Twenty four university/research institutions and nine federal agencies comprise the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CW CESU). These partners provide leadership in watershed science and stewardship with special emphasis on the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay. The agenda for this workshop in Annapolis on March 28th, 2013 includes an introduction and tour of the new National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, climate change presentations by Dr. Shawn Carter, Senior Scientist at the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (USGS), Dr. Don Boesch, President of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, an update on Chesapeake Watershed CESU climate change related activities, and introductions to the federal partners and university/research institution representatives. To register for the workshop, please visit: /link/cwcesu/