Moderator: Prof. Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY. Speakers: Prof. Ing. Patrizio Cuccioletta, President of Venice Water Authority (Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation); Ing. Giovanni Mazzacurati, President of Consorzio Venezia Nuova; Prof.John Day, Prof. Oceanography & Coastal Sciences at LSU; Ing. Maria Teresa Brotto, Director, Dept. Design Mose Project, Consorzio Venezia Nuova; Prof. Fabio Carrera, Prof. Interdisciplinary & Global Studies at WPI; Prof.