Third Annual Green Infrastructure Conference: It's Easy Being Green – Challenges and Solutions

When
October 23, 2014 12:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Where
Philadelphia, PA (and simulcast to offices in 5 locations)

Co-sponsored by Ballard Spahr LLP


PROGRAM:

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Keynote Address: Rich Fitzgerald, County Executive, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Challenges of Regionalization on Green Infrastructure

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM ET
Strategic Responses to Western Water Supply Challenges

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Federal Sustainability Building Efforts and Green Leasing Requirements: What To Expect

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Impact of the "Chesapeake Bay Strategy" (Total Maximum Daily Load)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Reception in Philadelphia

*Program will run as listed for all cities in Eastern Time Zone and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Phoenix. Lunch will be served in all six locations. Phoenix event also includes breakfast at 9 a.m.

Confirmed speakers and panelists:
Rich Fitzgerald, County Executive, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Keynote)
Doug Dunham, Legislative Liaison & Ombudsman, Arizona Department of Water Resources
Jim Good, Interim Executive Director, Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority
Brad Hill, Utilities Director, City of Flagstaff, Arizona
Brian Jensen, Ph.D., Executive Director, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, and Senior Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., Partner, Ballard Spahr
William J. Meinert, Vice President, O'Brien & Gere
Donald H. Newman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Allegheny County Conservation District
John Schombert, Executive Director, 3 Rivers Wet Weather
Lee Storey, Partner, The Storey Lawyers, PLC
Robert M. Summers, Ph.D., Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment
David L. Winstead, Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr
John Weinstein, Board Chairman, ALCOSAN