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Thursday, May 2, 2024
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM EDT
Continental Breakfast in Exhibits

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EDT
SESSION 33: Biodiversity Crediting: Lessons and the Path Forward
Moderator: Ryan Sarsfield – Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Panelist: Genevieve Bennett – Forest Trends
Panelist: Emma Toovey – Environment Bank
Panelist: Adam Riggsbee – RiverBank Conservation

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EDT
SESSION 34: Improving Stream & Wetland Banking and Mitigation
Moderator: John Wigginton, PWS, CERP – Westervelt Ecological Services

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EDT
SESSION 35: Exploring Opportunities with Tribal Nations & Indigenous Peoples
Moderator: Mariah Black Bird-Perry – U.S. Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs
Panelist: Delane Attcity – Indian Nations Conservation Alliance
Panelist: Travis Hemmen – Westervelt Ecological Services
Panelist: Karl D. Jansen – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Panelist: Donella Miller – Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Panelist: Justice Rhodes – U.S. Department of the Interior
Panelist: Maria K. Wiseman – U.S. Department of the Interior

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EDT
SESSION 36: TECH CONNECT

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
MAIN STAGE: Green Finance & Emerging Trends
Moderator: George Kelly – Earth Recovery Partners
Panelist: Richard Fitton – Finance Earth
Panelist: Morrison Mast – Blue Forest
Panelist: Emma Toovey – Environment Bank
Panelist: Anne McEnany – Innovaciones iAlumbra
Panelist: Brittany Salas – NyxCarbon

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Grab Lunch and Join Session

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
MAIN STAGE: Legislative and Policy Update
Presenter: Sara L. Johnson – Ecological Restoration Business Association
Presenter: Michael Hare – RES

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
SESSION 37: Mobilizing Funding for Climate Resiliency
Presenter: Brett Berkley – GreenVest
Presenter: Meg Wickless – GreenVest
Panelist: Liam O'Meara – Environmental Quality Resources
Panelist: Tom Coale – Perry, White, Ross & Jacobson
Panelist: Brad Rogers, JD, MEM – South Baltimore Gateway Partnership
Panelist: Jeffrey Fretwell – Maryland Water Infrastructure Financing Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
SESSION 40: Progress in Streamlining Permitting - Before and After
Moderator: Becca Madsen – Environmental Policy Innovation Center

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
SESSION 39: Forestry Sector Trends and Environmental Markets
Moderator: Travis Hemmen – Westervelt Ecological Services
Panelist: Jonathan Lowery – The Westervelt Company
Panelist: Bryan Wentzell – Maine Mountain Collaborative and Exemplary Forest Management
Panelist: Doug Hughes – Weyerhaeuser
Panelist: Dylan Jenkins – Finite Carbon

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT
SESSION 38: Species and Habitat Banking and Credit Markets
Moderator: Kenny Carothers – Headway Environmental

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Networking Break in Exhibits

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
MAIN STAGE: Customer Roundtable: Emerging Trends
Moderator: Joseph Williams – Ecosystem Investment Partners
Panelist: Emily Coyner – National Stone Sand and Gravel Association
Panelist: Sean Connolly – South Carolina Department of Transportation
Panelist: Richard L. Darden – Federal Highway Administration
Panelist: Adam Pugh – National Association of Home Builders

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDT
Networking Break in Exhibits

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
MAIN STAGE: State Roundtable: Navigating Post-Sackett, Climate & More
Moderator: Ben Grumbles – Environmental Council of States
Panelist: Laura Watson – Washington Department of Ecology
Panelist: Mike Rolband, PE, PWD, PWS Emeritus – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Panelist: Suzanne E. Dorsey – Maryland Department of the Environment

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Craft Beer Closing Social in Exhibits with Prizes!