Environmental Industry Summit XX in 2022
Join us for our in-person summit in 2022 at the Coronado Island Marriott!
Coronado Island Marriott
2000 2nd St.
Coronado, CA 92118
Proudly Sponsored by
About the Environmental Industry Summit
Since 2001, San Diego has been the site for the annual Environmental Industry Summit in March.
In 2020 EBI has suspended all in-person events, including the national Environmental Industry Summit, the DC Summit, and the three regional events in Texas, Seattle and Boston.
Environmental Industry Summit XX will be held at the Coronado Island Marriott in San Diego, CA -2022!
While EBI adheres to its mission of bringing together the community of senior executives in the environmental industry, we acknowledge that virtual networking is a poor substitute for in-person interaction. The September 9-11 event, like the entire 2020 Summit Series of webcasts, will feature proprietary content in the form of EBI analysis, followed by interactive Q&A with industry leaders and subject experts. Registrants will receive presentation decks and data sets to accompany recorded files of the live sessions.
The 50th anniversary of the environmental industry will be recognized in the virtual events below, but will be celebrated in appropriate style and pomp & circumstance in EBI’s next in-person Environmental Industry Summit expected to make its return in March 2021.
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EBJ Business Achievement Awards, CCBJ Business Achievement Awards, and EBJ Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2020 will be presented to attending recipients in 2021.
Environmental Industry Summit 2020 Agenda: September 9-11, 2020
Interactive Virtual Event via Zoom (all times listed are Pacific time)
Wednesday, September 9: PFAS Discussion Group: 8-10am
Wednesday, September 9: 10 am-12.30 pm
Thursday, September 10: 10 am-12.30 pm
Friday, September 11: Main Session: 10 am-12.30 pm
(Registrants to March 2020 In-Person Meeting Will Receive Log-In; New registrants can sign up for the September Summit or the entire EBI Broadcast 2020 series)
Wednesday 9/9 8-10 am: Small-Group Roundtable on PFAS
Subject Experts Lead an Interactive Discussion on Science, Regs, Drivers, Technology & Treatment
Environmental industry discussion and evolving positions on regulation, ppt standards for drinking water and cleanups, technology options, analytical protocols, ‘protective uncertainty’ for regulators, ‘technical impracticability’ waivers for site managers, and pathways for collaboration with all stakeholders. Discussion participants and leaders include Grant Ferrier, EBJ; John Simon, Nathan; Bill Diguiseppi, Jacobs; Amy Wilson, TRC; Scott Wisher, Cascade; Chuck Newell, GSI; Steve Koenigsberg, EN Rx; Rosa Gwinn, AECOM
Wednesday, September 9, 10am-12.30pm PDT
Introduction: Setting the Context for the Environmental Industry in 2020 and the 2020s
Environmental Industry Market Drivers: Policy & Politics: 10-11.55 am
Andy Paterson’s Politics & Policy Overview: 2020 Economic Impacts of Covid-19 and Government Response; Impacts on Key Client Sectors; Scenarios for the 2020 election, budgets and impacts on environmental & energy programs in DC, states and cities; Likelihood of 2021 initiatives on infrastructure, climate, economic recovery and a Green New Deal
Presenter: Andrew Paterson, EBJ Federal Markets Analyst
Politics & Policy Panelists: Dennis Corbitt, Eurofins TestAmerica; Michael Covert, Terracon Consultants; Mark Robbins, TRC; Lauren Evans, Pinyon Environmental; Art Mabbett, Mabbett & Associates
50th Anniversary of the Environmental Industry Celebration: 12-12:30pm PDT
Recognition and memory montage of industry pioneers: EBJ Lifetime Achievement Winners for 2020
Thursday 9/10, 10am-1pm
10-11: EBJ State-of-the-Industry: Industry Outlook for 2020-2022 with Client and Media/Service Category Demand Trends; Forecasts & Covid-Recovery Scenarios in power, oil & gas, infrastructure, state & local government, manufacturing, tech, commercial development, etc.
Presenter: Grant Ferrier, Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Business Journal
Market Outlook Panelists: Frank Sweet, SVP & Environment Business Line Executive, AECOM; Mike McKibben, SVP & Director of Environment, WSP USA; Jan Walstrom, SVP & GM, Global Environmental Solutions, Jacobs; John Cowdery, CEO, Cascade; Joseph Fluder, CEO, SWCA Environmental Consultants
11-12pm: Infrastructure in the 2020s: Energy & Power; Transportation; IT; Water/Wastewater; Waste & Recycling.
