The overall goal of the conference is to provide a forum for local governments and coastal stakeholders to identify the specific issues they have encountered in dealing with coastal flooding so that state agencies and other stakeholders can assist in efforts to manage the problems. The conference will also begin to identify the legal issues created by recurrent flooding and coastal change, and what actions may be needed at local and state levels to begin addressing them. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to respond to and inform a draft set of legislative proposals designed for the 2014 General Assembly. A follow-up conference, hosted by VIMS, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) focusing on the technical aspects of adaptation planning, will be held in October.

The Final Report from this conference is available here.