LIS Summit 2025: Collaborating to Advance Clean Water Solutions

We who live, work, and play in and around the Long Island Sound watershed have a collective responsibility to protect it.

This year’s Summit will be an opportunity to explore the power of collaboration in advancing clean water solutions. Informed by each other’s perspectives and experiences, and guided by resources like the updated Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP), we will focus on building strong partnerships, sharing knowledge, and exploring communication approaches.

Together we will find new ways to advance pollution reduction projects that improve water quality for a cleaner, healthier Sound for all.

We hope you can attend the 2025 LIS Summit as we explore the benefits of partnerships in targeting and reducing local sources of pollution entering the Sound, mainly consumer plastics and debris, fecal bacteria, and nitrogen entering the Sound through stormwater, sewage, and groundwater.

The Summit will be held in-person at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT.

Join us to:

• Connect with Network members and clean water professionals across the Sound.
• Learn about tools and resources for clean water project design and implementation and tips for communicating about your work.
• Share personal experiences and lessons learned.
• Discover new collaboration opportunities to advance key projects.

The deadline to register for the Long Island Sound Summit is Thursday, March 13 at 5pm EST.

For more information about the Summit, visit the Long Island Sound Summit website. For questions, contact Melissa DeFrancesco at [email protected].

10:45 AM: Registration & Networking (Coffee and continental breakfast provided)

11:00 AM: Welcome

11:15 AM: Plenary Presentations and Panel Q&A

12:15 PM: Networking Lunch (Lunch provided)

12:45 PM: Roundtable Workshop Discussions

2:15 PM: Summary Discussion

2:35 Closing Remarks

2:45 PM: Adjourn

3:15 PM: Ferry Departs for Port Jefferson

The plenary panel will feature speaker presentations and include a moderated panel discussion.

Presenters to be announced!

Participate in lively conversations about clean water projects, resources, and topics! Each Roundtable Workshop Discussion will focus on a specific topic for 35-minutes. A roundtable moderator will present information and kick off targeted group discussion. Participants can choose roundtable topics and sessions they would like to join. There will be 2 rounds of 35-minute roundtable discussions.

Roundtable topics to be announced!

There is a $25 registration fee which covers lunch for attendees. A limited number of scholarships to waive registration fees and attend the Long Island Sound Summit are available. Learn more about Summit scholarships by clicking this link.

The Summit will be held indoors at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT. Masks are welcome but will not be required. Please be respectful of other individual's mask wearing decisions. If you feel sick within 24 hours of the event, please consider staying home to prevent the spread of illness.

The Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed Network (LIS CWN) is focused on bringing together communities, groups and individuals working to reduce pollution loads entering Long Island Sound and its rivers, harbors, and bays.

Our goal is to increase the pace and number of clean water projects by sharing the latest science, technology, policies and practices, spotlighting lessons learned, and building new opportunities for collaboration and partnerships across Long Island Sound geographies.

F or more information about LIS CWN, visit the LIS CWN website.

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