Linking Economic and Environmental Health:

It’s Everybody’s Business

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Preliminary Agenda - as of April 11, 2006

Tuesday April 18

9:00 am Exhibitor Set-Up

10:00 am Golf Tournament

12:00 pm Attendee Registration, Cameron Hall

1:00 pm Meetings

DEQ Joint Advisory Board Meeting
Board of Forestry Meeting
Virginia Watersheds Alliance

Workshops/Fieldtrips

Mitigation: A Win-Win Solution for Environmental Stewardship and
Economic Development VIEW PRESENTATIONS
SPCC Plans: Regulatory Updates, Implementation, & Case Studies
Stream Restoration: New Regulations and Successful Projects
Alternative & Traditional Wastewater Treatment – A Field Trip
Conservation Easement Stewardship: Documentation and Monitoring

5:00 pm                      First Annual Low-Impact Development Awards
                               Sponsored by EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program, and Va. DCR
                               Jon M. Capacasa, Director, Water Protection Division, Mid Atlantic Region, US EPA
                               Joseph H. Maroon, Director, Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation.

6:30 – 8:30 pm Kick-Off Reception

Wednesday, April 19

7:30 am Registration - Cameron Hall

Environment Virginia, , Main Street Entrance
Student Environmental Leadership Summit, Cameron Hall, East Entrance

7:30 am Breakfast

8:30 am Welcoming Ceremonies – Cameron Hall

8:45 am General J.H. Binford Peay III, Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute

8:55 am Plenary Session

                                Host - Cabell Brand
                                  Chairman, Cabell Brand Center for International Poverty & Resource Studies

9:00 am                       Recognizing Sustainability
                                         View Presentation

                                  Thomas E. Lovejoy
                                  President, The Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

9:50 am                      Cradle to Cradle
                                  William A. McDonough
                                  Founding Partner and Principal, William McDonough + Partners

10:30 am Break

10:45 am                      Energy and the Environment: A Corporate Perspective
                                          View Presentation

                                   Thomas N. Chewning
                                  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Dominion Resources

                   Introduction by Gil Minor,
                   Chairman of the Board of Visitors, Virginia Military Institute;
                   Chairman, Owens & Minor, Inc.

11:20 am                     Protecting our Natural Resources Creatively and Cost-effectively
                                        View Presentation

                                  The Honorable Preston Bryant, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources

12:00 pm Buffet Lunch – Cameron Hall

1:30 pm Concurrent Session A (nine available, see below)

3:00 pm Break

3:30 pm Concurrent Session B (nine available, see below)

5:30 pm                       Reception & Banquet
                                         Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
                                         View Presentation

                                  William H. Werkheiser
                                  Hazards Design Team Leader, US Geological Survey

                                  Introduction by Gordon Helsel, Mayor of the City of Poquoson, Virginia

Thursday, April 20

7:30 am                       Local Government Breakfast in Moody Hall - By Invitation only
                                         Impacts of the 2006 General Assembly Session
                                  A look at new laws and impact, and strategies for the future

Governor’s Environmental Excellence Paper Sessions & Breakfast

9:15 am                       Director’s Forum – Featuring Directors of Hosting State Agencies

                                  Host - Nikki Rovner, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources

David K. Paylor, Director, Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality
Joseph H. Maroon, Director, Virginia Dept. of Conservation & Recreation
Robert W. Hicks, Virginia Department of Health

10:30 am                     Agriculture Plenary Session
                                  Host – The Honorable Robert S. Bloxom
                                  Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, Commonwealth of Virginia

10:40                          Anticipating the Next Generation
                                         of Resource Management Science and Policy
                                  Peter Nowak
                                  Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:20                          The Honorable Bob Goodlatte,
                  Member, US House of Representatives;
                  Chairman, House Agriculture Committee

11:45 am                     Perspectives on Environment and Sustainability
                                        from the National Academies
                                         View Presentation

                                  Warren R. Muir
                                                   Executive Director, Division on Earth and Life Studies
                                  National Academy of Sciences

                                  Introduction by Cabell Brand


12:15 pm                     The Honorable Tim Kaine
                                  Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia

                                  Introduction by General J.H. Binford Peay III