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  • Cancelled
  • VIRTUAL ON-DEMAND PRESENTATIONS
  • VIRTUAL ON-DEMAND

    Presenter: Will Duggins – Westervelt Ecological Services

    Presenter: Tyler Thigpen Bell – Westervelt Ecological Services

  • Monday, May 12, 2025
  • 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    REGISTRATION & INFO DESK OPEN - 6th Floor Seattle Convention Center Arch Bldg @ 705 Pike
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    SESSION 3. Accelerating Conservation: 30 X 30 — The First Four Years
    Presenter: G. Braiden Chadwick – Mitchell Chadwick LLP
    Presenter: Madeline Drake – California Department of Natural Resources
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    SESSION 4. Funding Your Mitigation Project
    Moderator: Gray Stevens – Sandy Creek Partners
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    SESSION 1: IRT Review Workshop for Mitigation Banks & ILFs (Intermediate Level)
    Facilitator: Steven Martin
    Facilitator: Cliff Sunda – Wildwood Environmental Credit Company, LLC
    Facilitator: Katie Wolff – RES
    Facilitator: Matt Gause, CERP – Westervelt Ecological Services
  • 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    FIELD VISITS
  • 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    SESSION 2. Basics of Compensatory Mitigation Workshop
    Facilitator: David Urban – Ecosystem Investment Partners
    Facilitator: Hal Holland – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Facilitator: John Wigginton, PWS, CERP – Westervelt Ecological Services
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    SESSION 5. How States Can Inform Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) Ratings through Nature-Based Solutions
    Facilitator: Kevin Tweedy – Ecosystem Planning and Restoration, LLC
    Facilitator: Sean Connolly – South Carolina Department of Transportation
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    SESSION 6. Assessing Riparian Conditions in Washington: A Spatially-based, Analytical Framework & Decision Support Tool
    Presenter: Mike Leech – Environmental Science Associates (ESA)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST
    SESSION 7. Decoding Voluntary Markets & Insetting: Insights for Project Developers
    Presenter: Karen Berg – Creekbank Associates
  • 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST
    SESSION 8. Sales and Marketing Roundtable: Successful Strategies for Selling and Marketing Environmental Credits
    Facilitator: Kae Hovater – EcoCredit Marketing
    Facilitator: Desmond Duke – RES
  • 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM PST
    Monday Kick-off Mixer
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Casual Dinner Connects
  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    REGISTRATION & INFO DESK OPEN - 6th Floor Seattle Convention Center Arch Bldg @ 705 Pike
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    FIELD VISIT: Blue Heron Slough
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    EXPLORATORY DISCUSSION: Creating Ecological Lift and Revenue? The Intersect of Environmental Markets and Resiliency/Sustainability
    Facilitator: Lindsay Teunis, CERP – SWCA
    Facilitator: Jeremy Sueltenfuss, PhD – Colorado State University
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 10. DOT Mitigation: Successes & Struggles
    Moderator: Sean Connolly – South Carolina Department of Transportation
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 11. Advancements in Offshore Energy Development
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 12. RIBITS for Bank Sponsors
    Facilitator: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates
    Facilitator: Beattie S. Williams – Starr Enterprises
    Facilitator: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    SESSION 9. Mineral Rights and Valuation
    Presenter: Ryan W. Thomason – Mitchell Chadwick
    Presenter: Doug Kenny – Keystone Valuations
  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    FIELD VISIT: King County Chinook Wind Mitigation Project
  • 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    FIELD VISIT: Duwamish River People's Park and Shoreline Habitat
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Beverage Break
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 13. Intro to HEA, REA, & LEA for Species and Habitat
    Facilitator: Doug Bruggeman, PhD – Ecological Services and Markets
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 14. Not Another Dam Session - Small to Big Dam Removal
    Moderator: Taylor Bell – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Presenter: John Hutton – Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
    Presenter: Bryan Emerson – The Nature Conservancy in Maine
    Presenter: Brad P. Breslow – Davey Mitigation
    Presenter: Dave Coffman – RES
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 15. Food, Fiber and Eco-Widgets
    Moderator: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates
