Brownfields 2009 Schedule-at-a-Glance
Subject to Change
Educational Programming
Brownfields 2009 offers over 150 educational sessions, including lively panel discussions, dynamic roundtables, outstanding plenary sessions, special trainings, film screenings, and more.
Major conference themes for 2009 include:
- Community & Economic Development
- Environmental Assessment & Cleanup
- Financing & Financial Risk Management
- Green Building & Sustainability
- Information Technologies
- International
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- Planning & Design Approaches
- Public Health & Worker Safety
- Public Policy, Law, & Regulation
- Real Estate & Dealmaking
- Redevelopment Strategies & End Uses
- Stakeholder Involvement & Environmental Justice
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Schedule-at-a-Glance (subject to change)
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Sunday, November 15th |
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| 8:00 am - 7:00 pm |
Exhibitor Registration Open |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Training Workshop - Essentials of Hazardous Materials Management for Brownfields Professionals (separate registration required) |
| 10:00 am - 6:30 pm |
Mobile Workshop - Lockport: Using Its History to Create Its Future (SOLD OUT) |
| Noon - 7:00 pm |
General Registration Open |
| 1:00 - 5:00 pm |
Training Workshop - Greening Your Government (separate registration required) |
| 1:00 - 5:00 pm |
Volunteer Activity - Landscaping at Andrew H. Wilson Elementary School |
1:15 - 1:45 pm
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Pre-Conference Film Screening - Brownfields, Community Involvement, and Smart Growth
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| 2:00 - 3:00 pm |
Pre-Conference Film Screening - The New Metropolis
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3:30 - 5:15 pm
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Pre-Conference Film Screening - Poisoned Waters
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| 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Environmental Justice Caucus |
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Monday, November 16th |
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| 7:00 am - 7:30 pm |
General Registration Open |
| 9:00 - 10:30 am |
Plenary Session with Chris Leinberger and Majora Carter. Opening remarks by Dr. Ron Carlee, ICMA Executive in Residence. Welcome by the Honorable C. Ray Nagin, Mayor city of New Orleans, LA.
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| 10:30 am - 6:30 pm |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 10:45 am - Noon |
Educational Sessions |
| Noon - 1:45 pm |
Lunch Break |
| Noon - 1:00 pm |
Walking Tour - Constance Lofts (SOLD OUT) |
| 1:00 - 5:00 pm |
Brownfields Design Charrette |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm |
Mobile Workshop - Bohemian Bywater (SOLD OUT) |
| 1:45 - 3:00 pm |
Educational Sessions |
| 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Brownfields Transaction Forum |
| 3:15 - 4:30 pm |
Educational Sessions |
| 4:30 - 6:30 pm |
Grand Opening Reception |
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Tuesday, November 17th |
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| 7:30 am - 7:00 pm |
General Registration Open |
| 8:00 - 9:15 am |
EPA Regional Open Houses, Hilton Riverside Hotel, Two Poydras Street |
| 9:15 - 10:15 am |
Plenary Session with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, OSWER Assistant Administrator, Mathy Stanislaus & Reverend Vien Nguyen, Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church. Opening remarks by Darnell Earley, ICMA President. |
| 10:00 am - 7:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 10:30 - 11:45 am |
Educational Sessions |
| 10:30 am - 12:15 pm |
Mobile Workshop - Green Job Training in the Bayou: NIEHS Job Training Programs at Work (SOLD OUT) |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Walking Tour - Rolling on the River (SOLD OUT) |
| 11:45 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00 - 4:00 pm |
Mobile Workshop - Journey Across the River: Brownfield Encouragement and Inspiration on the West Bank (separate registration required) |
| 1:00 - 2:15 pm |
Educational Sessions |
| 1:00 - 2:15 pm |
Phoenix Awards Ceremony |
| 1:00 - 5:00 pm |
Chase Community Development Competition |
| 2:30 - 3:45 pm |
Educational Sessions |
| 4:00 - 5:15 pm |
Educational Sessions |
| 5:15 - 7:00 pm |
Mayor's Community Development Reception |
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Wednesday, November 18th |
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| 7:15 am - 4:00 pm |
General Registration Open |
| 8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:45 - 9:00 am |
Poster Competition Award Ceremony |
| 9:15 - 10:30 am |
Educational Sessions |
| 9:15 am - Noon |
Mobile Workshop - Mid City: Redevelopment of the American Can Factory and the Falstaff Brewery (separate registration required) |
| 10:45 am - Noon |
Educational Sessions |
| Noon - 1:15 pm |
Lunch Break |
| 1:15 - 2:30 pm |
Educational Sessions |
| 2:45 - 4:00 pm |
Educational Sessions |
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