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A&WMA-Midwest
Section ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE AGENDA January 20, 2010
Holiday Inn, Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO
(Co-sponsor is
USGBC-Great Plains Chapter)
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7:30
a.m.-8:10 a.m.
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Registration
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8:10
a.m.-8:20 a.m.
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Welcome
Address and Introduction of New Board Members
Deborah
English, Project Director – SCS Engineers: A&WMA Midwest
Section Chairman
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8:20
a.m.-9:00 a.m.
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Session
1: Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities (0.7 PDH)
Moderator
– Salvatore Falcone, Black & Veatch
Bob Berkebile, FAIA, Principal – BNIM Architects
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9:00
a.m.-10:30 a.m.
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Session
2: Regulatory Issues & Initiatives For 2010 (1.5 PDH)
Moderator
-- Deborah English, SCS Engineers
William Rice, USEPA
John Mitchell, KDHE
Mark Templeton (Invited), MDNR
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10:30
a.m.
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Break
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10:45
a.m.-
12:15
a.m.
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Session
3, Track 1: Air Quality (1.5 PDH)
Moderator – Brian Symons, Foth
Infrastructure & Environment
Chat Cowherd, Midwest Research Institute,
Methods for Characterizing Open
(Non-Point) Sources of Air Emissions
Sandra Potter, Foth Infrastructure &
Environment,
Odor is in the Nose of the Beholder
Amanda Graor, Mid-America Regional Council,
Kansas
City
Regional Clean Air Action Plan
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Session
3, Track 2: Sustainable Energy (1.5 PDH)
Moderator
– Dennis Wike, CE3 Solutions
Ken Riead, Hathmore Technologies, LLC, Residential
Energy Managmnt, Incentives, Rebates,
& Future
Gary Hogsett, MAMTC, Commercial & Industrial Energy
Management, Incentives, Rebates, & Future
Mark Lawlor, Horizon Wind, Future of Wind Energy
Bob Solger, The Energy Savings Store, Future of Solar Energy
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12:00
a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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Lunch Moderator – Salvatore
Falcone, Black & Veatch
Bill Anthony, Career Networking for Success (1.0
PDH)
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1:30
p.m.-3:00 p.m.
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Session
4, Track 1: Climate Change (1.5 PDH)
Moderator – Tia Jeter, Aquaterra
Environmental Solutions
Paul Ling, KCP&L, Utility Response to GHG
Regulation
Michelle Eis and Ward
Burns,
USEPA,
GHG Reporting and GHG Tailoring Rules
Jim Price, Spencer Fane,
How Carbon Regulation and Green
Initiatives Will Affect the Heartland
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Session
4, Track 2: Recycling, Reuse, Reduction Successes (1.5 PDH)
Moderator
– Dennis Wike, CE3 Solutions
Brian Alferman, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Residential
Reuse-Recycling
Nathan Benjamin, Planet Reuse, Commercial & Industrial Reuse-Recycling
Mike Utz, Ripple Glass, Glass Bottles to Insulation
Audie Murphy, Metcraft Industries Inc, Water
Reduction in Water Closets
Kurt Gerdes, Lafarge Cement, Making Sustainable Cement
Corey McDonald, Paveguard Technologies, Solar Extends Bridge Life
Christy Martin, Concrete Promotional Group, Pervious
Concrete & More
Barb Johnson & Dave
Carter,
KSU Pollution Prevention Institute & SBEAP, Free Environmental Help for Small & Medium
Businesses
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3:00
p.m.
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Break
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3:15
p.m.-4:15 p.m.
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Session
5, Track 1: Enforcement Discussion Panel (1.0 PDH)
Moderator
– Steve Fishman, USEPA
Mark Hague, Director, Enforcement Coordination
Office, USEPA
David Cozad, Regional Counsel, USEPA
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Session
5, Track 2: Sustainable Architecture (1.0 PDH)
Moderator
– Janet Baker
Rachael Stroer
& Stephen
Hardy,
BNIM Architects, Greensburg
KS’ Rebirth
Trevor Hoiland, 360 Architects, H&R Block & JE Dunn
Offices Go Green
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4:15 p.m.
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Refreshments, Socializing, and Networking
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For
purpose of tracking Professional Development Hours (PDH) as required for some
license renewals, attendance for the entire conference provides 7.2 PDH.
The
determination whether a session or conference qualifies for PDH is ultimately
made by the state licensing board.
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