(Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

Convening brings together a diverse team with different areas of expertise to tackle a shared problem, taking advantage of collective intelligence. It requires a clear purpose that a diverse group of participants can work towards in a collaborative effort. In the case of the CRC, restoration of the Bay and watershed provides this clear purpose, albeit at a large scale. Currently, coordination of STAC, the biennial conference, and the CRC Roundtable webinar series, are examples.

CRC Roundtable Webinars

CRC Roundtable is a monthly virtual seminar series, to host targeted, inclusive, and informed conversations matching scientific advances and management needs in a way that moves us collectively forward toward decision-making for effective and sustainable management of the Chesapeake Bay, its watershed, and its living resources.

Chesapeake Community Research Symposium

The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program (CCMP) is an association of researchers throughout the Chesapeake Bay Basin who work together to further the development of watershed and estuarine modeling.