Office of Strategic Environmental Management
June 2003 - State/EPA Environmental Innovation Symposium - Washington, D.C
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Logistical Information
The Symposium will be held at the Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. The hotel is close to the Farragut North metro stop on the Red Line. It is within a block of the L St. exit of the metro station. It is also not very far from the Farragut West metro on the Orange and Blue lines.
Hotel registration information
We are holding a block of rooms at the Mayflower Hotel. To make a reservation, please call 1-800-hotels-1 or 202-347-3000. Please request the EPA Innovations Conference group block. Please make your reservation by May 21 in order to ensure the government rate of $150 per night.
Symposium Registration
All registration will be handled online to make a more environmentally friendly symposium. The goal is to have as many different State and EPA organizations represented as possible. Registration will be monitored to ensure balanced representation; some registration requests may have to be declined if an organization is already well-represented. You will receive a confirmation from the Council for Excellence in Government that your registration has been accepted. You will also be contacted for more information if you requested travel funding assistance on the registration form.
Agenda
Day 1
7:30 - 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Judy Douglas, Vice President for Leadership and Performance, the Council for Excellence in Government
- Tom Fitzsimmons, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology
- Robert Varney, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1
9:00 - 10:15 Plenary
What Do Lean Budget Times Mean for Environmental Innovation? Jonathan Walters, Correspondent, Governing Magazine
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Break Out Sessions
| Innovating To Solve Priority Problems | Community Based Programs: A New Way of Delivering Environmental Protection? Moderator: Rob Brenner, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA Fred Blood, Sustainability Officer, City of Austin, Texas Linda Rimer, EPA Region 4 Julianne Stone, St. Louis Urban Outreach Office, Missouri DNR |
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| Creating Innovation Friendly Organizations | Enhancing Creativity in the Workforce - Discovering Your Innovation Style*
Moderator: |
| I. Developing Tools and Approaches | Environmental Management Systems-Performance and Opportunities
Moderator: |
| II. Developing Tools and Approaches | The Environmental Results Program and What We’ve Learned About “Scale-up”
Moderator: Greg Ondich, Senior Environmental Engineer, U.S. EPA |
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch/Plenary
The Next Generation of Environmental Policy
Dr. Donald Kettl, Author & Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:30 - 1:45 Break
1:45 - 3:15 Break Out Sessions
| Innovating To Solve Priority Problems |
New Approaches to Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads
Moderator: |
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| Creating Innovation Friendly Organizations |
Collaborative Decision-making - Models in Action Moderator: Linda Holst, Chief, Water Quality Branch, EPA Region 5 Mary Ellen Gray, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Water Quality, IN DEM Maria Parisi Vickers, Deputy Director, Waste and Chemicals Managmenet, EPA Region 3 Regina Rochez, Program Manager, MD DEM |
| I. Developing Tools and Approaches |
Environmental Technology Moderator: |
| II. Developing Tools and Approaches | Working with Industry Sectors - EPA’s New Sector Partnerships, Sector Initiatives in the States Moderator: Bob Benson, Director, Sector Strategies Division, U.S. EPA David Paylor, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia Natalie Roy, Environmental Council of |
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Break Out Sessions
| Innovating To Solve Priority Problems |
Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding Agriculture Moderator: |
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| Creating Innovation Friendly Organizations |
Enhancing Creativity in the Workforce - Discovering Your Innovation Style* Moderator: |
| I. Developing Tools and Approaches |
Innovative Permits: The EMS Connection Moderator: |
| II. Developing Tools and Approaches | Market-based Incentives: EPA's William Shobe, VA Dept of Planning and Budget Sonja Biorn-Hansen, Env. Engineer, Claire Schary, Water Trading |
**Extra Session: Moderator: |
5:00 - 6:30 Networking Reception
Remarks by Thomas Gibson, Chief of Staff, U.S. EPA
Day 2
7:30 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:45 Welcome
Jay Benforado
Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. EPA
Systems for Promoting Innovation -
Linda Fisher
EPA Deputy Administrator
8:45 - 10:15 Break out Sessions
