State of the Art in Green Infrastructure Research & Practice

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Join us in April for a full-day hybrid workshop (offered in-person or via Zoom) centered around urban sustainability and green infrastructure, titled State of the Art in Green Infrastructure Research & Practice: Reframing Stormwater from a Hazard to a Resource in Tucson, Arizona.

Registration is required for in-person or remote attendance!

REGISTER TO ATTEND IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY

Attend in person

Environment & Natural Resources 2 (ENR2) Building
University of Arizona Campus
1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85719
Room S107, Haury Auditorium

Attend remotely

Online via Zoom

Learn how the approach to flood management in Tucson has shifted from considering runoff a nuisance to a resource using green stormwater infrastructure (GSI)
Explore the many functions GSI can serve, from recreational green spaces for humans to wildlife habitat, food provision, heat mitigation, and more
Connect with researchers and practitioners working on GSI to promote collaboration and identify future opportunities for greening our city
Discover the many GSI efforts currently underway by networking with other GSI researchers, practitioners, students, and enthusiasts
Submit a student poster to share ongoing research and/or practice around GSI in Tucson and compete for a cash prize

Space is limited for in-person attendees, so please register early!

REGISTER TO ATTEND IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY

State of the Art in Green Infrastructure Research & Practice: Reframing Stormwater from a Hazard to a Resource in Tucson, Arizona

Workshop organized by the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Dr. Adriana Zuniga-Teran, Conference Organizer

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Venue: ENR2 S107, University of Arizona and virtually

Time	Activity	Description
8:00 – 8:30 AM	Registration	Attendees will collect name tags and program. Coffee, pastries, and fruit available for breakfast. A loop of 1-minute videos of poster presentations will be played as a background.
8:30 – 8:45 AM	Opening remarks	Welcome Adriana Zuniga and Andrea Gerlak, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Aims of the workshop Overview of the day Introduce the three crosscutting challenges for GI: collaboration, funding, and equity
8:45 – 9:15 AM	Keynote Address	GI and a Bold Vision for Climate Change Adaptation in Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, City of Tucson Introduced by Nathalia Untiveros, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning
9:15 – 9:45 AM	Keynote Address	Green infrastructure and wastewater reuse at the national level Robyn DeYoung, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Permits Division, Integrated Planning and Green Infrastructure Program Lead
9:45 – 10:45 AM	The origins and evolution of GI in Tucson	Moderators: Sharon Megdal, UArizona’s WRRC and Blue Baldwin, Tucson Water Format: Lightning talks of 5 minutes each with 30 minutes of Q&A Examples of rainwater harvesting practices in the Tohono O’odham Nation, Cie’na Schlaefli, San Xavier District, Tohono O’odham Nation A timeline for GI in Tucson: A case of agency and collaboration, Andrea Gerlak, UArizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment From cutting curbs illegally to the development of rainwater ordinances in Tucson, Brad Lancaster, Neighborhood Activist, Dunbar Neighborhood (remotely) How Tucson Water has embraced GI as part of their mission, James MacAdam, Tucson Water The interdisciplinarity and multifunctionality of GI, Bo Yang, UArizona’s School of Landscape Architecture
10:45 – 11:00 AM	Coffee break	A loop of 1-minute videos of poster presentations will be played as a background.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	GI in practice	Moderators: Joshua Ruddick, Arizona Project Wet, and Ryan Stephenson, Pima County Format: Each panelist has 5 minutes to introduce themselves and outline how they have been engaged in GI. The moderators then pose questions around the crosscutting challenges to the panelists. Roundtable panelists: GI at the UArizona campus: How did it start and current efforts, Grant McCormick, UArizona’s Departments of Planning, Design & Construction and Environmental Science Multi-cultural heritage gardens, Dena Cowan, Mission Garden Community engagement for project ownership, Joaquin Murrieta, Watershed Management Group Efforts to support rainwater harvesting in low-income neighborhoods, David Sanabria, SERI Connecting Parks across the city, Greg Jackson, City of Tucson Parks and Recreation GI as a healthy food source in deserts, Jacob Robles, Flowers & Bullets
12:00 – 12:10 PM	Low Impact Development Group	Mead Mier-Welborn will share a story of local collaboration and an opportunity to recognize our inspiring local GI leaders
12:10-1:00 PM	Lunch break – Posters displayed at ENR2 Courtyard. Box lunches offered to participants
1:00 – 2:00 PM	Integrating water sources – from flood mitigation to rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge	Moderators: Tom Meixner, UArizona’s Department of Hydrology and Catlow Shipek, Watershed Management Group Format: moderators introduce panelists. Each panelist shares their views on the reframing of stormwater from a hazard to a resource. Moderators then pose questions around the crosscutting challenges. Roundtable Panelists: The multifunctionality of GI from a flood management perspective, Evan Canfield, Pima County Regional Flood Control District Origins of groundwater recharge projects and their relationship with GI, Julia Fonseca, Pima County The Net Zero Urban Water concept, Courtney Crosson, UArizona’s School of Architecture Funding GI maintenance and community engagement, Irene Ogata, Tucson Water Soil properties and GI, Laura Meredith, UArizona’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
2:00 – 3:00 PM	Opportunities and pathways forward: Framing the future of GI	Moderators: Paul Rosenboom, Tucson Department of Transportation and Candice Rupprecht, Tucson Water Format: A practiced conversation between participants. Moderators ask specific questions that align with panelists’ expertise around the crosscutting challenges and how they envision the future for GI in Tucson. Roundtable panelists: Community engagement with an equity lens, Xochitl Coronado, Tucson Water Interjurisdictional approaches to GI, Mead Mier-Welborn, Pima Association of Governments Neighborhood scale GI with an equity lens – GI Mini Grants Program, Nichole Casebeer, Tucson Clean & Beautiful. GI’s capacity to improve stormwater quality, Marie Light, Pima County DEQ Research needs around GI, Neha Gupta, UArizona’s Department of Hydrology
3:00 – 3:30 PM	Wrap-up	The workshop organizers will present graphics and will give thanks to the participants and attendees.
3:30 – 5:00 PM	Networking session	Time for people to chat, connect and see posters. Soft drinks and snacks served.

