Fifth Hawaiʻi Brownfields Forum, 5/24/2011
Posted on May 31, 2011 in All, HEER Conferences, Forums and SymposiumsThe HEER Office collaborated with two other state agencies, the Hawaiʻi Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) and the Hawaiʻi Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), to present the Hawaiʻi Build and Buy Green + Brownfields Redevelopment + Green Workforce Development Conference and Expo on 5/24/2011. This was the first year that the three stand-alone events were brought together as one. The combined event focused on regeneration and reuse of contaminated land, renewable energy, green buildings, and green workforce development. Over 400 participants and 50 exhibitors attended.
EVENT INFORMATION
- Program – May 24, 2011
- The Fifth Hawaiʻi Brownfields Forum was featured in the May/June edition of the EPA State & Tribal Program Highlights. Read the article on page 3.
INVITATION
AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
PRESENTATIONS
- The Brownfields Redevelopment Process – Ignacio Dayrit, Program Director, Center for Creative Land Recycling
- Benefits & Risks of Brownfield Redevelopment – Rayo Bhumgara, President, Sustainable Strategies 2050 LLC
- Environmental Permitting Challenges & Opportunities – Stuart Yamada, Chief, Hawaiʻi Department of Health Environmental Management Division
- Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office Programs & Responsibilities – Lynn Bailey, Brownfields and Voluntary Cleanup Program Specialist, HEER Office
- Environmental Due Diligence, Site Assessment & Hazard Evaluation Overview – Damon Hamura, Principal, EnviroServices & Training Center
- Environmental Liability Protection – Lisa A. Bail, Esq., Partner, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP
- Look Before You Leap Due Diligence and Former Sugarcane Operations – Roger Brewer, Senior Scientist and Environmental Hazard Assessment Specialist, HEER Office
- Forest City Enterprises Photovoltaic Development – Race Randle, Development Manager, Forest City Hawaiʻi
- Gasco Site Remediation Lessons Learned – Mark Sutterfield, Consultant, HEER Office and Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch; and Chris Morgan, PE, Weston Solutions