April 9-11, 2019

Preliminary Agenda (updated Arpil 2, 2019)
Register for pre-conference and main conference events at www.uog.edu/cis2019

Tuesday, April 9

CISX OFFICIAL CONFERENCE OPENING

3:00pm to 4:30pm (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
Check-in and Walk-In Registration

4:30pm to 5:30pm (Grand Ballroom AB) public event
Opening Remarks: Honorable Lou Leon Guerrero, Governor of Guam
Conference Opening Plenary
Report from the Presidential Summit on Island Sustainability
Moderator: Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez, Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, University of Guam
Dr. Thomas W. Krise, President, University of Guam (Convener)
Mr. Frankie M. Eliptico, Interim President, Northern Marianas College
Dr. Theresa Koroivulaono, President, College of Marshall Islands
Dr. David Lassner, President, University of Hawai’i
Dr. Elsa Manarpaac, President, Western Philippines University
Dr. Mary A.Y. Okada, President, Guam Community College
Dr. Seok-eon Song, President, Jeju National University
Dr. Robert A. Underwood, President Emeritus, University of Guam
Dr. Dale Webber, Pro Vice-Chancellor & Principal, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

5:30 to 7:30 (Seaside Deck) open to conference registrants
Conference Opening Reception

Wednesday, April 10 

Open to conference registrants

7:30am to 8:30am (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
Check-In and Walk-In Registration

8:30am to 9:00am (Grand Ballroom ABC)
Introductory Remarks
Honorable Joshua Tenorio, Lt. Governor of Guam
Honorable Tina Muna-Barnes, Speaker, 35^th Guam Legislature
Dr. Thomas W. Krise, President, University of Guam

9:00am to 9:15am
Sustainable Actions at the UOG Center for Island Sustainability
Dr. Austin J. Shelton III, Executive Director, UOG Center for Island Sustainability

9:15am to 10:00am
Keynote Presentation
Master Navigator Larry Raigetal, Founder, Waa’gey
and students of the UOG Traditional Navigation and Climate Change Adaptation Course (Rudolph Villaverde, Monaeka Flores, Jesse Chargualaf, Nicole DeLisle Dueńas, & Victoria Cepeda Diaz)

10:00am to 10:15am
Break

10:15am to 10:20am
CISX Sustainability Commitment: Overview
Else Demeulenaere, Associate Director, UOG Center for Island Sustainability

10:20am to 11:15am
Plenary Panel: Sustainable Then.
This panel will recall our past as a sustainable society.
Chair: Dr. Robert A. Underwood, President Emeritus, University of Guam
Panelists
Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Assistant Professor, UOG Chamorro Studies
Dr. Hope Cristobal, Director, Northern Guam Soil & Water Conservation District
Roland Quitugua, UOG Cooperative Extension & Outreach

11:15am to 11:20am
CISX Sustainability Commitment: Art & Culture
Joey Certeza, Partner & Lead Creative, Tao Pacific Designs

11:20am to 11:45am
Featured Speaker
Sustainable Utilities
Joey Duenas, Chairman, Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities

11:45am to 12:45pm
Lunch
CISX Sustainability Commitment: Menu
Mirko Agostini, Executive Chef, Hyatt Regency Guam

2019 Green Dream Competition Winners
12:45pm to 1:45pm
Plenary Session: Sustainable Policy
Facilitated by: Jackie Marati, Chair, Island Sustainability Community Advisory Board

Panelists- Members of the 35^th Guam Legislature
Speaker Tina Muña Barnes
Senator Amanda Shelton
Senator Régine Biscoe Lee
Senator Clynton Ridgell
Senator Kelly Marsh Taitano
Senator Sabina Perez
Senator Therese Terlaje
Senator William Castro
Senator James Moylan
Senator Mary Torres 

2:00pm to 3:00pm
Breakout Session 1

Breakout Session 1A (Grand Ballroom AB)