Coming Soon!

Students are encouraged to submit a poster to our Student Poster Session to compete for a cash prize!

Green Infrastructure Student Poster Session Guidelines

Download a PDF version of the guidelines

The Student Poster Session will be visited by many workshop participants who encompass a large variety of technical expertise and come from a number of different backgrounds. In order to maximize the impact of your poster presentation, please ensure that your poster is clear, concise and suitable for a wide range of audience members. Given the hybrid nature of the Green Infrastructure (GI) Workshop, you will need to prepare both a PDF and video for your poster in addition to a physical version, based on the following guidelines:

You must register for the workshop and poster session indicating your intent to submit a poster no later than March 1^st, 2022.
The final PDF version of your poster as well as your final MP4 Poster Video (see details below) are due on March 30^th, 2022 submitted via this Box Upload link . No paper needs to be submitted at this time.
The size of your poster should be 36 inches x 44 inches or ISO/DIN A0. Posters must be in landscape orientation. There is no standard template that you are required to use as long as the size and orientation requirements are met.
Please include your poster ID number at the top right corner of your poster. Your poster ID number will be issued to you upon registration when you indicate that you plan to submit a student poster.
Your poster should include a clear statement of the problem you are addressing, essential experimental details, key results and a simple summary and conclusions.
Text should be minimized. Judges and attendees will have very little time to read many details. The title text should be readable from 6 m (20 ft) away (~90-point text). The body text on your poster should be large enough to be legible at 1.5 m (5 ft) away (~36-point text).
Posters must include graphs, tables, figures and/or images. These should be large and clear enough to see from a distance. Do the graphs include clearly labeled axes, clear legend, and a short clear title? Is the resolution of the images adequate (~300 dpi)?
Posters should be self-explanatory; they should not require additional verbal explanations. Your verbal presentation should work only to enhance the content of your poster.
Posters will be judged on technical content, use of scientific method, potential impact on the community, novelty of approach, and aesthetic quality of the poster. The use of expensive and elaborate materials is discouraged.
Once you submit your poster, you must prepare a 1-minute video to share your poster in the virtual format based on the following guidelines:

Poster Video Preparation:

Video must be 1 minute (60 seconds) or less in length.
The video should enable the audience to understand your work better and encourage them to ask specific questions.
Video must be presented by a student, not an advisor. There are no exceptions.
Video can utilize zooming to different areas of the poster using software (PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Prezi) to ensure the font is readable to the audience. Alternatively, the poster can be re-made into slides, but no additional information can be added if not present in the poster submitted for review.
Video must not include the author standing in front of a large display of the poster. Instead, a screen capturing software with narration should be used (PowerPoint, Zoom, etc.).
Video must be in an HD (720p or higher) MP4 format
Video naming convention must be PaperNumber.LastName.mp4
Video should be free of commercialism

Prizes:

Posters will be judged during the lunch hour of the workshop for a cash prize.
Judges will select First, Second, and Third place winners. Selected winners will need to complete a W-9 (available on-site) in order to receive their prize.
- First Place: $250
- Second Place: $150
- Third Place: $100