8:00 8:25 BREAKFAST – 8:25 WELCOME by: Dr. Ron Toll Florida Gulf University Provost 8:30 9:15 Richard Weiskoff Overview of Calculating Values of – University of Miami Conservation Lands Department of International Studies Sponsored by: Southwest Florida Coastal Watersheds New Florida 2010 Cluster Grant 9:25 9:40 Dennis Gilkey Economic and Marketing Benefits of – CEO and Managing Principal Conservation Lands to Real Estate Gilkey Organization 9:45 10:05 Bill Hammond How Money Has Talked to Save Natural – Natural Context Systems in Southwest Florida 10:05 10:30 WORKING BREAK Sharing values of greatest importance to – participants. 10:35 10:50 Lisa Beever Conservation Lands Save Infrastructure – Director Dollars Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 10:55 11:10 Tamara Pigott The Critical Link Between Conservation Land – Executive Director, Lee County Visitor and and Tourism – Convention Bureau Nature as an Economic Engine 11:15 11:30 Chuck Adams Marine Recreational and Commercial – Marine Economics Specialist Industries and Activities in Lee County, Florida – Betty Staugler Marine Extension Agent Economic Consequences and Impacts Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida 11:30 12:30 LUNCH – (Provided Onsite) Sponsored by: ECO-Action An FGCU registered student organization 12:30 1:30 Chris Joyce Explaining Conservation to the Rest of us; or, – NPR Science Correspondent me, what’s Ecosystem Services?” “Excuse Sponsored by FGCU: Journalism Program College of Arts and Sciences, and Honors Program 1:30 1:45 Tanya Borisova and Laila Racesvskis Economic Value of Conservation and – Food & Resource Economics, UF Agriculture Lands for Ecosystem Services Ed Hanlon Soil and Science; SW FL Research and Education Center
8:00 – 8:25 BREAKFAST 8:25 WELCOME by: Dr. Ron Toll Florida Gulf University Provost 8:30 – 9:15 Richard Weiskoff University of Miami Department of International Studies Overview of Calculating Values of Conservation Lands Sponsored by: Southwest Florida Coastal Watersheds New Florida 2010 Cluster Grant 9:25 – 9:40 Dennis Gilkey CEO and Managing Principal Gilkey Organization Economic and Marketing Benefits of Conservation Lands to Real Estate 9:45 – 10:05 Bill Hammond Natural Context How Money Has Talked to Save Natural Systems in Southwest Florida 10:05 – 10:30 WORKING BREAK Sharing values of greatest importance to participants. 10:35 – 10:50 Lisa Beever Director Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Conservation Lands Save Infrastructure Dollars 10:55 – 11:10 Tamara Pigott Executive Director, Lee County Visitor and Convention Bureau The Critical Link Between Conservation Land and Tourism – Nature as an Economic Engine 11:15 – 11:30 Chuck Adams Marine Economics Specialist Betty Staugler Marine Extension Agent Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida Marine Recreational and Commercial Industries and Activities in Lee County, Florida – Economic Consequences and Impacts 11:30 – 12:30 LUNCH (Provided Onsite) Sponsored by: ECO-Action An FGCU registered student organization 12:30 – 1:30 Chris Joyce NPR Science Correspondent Sponsored by FGCU: Journalism Program College of Arts and Sciences, and Honors Program Explaining Conservation to the Rest of us; or, “Excuse me, what’s Ecosystem Services?” 1:30 – 1:45 Tanya Borisova and Laila Racesvskis Food & Resource Economics, UF Ed Hanlon Soil and Science; SW FL Research and Education Center Economic Value of Conservation and Agriculture Lands for Ecosystem Services