Green Business
Chair: Holly Rustick, UOG BOH Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Aguarin Iriarte	Maisa Guam
Tonnie Guzman	Z’s Green Canteen
Ursula Herrera	ChamGlam Botanika
Abby Crain	Blue Latitude

Breakout Session 1B (Grand Ballroom C)
Sustainability Through Education & Evaluation
Chair: Fran Castro, UOG Sea Grant

Deborah Ellen, Michael Bevacqua, Kirsten Bamba, and Cassandra-Jay Flores	Education for Sustainability
Francisco Palacios	GCC-Balancing Business with the Environment
Nicole Dhanraj	Imagine Guam!
Andrea Sant	EN450 Environmental Literature: CHamoru & Indigenous Women and Sustainability

Breakout Session 1C (Santa Rita/Santa Rosa)
Marine Science for a Sustainable Future: Reef Corals
Chair: Dr. Sarah Lemer, UOG Marine Laboratory
Sponsored by Guam EPSCoR-Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium

Bastian Bentlage	Coping with stress: how do corals respond to changing environments?
Melissa Gabriel and Bastian Bentlage	Gene expression of massive Porites along a sediment gradient
Victoria Moscato	Characterizing the role of coral color in stress resistance in Acropora surculosa
Dareon Rios	The Population Genetic Structure of Acropora pulchra in Guam
Karim Primov and David Combosch	Population Genetic Structure of the reef-building coral Porites lobata on Guam
Coco Sartor	Gene expression in response to acclimation: reciprocal transplants on Porites rus and Acropora surculosa
Justin Berg	Here’s the Dirt: Sedimentation Effects on Coral Microbiomes

Breakout Session 1D (Magellan)

Sustainable Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, and Natural Resources

Chair: Dr. Mari Marutani & Dr. Tanisha Aflague, UOG College of Natural & Applied Sciences

Student Presentations	Research and Internship Projects in Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, and Natural Resources
Kristi Hammond	Nutrient Density Analyses of Locally Grown Foods
Zachary Eldred	Peanut Variety Trial
Remedios Perez	Diet Quality and the Food Environment in Guam
Tanielle Megino	Kale variety trial for production in Guam

3:00pm to 3:45pm
Poster Session (Foyer, Grand Ballroom)

2019 Bali Field School	Bali & Guam: Sustainable Cultures, Mindsets, and Lessons Through Connections
Daysha Adelbai	Palau Community College Multi-Species Hatchery to Replenish Wild Stock
LeahMarie Bukurou	Typhoon Impact on Coastal Damages and the Effectiveness of Coral Reefs in Mitigating the Impact
Ahmyia Cacapit	Temperature Effects on Zooxanthellae Photosynthesis in Corals
Joseph L. Casila	Real-time optimization of irrigation scheduling to improve water use efficiency for sustainable agriculture
Brian Coffman	Phylogenetic relationships of Guam’s Acropora corals (Scleractinia: Acroporidae)
Laura Gombar	Savanna Plant Phenologies
Charles Hambley	The Abiotic factors of coral florescence
Nicole R. Imamura	Evaluation of native mycorrhizal fungi to improve growth of green manures for plant and soil health in Guam
Tristen Isaac	Plastic in the Ocean
Ka'ohinani Kawahigashi	Characterizing a resident spawning aggregation of Gomphosus varius (Pisces: Labridae) in Apra Harbor, Guam
Victoria Lopez	Geotechnical Investigations of Rainfall-induced landslides in Piti-Asan Watershed
Amber McDonough	Innovations in Ocean Plastic R&D
McQuinnley Mesengei	Sustainable Aquaculture for Better Food Security
Krystal Palacios	Barcoding Guam's Acropora corals
Frank Roberto	Gineftao: the use of modern aquaculture techniques to enhance the ancient CHamoru tradition of harvesting Mañåhak (Juvenile Siganus spinus)
Alyssa Taitano	The effect of terrestrial runoff on coral growth and physiology

3:45 to 4:45
Breakout Session 2

Breakout Session 2A (Grand Ballroom C)
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Chair: Francis J. Iriarte, P.E., CEM, CEA
Sponsored by Guam Power Authority