| Innovating To Solve Priority Problems | Fostering Innovation in Waste Management and Land Cleanup-The Resource Conservation Challenge, Strategies for Land Revitalization, Innovation Pilots Moderator: |
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| Creating Innovation Friendly Organizations | Strategies for Overcoming Innovation Barriers Moderator: Sharon Baxter, Director, Office of Pollution Prevention, Virginia Department Environmental Quality Jay Benforado, Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. EPA |
| I. Developing Tools and Approaches | Smart Enforcement Strategies
Moderator: |
II. Developing Tools and Approaches |
Environmental Information Innovation-How Is It Changing What We Do? |
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Extra Session** Moderator: |
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:45 Break Out Sessions
| Innovating To Solve Priority Problems | What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches
Moderator: |
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| Creating Innovation Friendly Organizations | Civic Environmentalism-Exploring T2 (Trust and Transparency)
Moderator: |
| I. Developing Tools and Approaches | How To Know If Your Innovation is Working - Successful Measurement and Evaluation Approaches
Moderator: |
| II. Developing Tools and Approaches | New Developments in Flexible Air Permitting |
Extra Session** Moderator: Melinda Dower, NJ DEP |
11:45 - 12:30 Plenary
Fostering an Innovative Culture
Dr. Roger Firestien, President of Innovation Resources Inc. and Associate Professor, International Center for Studies in Creativity, State University of New York College at Buffalo
12:30 - 12:45 Closing Remarks
Jay Benforado, Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. EPA
12:45 Adjourn
* The Workshop Discovering Creativity on the Job is based on a 12 week creativity enhancement course and it will be lead by a consultant who specializes in helping individuals find their innovation potential. Participants will use color, form, shape and sound to explore their own innovation style in a group setting.
Sharing Outreach Products: Throughout the meeting, space will be provided for participants to share reports, factsheets, and other outreach documents with their peers. If you have an item you would like to share, please contact Nikki Graham at the Council for Excellence in Government (ngraham@excelgov.org or 202-728-0418). Documents can also be shared by posting them on the Symposium website.
Registration: This event is designed to promote learning and information exchange among State and and EPA environmental practitioners. The goal is to have as many different State and EPA organizations represented as possible. While there is no cost for attending, space is limited.
Travel assistance: Travel assistance is available to assist all State agency staff who are involved with agenda planning or making a presentation. In addition, some limited funds are available to assist other State travelers that could not expect approval to attend otherwise. Individuals that would like to be considered for travel assistance should check the Travel assistance requested box when registering. This offer is limited to states only and assistance is not guaranteed. We will confirm whether assistance can be provided after assessing the number of requests and our best options for maximizing State participation.
Materials
- Symposium Opening Remarks (PDF, 4 pp, 194K, About PDF)
- Plenary: What do Lean Budget Times Mean for Environmental Innovation?
- Plenary: Deputy Administrator Fisher's remarks
- Plenary: Roger Firestein
Remarks by Roger Firestein on creativity and innovation - Closing remarks of the Symposium Civic Environmentalism-Exploring T2 (Trust and Transparency)
- Collaborative Decision-making- Models in Action
- Community Based Programs: A New Way of Delivering Environmental Protection?
- Enhancing Creativity in the Workforce-Discovering Your Innovation Style
- Enhancing the Value of Voluntary Programs-How do We Improve Recognition, Maximize Brand Identity, and Simplify Membership
- Environmental Information Innovation-How Is It Changing What We Do?
- Environmental Management Systems-Performance and Opportunities
- Environmental Technology
- Fostering Innovation in Waste Management and Land Cleanup
- Geospatial Decision-Support Tools: Enhancing Decisions, Delivering Environmental Results
- How to Know if Your Innovation is Working
- Innovative Permits: the EMS Connection
- Lean Manufacturing-Benefits and Opportunities for the Future
- Market-based Incentives: EPA's Water Quality Trading Policy & Other Incentive-based Initiatives
- Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding Agriculture
- Smart Enforcement Strategies
- Strategies for Overcoming Innovation Barriers
- The Environmental Results Program and What We've Learned about ''Scale-up''
- What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches
- Working with Industry Sectors-EPA's New Sector Partnerships, Sector Initiatives in the States
Speakers
Dr. Roger Firestien
President, Innovation Resources, Inc.
