Living Observatory Summits

Location

MIT Media Lab, Room E14-244
March 13, 2015

Agenda

• 8:30–9:15 AM: Meet and Greet
• 9:15–9:30 AM: Welcome and Introductions
• 9:30–9:45 AM: LO Overview and Meeting Agenda — Glorianna Davenport
• 9:45–10:05 AM: State of the Restoration: Goals and Status with Q&A — Alex Hackman
• 10:05–11:10 AM: Research Reports Part I — Chair: Casey Kennedy
  • Reassessing hurricane risk for New England using sedimentological data from coastal ponds — Zach Stromer, Sedimentology Lab, UMass Amherst
  • The effects of cranberry bog farming and restoration on stream biodiversity: a genetic, taxa, and ecosystem diversity perspective — Sean McCanty, Tom Dimino, Freshwater Ecology Lab, UMass Boston
  • Continuous monitoring of stream flow at Tidmarsh Farms — Casey Kennedy, USDA-ARS
  • Ecosystem functions and long-term development of restored wetland soils — Todd Anderson, Environmental Studies, Mount Holyoke
  • Low-power continuous sensing network: progress, challenges, and plans — Brian Mayton, Nick Lee, Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Lab
  • Discussion
• 11:10–11:30 AM: Break
• 11:30–12:30 PM: Research Reports Part II — Chair: Kris Scopinich
  • Quantitative sampling of vegetation in cranberry bogs slated for restoration (1-year results) and birds of Tidmarsh (3-year results) — Robert Buchsbaum, Ph.D., Mass Audubon
  • Salicicola.com: Tools to support plant species identification, seed collection, and monitoring — Alexey Zinovjev, Salicicola.com
  • Prosthetic Ecology — Gershon Dublon, Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Lab
  • Babbling Brook: the next generation — Tidmarsh Installation — Catherine d'Ignazio, Emerson College; Civic Media Group, MIT Media Lab
  • Location based audioscapes: Bog People — Halsey Burgund, Fellow, Open Doc Lab, MIT
  • Low-cost water sensing riffle — Don Blair, Public Lab
  • Discussion
• 12:30–1:15: Lunch
• 1:15–2:15 PM: Participatory session: A 5-year sensor plan — Joe Paradiso, Brian Mayton
• 2:15–3:00 PM: Participatory session: Data Interoperability: Getting your data into Chain API and Update on other aspects of Responsive Environments master plan — Spencer Russell, Gershon Dublon
• 3:00–3:30 PM: Tidmarsh and the Changing Climate: What else should we measure? — Robert Buchsbaum and Alex Hackman lead discussion
• 3:30–4:00 PM: Closing: Building a Research Directory for Living Observatory — Glorianna Davenport
• 4:00 PM — Optional Media Lab Tour
• 5:00 PM — Post-meeting meet-up: Meadhall