Likely Disruptions and Potential for Funding, P3s, P&P, and NEPA Reform; Panelists include; Joel Farrier, Burns & McDonnell; Bob Kroeger, SWCA Environmental Consultants; Cameron Davis, GEI; James Frolich, Advisian; Rich D’Amato, Brown and Caldwell; Mike Mangione, WSP.
12-1 pm: EBJ & CCBJ 2019 Award Winner Panels. Panelists include: Sanjiv Sinha, SVP Water Resources, Environmental Consulting & Technology; Rob Collier, VP, Developer Relations, LevelTen Energy; Lisa Kay, President, Alta (NV5); Asha Bleier, Planning and Urban Design Senior Project Manager, Dudek; Julio Nuno, SCS Engineers; Derek McNab, Mabbett Ltd; Angie Remer, ddms
Friday 9/11, 10am-12.30pm
10-11 am: PFAS: The Next Wave in Remediation & Water Quality; Panelists include Bill Diguiseppi, Jacobs; Amy Wilson, TRC; Scott Wisher, Cascade; Chuck Newell, GSI; Steve Koenigsberg, EN Rx, Inc; Rosa Gwinn, AECOM.
11-11.45: M&A and Investment Banker Roundtable
Panelists include: Al Spiers, 2020 Environmental Group; Gerry Salontai, RTC Partners; Steve Gido, Rusk O’Brien Gido + Partners; Joe Smetona, AEC Advisors; Jessica Barclay, EFCG
11.45-12.30: Evolving Role of Technology, Information and Leveraging Data & Human Resources in the Environmental Industry in the 2020s
Moderator: Laura Carranza, EBJ; Panelists Kathleen M. Abbott, Executive VP, Arcadis; Marcus Quigley, EFCG; Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith.
12.30; Final Roundtable Wrap-Up: Issuing the Challenge to the Environmental Industry to Act in its Collective Interest
About Our Sponsors
Jacobs
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With $15 billion in fiscal 2018 revenue and a talent force of more than 80,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government and infrastructure sectors. Learn more at www.jacobs.com.
Cascade
Cascade Environmental is a field services contractor that partners with their clients to provide seamless environmental and geotechnical solutions from concept to completion. Cascade provides the industry’s most comprehensive in-house suite of field services to support geotechnical and environmental drilling, site characterization, and environmental remediation projects no matter how routine or complex. They offer the full range of drilling technologies with a versatile fleet including limited access and specialty equipment. Field services include high resolution site characterization, injection and thermal remediation services, and turnkey waste management. With 40+ offices across the US, their experts and resources are available to help fulfill your project needs. Learn more at www.cascade-env.com.
AECOM
AECOM is the world’s premier infrastructure firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle as planners, designers, engineers, consultants and construction managers driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world and living by the motto: Imagine it. Delivered.
TRC
TRC is a leader in delivering professional services for public, private and government clients. We take an integrated approach to your problem, harnessing unparalleled environmental, consultative, engineering and applied technology experience.
EA Engineering, Science and Technology. Inc., PBC
EA is a 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)-owned public benefit corporation that provides environmental, compliance, natural resources, and infrastructure engineering and management solutions to a wide range of public and private sector clients. In business for more than 46 years, EA has earned an outstanding reputation for technical expertise, responsive service, and judicious use of client resources. Learn more at www.eaest.com.
SWCA
SWCA is a 100% employee-owned environmental firm that offers comprehensive environmental planning, regulatory compliance, and natural and cultural resources management services. Their expanding team of professionals combines scientific expertise with in-depth knowledge of permitting and compliance protocols to achieve technically sound, cost-effective solutions for a full spectrum of environmental projects throughout the U.S. and its territories. Learn more at www.swca.com.
UK Department for International Trade
The UK’s Department for International Trade is the British Government department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to succeed in global business. The department is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the global opportunities open to British companies. For more information, please visit: www.gov.uk/dit.
Terracon Consultants Inc.
Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned consulting engineering firm providing quality services to clients. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services. Terracon serves a diverse portfolio of private and public clients. By being responsive, resourceful, and reliable, we strive to exceed our clients’ expectations for service, solutions, quality, and speed of delivery. Learn more at https://www.terracon.com/.
TRANSEARCH
TRANSEARCH is a global executive search firm that has recruited in the environmental consulting industry for 25 years with significant C-suite and Board Level searches. TRANSEARCH has a unique value proposition for getting the right candidates in front of you from the beginning, to achieve the most thorough, effective, and efficient executive search. https://www.transearchusa.com
Companies in Attendance in 2018 & 2019
2020 Environmental Group, Harris Williams & Co, 3E Company, 7 Mile Advisors LLC, A-Tech Consulting, Abscope Environmental, Inc., AECOM, Aerotek, ALL4 LLC, Alta Environmental, Aquatic Informatics Inc., Aquilogic, Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings Corporation, Aurora Capital, AXYS Technologies, Bank of Montreal, BC2 Environmental, Blymyer Engineers, Brendle Group, Brooks Applied Labs, Brown and Caldwell, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, BSI Services and Solutions, Cadiz, California American Water, Carollo Engineers, Cascade, CHANGE, LLC, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc, Cleantech San Diego, Columbia Technologies, Cowen and Company, DDC Business Resource Intelligence Center, LLC, DDC Construction Services, LLC, Dixon Marine Services Inc., E2 ManageTech, Inc., EA Engineering Science & Technology, EarthCon Consultants, Inc., EarthSoft, ECORP Consulting, Inc., EDR Insight, EMPSi, EMSL Analytical, Inc. / LA Testing, EN Rx, Inc., EnSafe, Environment Analyst Ltd., Environmental Business Council of New England, Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc., Environmental Science Associates (ESA), EnviroVantage, ESC Lab Sciences , Eurofins Calscience, Farallon Consulting, FMI Corporation, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Four Twenty Seven, Inc., GBR Smith Group, GBR Smith Group, LLC, Great Ecology, Great Lakes Environmental & Infrastructure, Greenment Environmental Technology Co., Ltd, Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc., Hallmark Group, Hanson Bridgett, LLP, Hatch Ltd., HDR, HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc., Hepure Technologies, IMPAQ International, ICF, Inter-Fluve, Inc., IO Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc., Ivey International Inc. , JACOBS, JHA Environmental, Inc., JLT Specialty, JMH Capital, Kiawah Consulting Group, Kiawah Consulting Group, LLC, Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Korea Environment Corporation, L.E.K. Consulting, Laboratory Data Consultants. Inc. , Lafargeholcim, Leighton Consulting, Inc., Lincoln International, Locus Technologies, Louis Berger, Mabbett & Associates Inc., Marine Taxonomic Services, Ltd., Marstel-Day, LLC, Mead & Hunt Inc., Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. , Murraysmith, Nautilus Environmental, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., NextGen Today, North Wind Group, NV5 Global, Inc., O’Brien & Gere, Oberman Associates, Inc., Oceanites, Pace Analytical Services, PBS Engineering and Environmental, Inc, Pinyon Environmental, Inc., Psomas, Raytheon, RECON, RES, Reterro, RETTEW Associates, Inc., Rincon Consultants, RMC/Woodard & Curran, ROG Partners, Runkel Enterprises, S.E.H., S2 Management Solutions, Sandberg Consultants, SC&A, Inc., SDG&E, Sentry EHS / St.Germain Collins, Serve to Lead Group, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, SHN, Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc., SOIL-THERM EQUIPMENT, INC., Stantec, Stell, SumCo Eco-Contracting, Sundance Consulting, Inc., SWCA Environmental Consultants; TechKnowledgey SG, Terra Nova Solutions, Terracon Consultants, Inc., Terradex, Inc., TerranearPMC, The Atlas Marketplace, Co., The Cadmus Group, TRC, Trihydro Corporation, Trinity Consultants, Uhler & Co, University of Alabama Center for Economic Development, University of California, San Diego, Verdant Web Technologies, Vista Analytical Laboratory, W&M Environmental Group, LLC, Water Planet, West Yost Associates, Willis Towers Watson, Woodard & Curran, XL Catlin, Zephyr Environmental Corporation, Zurich, Zurich Construction, Zurich North America
