{"id":84175,"date":"2017-08-30T17:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T21:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84175"},"modified":"2017-08-30T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:10:28","slug":"2017-world-canals-conference-comes-to-syracuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84175","title":{"rendered":"2017 World Canals Conference comes to Syracuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Registration for the world-class waterways conference closes\u00a0Sept. 15, 2017<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

A world-class program that highlights some of the most exciting and innovative activities on the world\u2019s waterways\u00a0is set to take place\u00a0Sept. 24-28\u00a0at the\u00a02017 World Canals Conference<\/a>\u00a0(WCC 2017) in Syracuse.Registration is open for one-day or full conference attendance through Sept. 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World Canals Conference provides opportunities to network with and hear from the most forward-thinking\u00a0experts in\u00a0canalside development, waterway engineering and management, and canal tourism and preservation,\u201d\u00a0World Canals ConferenceHonorary Chair Dr. Cornelius “Neil” Murphy Jr.\u00a0said. \u201cAttendees will be among the industry\u2019s best and brightest and will have a hand in transforming the future of canals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2017 World Canals Conference, \u201cOur Vital Waterways: Agents of Transformation,\u201d willfeature\u00a0formal presentations and study tours\u00a0of canal sites and communities from\u00a0Rome to Port Byron to Oswego.\u00a0Pre- and post-conference tours\u00a0will take attendees\u00a0east to the\u00a0Champlain Canal and west to Buffalo. The conference will also showcase specialty food and beverages from central New York and a variety of exciting\u00a0public events<\/a>\u00a0onSunday, Sept. 24,\u00a0at\u00a0Syracuse Inner Harbor.<\/p>\n

In addition,\u00a0Water Way,\u00a0a specially curated exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art,\u00a0will feature\u00a0videos by youth\u00a0from canal towns around the world exploring the continued cultural impact of canals on their lives. The program will be on view each night of the conference, projected on the fa\u00e7ade of the Everson Museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invite people from across New York state and beyond to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity to experience and learn from best practices from inland waterways of the U.S. and around the world,\u201d\u00a0NYS Canal Corporation Director Brian U. Stratton said.\u00a0\u201cIdeas from Canada, the UK, Ireland, France, Poland, the Netherlands and elsewhere will help New Yorkers plan for the next 200 years of a vibrant canal system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Central New York is the perfect location for WCC2017 to also give conference participants a firsthand look at transformative projects along New York\u2019s canals. \u201cWithin a 40-mile radius of Syracuse, participants will see the clean-up of Onondaga Lake, the restoration of Port Byron, Camillus and Chittenango, and maintenance of the canal system today,\u201d\u00a0Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Executive Director Bob Radliff said.<\/p>\n

The five-day conference will be held as the historic Erie Canal, now a National Historic Landmark, commemorates its bicentennial.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0conference is co-hosted by the New York State Canal Corporation, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and Visit Syracuse, and\u00a0sponsored by I Love NY and National Grid, along with many other businesses and foundations. It\u00a0is slated to have a $2 million indirect economic impact for the city of Syracuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an incredible opportunity to welcome guests from across the globe as the international spotlight shines on Syracuse for the World Canals Conference,\u201d said\u00a0Carol Eaton, acting president of Visit Syracuse. \u201cWe look forward to hosting the hundreds ofinternational delegates and thousands of local and regional residents expected to attend this world-class conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information and to register, visit\u00a0www.wcc2017syracuse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Registration for the world-class waterways conference closes\u00a0Sept. 15, 2017 A world-class program that highlights some of the most exciting and innovative activities on the world\u2019s waterways\u00a0is set to take place\u00a0Sept. 24-28\u00a0at the\u00a02017 World Canals Conference\u00a0(WCC 2017) in Syracuse.Registration is open for one-day or full conference attendance through Sept. 15. \u201cThe World Canals Conference provides opportunities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}