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March 16 (Sunday) - note all times are local LA time (CDT/UTC-5)
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Afternoon/EveningArrival & check-in (Sonesta ES Suites, 4001 Nicholson Drive Baton Rouge, LA)
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5:00 PMCasual meet & greet - stop in to meet the workshop organizers and other participants (Walk-On Bistreaux near hotel)
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March 17 (Monday)
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8:30-9:00Breakfast (Rotunda)
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9:00-9:30Workshop Introduction (Organizers)STREAMING
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Session 1: Biogeochemistry - Exploring the influence of delta systems on adjacent coastal ocean in terms of carbon cycle in water column and sediment, carbon burial and lateral transport of carbon (moderator: Shaily)STREAMING
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9:30-10:00Seasonal patterns in deltaic systems (Bob Aller, Stony Brook Univ.)STREAMING
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10:00-10:30SHORT TALKS (10 mins each) Effect of Mississippi River discharge on carbon remineralization processes on the Louisiana continental margin (Martial Taillefert, Georgia Tech)

Exploring microbial processes in river influenced coastal sediments (Marshall Bowles, LUMCON)		STREAMING
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10:30-11:00Break
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Session 2: Perturbations – Impact of climate and human driven changes including extreme events on delta carbon cycling (moderators: Shaily and Kanchan)STREAMING
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11:00-11:30SHORT TALKS (10 mins each) Tracking diverse and episodic water sources in the Mississippi Sound (Alan M. Shiller, Daylight Geochemical, L.L.C.)

"Reversing” reverse weathering in surface deltaic sediments? (Jeffrey Krause, USA/DISL)

Coupled benthic-pelagic responses to storm events in a shallow continental shelf (Kanchan Maiti, LSU)		STREAMING
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11:30-12:00Panel discussion and Q&A for Sessions 1-2STREAMING
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12:00-1:30Networking Lunch (assigned seating)
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Session 3: Ecosystems – Role of salt marshes, mangroves, and sea grass on carbon retention and burial in delta plain and net export to adjacent ocean; reconstructions and forecasts of the distribution of these coastal ecosystems (moderators: Kanchan and Shaily)STREAMING
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1:30-2:00The role of wetland restoration in retaining coastal carbon (Tracy Quirk, LSU) STREAMING
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2:00-2:30Geographic sampling bias on carbon stocks and fluxes across the world's deltaic mangroves (Andre Rovai, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)STREAMING
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2:30-3:00SHORT TALKS (10 mins. each) Leveraging Delta-X remote sensing products to build a marsh soil formation model across coastal Louisiana (Alexandra Christensen, NASA JPL)

Remote sensing the carbon impact of mangroves in deltas (David Lagomasino, East Carolina Univ.)

The future of phytoplankton blooms in estuaries undergoing pulsed nutrient inputs: A case study from coastal Louisiana (Sibel Bargu, LSU)		STREAMING
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3:00-3:15Panel discussion and Q&A for Session 3STREAMING
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3:15-4:30Breakout Session 1 (coffee/beverages available)
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4:30-5:00Synthesize breakout discussions
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5:00-6:30Poster Session & Networking Reception (hors d'oeuvres and beverages)
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6:30Adjourn for the day and head back to hotel
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March 18 (Tuesday)
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8:30-9:00Breakfast (Rotunda)
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Session 4: Novel methods and integration – Employing new technologies, e.g., chronology, remote sensing, to reconstruct and monitor delta change; integrating field and model data to study processes and change across timescales (past, present, and future) (moderators: Julia & Liz)STREAMING
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9:00-9:30Using high resolution satellite and airborne remote sensing to capture organic carbon dynamics in Arctic river deltas (Maria Tzortziou, CUNY/CCNY)STREAMING
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9:30-10:00SHORT TALKS (10 mins each) Dissolved and particulate carbon processing and CO2 evasion along the Amazon River to ocean continuum (Nick Ward, PNNL)

