Opening Remarks | 8 a.m. Central
Provided by Steve Nalefski, Senior Vice President, Environmental Services | Burns & McDonnell
Breakfast Available Beginning at 7:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation | 8:15 a.m.
Topic: Modernizing the Grid for Electric Vehicles
Shaun Tuyuri, Sr. Technical Leader, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure | Electric Power Research Institute
Panel 1 | Siting Considerations | 9 a.m.
Moderated by: Jennifer Dean, Senior Project Manager | 39 North
Topic: Environmental Justice
Dr. Laurel Berman, Environmental Health Scientist | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Topic: Local Permitting Playbook
Melissa Vancrum, Attorney | Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C.
Topic: Pennsylvania Solar Project Case Study
Brittany Staszak, Director of Development | CleanChoice Energy
Morning Break | 10:30 a.m.
Panel 2 | Restoration and Vegetation Management | 10:40 a.m.
Moderated by: Allison Chapin, Section Manager | Burns & McDonnell
Topic: Vegetation Management Planning for Utility Scale Solar Projects
Rob Schultz, Associate, Vegetation Management | Invenergy
Topic: Moosa Creek Riparian Restoration Project Case Study
Major David Chester, Installation Environmental Program Director | Marine Corps Air Station, Camp Pendleton AND Paul Sherman, Mitigation Practice Lead | Burns & McDonnell
Topic: Moonscape to Prairie, Restoration Fueled by Waste
Scott Hamilton, Biologist | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Food Truck Lunch | Try Out Some of KC’s Hottest Food Truck Vendors! | Noon
Panel 3 | Pollinators | 1:30 p.m.
Moderated by: Rob LeForce, Senior Environmental Analyst | Associated Electric Cooperative
Topic: Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) Update and Bumble Bee Agreement Overview
Megan Petraitis, Program Manager & Team Lead | University of Illinois Chicago
Topic: Designing, Sourcing, and Producing Seed Mixes for Pollinator Habitat
Joe Schaffer, Founder and Vice President | Minnesota Native Landscapes (MNL)
Topic: Co-location of Solar Facilities and Pollinator Habitat
Lee Walston, Landscape Ecologist | Argonne National Laboratory
Afternoon Break | 3 p.m.
Panel 4 | Eagles and Bats, the Latest | 3:10 p.m.
Moderated by: Kari Soltau, CE, Senior Ecologist | Burns & McDonnell
Topic: Protected Bat Species
Kathryn Bulliner, Wildlife Biologist | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Topic: Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Myrna Girald-Perez, Protected Species Habitat Conservation Planning Associate | Hawaii Department of Natural Resources
Topic: Anticipated New Eagle Rule
Tom Wittig, Regional Eagle Coordinator | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Closing Remarks, Dismiss for the Day | 4:45 p.m.
Dinner, Drinks and Games | Chicken N’ Pickle Overland Park | 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm CST