The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) recently announced the 14th National Brownfields Conference, which will be held April 3-5, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

The Call for Ideas will close today July 30, 2010!

The educational program for Brownfields 2011 is a direct result of your ideas and suggestions. This year the Brownfields 2011 Planning Committee wants to encourage more interactive educational sessions in hopes to have at least 60 percent using the always popular marketplace/roundtable format and the newly established public dialogue/debate format. Topics should fall under these categories...

• Community Engagement and Environmental Justice
• Green Jobs
• Green Technology and Emerging Solutions
• Planning for Community Revitalization
• Sustainability, the Path Forward
• The Business of Brownfield

Multi-submissions are encouraged!

Submit an idea by going to www.brownfields2011.org

• Find the tab "Call for Ideas" located near the top of the page
• Then click "Submit Ideas"
• After clicking submit ideas this will ask you to log-in or create an account
  
• Log-in or create a new account (FREE)
• After logging-in follow the directions/steps given
  

Brownfields 2011 is the premier forum for knowledge-building, networking, and business development focused on the redevelopment of brownfields and the sustainable revitalization of communities. For more information contact Julie Butler at jbutler@icma.org or stay tuned to www.brownfields2011.org.