2025 National Enforcement Investigations Center - Environmental Technical Summit
Postponed
It is with our deepest regret that the NEIC Environmental Technical Summit (NETS) must be postponed until Spring, 2026. We greatly appreciate your interest in attending the 2025 NETS event in Lakewood, CO. We will provide more information as it becomes available and will send email updates to all who registered for the 2025 summit. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.
Very respectfully,
The NETS Committee
About NETS 2025
Hosted by EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's National Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC), NETS is a gathering of professionals from EPA, other government agencies and academia, meeting both in person in Colorado and/or virtually, to share information on advancements and accomplishments in environmental science, enforcement, law and technology.
Summary
Registration is now open for the 2025 Summit. Our primary objectives are to facilitate cooperation, innovation, and further development in the fields of environmental monitoring, analysis and hazard assessment. We are building on the success of the 2024 Summit and hope to make this one even better!
Date/Location
May 20 - 22, 2025 at the Denver Federal Center, Buildings 25 and 41
Denver, Colorado
Focus & Format
For NETS 2025, the committee is seeking presentations and posters related to:
- Enforcement in Action/Case Studies
- Monitoring Technologies
- Intersection of EPA Regulations and Scientific Advancements (CAA, CWA, SDWA, RCRA, etc)
- Enforcement and Compliance Work in EPA Regional Offices
- Other Related Scientific Research
Based on attendee feedback, we will be standardizing all presentation times to 30 minutes. If there are topics that cannot be covered within that timeframe, they may be delivered in 2 sessions; we will also display posters for several days during the summit. Submissions should be suitable for both EPA and non-EPA audiences.
As we get closer to the event dates, please visit this page for scheduling and content updates.
Important Dates (links temporarily disabled)
| Item | Date(s) |
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General Registration Open |
TBD |
| Abstract Submittal Deadline (Speaker & Poster Presenters) Abstract Submission Form Link |
TBD |
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Abstract Review & Selection |
TBD |
| EPA Employee Travel Requests for In-Person Attendance (for headcount purposes only - actual travel is funded by travelers home office) | TBD |
| Presenter (Speaker & Poster) Notifications | TBD |
NEIC Background/Mission
Based in Lakewood, Colorado, NEIC provides technical support to complex criminal and civil investigations for EPA enforcement programs across the country. A central tenet of NEIC’s mission is to protect human health and the environment by serving as EPA’s ISO-accredited forensics laboratory. NEIC provides multi-disciplinary expert teams to support criminal and civil enforcement partners, by gathering and providing legally defensible data, performing engineering evaluations and analyzing forensic evidence.
Accessibility Information
If you are registered and require special accommodations, such as closed captioning, translation, or accessibility, please contact Laura Scoggins (Scoggins.Laura@epa.gov).
Location Information: Denver Federal Center Nearby Hotels
Building 41 and Parking on the Denver Federal Center (pdf)
Location Information: The Denver Federal Center is a secure facility. Photo ID is required to enter the gates to the center and again to enter Buildings. Please use Gate 1 for the visitor entrance
The main entrance for Building 41, and a select amount of parking, is located off Federal Ave. There is additional parking in front of Building 20 off 3rd St. and Building 50 off Main Ave. The building location and suggested parking lots are circled on the map in yellow. A NETS banner will be located outside of the building entrance and directly outside of the conference room.
- Presentations will be held in Building 41 in the Remington Arms Conference Room.
- Posters will be displayed in Building 25 in the atrium
For more information on the Denver Federal Center, please visit GSA's Denver Federal Center Information webpage and Map.
By popular request - Join us for a group outing to beautiful Clear Creek Canyon Park in Golden Colorado! Please note: This is not an official part of the summit, but is a social activity and a completely voluntary outing.
Hotel Information: There are several hotels within 2 miles of the meeting location, including:
Sheraton Denver West Hotel
360 Union Blvd,
Lakewood, CO 80228,
(303) 987-2000
Baymont by Wyndham Denver West/Federal Center
11909 6th Ave
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 731-6335
Hampton Inn Denver West Federal Center
137 Union Blvd
Lakewood, CO 80228
(303) 969-9900
Fairfield Inn & Suites Denver West/Federal Center
140 S Union Blvd
Lakewood CO 80228
(303) 233-3133
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Denver West/Federal Center
800 Tabor St
Golden CO 80401
Quality Inn & Suites Golden - Denver West - Federal Center
11907 W 6th Ave
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 231-9939