EBI Webinar Series
Upcoming Webinar:
Environmental Information & Data Management
January 15, 2021
12pm PST / 3pm EST
Welcome to EBI’s Webinar Series!
EBI Webinars are monthly strategic market segment presentations and interactive discussion panels with 150-180 minutes of audio or video content, and one combined presentation file.
EBI Webinars feature the latest EBI research or industry trend analysis from EBJ and CCBJ that is discussed and analyzed by experts and senior executives representing leading companies and innovators across the environmental industry.
New editions of Environmental Business Journal® (EBJ) and Climate Change Business Journal® (CCBJ), in addition to recent EBI research are summarized in webinars hosted by Editor-in-Chief Grant Ferrier.
Webinars feature the proprietary data models and survey results published in each edition, as well as expert opinions and key contributors in an interactive Q&A panel format.
EBI webinars provide deeper perspective to augment the material presented in our EBJ and CCBJ. They also serve as a standalone audio or video and presentation file summarizing the key issues emerging from EBI’s most recent research.
2021 schedule includes monthly broadcasts scheduled for the 3rd Friday of each month, with additional dates for special events like regional Environmental Industry Summits or the annual EBJ and CCBJ Business Achievement Awards.
Annual Webinar Subscriptions
EBI now offers subscriptions to the 2020 webinar series!
With a subscription purchase you and the registrants from your company will have access to all upcoming webinars, as well as slide decks, data sets and webinar recordings once the webinar is completed.
Upcoming Webinars
Environmental Information & Data Management
January 15, 2021
12pm PST / 3pm EST
Environmental Business Journal continues its webinar series with a focus on environmental information on Friday, January 15 at 3pm eastern time.
The event features EBI analysis on environmental information markets for technology, software and services firms, and a presentation on the rapid transition to digitalization of environmental project data in the 2020s.
Results of a detailed EBJ survey are presented and discussed by distinguished panelists representing two constituencies:
- One consisting of recent entrants and startups in focus on environmental data management value propositions for environmental services companies and the regulated community
- Another consisting of environmental consulting & engineering and project management leaders and how they have invested in software, systems, training and integration of the latest wave of Information Systems to manage, collect, manage, store, analyze, visualize and display project data for themselves and for their clients.
Host:
Grant Ferrier- EBI
Panelists:
Jeremy Schewe- Ecobot
Mark Packard- DDMS Inc.
R. Mukund- Benchmark Digital Partners LLC
Jim Jonas- Copper Environmental Consulting
Kristen Hazard- Wildnote
Emily Mulford- EarthSoft Inc.
Alex Mahrou- Jacobs
Past Webinars
Infrastructure & the Environmental Industry in the 2020s Webinar
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The evolution of infrastructure in the United States during the decade of the 2020s will have a significant impact on American competitiveness, quality of life and the environment.
The deployment of technology and services to disruptive forces surrounding this evolution will offer significant opportunities for today’s environmental industry, and it sheds light on the tangential services that will be offered in the increasingly broadening and integrating professional & technical services market.
Infrastructure categories researched and modeled in market forecasts by Environmental Business Journal include:
Energy & Power
Water & Wastewater
Solid Waste, Recycling & Energy Recovery
Communications & Information Technology
Transportation
EBJ’s service definitions and forecast for this evolving market, and rankings of the most influential disruptive forces in the 2020s, will be presented by EBJ editor Grant Ferrier followed by a panel of experts and practitioners in the market. EBI webinars are scheduled for 2.5 hours but open discussion often stretches to 3 hours.
A presentation and interactive discussion of themes and market data published in EBJ Vol XXXIII No 7/8: Infrastructure & the Environmental Industry in the 2020s
Expert Panelists:
Steve Nalefski– Vice President of Environmental Services at Burns & McDonnell
Amanda Black– Principal at Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc.
Amy Squitieri– Vice President at Mead & Hunt
Curt Bjurlin- Power Sector Leader – Environmental Services at Stantec
Green Buildings & Smart Cities
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EBI presents a webinar summarizing climate change business journal’s recent research on the green buildings and smart cities market segments, and prospects for growth and market evolution in the 2020s.
A summary of EBI’s segmentation and quantification of the climate change industry precedes a more detailed discussion of business opportunities in green buildings and smart cities. Trends in client investment strategies and the competitive dynamics of leading players are discussed with participants from both market segments.
Urbanization of the world’s population continues and buildings still account for 39% of GHG emissions, highlighting the importance of these two challenges. Smart city markets may be several years behind green building markets, but are emerging faster as the pace of technology powers devices, connectivity, and consumer, civic & corporate investment around the world.
Hosted by:
Grant Ferrier, Editor, Climate Change Business Journal
Expert Panelists:
Dr. Avi Patwardhan- Managing Director of Global Smart Cities Practice at Jacobs
Sean Quinn- Sr. Associate & Sustainable Design Leader at HOK
Peter Kindel- Director of Urban Design and Planning at Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill
Jay Mezher- Vice President & Digital Delivery Practice Leader at Mott MacDonald
Peter Glus- North American Big Urban Client Director at Arcadis
Marwan Madi- Emerging Technologies Practice Leader at CDM Smith
Tim Farkas- Director of Finance at Ameresco
Click here to see full details on this feature edition of Climate Change Business Journal
Environmental Industry Outlook & Market Forecast 2020-2021 Webinar
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In this 2-hour Environmental Industry Outlook webinar and interactive discussion, EBI presents its baseline market forecast for 2020 and 2021.
