Charles  E.  Fraser  Sustainable  Resort  Development  Conference  

October  3  &  4,  2013  Hosted  by  University  of  South  Carolina  Beaufort  At  Sea  Pines  Harbour  Town  Conference  Center  

Mission  

Charles  E.  Fraser’s  commitment  to  sustainable  development  was  and  conCnues  to  be  acknowledged  internaConally  by  the  lodging  and  resort  industry.  His  pracCces  have  impacted  resort  development  and  

operaCons  in  both  beach  and  mountain  communiCes.  The  conference  mission  is  to  establish  an  open  dialogue  

among  pracCConers  and  academicians  that  concentrates  on  current  sustainable  resort  

development  issues,  challenges,  and  resoluCons.    

Thursday  October  3,  2013:  Welcome  and  RecepEon  

•  3pm  Vagabond  Tour  – USCB  Marine  ScienCst  Steve  Borgianini  to  conduct  the  plankton  tow  

– Tour  of  Calibougue  sound  

•  5-­‐7pm  RecepCon  – Sea  Pines  Liberty  Oak  

Friday  October  4,  2013:  Panel  Seminars  

•  Plenary  Session:  Water  Quality  and  Land  Management  8:30  am  to  10  am  –  South  Carolina  has  an  esCmated  400,000  acres  of  coastal  marshes  and  100,000  acres  of  Cdal  swamps.  Beaufort  

County  and  Charleston  County  have  the  greatest  share  of  salt  marshes  in  the  state.  Because  the  economy  of  the  Lowcountry  is  heavily  reliant  on  the  health  of  the  watershed  the  plenary  session  will  include  panel  speakers  that  will  discuss  regions  efforts  toward  balancing  development  with  maintaining  the  health  of  the  watershed.  Beaufort  County  has  exponenCally  grown  in  populaCon  in  the  last  decade.  Most  of  the  development  has  occurred  outside  of  Hilton  Head  Island.  Consequently,  new  and  current  residents  and  developers  share  in  the  impact  of  that  development  on  Beaufort  County.  Session  speakers  represenCng  the  golf  industry,  landscape  architecture,  and  local  government  will  share  with  the  audience  their  observaCons  on  best  pracCces.  

•  Session  2:  Tourism  with  a  Sustainability  Mindset  10:15  am  unCl  11:45  am  –  The  tourism  industry  is  inextricably  linked  to  the  health  of  its  immediate  environment.  In  the  last  decade  various  

global,  naConal,  and  regional  tourism  development  strategies  have  been  implemented  to  miCgate  tourism’s  impact  on  its  local  community.  For  this  session,  a[endees  will  learn  of  best  pracCces  of  local  and  naConal  organizaCons  that  have  grown  the  demand  for  their  tourism  product  while  maintaining  a  sustainability  mindset.    

•  Session  3:  Community  Well  Being  1:15  pm  unCl  2:45  pm  –  Beaufort  County  conCnues  to  be  a  county  in  transiCon  due  to  its  development  growth  and  demographic  changes.  

Consequently,  the  economic,  social,  and  environment  characterisCcs  need  to  be  balanced  to  achieve  community  wellbeing.  Speakers  will  present  best  pracCces  and  challenges  to  maintaining  community  wellbeing.  

•  Session  4:  UClizing  a  Data  Driven  Strategy  to  Manage  Sustainability  3  pm  unCl  4:15  pm  –  Various  universiCes  have  been  engaged  in  conducCng  environment  and  sustainability  research.  Meet  some  of  the  

South  Carolina  university  researchers  that  have  ongoing  research  efforts  that  have  community  implicaCons.  Researchers  from  University  of  South  Carolina  Beaufort,  University  of  South  Carolina,  Clemson  University,  and  the  Sea  Grant  ConsorCum  will  share  with  the  audience  their  research  and  its  applicability  to  the  community.  

Current  List  of  Sponsors  as  of  May  15,  2013  

•  University  of  South  Carolina  Beaufort  Sea  Islands  InsCtute  

•  University  of  South  Carolina  Lowcountry  and  Resort  Islands  Tourism  InsCtute  

•  University  of  South  Carolina  Center  for  Event  Management  

•  University  of  South  Carolina  Beaufort  Water  Quality  Research  Laboratory  

•  Clemson  University  InternaConal  InsCtute  for  Tourism  Research  

•  Sea  Pines  Resort  •  Hilton  Head  AccommodaCons  •  Vagabond  Cruise  •  Hilton  Head  Island-­‐Blu_on  Chamber  of  Commerce