Washington Athletic Club: Noble Room
1325 Sixth Ave, Seattle, WA
Thursday, July 25th, 2019; 9am-5pm
Thank You to everyone that attended the 2019 PNW Environmental Industry Summit!
The 4th Annual Pacific Northwest Environmental Industry Summit was held in Seattle on July 25, 2019. Co-hosted by Environmental Business International and 2020 Environmental Group, PNWEIS III was attended by over 75 environmental industry executives.
According to the latest Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) 2019 industry surveys and market research, the Pacific Northwest growth forecast for the environmental C&E industry in 2019 (6.5%) is almost double the U.S. national average (3.4%). Driving this growth are new and emerging markets such as contaminated sediments, PFAS, renewable energy, water, transportation/infrastructure, and intense real estate redevelopment driven by population relocations (from places such as California) and the tech industry. Below are just a few of the data points from EBJ’s PNW market survey:
PNW is the #3 Growth Market for Env C&E Services in the U.S. (with Southern California #1).
Greater Seattle is #1 Growth Market for Environmental Services in the greater PNW Region.
PNW has a 4.5% market share of the $34 billion U.S. Env C&E market (with California having 13%).
Top PNW Client Market Growth Sectors for 2019:
- Property Development (Commercial/Industrial/Residential)
- Port Authorities
- Transportation
- Law Firms/Banks
- Healthcare
- Renewable Energy/Power
Top PNW Drivers for Env C&E Services in 2019:
Tech Industry (Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce) continued expansion plans
Commercial/Industrial Redevelopment of Brownfields/Contaminated Sites
Municipal funding of Major Transportation and Infrastructure
Contaminated sediments in Ports and waterfront sites
Emerging contaminants including PFAS
Water resources and ecological protection (Puget Sound, rivers, lakes, wetlands)
2019 Pacific Northwest Environmental Industry Summit Agenda
8:30 AM – Coffee & Networking
9:00 – 10:20 AM – Environmental Business Journal Industry Outlook & Environmental Market Report:
Recent Growth, Forecast, Client Trends — USA, West Coast and Pacific Northwest:
Grant Ferrier’s interactive EBJ presentation with industry data and survey results
- Last Year & Next Year – EBJ State-of-the-Industry: Was 2018 a High-Water Mark? Outlook for 2019
- Planning Horizon to 2020 – Politics & Policy in the Time of Trump
- Horizon to 2030 – Industry Disruption: Power, Water, Transportation, Food/Agriculture, Tech/Communications
- Horizon to 2050 – Planetary Disruption: Climate Change, adaptation & resilience and sunset of the fossil fuel economy
Audience Participation and Panel Discussion of Market Drivers, Trends, Outlook and Key Client Sectors
BREAK
10:30 – 11:30 AM – Business Sector Disruption & Opportunities for Environmental, Planning & Permitting and Project Management Firms: Autonomous Vehicle Networks, Aviation, Public Transit, Water/Wastewater, PFAS, Remediation & Development, Climate Change Resiliency & Adaptation Planning; Leader: Grant Ferrier, Editor, EBJ; Panelists: TBA
11:30 – 12 PM – Evolution of Chinese Environmental Industry and Links to USA
Presented by: Grant Ferrier, Editor, EBJ; Chris Hazen, Greenment
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 PM – Perspectives on Environmental Technology Trends & Emerging EHS Information Technology Opportunities
The evolving role of Environmental Information Systems and how technology, A.I. and machine learning is impacting the delivery of environmental services.
Moderators: Dan Spiers, 2020 Environmental Group, and Laura Carranza, EBI.
Panelists: Ron Petti, CEO, Verdant Web Technologies; Margery Moore, Co-Founder/CEO, ehsAI
2:30 – 3:15 PM – PFAS the New Future of Remediation, Water Quality, Regulation, Liability and Technology
What does it mean for business? What does it mean for clients? What is the market potential? Will closed sites reopen?
Leaders: Grant Ferrier, EBI & Amy Wilson, PhD, PE, Technical Director, TRC
3:45 – 4:30 PM – M&A Trends for 2019: Buyers, Sellers and Keys to Getting Deals Done
Moderator: Al Spiers, Founder and CEO, 2020 Environmental Group;
Panelists: Paul Greywall, EVP and Director of M&A, Trinity Consultants; Larry Toimil, former Owner/CEO of ESHI and now part of Sound Earth Strategies.
4:30 – 5:00 PM – Summit Wrap-Up and Q&A
5:00 – 6:00 PM — Cocktails
2019 Pacific Northwest Environmental Industry Summit Sponsors Include
Van Oppen & Co 2: Insurance and Risk Control Solutions
Northwest Bank: Banking, Finance, Escrow Services
SWCA Environmental Consultants
JACOBS
Thank You to Our Amazing Sponsors!
COMPANIES THAT HAVE ATTENDED IN THE PAST
2020 Environmental Group, AECOM, Anderson Environmental Contracting, Apex Companies, Atkinson Construction, Brooks Applied Labs, Cascade Drilling LP, CDM Smith, CH2M, CleanAir Engineering, Clear Water Services, Confluence Environmental Company, Durham & Bates Insurance, Durham and Bates Insurance, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, PBC, EcoAnalysts, Ecology & Environment, Ecology and Environment, Inc, Ecology and Environment, EDR, EHSI, EHS-International, Employment Security Department, WA, EMSL Analytical, Environmental Business Council of New England, Environmental Business International, Environmental Partners, Environmental Risk Information Services, Environmental Science Associates , ERIS – Environmental Risk Information Services, ERM, ESA, Farallon Consulting, Forensic Analytical, Four Twenty Seven, Geosyntec Consultants, Global Remediation Solutions, Great Lakes Environmental & Infrastructure, Heritage Environmental Services, ICF, ICF International, Idaho Laser Labs, Intergral Consulting, JACOBS, Kane Environmental, Kinnetic Laboratories, Kinnetic Labs, Landau Associates, Marine Taxonomic Services, Maul Foster & Alongi, Mead & Hunt, Montrose Air Quality Services, Montrose Air Quality Services, NextGen Today, North Wind Group, Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC), NRC Environmental Services, Pace Analytical Services, Pacific Groundwater Group, Parametrix, PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc., PBS Environment and Engineering, POWER Engineers, PPV, Psomas, Ramboll, RIDOLFI, Safe Environment of America, Salient CRGT, Sandberg Consultants, SCS Engineers, Shannon & Wilson, Inc, SLR, SLR Consultants, Sound Transit, SoundEarth Strategies, Stantec, Stell Environmental, Stoel Rives, StormSensor Inc., SWCA, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Terracon, Terracon Consultants, TestAmerica, TestAmerica Laboratories, TRC, Trinity Consultants, TRS Group, U.S. EPA, Van Oppen & Co. 2, Verdant Web Technologies, Virgina Mason, WaterTectonics, Wash DOT NW
