Apr 7-8: 21st Annual Environment Virginia Symposium

Wednesday-Thursday April 7 & 8, 2010
(Tuesday, April 6- Pre-Symposium)
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA

Optimizing Stewardship in a Challenging Environment

Please join over 500 environmental decision-makers from all sectors and from across the Commonwealth to learn the latest about environmental challenges and solutions and to build partnerships to implement solutions to these challenges. For more information, please visit the Symposium website.

Pre- Symposium Workshops
Three 5-hour workshops are offered on Tuesday, 6 April. Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU's) through attending a workshop and symposium breakout sessions. Sessions include: Making Virginia a "Green Jobs Zone", James River: Resources Management Framework and Future Challenges, and Preserving Virginia's Battlefields.

Registration
Registration is available online and earlybird registration ends on January 31. Registration is: $180 per person for Government employees, $240 for private sector, $90 for academic/non-profit, and $20 for students.

Agenda
The preliminary agenda includes Seven tracks featuring four sessions each:
1. Regulatory updates - air, water, stormwater, waste;
2. Restoring the Chesapeake Bay;
3. Strategic land conservation;
4. Energy development;
5. Viable and sustainable farms and forests;
6. Adapting to Climate Change; and
7. (Re-) Development.

Also meet the Governor of Virginia's environmental team and hear their goals and plans for the environment. Keynote speakers include:

Dennis Treacy, Vice President, Environmental and Corporate Affairs, Smithfield Foods, Inc.

James Gustave "Gus" Speth, author, Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. Co-founder of the World Resources Institute and the National Resources Defense Council.

Invited Keynote Speakers, include:

The Honorable Robert F. McDonnell, Governor-elect, Commonwealth of Virginia

Doug Domenech, Designee, Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia

Charles Fox, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Chesapeake Bay, US Environmental Protection Agency (invited)

Jon Jarvis, Director, National Park Service (invited)

There will also be over 40 exhibitors including companies, non-profits, state and federal agencies, universities, and industries that all play a key role in solving our environmental challenges. Visit these booths for the latest technologies, services, and information that can help your organization fulfill its goals.

Conference Hosts
The Virginia Military Institute is honored to coordinate the symposium and greatly for the partnership with the co-hosts and supporting organizations.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Virginia Environmental Endowment
US Army Corps of Engineers - Norfolk District
Virginia Military Institute