Richard Price	“Green House Gas Reduction Strategies for Islands: How to Approach Your Slice of the Pie”
Victor Torres	Demand Side Management - Model Office
Jennifer G. Sablan	GPA Renewable Energy Projects

Breakout Session 2B (Santa Rita/Santa Rosa)

Marine Science for a Sustainable Future: Reef Fishes
Chair: Dr. Sarah Lemer
Sponsored by Guam EPSCoR-Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium

Peter Houk, Dalia Hernandez-Ortiz, Selino Maxin, Anthony Yalon, David Benavente, Christy Starsinic, Andrew McInnis, Marine Gouezo, Yimnang Golbuu, J. Cuetos-Bueno	Can healthy fisheries mitigate climate change across Micronesia reefs?
Dalia Hernandez-Ortiz, Peter Houk, Kevin Rhodes, Javier Cuetos-Bueno	Dynamics and drivers of commercial coral-reef fisheries in Pohnpei
Christy Starsinic and Peter Houk	Predicted versus observed coral-reef resilience across Micronesia.
Mildred Kelokelo	Sexuality and Reproductive Cycle of the Arc-eye Hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus (Cirrhitidae)
Kelsie Ebeling-Whited	Mating success of the six bar wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke, Labridae) utilizing two mating strategies
Atsushi Fujimura	Approaches to studying coastal oceanography

Breakout Session 2C (Magellan)
Community Action on Sustainability
Chair: Sarah Thomas-Nededog, Pa’yu-Ta, Inc.

Roberta Guerrero, Micronesia Island Nature Alliance	Empowering Communities for Conservation
Kimberlee Kihleng, Humanities Guåhan	Taking Root: Growing Youth Empowerment for Island Sustainability
Alison Hadley, Guam Animals In Need (GAIN)	It's Raining Cats and Dogs: Environmental, Public Health, and Economic impacts of Guam's stray animal problem, and how to 'fix' it
Juanita Blaz, Kurason I'Sengsong - Island Girl Power	Sustainability at Island Girl Power

5:30pm to 7:30pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, RSVP online
Island Sustainability Community Night (Grand Ballroom ABC and Foyer)
Food Demonstrations, Entertainment, Exhibitors, and…

CIS SEED Talks: Ideas Worth Cultivating
Moñeka De Oro
Josefa Muñoz
Peggy Denney
Dylan & Kylie Baker
Matthew Simpson
Melanie Mendiola

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Thursday, April 11

Open to conference registrants

7:30am to 8:30am
Sign in and Walk-In Registration

8:30am to 9:00am (Grand Ballroom ABC)
Opening Remarks: Jackie Marati, Chair, Island Sustainability Community Advisory Board
Sustainable Actions by our Conference Co-Sponsors
Joaquin Cook, President & CEO, Bank of Guam
Dr. Terry Donaldson, Principal Investigator & Project Director, Guam EPSCoR
Dr. Romina King, UOG Program Director, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center
Fran Castro, Program Leader, UOG Sea Grant Program

9:00am to 9:40am
Keynote Presentation
Amanda Ellis, Executive Director Hawaii & Asia-Pacific, Arizona State University
Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Sponsored by the Guam Economic Development Authority

9:40am to 9:45am
CISX Sustainability Commitment: Name Badges
Matthew Simpson, Founder, Green Banana Paper

9:45am-10:30am
Plenary Session: Agency Directions Toward a Sustainable Future
Moderator: Dr. Austin Shelton
Panelists
Chelsa Muña-Brecht, Director, Guam Department of Agriculture
Larry Gast, General Manager, Guam Solid Waste Authority
Jeffrey Cook, First Gentleman of Guam
Rebecca Respicio, Director, Guam Energy Office
Tyrone Taitano, Director, Guam Bureau of Statistics & Plans

10:30am to 10:45am
Break

10:45am to 11:05am
Featured Speaker
Dr. Maggie Werner-Washburne, Regent’s Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico

