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Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    FIELD VISIT: Cherokee National Forest (pre-registration)
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM ET
    Coffee and Pastries
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    FIELD VISIT: Three Paces Mitigation Bank (pre-registration)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    SESSION 13: Multi-Credits and Benefits in the Regulatory Market
    Moderator: Palmer Hough – U.S. EPA Headquarters
    Speaker: Michelle L. Mattson – Institute for Water Resources (IWR), USACE
    Speaker: Toby McBride – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Speaker: Cara Schweitzer – NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
    Speaker: Matt Gause, CERP – Westervelt Ecological Services
    Speaker: Donald Seaborn – Mitigation Services, Inc
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    SESSION 14: RIBITS Reporting and Visualization - A How-To Workshop
    Speaker: Michelle Thompson – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
    Speaker: Shannon A. Langford – Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA)
    Speaker: Lindsey Lefebvre – USACE Institute for Water Resources
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    SESSION 15: Science in Action: Applications for Soil, Stream, and Biological Recovery
    Moderator: Jamie Becker – U.S. EPA Region 4
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    FIELD VISIT: Chickamauga Lock Tour (pre-registration)
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM ET
    Networking Break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    SESSION 16 Gaming Your Way to Understanding Credit Stacking
    Facilitator: Michelle L. Mattson – Institute for Water Resources (IWR), USACE
    Facilitator: Charlotte Kucera – Federal Highway Administration
  • 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    SESSION 17: Established Water Credit Markets - Stormwater, Resiliency & Water Quality (part 1 of 3 in water market series)
    Moderator: Michael Clark – RES
    Speaker: Joshua Rogers – City of Chattanooga
    Speaker: Matt Howard – Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District
    Speaker: Barrett Jenkins – Davey Mitigation
    Speaker: Tyler Monteith – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    SESSION 18: Regulatory Request System and the Future of Mitigation Data Tracking
    Speaker: Tom Walker – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Speaker: David Shaeffer – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division
  • 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    SESSION 19: Advanced How-To's: Bank/ILF/Project Close-Out; Creative Ways to Meet Goals; Full-Cost Accounting
    Moderator: Adam White – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Special Projects
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM ET
    How to Get Involved with AEMI
  • 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM ET
    Lunch on Your Own (if not States, Tribes & Local Govt)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    LUNCH: State to State Exchange (States, Tribes & Local Govts Only)
    Lead Facilitator: Katie Y. Merritt – NC Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Water Resources
    Facilitator: Sean Connolly – SC Department of Transportation
    Facilitator: Maria Polizzi – Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
    Facilitator: Gary Hubbard – City of Winter Haven
    Facilitator: Tyler Monteith – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    EXHIBITS OPEN
  • 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM ET
    Student & Recent Grads Lunch (by invitation)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM ET
    DISCUSSION ROUNDS
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    FORUM. Customer/End-User (Corporate, Govt, DOTs, COGs, MPOs, Agriculture, Others)
    Facilitator: Richard L. Darden – Federal Highway Administration
    Facilitator: Evan Branosky – National Association of Home Builders
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    FORUM: Federal & State Regulator Staff Only
    Facilitator: Tom Walker – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Facilitator: Palmer Hough – U.S. EPA Headquarters
    Facilitator: Cara Schweitzer – NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
    Facilitator: Toby McBride – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Facilitator: Maria Polizzi – Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
    Facilitator: Tyler Monteith – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    NGO, Govt, Business Provider Panel & Exchange
    Moderator: Timothy Male – Environmental Policy Innovation Center
    Speaker: Greg Kernohan – Ducks Unlimited
    Speaker: Preston W. Smith – Wildwood Environmental Credit Company
    Speaker: Jim Stanfill – NC Department of Environmental Quality
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
    Networking Break in Exhibits
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    FORUM: Business Provider/Sponsor/Banker
    Facilitator: Jenny Thomas – Naturion
    Facilitator: Jaime Zsiros – Coastal Resources Group
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    Meeting: USACE Staff Only
    Facilitator: Tom Walker – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    Meeting: DOTs, States, Other Govt End-User Staff Only
    Facilitator: Sean Connolly – SC Department of Transportation
    Facilitator: Margaret M. Minzner – OKI Regional Council of Governments
    Speaker: Richard L. Darden – Federal Highway Administration
    Speaker: David Shaeffer – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division
    Speaker: Lindsey Lefebvre – USACE Institute for Water Resources
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    Meeting: In Lieu Fee Providers (ILF Providers Only)
    Facilitator: Patrick A. Guerra – NC Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Mitigation Services
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
    Meeting: State Regulator Staff Only
    Facilitator: Katie Y. Merritt – NC Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Water Resources
    Facilitator: Maria Polizzi – Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