2025 Environmental Seminar Agenda
DRAFT AGENDA: Speakers & Topics Being Finalized, Check Back for Updates
Wednesday, September 24
4:00 – 7:00 pm : Non-compulsory Networking Nerds in Nature
Informal Networking Happy Hour, not required but nice-to-attend – location to be finalized
Dinner not included in registration
Thursday, September 25
7:00 am: Breakfast & Registration
8:00 am: Welcome Remarks
- Panel: Federal Regulations and Legal Updates
- Presentation: Turning Contamination into Opportunity: The Port of Tacoma’s Brownfield Redevelopment Powers Maritime Workforce Education
- Panel:Tech for Tomorrow – Innovations in Port Environmental Management
Noon – 1:00p: Lunch
- Speaker – to be confirmed
- Panel: Dredging Dilemma
- Industrial Symbiosis: What the heck is it and why did you go to Denmark?
- Show Me Something Cool
Port Staff in Attendance
Ports from around Washington share their environmental stories and experiences in a “show and tell” style presentation. Each port staffer attendee who wants to share will have three minutes by way of a video, multimedia, verbal story, song, dance, one act mini play, the sky is the limit…wow us with your tales of glory! Past presentations have been diverse, creative, fun, and motivational. Stories with cute fuzzy animals get extra “oohs and ahhhs”. Bring your story to share with the group and prepare to be inspired!
6:00 – 8:00p: Reception and Dinner
Friday, September 26
7:30 – 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:30 am: Check out of your room
- Presentation: Environmental Justice at the Port – State law, Community Voices, And Port Action
Allyson Bazan, HCMP and Emily Hess, Maul Foster
- Panel: WA Clean Buildings Performance Standards: Unique Port Challenges and Lessons Learned
NWSA, Port of Kalama
- Panel: ESA Consultations (One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish)
Noon: Wrap Up and Adjourn
