New activities include a comprehensive bookstore
and alternative fueled-car display.
| September 13, 2005 (Preconference workshops) |
| 8 a.m. – noon |
Preconference
morning workshops (click for workshop descriptions and registration
information) |
| 1 – 5 p.m. |
Preconference
afternoon workshops (click for workshop descriptions and
registration information)
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| 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
Full-day
workshops (click for workshop descriptions and registration
information) |
| 6 – 8 p.m. |
Evening Reception in Exhibit Hall |
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| September 14, 2005 |
| 8 – 10:30 a.m. |
Plenary Session: Welcome, Mayor
Douglas Wilder
Plenary Speaker: John Knott, Managing Director/CEO, The Noisette Company, LLC
Panel with State Secretaries, moderator, Daniel Slone, McGuireWoods
LLP
Participating State Secretaries: Pierce Homer (transportation)
W. Tayloe Murphy, Jr. (natural resources)
Michael Schewel (commerce and trade) |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Break with exhibitors |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Conference Track Sessions |
| 12:30 – 2 p.m. |
Lunch with Keynote Speakers: Gerald McCarthy, Executive Director, Virginia Environmental Endowment, and Russell Baxter, Virginia Assistant Secretary of Natural Resources, Chesapeake Bay Coordination |
| 2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Conference Track Sessions |
| 3:45 – 4 p.m. |
Break with exhibitors |
| 4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Conference Track Sessions |
| 6 – 7 p.m. |
Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| 7 – 9 p.m. |
VMA Hosted Dinner and Awards: Awards Presentation by Gov. Mark Warner (invited);
Guest Speaker Steven Johnson, Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (invited), and Hugh Gouldthorpe, Senior Vice President, Owens and Minor |
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| September 15, 2005 |
| 8 – 10:15 a.m. |
Plenary Session Welcome
Plenary Keynotes: Donald Aitken, Ph.D., Donald Aitken Associates; David Paylor, Virginia Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources; Robert Bloxom, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry |
| 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Break with Exhibitors |
| 10:45 – 12:15 p.m. |
Conference Track Sessions |
| 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Diane Dale, ASLA, JD, Director of Community Design, William
McDonough + Partners;
Tim Beatley, Ph.D., Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities,
School of Architecture, University of Virginia
For a description of the tours and registration, click
here.
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| 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. |
Plenary Roundtable: Building a
Sustainability Policy Agenda for Virginia, A Roundtable of Leaders
and Advocates, The Honorable L. Preston Bryant, Jr., Virginia House
of Delegates.
Co-facilitators: Robert Holsworth, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University; and Daniel K. Slone, McGuireWoods LLP |
| 2:45 – 5 p.m. |
Post Conference Tours and Other Activities
For a description of the tours and registration, click
here.
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| Water Resources and Sustainability track |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| Session 1 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Water Resources and Informatics
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| Session 7 |
2:12 – 3:45 p.m. |
Watersheds and Sustainable Development |
| Session 13 |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Water Quality and Sustainable Growth |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
| Session 19 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Tools for Planning Sustainable Water Supplies |
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| Industrial Stewardship and Sustainability Options track |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| Session 2 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
The Benefits of Environmental Management Systems |
| Session 8 |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Corporate and Community Social Responsibility |
| Session 14 |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Air Regulations |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
| Session 20 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Water Regulations |
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| Healthy Buildings and Communities track |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| Session 3 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
High Performance Commercial Buildings |
| Session 9 |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Development in the Urban Core |
| Session 15 |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Green Building in the Residential Marketplace |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
| Session 21 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Design for Healthy Communities |
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| Sustainable Policy for the 21st Century track |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| Session 4 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Exemplary Local Government Sustainability Policy in Virginia and Beyond |
| Session 10 |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Exemplary State Government Policy |
| Session 16 |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Federal Sustainability Policy |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
| Session 22 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Politics of Sustainability |
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| Energy for an Efficient and Secure Future track |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| Session 5 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
The Green Power Market |
| Session 11 |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Waste-to-energy Strategies |
| Session 17 |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Innovative
and Market-ready Renewable Energy Technologies |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
| Session 23 |
10:45 a.m. –12:15 p.m. |
Virginia's Energy Future |
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| Transportation: Environment, Economics,
and Land Use track |
| Wednesday, Sept. 14 |
| Session 6 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Negotiated Solutions for Transportation and Land Use Conflicts |
| Session 12 |
2:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Addressing Trends in Mobile Source Emissions |
| Session 18 |
4 – 5:30 p.m. |
Regional Land Use and Transportation Issues |
| Thursday, Sept. 15 |
| Session 24 |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Exploring
Agriculture/Energy and Land Use Issues |
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