U.S. EPA Collaborative Science and Technology Network for Sustainability - CNS - Progress Review Workshop
Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge
1900 North Fort Myer Drive
Arlington, VA 22209
October 18 – 19, 2005
DRAFT AGENDA
Tuesday, October 18
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Gary Foley
Director, National Center for Environmental Research, ORD, EPA
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Introduction to the Program and Meeting
Diana Bauer
National Center for Environmental Research
9:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Project Round Robin - 10 minutes per project
Integrating Water Supply Management and Ecological Flow Water Requirements
Colin Apse, The Nature Conservancy
Ecological Sustainability in Rapidly Urbanizing Watersheds: Evaluating Strategies Designed
To Mitigate Impacts on Stream Ecosystems
Meo Curtis, Montgomery County
Laura Craig, University of Maryland
Sustainability of Land Use in Puerto Rico
Maria Juncos-Gautier, Universidad Metripolitana
Enrique Lopez, Universidad Metripolitana
Industrial Ecology, Pollution Prevention, and the New York/New Jersey Harbor
Marta Panero, New York Academy of Sciences
Moving Toward Sustainable Manufacturing Through Efficient Materials and Energy Use
Terri Goldberg, Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association
Rick Reibstein, State of Massachusetts
Multi-Objective Decision Model for Urban Water Use: Planning for a Regional Water Re-Use Ordinance
Paul Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology
Transforming Office Parks to Transit Villages
Steve Raney, Cities21
Using Market Forces To Implement Sustainable Storm Water Management
Jim Middaugh, City of Portland
Sustainable Watershed Management in the Delaware River Basin
Pamela V’ Combe, Delaware River Basin Commission
Sustainable Sandhills: A Plan for Regional Sustainability
Jon Parsons, Sustainable Sandhills
Bringing Global Thinking to Local Sustainability Efforts: A Collaborative Project for the Boston Metropolitan Region
James Goldstein, Tellus Institute
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Panel 1: Public and Multi-Sector Decision-Making
How do you bring in the public, local government, industry, and non-profits into
understanding problems and potential solutions and opportunities? How can you
best make effective, proactive decisions in diverse groups?
Hank Topper, – EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances
Marta Panero, – NYAS
Steve Raney, – Cities21
Charles Lee, – EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Panel 2: Smart Growth and Water Resources Protection
What are some principles/technologies/analyses that can be applied to developing
the built environment that have implications for water resources? What are some
analytical or management approaches to ensure water is available to people and
ecosystems in the right quantity, quality, and timing?
Jim Middaugh – City of Portland
Alison Roy - EAP Office of Research and Development
Jamal Kadri – EPA Office of Water
Lynn Richards – EPA Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Panel 3: Spatial Analytical Methods and Future Scenarios
How can you use spatial analytical methods to understand the relationship
between the built environment and the natural environment over time? How can
this understanding inform decision-making? How can exploring a range of possible
futures inform development decisions and/or technical designs or solutions?
James Goldstein – Tellus Institute
Denis White – EPA Office of Research and Development
Tim Johnson – EPA Office of Research and Development
Meo Curtis – Montgomery County, Maryland
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Breakout Session Discussions
1. Public and Multi-Sector Decision-Making — Jefferson Room
2. Smart Growth and Water Resources Protection — Shenandoah C
3. Spatial Analytical Methods and Future Scenarios — Board Room
5:15 – 5:45 p.m.
Report Outs
5:45 p.m.
Adjourn
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
AM
Individual Project Meetings (a.m.)
12:30 p.m.
Dutch Treat Lunch for Grantees and Hosts (Optional)
Aria Restaurant
On the plaza at 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue
Ronald Reagan Building