    Panelist: Archie Ruggles-Brise – Spains Hall Partnership
    Panelist: Rod Snyder – Junction Strategies, LLC
    Panelist: Lauren Quackenbush – Washington State Department of Agriculture
    Panelist: Sarah Hovde – Trailhead Capital
  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    SESSION 16. RIBITS: Understanding In-lieu Fee Program Ledgers
    Facilitator: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates
    Facilitator: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    DOT Meeting (DOTs)
    Facilitator: Sean Connolly – South Carolina Department of Transportation
    DOT ONLY
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Native Nations & Indigenous Peoples Meeting (closed meeting)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    State Regulator Meeting (staff only)
    Facilitator: Tim Rach – Florida Department of Environmental Protection
    Facilitator: Justin Stroman – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
  • 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    EXHIBITS OPEN
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST
    TOPIC ROUNDTABLES
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 17. Conservation Banking, Species and Habitat Banking
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 18. Opportunities and Challenges of Beaver in Restoration and Mitigation Sites
    Moderator: Kelley K. Jorgensen – Compass Ecospatial LLC
    Presenter: Shawn Behling – Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Presenter: Jen Vanderhoof – King County Water and Land Resources Division
    Presenter: Joe Mouser – Beavers Northwest
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 19. Outcomes Based Funding & Financing at the Wildfire-Water-Public Lands Nexus
    Moderator: Carina Bracer – National Forest Foundation
    Panelist: Micah Elias – Blue Forest
    Panelist: Elvy Barton – Salt River Project
  • 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    SESSION 20. EXPLORATORY DISCUSSION: Support in Developing or Modifying State-Led Mitigation Programs
    Moderator: Michael Hare – Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments, Inc. (AEMI)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    BANKER/ PROVIDER/DEVELOPER OF OFFSETS FORUM
    PROJECT DEVELOPER
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    CUSTOMER / END-USER FORUM
    Facilitator: Richard L. Darden – Federal Highway Administration
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    IN LIEU OF FEE (ILF) PROVIDER MEETING (ILF Providers only)
    Moderator: Jim Stanfill – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Presenter: Greg Kernohan – Ducks Unlimited
    Presenter: Patrick A. Raney, PhD – Ducks Unlimited
    Presenter: Megan Webb – King County
    Presenter: Jim Stanfill – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    ILF PROVIDER ONLY
  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    REGULATOR FORUM MEETING (Regulator Staff only)
    REGULATOR ONLY
  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    REGISTRATION & INFO DESK OPEN - 6th Floor Seattle Convention Center Arch Bldg @ 705 Pike
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST
    Light Continental in Exhibits
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST
    MAIN STAGE: Keynote Address
    Moderator: Michael Hare – Alliance for Environmental Markets and Investments, Inc. (AEMI)
    Keynote: Governor Jay Inslee
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PST
    SESSION 21. Perspectives on Environmental Markets in Washington State
    Moderator: Susan ONeil – 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 PST
    SESSION 22: Short-term Financial Assurance in a Changing Marketplace
    Moderator: Steven Martin
    Panelist: Eric T. Olsen – Gunster
    Panelist: Veronica Rowan – (ret) U.S. Department of the Interior
    Panelist: Chris Baker – Great American Insurance Company
    Panelist: Robert Spoth – Ecosystems Insurance Associates, LLC
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PST
    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 PST
    SESSION 24. INCUBATOR DISCUSSION: Building Public-Private Partnerships through a Flood Resilience Bond
    Facilitator: Erin Delawalla – RES LLC
    Facilitator: Nick Wobbrock – Blue Forest Conservation
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    SESSION 25. Implementing Principles of Delivery for Mitigation Banks
    Moderator: Preston W. Smith – Wildwood Environmental Credit Company
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    SESSION 26. Pay for Success, Mitigation Banking & P3's – Similarities and Nuances
    Moderator: Grace Edinger – Environmental Policy Innovation Center
    Panelist: Jonathan Rak – Virginian Department of Environmental Quality
    Panelist: Sam Burley – RES
    Panelist: Pam Emerson – Seattle Public Utilities
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    SESSION 27. Native Nations & Indigenous Peoples' Advancements in Environmental Markets
    Moderator: Mariah Black Bird - Perry, J.D.
