Agenda

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

1:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Conference Registration Open - Rosen Centre Hotel

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Exhibitor Setup

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Pre-Conference Workshop:

Managing Risk in Remediation: Funding, Insurance & Project Success

Moderator: TBD

Funding and Insuring Remediation Projects: A Practical Playbook for Florida Cleanup Success

Bimal Shah, CEO, The One Year Breakthrough 

Did you know? Environmental Insurance Edition

Jessica Biggs, Managing Director - Environmental Risk, Specialty Services, Hylant  

Suzi Horn, Environmental Risk Advisor, Hylant  

Edwin Baez, Specialty Risks - Environmental, Beazley

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Welcome Reception  - Exhibit Hall

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

Emerging Contaminants: Regulations, Standards & Remediation Challenges

Moderator: TBD

Emergent Contaminants, Including PFAS and Other Environmental Regulatory Legislative and Litigation Developments

Ralph DeMeo, Esq., Special Counsel, Adams & Reese

Remedial Insanity - Is There a Cure?

Chad Northington, P.E., Senior Remediation Engineer, Geosyntec

ASTM Microplastic and PFAS Standards - A Status Update

Nicholas Albergo, P.E., Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of South Florida and Senior Advisor, GHD Services Limited

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Refreshment Break – Exhibit Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Session I:

Emerging Contaminants: Technical Advances in Assessment and Remediation

Moderator: TBD

In Situ Performance of Modified Clay for PFAS Remediation: Multiple Site Reviews

Derek Pizarro, CPG, Senior Remediation Geologist, AST Environmental, Inc.

Regulatory Risk–Informed Procedures for PFAS Sampling, Data Management, and Remediation

Angela Ryan, Vice President and Local Business Lead, and Adam Taylor, P.G., Senior Geologist, WSP USA, Inc.

Emerging Contaminants in Florida's Coastal Landscape: Laboratory Perspectives on Microplastics and 6-PPD-Quinone

Jonathan Thorn, Technical Director and PFAS Practice Leader, Eurofins Environment Testing (USA)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Session II:

Advanced Site Characterization and Remediation Optimization

Moderator: TBD

Increasing Contaminant Destruction During Application of Activated Carbon Reagents for Reductive Groundwater Remediation 

Dr. Fayaz Lakhwala, Ph.D., Key Accounts Manager - Soil & Groundwater Remediation, Evonik Corporation

Passive Flux Meters as a High-Resolution Contaminant Distribution Characterization Tool

Christian Parke, Southeast District Technical Manager, Regenesis Bioremediation

Drilling Down: Using Horizontal Directional Drilling Pilot Studies to De-Risk and Optimize Full-Scale Remediation

Elliott Andelman, P.G., Environmental Project Manager, Directional Technologies, Inc.

DNAPL Forensics

Dr. Kesavalu M. Bagawandoss, Ph.D., J.D. Industries & Environment Technical Director North America, SGS North America, Inc.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Refreshment Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Session III:

Innovative Remediation Technologies for Complex Contaminants

Moderator: TBD

Treating 1,4-Dioxane Commingled with Chlorinated Ethanes Using Extended-Release Potassium Persulfate

John Valkenburg, P.E., Senior Engineer & Technical Sales Manager Soil & Groundwater Remediation, Evonik Corporation

Soil Remediation of PFAS Using Rapid Leaching Technology

Shaun Malin, P.G., Principal & Director of Strategic Development, HRP Associates, Inc.

Closing the Loop: Full-Scale Chlorinated Solvent Remediation via Recirculation

Kevin Moore, National Sales Director, ETEC, Inc.

Expanding the Applicability of Air Sparging Using Horizontal Wells

Lance Robinson, P.E., President, EN Rx

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Reception - Exhibit Hall 

8:15 am – 12:00 pm

Registration Open

8:15 am – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Session IV:

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

Invited Panelists:

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

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

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Refreshment Break - Exhibit Hall

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Session V:

Innovative Technologies Transforming Environmental Remediation

Moderator: TBD

The Human-Centered Approach to Leveraging AI and Drones for Remediation

Brendan Brown, Environmental Scientist, CDM Smith

Modernizing Fugitive Dust Management for Arsenic-Impacted Florida Golf Course Redevelopment

Paul R. Pickering, VP Strategic Accounts, Aeroqual

Combining Sulfidated Zero Valent Iron With Emulsified Vegetable Oil

Dr. Michael Lee, Vice-President Research and Development, Terra Systems

12:00 pm

Adjourn

11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Golf Outing

• 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Golfer Sign-in 
• 12:30 pm Shotgun Start