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Full Schedule

  • 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)
  • 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
    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