Agenda

Note:  Session titles and names will be linked to pages that contain speaker/moderator profiles.

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Charity Golf Tournament - Shingle Creek Golf Club

3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Conference Registration Open - Rosen Centre Hotel

3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Exhibitor and Poster Presentation Setup

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Pre-Conference Workshop

A Magnificent Evolution of Florida’s Brownfields Program – Expansion and Acceleration of Remediation, Redevelopment, and Reuse Under HB 733

Moderator: Michael R. Goldstein, Esq., Managing Shareholder, The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, P.A.

Panelists:

Howard Nelson, Esq., Partner, Head of Environmental Practice, Bilzin Sumberg

Kerri Barsh, Esq., Co-Chair Environmental Practice, GreenbergTraurig

Jennifer Farrell, P.G.,  Program Administrator, Waste Cleanup Program, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Invited)

Wilbur Mayorga, Chief, Pollution Remediation Section, Miami-Dade County DERM (Invited)

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Welcome Reception    (Pool Deck)

7:45 am – 7:00 pm

Registration Open

7:45 am – 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast – Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Opening Session

Rewriting the Rules: Institutional Controls, PFAS Accountability & Florida’s Brownfields Surge

Welcome: Eugene (Gene) Jones, Executive Director, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.

Moderator: Robyn Neely, Esq., Partner, Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Practice, Akerman LLP

Panelists:

Ralph A. DeMeo, Esq., Shareholder, Guilday Law

Jorge Caspary, P.G., Senior Principal, Montrose Environmental Group

Laurel Lockett, Esq., Shareholder, Carlton Fields, P.A.

Michael Stag,  Esq., Partner, Stag Liuzza, LLC

Howard Nelson, Esq., Partner, Government Relations & Land Development, Bilzin Sumberg

Michael Goldstein, Esq., Managing Shareholder, The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, P.A.

Michael Larson, Partner, Akerman LLP & President-Elect & Board Member, Florida Brownfields Association, Inc.

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Refreshment Break – Exhibit Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Session I:

AI in Remediation: From Business Strategy to Site Solutions

Moderator:  Eugene (Gene) Jones, Executive Director, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.

Panelists:

Vincent Hunt, Founder & CEO, The Bureau of Creative Intelligence

Peter Lakanen, President, Platinum Web Development

Tracy Wittenkeller, President & Founder, T-WORX, Inc.

Brendan Brown, PWS, Principal Scientist and Nature-based Solutions Discipline Leader, CDM Smith

Jevins Waddell, P.Tech., Eng., President & Co-Founder, TRIUM Environmental Inc.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Session II:

PFAS Management and Emerging Contaminants: Regulatory Trends, Treatment Advances, and Global Applications

Moderator:  TBD

The Regulation of Emerging Contaminants: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

Nicholas Albergo, P.E., Senior Advisor, GHD Services

PFAS Treatment Available Today an Overview of Available Technologies 

Eric Jordan, Business Development Manager, Clear Creek Systems

Colloidal Activated Carbon Used to Reduce PFAS Risk in Groundwater at Airports Worldwide: A Multiple Site Review

Patrick Singer, Southeast District Manager, REGENESIS

PFAS Destruction in Various Medias

Susan Sitkoff, P.G., Capital Improvement Plan Division Environmental Manager, City of Orlando

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Refreshment Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Session III:

Innovative Remediation Strategies for Complex Contaminant Challenges

Moderator: TBD

Remediation of Historic Creosote Wood Treating Facility through Implementation of Corrective Measures at JEA’s Kennedy Generating Facility South Parcel

Merrilee Palcic, P.E., JEA

An Innovative Remedial Approach for Petroleum Hydrocarbons When Considering Impacts on Business Operations – A Case Study

Brett Bohentin, Project Manager, APTIM

Permeable Reactive Barriers: In-Situ Treatment Strategies to Mitigate Nitrate and Phosphate Discharge to Surface Water

Dr. Michael Lee, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Development, Terra Systems, Inc.

Reductive Dechlorination with Concurrent Sequestration of PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane in a Large Commingled Plume at a Former Manufacturing Facility

Bill Brab, P.G., CPG, Senior Remediation Geologist, AST Environmental, Inc.

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Poster Reception - Exhibit Hall 

7:45 am – 12:30 pm

Registration Open

7:45 am – 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Session IV:

DEP, Division of Waste Management, Updates from the Petroleum Restoration Program and Waste Cleanup Program

Panelists (Invited):

Mubeen Darji, P.E., Environmental Administrator, Waste Site Cleanup Section, Florida Department of Environmental Protection 

Jennifer Farrell, P.G.,  Program Administrator, Waste Cleanup Program, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

James Treadwell, P.E., Professional Engineer II, Petroleum Restoration Program, Florida Department of Environmental Protection  

Billy Hessman, P.G., Program Administrator, Petroleum Restoration Program, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Refreshment Break - Exhibit Hall

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Session V:

Common Practices for Addressing Contamination in FDOT Right-of-Ways

Panelists:

Kathleen P. Toolan, Special Counsel for Environmental Affairs, Florida Department of Transportation 

Maria Salgado, District Contamination Impact Coordinator, Florida Department of Transportation

Aja Stoppe, Environmental Specialist, Florida Department of Transportation

12:00 pm

Adjourn

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Exhibitor and Poster Breakdown