    Panelist: Bryan Van Stippen – Indian Land Tenure Foundation
    Panelist: Kristin Lowell – Lummi Nation
    Panelist: Travis Hemmen – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Panelist: Steve R. HInton – Tulalip Tribes
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    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
    INVESTOR
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM PST
    Grab Box Lunch and Join Session
  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM PST
    MAIN STAGE CURRENT AND EMERGING TRENDS
    Moderator: David Urban – Ecosystem Investment Partners
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PST
    SESSION 30. Status and Trends: A Deeper Dive into Stream & Wetland Mitigation
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PST
    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: Wyatt Levi – Yakima Chief Hops, Inc.
    CORPORATE
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PST
    SESSION 29. Ecosystem Resiliency and Environmental Markets
    Moderator: Pam J. Fetterman – EcoGenesis, LLC
    Presenter: David Lach – Anew
    Presenter: Meg Wickless – GreenVest
    Co-Presenter: Brett Berkley – GreenVest
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM PST
    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
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PST
    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 PST
    SESSION 33. Stream, Wetland and Flood Mitigation & Restoration
    Moderator: Lucy Harrington – GEI Consultants
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PST
    SESSION 34. Emerging Tool to Increase Investment in Environmental Markets
    Moderator: Steven Martin
    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 PST
    SESSION 35. State and Federal Lands: Water, Wetlands, Carbon, and Species Markets
    Presenter: Edwin Pinero – EcoMetrics, LLC
  • 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    MAIN STAGE: Federal Policy Roundtable
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PST
    EMC RECEPTION in Exhibits
  • Thursday, May 15, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    REGISTRATION & INFO DESK OPEN - 6th Floor Seattle Convention Center Arch Bldg @ 705 Pike
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST
    Light Continental in Exhibits
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST
    MAIN STAGE: Technology for Streamlining Permitting
    Moderator: Kyle Graham
  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    SESSION 36. Working with NGOs - Funding, Land Trusts and HCPs
    Moderator: Greg Kernohan – Ducks Unlimited
  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    SESSION 37. New Forms of Investment in Environmental Markets
    Moderator: George Kelly – Earth Recovery Partners
    Panelist: David Cooper – DAF Capital
    Panelist: Elizabeth Beall – Finance Earth
    Panelist: Karla L. Brollier – Velveteen Ventures
  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    SESSION 38. Water Benefits Markets: Choose Your Adventure
    Moderator: Ansley Tilley – EcoStasis.net
    Panelist: Alex Johnson – Virridy
    Panelist: Mark S. Laska, PhD – Great Ecology, Tellurium Partners, Ecology LandWatch
  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    SESSION 39. Innovative Tech & Tools for Monitoring
    Moderator: Troy Anderson, CERP – Ecosystem Investment Partners
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    Grab Lunch in Exhibits & Join Tech Connect Tables
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    TECH CONNECT (hosted roundtables by tech & data innovators)
  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM PST
    MAIN STAGE: Legislative, Courts and Policy Update
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    SESSION 41. The Nexus of Carbon Markets and Ecosystem Restoration
    Moderator: David Groves – The Earth Partners
    Panelist: David Moffat – Inlandis
    Panelist: Victoria Lockhart – The Climate Trust
    Panelist: Steve Crooks – Silvestrum
    Panelist: Tripp Wall – Trailhead Capital
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    SESSION 42. Biodiversity and Other Emerging Markets on a Global Scale
    Moderator: Grace Edinger – Environmental Policy Innovation Center
    Presenter: Lis Nelis – Ramboll
    Presenter: John Davis – Green Diamond
    Presenter: John Yarchoan – Magnolia Land Partners
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    SESSION 43. Conflicts of Interests & Other Legal Nuances
    Panelist: G. Braiden Chadwick – Mitchell Chadwick LLP
    Panelist: Veronica Rowan – (ret) U.S. Department of the Interior
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    MAIN STAGE: State-Led Programs – The Path Forward
    Moderator: Ben Grumbles – Environmental Council of States
    Panelist: Casey Sixkiller – Washington Department of Ecology
    Panelist: Mike Rolband – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
    Panelist: Leah Feldon – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
    Panelist: TJ Mascia – Davey Mitigation
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM PST
    Craft Brew Closing Social with Prize Raffle in Expo & Tech Showcase! (must be present to win)