River Transportation and Commerce (infrastructure projects, workforce development, dam removal, understanding river commerce)

Reliable Food Control and Risk Reduction (flood reduction projects, partnerships to reduce risk, GSI/stormwater, flood plain connectivity, land use)

Nature-Based Recreation (river trails, partnerships and projects focused on water recreation, community planning projects, success stories, value of recreation)

Other (if you aren't sure where yours fits in)

Required

Session Type *

Presentation or Storytelling (15 or 30 minutes including questions)

Workshop or Group activity (30 minutes or 1 hour)

Panel (30 minutes or 1 hour including questions)

Poster or table display (to keep up during summit and have discussions with attendees)

Lightening Talk (5 minute intro to your project)

Field Trip you wish to propose hosting (1-3 hours on Friday after lunch)

Other (doesn't quite fit with above categories)

Describe what you are proposing to do or present. *

Any additional comments you wish to make?

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