Agenda

8:00am – 9:00am – Coffee & Networking

9:00am – 10:00 am: Politics & Policy
EBI’s federal analyst and EBJ’s politics & policy editor Andy Paterson provides an overview of the politics and policy driving the environmental industry in 2019-2020. Now the dust has settled in Washington after the 2018 mid-term election, budgets and legislative agendas and not totally clear, but leadership and agendas are taking shape.

10:20am – 12:00pm: National & Regional Market Outlook
A regional report on market dynamics in New England and nationwide by Grant Ferrier features a summary of EBJ’s recent analysis of the environmental consulting & engineering, remediation and environmental contracting segments; and results of EBJ’s 2018 surveys of the environmental industry nationally and in New England highlighting growth sectors by client, service and media.

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch

1:15pm – 2:30 pm: Strategic Growth Planning and Execution in Environmental Services and Markets
Perspectives from senior executives of national and regional players.
Moderator: Al Spiers, 2020 Environmental Group
Panelists include: John Cowdery, President and CEO, Cascade Environmental; Harry Kim, Managing Director – Global Environmental Services Group, Hatch; Don Bradford, President & CEO, Ensafe

3:00pm – 4:15pm: Strategic Growth and Ownership Transition thru M&A
Insights from Buyers, Sellers and M&A Advisors.
Moderator: Al Spiers, 2020 Environmental Group
Panelists include: Scott J. Wallington, Senior Vice President/Chief Development Officer, GEI Consultants; Paul Greywall, Director, Trinity Consultants

4:30pm – 5:00 pm: Wrap-Up and Q&A

 

2017 Attendees

2020 Environmental Group, AECOM, Aggregate Recycling, Alpha Analytical, Apex Companies, Buchanan & Associates, CDM Smith, CH2M, Charter Contracting Company, Clean Earth, Ecology & Environment, EnviroVantage, GEI Consultants, Golder Associates, Inter-Fluve, JMH Capital Partners, Kleinfelder, Laboratory Data Consultants, Mabbett & Associates, Microbac Laboratories, Miller Environmental Group, Normandeau Associates, NRC, Ramboll Environ, Strategic Environmental Services, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Terracon Consultants, The Vertex Companies, Tighe & Bond, TRC Solutions, Trinity Consultants, VHB, and Weston Solutions.