Plenary Speaker
Linda J. Fisher
Deputy Administrator, US EPA
Plenary Speaker
Thomas Gibson
Chief of Staff, U.S. EPA
Reception Speaker
Donald Kettl
La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Plenary Speaker
Jonathan Walters
Senior Correspondent, Governing
Plenary Speaker
Steve Adams
Senior Advisor, Florida DEP
Speaker for “How to Know if Your Innovation is Working-Successful Measurement and Evaluation Approaches” session
Derry Allen
Counselor, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation, Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation, U.S. EPA
Moderator for “What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches” session
Dr. Richard (Pete) Andrews
Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Speaker for “Environmental Management Systems-Performance and Opportunities” session
Sharon Baxter
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Speaker for "Strategies for Overcoming Innovation Barriers" session
Michael Beaulac
Chair, E-DMR Challenge Grant, Michigan Department of Information Technology
Speaker for Environmental Information Technology session
Jay Benforado
Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Strategies for Overcoming Innovation Barriers” session
Bob Benson
Director of Sector Strategies Division, Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation, U.S. EPA
Moderator for “Working with Industry Sectors” session
Sonja Biorn-Hansen
Environmental Engineer, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Speaker for “Market-based Incentives: EPA's Water Quality Trading Policy & Other Incentive-based Initiatives” session
Fred Blood
Sustainability Officer, Transportation, Planning and Sustainability Department, City of Austin, Texas
Speaker for “Community Based Projects: Is this the new way of delivering environmental protection?” session
Pat Bonner
Lead Staff, Public Involvement Policy, EPA
Speaker for “Civic Environmentalism-Exploring T2” session
Rob Borowski
Coordinator, Clean Texas Program, Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Speaker for “Innovative Permits: The EMS Connection” session
Michael Brody
Senior Environmental Scientist, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches” session
Marjorie Buckholtz
Director, Office of Innovation Partnerships and Communication, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Fostering Innovation in Waste Management and Land Cleanup” session
Paul Burns
Assistant Director, Agricultural Resources Management and Development Division, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Speaker for “Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding Agriculture” session
Jill Cooper
Director, Sustainability Program, Colorado Department Of Public Health and the Environment
Speaker for “Innovative Permits: The EMS Connection” session
Steve DeGabriele
Director, Business Compliance Division, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Speaker for “The Environmental Results Program and What We’ve Learned about ‘Scale-up’” session
David J. Dellarco
Project Manager, National Center for Environmental Innovation, EPA Region 10
Moderator for "Lean Manufacturing-Benefits and Opportunities for the Future" session
Melinda Dower
Research Scientist, Office of Pollution Prevent and Permit Coordination, NJ DEP
Speaker for “Enhancing the Value of Voluntary Programs” session
Liz Ellmann
Innovation Consultant
Speaker for "Enhancing Creativity in the Workforce" session
John M. Ferland
President, Center for Environmental Enterprise, Southern Maine Technical College
Speaker for "Environmental Technology" session
Thomas C. Fitzsimmons
Director, Washington State Department of Ecology
Speaker for “What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches” session
Ron Gagnon
Chief, Office of Technical and Customer Assistance, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Speaker for “The Environmental Results Program and What We’ve Learned about ‘Scale-up’” session
Jerri-Anne Garl
Director, Office of Strategic Environmental Analysis, EPA Region 5
Moderator for “Environmental Information Innovation-How is it changing what we do?” session
Pat Garvey
Special Assistant, Office of Information Collection, EPA
Panelist for "Electronic Information Innovation" session
Bill Glasser
Innovation Consultant, EPA Region 10
Speaker for Enhancing Creativity in the Workforce session
Mary Ellen Gray
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Water Quality, Indiana DEM
Speaker for “Collaborative Decision Making” session
Brenda Groskinsky
Senior Program Advisor, EPA Region 7
Speaker for “Geospatial Decision-Support Tools” session
Peg Hanna
Policy Advisor, Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Enforcement, NJ DEP
Speaker for “Smart Enforcement Strategies” session
Teresa Harten
Director, Environmental Technology Verification Program, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Environmental Technology” session
David Hockey
Acting Director, Resource Conservation Challenge Program, Office of Solid Waste, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Fostering Innovation in Waste Management and Land Cleanup” session
Linda Holst
Chief, Water Quality Branch, EPA Region 5
Speaker for “Collaborative Decision Making” session
Marianne Lamont Horinko
Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA
Moderator for “Fostering Innovation in Waste Management and Land Cleanup” session
Gary Hunt
Director, North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Speaker for “Environmental Management Systems-Performance and Opportunities” session
John Howard
Federal Environmental Executive
Moderator for “Civic Environmentalism-Exploring T2” session
Gary Johnson
Senior Environmental Engineer, Water Management Bureau, Connecticut DEP
Speaker for “New Approaches to Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads” session
Jennifer R. Kaduck
Branch Chief, Hazardous Waste Management Branch, Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Panelist for "Fostering Innovation in Waste Management and Land Cleanup" session
Barbara Karn, Ph.D.
