Skip to main content
EMC 2026 Main banner
Final Program


Program Agenda (pdf)

Full Schedule

  1. Home
  2. Full Schedule
Attendees can click on a session to find the recording button for sessions that were recorded.  
Reminder that content is for registered attendees only and may not be copied or shared. 
If you missed EMC and would like Digital Access, please reach out to us.

Full Schedule

  • Monday, April 27, 2026
  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET
    SESSION 1:TMAT - Tennessee's New Functional Assessment Tool (pre-registration)
    Speaker: John Schwartz, PhD, PE – University of Tennessee
    Speaker: Angel Fowler – EcoGenic
  • 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    FIELD VISIT: Conasauga Mitigation Bank and Native Nursery (pre-registration)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    SESSION 3: How to Quantify Biodiversity Using Robust and Transparent Methods
    Speaker: Lis Castillo Nelis – Ramboll
    Speaker: Dan Rockefeller – Ramboll
    Speaker: Jennifer Aylor – Ramboll
    Speaker: Alison Anastasio – Ramboll
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    SESSION 4: Environmental Markets on Public Lands
    Moderator: Lindsay Teunis, CERP – SWCA
    Speaker: George Platt – The Wetlandsbank Group
    Speaker: Sabine Postma – Greene Economics
    Speaker: Sophie Beavin – U.S. Forest Service National Partnership Office
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    SESSION 5: Funding Your Mitigation Project
    Speaker: Gray Stevens – Sandy Creek Partners
    Speaker: Don Ross – Sandy Creek Partners
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    FIELD VISIT: TDOT's Urban Wetland & Infrastructure Project (pre-registration)
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    SESSION 2: Intro to Compensatory Mitigation and Joint Authority Banking: Fundamentals, Site Development, and Business Structures (Banks, ILFs, PRMs)
    Speaker: Andy Beaudet – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Speaker: Toby McBride – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Speaker: Tyler Thigpen Bell – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Speaker: Hal Holland – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Speaker: Jenny Thomas – Naturion
  • 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    FIELD VISIT: Battle Ridge Mitigation Bank (pre-registration)
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    TMAT FIELD WORK (pre-registration; for TMAT Workshop registrants only)
  • 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Networking Break
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    SESSION 6: Intro to Environmental Markets: Understanding the Market Types
    Speaker: Karen Berg – Creekbank Associates
    Co-Author: Jody L. Bickel – Creekbank Associates
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    SESSION 7: Practical Applications: Technology and Methods for Species and Co-Benefits Valuation
    Moderator: Pamela J. Fetterman – Coastal Resources Group, Inc.
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    SESSION 8: Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Banking - Getting from Experimental to Mainstream
    Speaker: Dan Berlin, PWS – Anchor QEA, Inc
    Speaker: Matt Bouadana – GreenVest, LLC
    Speaker: Andrew Gregg – RestorCap
  • 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Networking Break
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    SESSION 9: Conflicts, Conflicts of Interest, and Conflict Resolution Workshop
    Speaker: Veronica Rowan – Solo Practitioner
    Speaker: Michelle L. Mattson – Institute for Water Resources (IWR), USACE
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    SESSION 10: RIBITS Training for ILFs - Understanding In-lieu Fee Program Ledgers (Regulatory In-lieu fee and Bank Information Tracking System)
    Speaker: Beattie S. Williams – Starr Enterprises
    Speaker: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
    Speaker: Lindsey Lefebvre – USACE Institute for Water Resources
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    SESSION 11: Valuation Considerations - Mineral Rights, Permitting Risks, Appraisal Issues
    Moderator: Joseph Williams – Ecosystem Investment Partners
  • 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    SESSION 12: Sales and Marketing Roundtable: Successful Strategies for Marketing and Selling Environmental Credits
    Facilitator: Kae Hovater – EcoCredit Marketing
    Facilitator: Desmond Duke – RES
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM ET
    MONDAY MIXER