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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)

7:30 a.m.-8:10 a.m.

Registration

8:10 a.m.-8:20 a.m.

Welcome Address and Introduction of New Board Members
Deborah English, Project Director – SCS Engineers: A&WMA Midwest Section Chairman

8:20 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Session 1: Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities (0.7 PDH)

Moderator – Salvatore Falcone, Black & Veatch

Bob Berkebile, FAIA, Principal – BNIM Architects

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

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

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.-

12:15 a.m.

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

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

12:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Lunch  Moderator – Salvatore Falcone, Black & Veatch

Bill Anthony, Career Networking for Success (1.0 PDH)

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

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

3:00 p.m.

Break

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

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

  4:15 p.m.

Refreshments, Socializing, and Networking

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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