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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, May 10, 2023
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    MAIN STAGE: OPENING SESSION

    Moderator: George I. Platt, III – The Wetlandsbank Company

    Welcome: Shawn H. Zinszer – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District

    Special Address: Anthony Morgan Rodman – White House Council on Native American Affairs

    Presenter: Todd BenDor – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    MAIN STAGE: STATUS AND TRENDS

    Moderator: Palmer Hough – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Facilitated A: The Long-term Management Puzzle

    Facilitator and Discussion Lead: Don Ross – Sandy Creek Partners

    Panelist: Timothy J. DiCintio, J.D. – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Facilitated B: How the Mitigation Credit Drought is Being Addressed

    Presenter: Justin A. Hammonds – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Facilitated C: Stormwater Water Quality Credits from Stream Restoration

    Presenter: Rebecca Payne – ICF

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Facilitated D: State Roles & Intersect with Federal Policy

    Facilitator and Discussion Lead: Lucy Harrington – GEI Consultants

    Facilitator and Discussion Lead: Ben Guillon, CFA – Conservation Investment Management

    Panelist: Ashley Meyer – NYSDEC

    Panelist: Jeanne C. Richardson – US Army Corps of Engineers-Norfolk District

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Facilitated E: Incentivizing Prescribed Burning on Private Lands Using Existing Ecosystem Market Structure

    Facilitator: John McGuire – Tall Timbers

    Panelist: Deblyn Mead – Bureau of Land Management

    Panelist: Joe Vaughn – NCX

    Panelist: Melissa M. Kreye – Pennsylvania State University

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM EST
    Invest Connect by Bank Tank
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    SESSION 1: CROSS-POLLINATING COMPENSATORY MITIGATION AND VOLUNTARY RESTORATION

    Moderator: Phoebe Higgins – Environmental Policy Innovation Center

    Panelist: Kelley K. Jorgensen – Compass Ecospatial LLC

    Panelist: Jon Sloan – Port of Seattle

    Panelist: Michelle L. Mattson – Institute for Water Resources

  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    SESSION 2: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES WITH TRIBAL NATIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

    Moderator: Mariah Black Bird - Perry, J.D.

    Panelist: J. Michael Chavarria – Santa Clara Pueblo

    Panelist: Quana Higgins – U.S. Army Headquarters

    Panelist: Travis Hemmen – Westervelt Ecological Services

    Panelist: Mark A. Gilfillan – US Army Corps of Engineers-Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise

  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    SESSION 3: MITIGATION AND RESTORATION IN FLORIDA

    Moderator: Kae Hovater – EcoCredit Marketing

    Presenter: Cory Wilson – USACE, Jacksonville District

    Presenter: Donna Kendall – Florida Department of Environmental Protection

    Presenter: Constance Cassler – U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    Presenter: Ryan Deibler – rdeibler@greensourceep.com

  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST
    SESSION 4: STREAM AND WETLAND MITIGATION AND BANKING

    Moderator: Lucy Harrington – GEI Consultants

  • 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    SESSION 5: MITIGATION IN A SEASCAPE CONTEXT

    Moderator: Cara Schweitzer – NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

  • 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    SESSION 6: MULTI-BENEFIT / MULTI-PURPOSE BANKING

    Moderator: Eric T. Olsen – Gunster

  • 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    SESSION 7: EMERGING TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

    Moderator: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates

  • 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    SESSION 8: WETLAND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Adoption of Technology to Streamline Successful Wetland Mitigation Efforts

    Moderator: Chris Fleming – Ecobot

    Presenter: Daniel Martin – Esri Professional Services - Environment and Geodesign

    Presenter: Clay Word – Upstream Tech

    Presenter: Andy Carroll, PG, GISP – Skytec LLC

    Presenter: Tara Disy Allden – Kimley-Horn

  • 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM EST
    MAIN STAGE: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL TRENDS IN MITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS

    Moderator: George Kelly – Earth Recovery Partners

    Panelist: Christopher Lucas – Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Panelist: Ann M. Redmond, CEP – Brown and Caldwell

    Panelist: Brian Keville – MKO