The Chesapeake Community Research Symposium brings together managers, scientists, and stakeholders for a series of plenary talks, panel discussions, and special sessions to highlight recent progress, challenges and prospects for research, monitoring and modeling efforts that are used to guide management and restoration efforts in Chesapeake Bay.

CCMP and CRC successfully held their biennial symposium, the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2020 virtually in June. The theme of the symposium was Chesapeake Bay Research and Management: Progress and Future Challenges. It highlighted recent progress, challenges, and prospects for research, monitoring and modeling efforts that are used to guide management and restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay. The symposium more than doubled previous years’ attendance with 495 participants and over 130 presentations over four days. The program is available online, and videos of the plenary speakers and panel discussions can be seen below.