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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PT
    REGISTRATION & INFO DESK OPEN - 6th Floor Seattle Convention Center Arch Bldg @ 705 Pike
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Light Continental in Exhibits
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    MAIN STAGE: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
    Moderator: Michael Hare – Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments, Inc. (AEMI)
    MAIN STAGE
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Networking Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    SESSION 21. Perspectives on Environmental Markets in Washington State
    Moderator: Susan O'Neil – Environmental Science Associates
    Panelist: Jordan Wildish – Washington State Department of Ecology
    Panelist: Michelle Havey – Anchor QEA, Inc
    Panelist: Allan Warren – Bonneville Environmental Foundation
    Panelist: Michael F. Murphy – King County Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks, Water & Land Resources Div.
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    SESSION 22: Short-term Financial Assurance in a Changing Marketplace
    Moderator: Steven Martin – Coastal Virginia Conservancy
    Panelist: Veronica Rowan – (ret) U.S. Department of the Interior
    Panelist: Eric T. Olsen – Gunster
    Panelist: Robert Spoth – Ecosystems Insurance Associates, LLC
    Panelist: Chris Baker – Great American Insurance Company
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    SESSION 23. Offsetting Biodiversity and Community Impacts from Clean Energy Development
    Moderator: Greg Good – The Conservation Fund
    Panelist: Adam Cernea Clark – Pattern Energy
    Panelist: Anthony Dvarskas – Orsted
    Panelist: David Bender – Stantec
    Panelist: Ginny Moore – The Conservation Fund
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
    SESSION 24. INCUBATOR DISCUSSION: Building Public-Private Partnerships through a Flood Resilience Bond
    Facilitator: Erin Delawalla – RES LLC
    Facilitator: Nick Wobbrock – Blue Forest Conservation
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    Networking Break in Exhibits
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    SESSION 25. Implementing Principles of Delivery for Mitigation Banks
    Moderator: Preston W. Smith – Wildwood Environmental Credit Company
    Panelist: Hal Holland – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Panelist: Steven Martin – Coastal Virginia Conservancy
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    SESSION 26. Pay for Success, Mitigation Banking & P3's – Similarities and Nuances
    Moderator: Grace Edinger – Environmental Policy Innovation Center
    Presenter: Jonathan Rak – Virginian Department of Environmental Quality
    Presenter: Sam Burley – RES
    Presenter: Pam Emerson – Seattle Public Utilities
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    SESSION 27. Native Nations & Indigenous Peoples' Advancements in Environmental Markets
    Panelist: Steve R. HInton – Tulalip Tribes
    Panelist: Kristin Lowell – Lummi Nation
    Panelist: Bryan Van Stippen – Indian Land Tenure Foundation
    Panelist: Travis Hemmen – Westervelt Ecological Services
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    SESSION 28. Invest Speed Connect
    Facilitator: Mac Shropshire – Mac Shropshire Consulting
    Panelist: George Kelly – Earth Recovery Partners
    Panelist: David Lach – Anew
    Panelist: Brad P. Breslow – Davey Mitigation
    INVEST CONNECT
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM PT
    Grab Box Lunch and Join Session
  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM PT
    MAIN STAGE: Current and Emerging Trends
    Moderator: David Urban – Ecosystem Investment Partners
    MAIN STAGE
  • 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    Networking Break in Exhibits
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PT
    SESSION 29. Ecosystem Resiliency and Environmental Markets
    Moderator: Pam J. Fetterman – EcoGenesis, LLC
    Presenter: David Lach – Anew
    Presenter: Erin Shanaberger – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services
    Presenter: Meg Wickless – GreenVest
    Co-Presenter: Brett Berkley – GreenVest
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PT
    SESSION 30. Status and Trends: A Deeper Dive into Stream & Wetland Mitigation
    Presenter: Royal Gardner – Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PT
    SESSION 31. Responsible and Nature-wise Strategies for Companies
    Co-Moderator: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates
    Co-Moderator: Ben Guillon, CFA – Conservation Investment Management
    Panelist: Alex Littlejohn – Weyerhaeuser
    Panelist: Levi Wyatt – Yakima Chief Hops, Inc.
    This panel explores how corporations actively integrate nature conservation into their core strategies, includes traditional sustainability programs as well as new initiatives that focus on enhancing both ecological and reputational outcome
  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Networking Break in Exhibits
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    SESSION 32. Trends in Pacific Northwest Mitigation
    Presenter: Dan Berlin, PWS – Anchor QEA, Inc
    Presenter: Sky Miller – Environmental Science Associates
    Presenter: Jon Sloan – Port of Seattle
    Presenter: David Morgan – Plas Newydd LLC
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    SESSION 35. Stream, Wetland and Flood Mitigation & Restoration
    Moderator: Lucy Harrington – GEI Consultants
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    SESSION 33. Emerging Tool to Increase Investment in Environmental Markets
    Moderator: Steven Martin – Coastal Virginia Conservancy
    Panelist: Mike Rolband – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
    Panelist: Jonathan Rak – Virginian Department of Environmental Quality
    Panelist: Randy Wilgis – Earth Recovery Partners
    Panelist: Nate Dow – Water Ledger Americas
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    SESSION 34. State and Federal Lands: Water, Wetlands, Carbon, and Species Markets
    Moderator: Lindsay Teunis, CERP – SWCA
    Presenter: Mindy Gottsegen – Colorado State Land Board
    Presenter: Edwin Pinero – EcoMetrics, LLC
    Presenter: Patrick A. Raney, PhD – Ducks Unlimited
  • 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PT
    Networking Break in Exhibits
  • 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    MAIN STAGE: Federal Policy Roundtable
    Moderator: Michael Hare – Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments, Inc. (AEMI)
    MAIN STAGE
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PT
    EMC RECEPTION in Exhibits