ECU Water Resources Center Stakeholder Summit

You are invited to attend the East Carolina University (ECU) Water Resources Center (WRC) Stakeholder Summit!

This year’s Summit will focus on the theme of Community Engagement.

When: Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., in-person or remotely*  

Where: ECU Main Campus Student Center, Room 249, Greenville, NC 

    Who: We welcome all those within and outside of ECU who collaborate with the WRC in any capacity to participate in the Summit. This includes researchers, students, community groups, government organizations, and more to participate! 

    Register to attend the Summit here!

     

    Summit Agenda

    9:00-9:20
    Welcome and WRC Year in Review
    9:20-10:30
    Experiences in Community Engagement: Successes and Challenges
    10:45-12:00
    Frameworks, Examples, and Strategies for Effective Community Engagement
    12:00-2:00
    ECU R1 Celebration & Poster Session (lunch will be served)
    1:30-3:40

    Workshops:

    • 1:30-2:30 – Developing Facilitation Skills
    • 1:30-2:00 – Participatory Sensing of the Environment
    • 2:00-2:30 – Discussion: Using Artificial Intelligence in Research, Teaching, and Communities
    • 2:00-3:40 – The Watershed Game: A tool for increasing public understanding
    • 2:40-3:40 – Developing Facilitation SKills
    3:50-4:30
    Summit Reflections, Action Items, and Closing

     

    Poster Session

    Share your work with the broader community at the Summit and as part of ECU’s R1 Celebration at RCAW!

    Students should submit their poster abstract directly to RCAW submission site (deadline Feb.15).

    All others should sign up with their poster information using this form (deadline Feb.28).

     

    For more information about the Summit, please contact Grace Gavigan, WRC Community Programs Coordinator by email at gavigang19@ecu.edu (Tel: 252-328-0220).  

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