Results and analysis from EBJ’s annual Snapshot Survey are summarized and alternative recovery scenarios are presented.
Two discussion panels ensue featuring economic analysts and management consultants and their take on 2020-2021 scenarios, and then executives from environmental services
12-12.45: EBI Environmental Industry Outlook presentation and panelist response
12.45-1.15: Analyst and Management Consultant view on recovery scenarios
1.15-1.45: Environmental Executive perspective on 2020-2021 markets
Webinar Host and Moderator:
Grant Ferrier- CEO of Environmental Business International
Webinar Guest Speakers:
Pat Taylor-Woodyard- Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Weston Solutions
Bob Grim- Head of Business Development at AnchorQEA
Peter Walter- Managing Director at L.E.K. Consulting
Dave Zarider- Senior Vice President of TRC
Jay Hofmann- President and CEO of Trinity Consultants
Mergers & Acquisitions in the Environmental Industry 2020
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Environmental Business Journal® recently compiled analysis on merger & acquisition activity and trends in deal structure and valuations in the environmental industry. Combining this perspective with EBJ’s aggregation of expertise of leading analysts and investment bankers serving the industry puts EBJ in a unique position to summarize the current state of investment and M&A in the environmental industry.
On July 24th at 12pm PST, EBJ hosted a 2-hour webcast featuring a summary of environmental industry consolidation and future prospects for investment and acquisition activity. A roundtable of experts debated key issues such as valuations, ownership structures, the increasing influence of private equity-backed companies, and the historical dominance of employee-owned models in a service-based industry.
And no broadcast is complete in the summer of 2020 without an up-to-date analysis on the impact of COVID on the industry. Panelists appeared in three sets allowing Q&A from the participants.
Webinar Host and Moderator: Grant Ferrier- CEO of Environmental Business International
Webinar Guest Speakers:
Panel 1: Reaction to 2020 Pandemic by Buyers & Sellers in Environmental C&E
Al Spiers- Founder & CEO of 2020 Environmental Group
Ian Rusk- Managing Principal at Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners
Colvin Matheson- CFA CM&AA at Matheson Advisors
Joe Smetona- Principal at AEC Advisors LLC
Panel 2: M&A & Credit Markets in Environmental Services
Jessica Barclay- Managing Partner at EFCG
Effram Kaplan- Managing Director & Principal at Brown Gibbons Lang & Company
Tony Brindisi- Co-Founder and Managing Partner at RTC Partners
Panel 3: Private Equity’s Evolving Picture of Environmental Industry Investments
Disha Mehta- Director at Houlihan Lokey
Michael Castellarin- Managing Director at Clairvest
Ryan Roberts- Investment Partner at Pritzker Private Capital
Emerging Technology & the Environmental Industry: 2020-2030
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Environmental business International continues its webinar series with a 1-hour review and 1-hour Q&A discussion of the recent Environmental Business Journal edition on emerging or disruptive technology in the environmental industry today and for the rest of the decade.
Information management and automated & remote monitoring dominate the activity as the decade dawns, but few seem to know what to do with artificial intelligence and blockchain.
Environmental companies are aware, however that their competitive future increasingly depends on their technical edge.
Join presenter Grant Ferrier, editor of EBJ since 1988 as he summarizes this intriguing topic and presents results of EBJ’s environmental industry survey of expectations about deployment of technology today and investment over the decade, and what type of clients and environmental media applications will see the most movement.
Climate Change Consulting Webinar
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CCBJ estimates climate change industry consulting revenues at $4.6 billion in the United States, and substantially more in climate-related engineering, construction and contracting for a total market of more than $20 billion. Core segments of Adaptation & Resilience and Mitigation & Compliance are still mostly the realm of specialist firms, but entities of all types are positioning business propositions in climate change. CCBJ’s recent edition on CCC quantifies all aspects of the market, but also profiles 11 leading practitioners.
EBI’s webcast on the subject explains the details of its market quantification and growth models, strategic objectives of major competitor types, and key indicator statistics that form the basis for long-term market demand.
Natural Resource Management Webinar
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Natural Resources Management represents a growing $3.3 billion slice of the $34 billion U.S. environmental consulting & engineering industry. In spite of curtailed momentum in natural resource policy in federal agencies, statutes and regulations have hardly been eroded and reinvigorated efforts in state & local jurisdictions and resilient private markets driven by development have paced growth in NRM services. EBJ’s recent research on the subject includes a comprehensive survey of NRM companies with collective perspective on market drivers, client trends, and the already revolutionary impact of technology. EBI’s webcast on NRM features detailed analysis of the NRM market and current trends, and presents key indicator statistics on ecosystems and iconic species.
Air Quality & Pollution Webinar
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EBJ continues its webinar series with a complete analysis and a strategic overview of the $24-billion U.S. Air Quality & Air Pollution Control market. With an emphasis on services, market drivers, pollutants and client sectors, the 90-minute review includes data from EBJ’s Q4 2019 comprehensive survey of AQ&APC equipment and services vendors, and the presentation of historical data on emissions, fuels consumption, APC technology applications and other factors that indicate future growth prospects in the market. Trends in client demands, regulatory requirements and the role of technology, automated systems and AI are also discussed While air quality has traditionally been one of the most regulatory driven of environmental markets, recent federal inactivity has been countered by state & local programs and industry initiatives to continue to drive air quality investments.
PFAS Webinar
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Environmental Business Journal recently completed a strategic overview of the U.S. remediation market and the dawn of the ‘PFAS Era’.
