Our speakers’ presentations are available in PDF format below.

WCC 2022 Leipzig

The World Canals Conference 2022
-Ulrich Hörning
City of Leipzig, Deputy Mayor of General Services

See promotional video

History and Context

Albert Gallatin, Father of American Infrastructure
-Rod Mackler

Hall’s Rifle Works and the Shenandoah Canal:
A Fraught Relationship in the Age of Waterpower
-David Gilbert

Inland Waterways and Engineering Change

“Wreck”-reation or Rē-Creation ?
A Comparative Tale of Two Michigan Inland Lake Communities
-Stacy Leroy Daniels

Recent Engineering & Construction along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
-Joseph Reed

Trails to Recreation and Education

Trailway through Time: The D&L and National Canal Museum Merge History and Recreation
-Martha Capwell Fox and Daphne Mayer

Canal Classrooms Education Program
-Hollie Lynch

Technology and Education

The Delaware and Hudson Canal-An Underappreciated American Treasure
-Cliff Robinson, Jr.
Visit the D&H Canal Historical Society YouTube channel.

Civilian Conservation Corps on the C&O Canal
-Joshua Trott

History and Context II

C&O Canal Company’s 1890 Bankruptcy Case that Established a 50-Year Trusteeship
-Karen Gray

The State of Pennsylvania Canal and Railroad Initiative
-Robert Kapsch

Maryland Tourism Initiatives

Maximizing Maryland’s Tourism Opportunities of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
-Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, Dan Spedden and Abbie Ricketts

Canal Place, Past and Present
-Deidre Ritchie

Technology and Tourism

Geospatial Technologies and Historic Canals Today:
Enhancing Education, Recreation, and Tourism for End Users with GIS
-John Ward

The Unique Tourism-Focused Initiatives of the C&O Canal Trust
-Aidan Barnes

Pandemic Programming and Volunteers

Keeping the Doors Open for History: Interpretation & Adaptation during COVID-19
-Daniel Wiles

Building Capacity Through Volunteer Partnerships
-Emily Hewitt

Near and Far:
Local Material Culture and German Reforms

More than Whiskey and Flour:
Shopping in an 1850s Canal Town
-Blyth McManus

Four Great Reformes in 500 Years
-Elke Witt

Trails to Creative Programing

The World is Your Museum:
Programming Outside the Bounds of Your Historic Site
-David Brooks and Derrick Pratt
Visit the Erie Canal Museum YouTube channel

Four Pillars of the GAP and Canal Towpath Trails:
History, Scenery, Quality, and Variety
-Doug Riegner

Conservation and the Natural Enviroment

The Capital’s Corridor:
From Purveyor of Goods to Conservation Corridor
-Joel Cohen
Go with the Flow video

“Champion” Canals: Coming by it naturally!
-Ralph Buglass

Tourism and the Small Town

The C&O Canal as the Focus for History and Tourism in a small Western Maryland Town
-Ralph Salvagno and Tracy Salvagno

The Canal Towns Partnership:
Ten Towns, Six Counties, Two States
-Abbie Ricketts

The Impact of Climate Change on Inland Waterways

PIANC and its Role Addressing Climate Change Challenges to Inland Waterways (panel discussion)
-by William Miles, Brian Joyner and Burton Suedel