Dr. Derek Loftis' Recent Outreach Activities

Event Name

Event Type

Date

Event Name

Attendance

Location

Audience

Catch the King Training Session

Class

10/5/2019 Sat

2019 Catch the King Tide training session

13

Yorktown Beach, VA

General Public / Mixed Audience

After Hours

Lecture

9/26/2019 Thu

Forecasting Tidal Flooding: Helping Hampton Roads prepare for storms and rising seas

87

Gloucester Point, VA

Adults

After Hours - Webinar

Lecture

9/26/2019 Thu

Forecasting Tidal Flooding: Helping Hampton Roads prepare for storms and rising seas

30

Online

General Public / Mixed Audience

Catch the King Training Session

Class

9/26/2019 Thu

2019 Catch the King Tide training session

32

Gloucester Point, VA

General Public / Mixed Audience

WHRO / HRSD / AECOM 

Speaker

7/18/2019 Thu

the SWIFT project and their Sponsorship of Catch the King in 2019. 

21

Norfolk, VA

General Public / Mixed Audience

Global City Teams Challenge Expo

Exhibit

7/15/2019 Mon

the StormSense IoT Sensor Project 

100

Washington, DC

Adults

ESRI GIS User Conference

Conference

7/11/2019 Thu

King Tide Real Time Data Presentation

76

San Diego, CA

Adults

ESRI GIS User Conference

Conference

7/10/2019 Wed

StormSense Data Presentation

63

San Diego, CA

Adults

Rappahannock River Basin Commission

Lecture

6/19/2019 Wed

StormSense and a sensor monitoring plan

54

Tides Inn, Lancaster, VA

Agency / Govt Staff

Norfolk Botanical Gardens Speaker

Speaker

6/11/2019 Tue

Forecasting Tidal Flooding: Helping Hampton Roads Prepare for Storms and Rising Seas

31

Norfolk, VA

Adults

NPR Science Friday

Interview

5/17/2019 Fri

VIMS’ flood forecast models, and their validation methods via drones, sensors, and citizen science, including discussion of Catch the King’s new Guinness World Record.

100

WHRO - Norfolk, VA

General Public / Mixed Audience

Resilience Project Workshop

Workshop

5/7/2019 Tue

StormSense Data Presentation

35

Norfolk, VA

Agency / Govt Staff

CCRM's Tidal Wetlands Workshop

Workshop

5/1/2019 Wed

King Tide Presentation

100

Gloucester Point, VA

General Public / Mixed Audience

Christening Ceremony off-campus setups

Ceremony

4/26/2019 Fri

R/V Virginia Christening VIMS Research Showcase

100

Yorktown Beach, VA

General Public / Mixed Audience

Google Cloud Sustainability Discussions 

Speaker

4/3/2019 Wed

CCRM and VIMS’ efforts in flood forecasting and modeling using hydrodynamics and sensors

18

Virginia Beach, VA

Adults

Geospatial Research Symposium

Speaker

3/22/2019 Fri

Integrating GIS technology with Hydrodynamic Models Talk & Careers in GIS Panel

100

Williamsburg, VA

Adults

Collaborative Ecosystem Summit

Conference

3/14/2019 Thu

moderator for the “Trans-disciplinary solutions in action” session

84

Newport News, VA

Adults

Annual Meeting of the Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists 

Speaker

3/13/2019 Wed

2018's Catch the King Results

32

Williamsburg, VA

Adults

HRPDC Resiliency Workgroup

Speaker

3/8/2019 Fri

StormSense/Sensors in Hampton Roads

25

Chesapeake, VA

Adults

Catch the King Tide meeting

Meeting

7/17/2018 Tue

Ctach the King Tide Media Review Meeting

15

Norfolk, VA

Adults

ESRI GIS User Conference

Conference

7/11/2018 Wed

StormSense Data Presentation

55

San Diego, CA

Adults

ESRI GIS User Conference

Conference

7/10/2018 Tue

King Tide Presentation

52

San Diego, CA

Adults