Tracking historical coastal wetland areal changes using Landsat to support lateral carbon flux estimates (Courtney Di Vittorio, Wake Forest Univ.)
Using OSL and 14C dating to reconstruct Mississippi Delta evolution and carbon burial (Liz Chamberlain, Wageningen Univ.)		STREAMING
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10:00-10:30Break
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Session 5: Geomorphology – Variability in hydrological/geomorphological connectivity across delta plain and delta shelf and its impact on carbon consumption, transport and retention (moderators: Jaap and Marisa)STREAMING
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10:30-11:00The lower river modulator of carbon release to the oceans: Lessons from the Mississippi, Mekong and other large systems (Mead Allison, Tulane Univ.)STREAMING
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11:00-11:50SHORT TALKS (10 mins each) Partnering geomorphic processes with carbon dynamics in numerical models (Kendall Valentine, UW)

Carbon sequestration in the tropical mangroves of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh (Carol Wilson, LSU)

Unveiling the role of Arctic river deltas as carbon and nitrogen reservoirs (Matthias Fuchs, CU Boulder)

Hydrodynamic sorting of particulate organic carbon - implications for the transport and fate of carbon in deltas (Marisa Repasch, UNM)
Global Delta Morphology (Jaap Nienhuis, Utrecht Univ.)		STREAMING
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11:50-12:20Panel discussion and Q&A for Sessions 4-5STREAMING
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12:20-2:00Lunch (Rotunda)informal lunch topics discussion
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2:00-3:30Breakout Session 2 (coffee/beverages available) Biogeochemistry: Auditorium Modeling deltaic systems: Room 1019 Geomorphology: Room 1087 Ecosystems: Room 1119 Human dimensions: Room 1215
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3:30-5:00Synthesize breakout discussions from days 1 and 2
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Sketch out ideas (on easel pad paper) for infographic - gallery walk to exchange ideas
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5:00Adjourn for the day and head back to hotel, dinner on your own (self-organize)
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March 19 (Wednesday)
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8:00-8:30Breakfast (Rotunda)
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8:30First bus trip to the River Center
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9:00-12:00Field Trip! LSU Center for River Studies
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12:00-1:30Lunch (Rotunda)
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Session 6: Modeling - mechanistic understanding of carbon cycling in the land-to-ocean continuum in global models, parameterizations of blue carbon ecosystems in high-resolution ocean models, quantifying organic and inorganic carbon transfers from deltas to the ocean (moderators: Julia and Cristina)STREAMING
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1:30-2:00New E3SM capabilities for improving coastal modeling (Zeli Tan, PNNL)STREAMING
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2:00-2:30Event-driven carbon cycling along river ocean margin (Stanley Nmor, NIOZ)STREAMING
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2:30-2:50SHORT TALKS (10 mins each) Investigating Hurricane-induced Salt Variation Across the Land-Estuary-Ocean Continuum Using a Dynamically Coupled Hydrological-Ocean Model (Xiaochen Zhao, LSU)
The Role of Resuspension on Oxygen and Carbon Cycling In and Near the Seabed: Results from Simple and Complex Models (Julia Moriarty, CU Boulder)		STREAMING
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2:50-3:20Panel discussion and Q&ASTREAMING
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3:20-4:50Breakout Session 3 (coffee/beverages available)
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4:50-5:30Synthesize breakout discussion 3
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Sketch out ideas (on easel pad paper) for infographic - gallery walk to exchange ideas
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5:30Adjourn for the day and head back to hotel
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6:00-8:00 Workshop dinner (Jubans Restaurant, 3739 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA) - participants will need to self-organize ride sharing with rental cars and shared Uber/Lyft
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March 20 (Thursday)
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8:30-9:00Breakfast (Rotunda)
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9:00-11:30Small team work to outline sections of paper based on breakout syntheses (coffee/beverages available)
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11:30-12:15Final plenary discussionSTREAMING TBD
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12:15-12:30Closing remarks and adjourn workshop
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12:30Lunch (box lunches to grab and go for those heading to airport)
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1:00-4:00 Organizing Committee meet to discuss and plan workshop outcomes
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