Brownfields 2009

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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
  • Planning & Design Approaches
  • Public Health & Worker Safety
  • Public Policy, Law, & Regulation
  • Real Estate & Dealmaking
  • Redevelopment Strategies & End Uses
  • Stakeholder Involvement & Environmental Justice

Schedule-at-a-Glance (subject to change)

Sunday, November 15th

 

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
Pre-Conference Film Screening - Brownfields, Community Involvement, and Smart Growth
2:00 - 3:00 pm Pre-Conference Film Screening - The New Metropolis
3:30 - 5:15 pm
Pre-Conference Film Screening - Poisoned Waters
6:00 - 9:00 pm Environmental Justice Caucus

Monday, November 16th

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.
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

Tuesday, November 17th

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

Wednesday, November 18th

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