Workshop Agenda

7:45 - 8:30

Registration

8:30 - 8:45

Welcome to Newark and to Conference: Stefan Pryor, Deputy Mayor and Director of Economic Development, City of Newark

8:45 - 9:00

9:00-10:00

Introduction to Conference:
Michael Taylor, President, Vita Nuova LLC

Morning Plenary Session #1: The Future is Now!
Multi-stakeholder Initiatives for Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment

Morning Session Presentation - "The Future is Now"

Tom Stilley - "Sustainability and Remediation"

Moderator: Colleen Kokas, Bureau Chief, Office of Brownfield Reuse, NJDEP

Panelists:
Dan Walsh, NYC Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation 
Jill Gaito, Green Center of Central Pennsylvania
Tom Stilley, DuPont Corporation
Sven Erik-Kaiser, USEPA Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization

10:00-11:00

Morning Plenary Session #2:  Brownfields and Climate Change: A Win-Win! When Brownfields Redevelopment is Part of the Solution

Daniel Donovan - Plainfield Renewable Energy

Tom Bourgeois - "Clean Power on Remediated Brownfield Sites"

Moderator: Beth Barton, Esq., Partner, Day Pitney LLP

Panelists:
Daniel Donovan, Plainfield Renewable Energy  
Sean McCloskey, Penn Energy Trust
Tom Bourgeois, Pace University Energy & Climate Center
Kenny Esser, NJ Office of the Governor
Michael Friemuth, City of Stamford, CT

11:00- 11:15

Break

11:15-12:15

Morning Workshops

Workshop #1:  Communities as Brownfield Developers:
Their New Role, Sustainable Practices and the Future Ahead

Tom Clark - City Works

Moderators: Lee Ilan, Chief of Planning, New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation / Tracey Vernon, Brownfield Action Team Director, PADEP

Panelists:
Regina Winters, ZARED Enterprises
Tom Clark, City Works
Paul Rabinovitch, Terra Cycle Investments
Nadine Maleh, Common Ground

Workshop #2: Regionalism, Smart Growth and Brownfields

Moderator: Robert Santy, President, Connecticut Economic Resource Center and Chris Costopoulos, Empire State Development Corporation

Panelists:
David Kooris, Regional Plan Association
Larry Newman, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry
Curtis Cravens, New York State Department of State 

Workshop #3:  Sustainable Approaches to Assessment and Remediation to Brownfields Sites

Moderators:  Gary Rozmus, Vice President, Gannett-Fleming / Anna Willett, Director, ITRC

Panelists:
Kristeen Gaffney, USEPA Region 3
John Simon, Remediation Journal
Gerry Kirkpatrick, Environmental Standards Inc.

12:15 - 1:45

Lunch Speaker :   
Mark N. Mauriello, NJDEP Acting Commissioner

Brownfields and Sustainability: A 21st Century Perspective

1:45 - 3:00

Afternoon Workshops

Workshop #1: Green Development in the 21st Century: Implementing the Dream on Brownfields Sites

What Works, What Doesn't and What is Needed.
 
Moderators: Barry Hersh, Associate Clinical Professor, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate / Larry Schnapf, Esq., Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Panelists:
Charles Gallub, Develcom, LLC
Alexander Durst, The Durst Organization
George Vallone, Hoboken Brownstone
Tracey Vernon, PADEP

Workshop #2:  Brownfields and Water: Sustainable Approaches to Restoration of Water Systems

Brownfields and Water: Sustainable Approaches to Restoration of Water Systems

Moderator: Sue Boyle, Senior Environmental Practice Leader, GEI Consultants

Panelists:
Eric Rothstein, eDesign Dynamics
Meredith Harris, Roux Associates
Kimberly Barber, GEI Consultants, Inc., Ecological Division
Mitchell Bormack, TRC Companies, Inc.

Workshop #3: Thinking out of the Box: Using Brownfields to Create Self-Sufficient Neighborhoods: A Discussion about food, shelter, energy and health.

Moderators: Michael Taylor, President, Vita Nuova LLC / Chelsea Albucher, Sustainability Director, City of Newark

Panelists:
Marty Johnson, Isles, Inc.
Michael Freimuth, City of Stamford, CT
Jerry Naples, GreensGrow
Fred Ellerbusch, Novartis, Inc.

3:15 - 4:30

Afternoon Plenary Session:  Where is the Money? Public / Private Partnerships for Sustainability

Charlie Barstch - "Where is the Money?"

Moderators: Rick Gimello, Vice President and Senior Consultant, WCD Capital Partners / Anthony Slimowicz, Director, WCD Capital Partners 

Panelists:
Charlie Barstch, ICF International
Robert Albus, Goodrich Capital
Benjamin Delisle, Jersey City Redevelopment Agency
Major Paul Cain, Salvation Army  

4:30 - 5:30   

Reception