Tuesday, June 25
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Registration (Elevator Lobby) Breakfast (Stone House) |
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Opening Ceremonies and Welcome by Wabanaki Leaders (Stone House) |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Keynote Address (Stone House) Jerry Pardilla, Director, Office of Environmental Resource Management, USET |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Agenda Review, TUS App, Announcements (Stone House) |
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Networking Break |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | PFAS Rules Update: The World of PFAS (Stone House) Page Hingst, Tribal Response Program Manager, Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Funding to Mitigate Disasters with “Fed Funds” (Ballroom) Eleanor Ruggiero, EPA, Water Infrastructure & Cyber Resilience Division (WICRD), Oakland Institute for Science & Education (ORISE) Fellow |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Stone House) |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Building your LSLI Inventory (Stone House) Kathy Rodgers, General Manager of The Water Office, LLC BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Asset Management/Climate Adaptation Plans; Who Needs Them and Why? (Ballroom) Mandy J. Holway, PE, Vice President. Olver Associates, Inc. |
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | MBR Systems (Stone House) Kevin Crane, Regional Manager, Kubota Membrane USA Corporation; Damone Supica, P.E., Regional Manager, Kubota Membrane USA Corporation BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Water Sector Cybersecurity Regulatory & Resource Update (Ballroom) Andrew Ohrt, Project Director. West Yost Associates |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Networking Break |
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | COMBINED – Technical and Financial Tracks | Wastewater I & I (Stone House) Joe Nepas, Regional Manager, Innovation & Solutions, M.E. Simpson Co. Inc. Special Services & Technologies for Wastewater Infrastructure Management |
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Caterpillar Simulator for Heavy Equipment Training (Ballroom) |
Wednesday, June 26
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast (Stone House) |
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Activated Sludge 101 Workshop (Part 1) (Stone House) William M. Olver, P.E., President and Senior Managing Partner. Olver Associates, Inc. Environmental Engineers BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Water Loss (Ballroom) Randy Lusk, Vice-President. Innovation & Solutions. M.E., Simpson Co. Inc. |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Activated Sludge 101 Workshop (Part 2) (Stone House) William M. Olver, P.E., President and Senior Managing Partner. Olver Associates, Inc. Environmental Engineers BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Workforce Development (Ballroom) Cindy Goodburn Consulting |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Networking Break |
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Canine Water Leak Detection (Stone House) Carrie Kessler, Elisa Jones. Daniel Levey and Steve Porter BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Managing Your Utility System into the Future (Part 1) (Ballroom) Hope Thomson, Project Director, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Environmental Finance Center |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Stone House) Drinking Water Contest |
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Backflow/Cross Connection/Hazard Mitigation Workshop (Stone House) Kathy Riley, Backflow Compliance Specialist, Charlotte Water; Mitch LeBas, President, Backflow Prevention Services, LLC. BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Managing Your Utility System into the Future (Part 2) (Ballroom) Hope Thomson, Project Director, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Environmental Finance Center |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Networking Break |
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Backflow/Cross Connection/Hazard Mitigation Workshop (Stone House) Stephen Bitely, Regional Vice President of Inspections, VSC Fire and Security BREAKOUT – Financial Track | Managing Your Utility System into the Future (Part 3) (Ballroom) Hope Thomson, Project Director, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Environmental Finance Center |
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Caterpillar Simulator for Heavy Equipment Training (Ballroom) |
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Banquet (Stone House) Announce Drinking Water Contest Winners |
Thursday, June 27
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast (Ballroom) |
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM | COMBINED – Technical and Financial Tracks | Canine Water Leak Demonstration (Ballroom) Carrie Kessler, Elisa Jones, Daniel Levey and Steve Porter BREAKOUT – Technical Track | Caterpillar Simulator for Heavy Equipment Training (Stone House) |
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Participants are encouraged to visit the Abbe Museum in downtown Bar Harbor |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Ballroom) |
1:00 PM | Closing Notes and Participant Survey Adjourn |