11:05am to 11:45am
Plenary Session: Guam Green Commitment
Moderator: Jennifer Camacho, Vice Chair, Island Sustainability Community Advisory Board
Panelists
Island Sustainability Community Advisory Board Members

11:45am to 12:45pm
Lunch
CISX Sustainability Commitment: Menu
Roland Santos, Farm Manager, Farm to Table

1:00pm to 2:00pm
Breakout Session 1

Breakout Session 1A (Grand Ballroom ABC)
Climate Adaptation
Chair: Dr. Romina King, PI-CASC
Sponsored by Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center

Scott Laursen	Utilizing Manager-Driven Research to Guide Coastal Planning through Climate Change Impacts
Erin Derrington	Supporting Sustainable Development Policy- Updates from the CNMI
Fran Castro	Report out from All Planners Climate Workshop on Sustainability

Breakout Session 1B (Santa Rita/Santa Rosa)
Marine Science for a Sustainable Future: Conservation
Chair: Dr. Sarah Lemer
Sponsored by Guam EPSCoR-Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium

Valerie Brown	Using a social-ecological systems framework to improve reef management: A case study from the Manell-Geus Habitat Focus Area in Guam
Masanori Kobayashi	Synergies and interplays of marine protected areas and SDGs in Pacific small islands
David Burdick	Successive coral bleaching events take their toll on Guam’s shallow coral communities
Mallory Morgan	Creating a Sustainable Marine Tourism Industry on Guam

Breakout Session 1C (Magellan)
Sustainable Agriculture

Chair: Else Demeulenaere, UOG Center for Island Sustainability

Robert Bevacqua, Maria Lynn Cruz, Caleb White, and Donavan Nelson	Mahogany Trees at Piti Guns
Chieriel Desamito and Mohammad Golabi	The Impact of Land Application of Biochar on Carbon Sequestration and Agricultural Sustainability- Follow up Research
Kamille Wang and Alicja Wiecko	Orchid Tissue Culture on Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture on Guam
Else Demeulenaere (CIS), Chris and Amanda Young (Boat Shop)	Let’s take habitat restoration to the next level: green roofs!

2:00pm to 2:15pm
Break

2:15pm to 3:15pm

Breakout Session 2

Breakout Session 2A (Grand Ballroom ABC)
Micronesian Challenge
Chair: Evangeline Lujan, Guam Focal Point, Micronesia Challenge
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy

Trina Leberer, Director	The Nature Conservancy-Pacific Division
Peter Houk, Marine Lead	Micronesia Challenge
Audrey Meno	Micronesia Challenge Young Champion

Breakout Session 2B (Santa Rita/Santa Rosa)
Sustaining Culture
Chair: Else Demeulenaere, UOG Center for Island Sustainability

Gerhard Schwab	Guam and Island Earth: Our Common Homes
Jonita Kerr	Saving Ourselves: Casting Off the Colonizer by Connecting to Nature and Science
Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Deborah Ellen, Kristin Bamba and Cassandra Flores	A History of Un-sustainability in Guam
Zita Pangelinan	HAYA FOUNDATION - Integrity and Ingenuity: Advancing Traditional Knowledge Systems Through Principled Partnerships

Breakout Session 2C (Magellan)
Food Security and Health
Chair: Dr. Tanisha Aflague, UOG College of Natural & Applied Sciences

Rynette Perez	Food Security & Health
Tanisha Aflague	Farm to School
Hauhouot Diambra-Odi	Home-let: Omelet from Home, a Community Project
Jian Yang & Sheryl De Jesus	Extending the shelf-life of fresh-cut breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) by Modified Atmosphere Packaging

3:35pm to 4:30pm
Final Plenary Session
Adopting Sustainable Development Goals to be Sustainable Again
Facilitated by Dr. Austin Shelton & Jackie Marati

5:30pm to 7:30pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
CISX Closing Event
Guam Art Exhibit (Guam Museum, Hagåtña)
Sustainable art displays, food trucks, etc.

CIS SEED Talks: Ideas Worth Cultivating