Environmental Scientist, National Center for Environmental Research, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA
Speaker for "What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches" session
Amelia Welt Katzen
Senior Enforcement Counsel, EPA Region 1
Speaker for “Smart Enforcement Strategies” session
Robert L. Kerr
Consultant to Virginia DEQ, Principal in Kerr, Greiner & Associates
Speaker for “How to Know if your Innovation is Working” session
Adam M. Kushner
Acting Associate Director, Air Enforcement Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Smart Enforcement Strategies” session
Tim Larson
Senior Associate, Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, Ltd.
Panelist for Lean Manufacturing-Benefits and Opportunities for the Future session
Karin Leff
Associate Director of Compliance Assistance and Sector Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Smart Enforcement Strategies” session
Jim Little
Coordinator, New Source Review Regulatory Program, EPA Region 4
Speaker for “New Developments in Flexible Air Permitting” session
Dana Lucero
Land Use Planner, Science Information Services section, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Speaker for “Geospatial Decision-Support Tools” session
Langdon Marsh
Fellow, National Policy Consensus Center, Portland State University
Speaker for “Civic Environmentalism-Exploring T2” session
Bharat Mathur
Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA Region 5
Moderator for “Environmental Management Systems-Performance and Opportunities” session
G. Tracy Mehan III
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. EPA
Speaker for Environmental Management Systems-Performance and Opportunities session
Oscar Morales
Director, Collection Strategies Division, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Environmental Information Innovation-How Is It Changing What We Do?” session
Melanie Morris
Chief, Data Integration Division, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Panelist for “Environmental Information Technology” session
Matthew Murrell
Program and Planning Analyst, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Speaker for “Geospatial Decision-Support Tools” session
Gregory G. Ondich, Ph.D.
Senior Environmental Engineer, U.S. EPA
Moderator for “The Environmental Results Program and What We’ve Learned about ‘Scale-up’” session
Sharon L. Osowski, Ph.D.
Ecologist, Compliance Assurance and Enforcement Division, EPA Region 6
Speaker for the “Geospatial Decision-Support Tools” session
Dan Ostrander
Environmental Specialist 6, Tennessee Division of Underground Storage Tanks, Tennessee DEC
Speaker for “The Environmental Results Program and What We’ve Learned about ‘Scale-up’” session
David K. Paylor
Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia
Moderator for How to Know if Your Innovation is Working-Successful Measurement and Evaluation Approaches session
Jean-Mari Peltier
Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy, U.S. EPA
Moderator for “Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding Agriculture” session
John Pemberton
Chief of Staff, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
Speaker for “Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding Agriculture” session
John Refo
Director of Marketing & Outreach, Green Business Network, National Environmental Education & Training Foundation
Speaker for “What Will We Celebrate at the U.S. Tricentennial? A Look at Emerging Issues and Innovative Approaches” session
Linda Rimer
Liaison to North and South Carolina, EPA Region 4
Speaker for the “Community Based Projects: Is this the new way of delivering environmental protection?” session
Regina Rochez
Program Manager, Planning, Recycling and Outreach Programs, Maryland Department of the Environment
Speaker for “Collaborative Decision Making” session
Natalie Roy
Deputy Executive Director, ECOS
Speaker for “Working with Industry Sectors-EPA’s New Sector Partnerships, Sector Initiatives in the States” session