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AGENDA

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AGENDA

  • Thursday, May 11, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM EST
    National Environmental Banking Association Meeting
    Location:Grand Ballroom 1/2
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Light Continental in Exhibits
    Location:Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    SESSION 9: IMPROVING COMPENSATORY MITIGATION

    Location:Grand Ballroom 1/2

    Moderator: Troy Anderson, CERP – Ecosystem Investment Partners

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    SESSION 10: CONNECTING COMPENSATORY & HAZARD MITIGATION, RESILIENCY & NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NbS)

    Location:Grand Ballroom 3

    Moderator: Pam J. Fetterman – EcoGenesis, LLC

    Panelist: Janan Reilly – FEMA

    Panelist: Katherine E. Brutsché – Engineering with Nature

    Panelist: Jean Louise W. Cowan – The Water Institute of the Gulf

    Panelist: Christy Mower – Civil & Environmental Consultants

    Panelist: Aaron C. Landry – JMB Companies, Inc.

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    SESSION 11: EMERGING MARKETS

    Location:Grand Ballroom 6

    Moderator: Lindsay Teunis, CERP – SWCA

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    SESSION 12: TOOLS & RESOURCES

    Location:Grand Ballroom 7/8

    Moderator: Justin Elkins – USACE, Regulatory Technical Execution Center, North Atlantic Division

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM EST
    Networking Break in EXHIBITS
    Location:Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    SESSION 13: STORMWATER MARKETS IN FLORIDA

    Location:Grand Ballroom 1/2

    Moderator: Ansley Tilley – RES

    Panelist: John Fumero – Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A.

    Panelist: Tom Frick – Saint Johns River Water Management (SJRWMD) District

    Panelist: Ken Weaver – Florida Department of Environmental Protection

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    SESSION 14: REGULATORS WITHOUT BORDERS, CENTERS OF EXPERTISE AND THE IMPACT ON MITIGATION AND PERMITTING PROCESS

    Location:Grand Ballroom 3

    Moderator: William "Tom" Walker – USACE

    Panelist: Eva Zaki-Dellitt – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwest Division

    Panelist: Tom Cavanaugh – Company: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - South Pacific Division

    Panelist: Jason D. O'Kane – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    SESSION 15: HABITAT, BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION BANKING

    Location:Grand Ballroom 6

    Moderator: Ross Nelson – American Mitigation Company

  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM EST
    Grab a Buffet Style Lunch and Enjoy the Session

    Location:Grand Ballroom 4/5
  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST
    MAIN STAGE: NATIONAL AND STATE POLICY UPDATE

    Location:Grand Ballroom 4/5

    Moderator: Sara L. Johnson – Ecological Restoration Business Association

    Special Address: Crystal A. Bergemann – Council for Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President

    Presenter: Sara L. Johnson – Ecological Restoration Business Association

    Presenter: Frank Bernardino – Anfield Consulting

  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EST
    Networking Break in EXHIBITS
    Location:Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    MAIN STAGE: STREAMLINING AND IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY IN PERMITTING

    Location:Grand Ballroom 4/5

    Moderator: Michael Hare – RES

    Panelist: Scott Vandegrift – U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Panelist: Mike Rolband, PE, PWD, PWS Emeritus – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

    Panelist: John Paul Woodley, Jr. – Advantus Strategies

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Networking Break in EXHIBITS
    Location:Grand Ballroom Foyer
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    MAIN STAGE: POLICY ROUNDTABLE

    Location:Grand Ballroom 4/5

    Moderator: Royal Gardner – Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law

    Panelist: Elizabeth (Lisa) Dawson – Bureau of Land Management

    Panelist: Jason Miller – Branch of Environmental Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    Panelist: Angela Somma – NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Panelist: Betsy Valente – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    Panelist: William "Tom" Walker – USACE