AGENDA - SURF 23

SURF 23: Societal Perspectives in Sustainable Remediation

The agenda for SURF 23 in Chicago, Illinois will be posted soon.  The meeting will be held all day on July 23 and 24 and until lunchtime on July 25.

Agenda - SURF 22

Draft Agenda

Day 1, Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker/Facilitator
7:30		Registration
8:30		Welcome Remarks, Introduce 2013 Board of Trustees		SURF		Mike Rominger, Karin Holland
9:00		SURF Goals and Objectives for 2013		SURF Presidents (2012, 2013)		Nick Garson, Karin Holland
10:00		Break
10:15		Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt)		Stanford University		Richard Luthy
11:15		Remaking Civilization on Dirty Sites		Town-Green		Stephen Coyle
12:00		Lunch
13:00		Technical/Outreach Initiative Overview		SURF		TBC
13:15		Breakout Session 1
		Government Outreach (Krutch Theater)				Buddy Bealer
		Academic Outreach* (Room 102)				Mike Miller, Pamela Dugan
14:15		Starting a Student Chapter at Stanford University: Challenges and Opportunities		Stanford University		Diana Lin, Jay Thompson
15:00		Break
15:15		Breakout Session 2
		SR Resource Index (Krutch Theater)				Mary Kean, Pamela Dugan
		Water Conservation & Reuse* (Room 102)				Paul Hadley, Patrick Keddington
16:30		Breakout Session 3
		SR Certification & Rating System (Krutch Theater)				Dick Raymond, Diana Hasegan
		SR Research Initiative* (Room 102)				Stew Abrams
17:30		Adjourn
18:00		Networking & Group Dinner

Day 2, Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker
7:30		Registration
8:30		Convene		SURF		Mike Rominger
8:45		Redefining remediation goals with long-term monitoring data		UC Berkeley		Jim Hunt
9:15		Committee and TI Reports and Updates		SURF		Committee/TI leads
10:15		Break
10:30		Breakout Session 4
		SR Resource Index (Krutch Theater)				Mary Kean, Pamela Dugan
		Water Conservation & Reuse* (Room 102)				Paul Hadley, Patrick Keddington
11:30		Comprehensive Detection of Perfluorochemical Precursors at AFFF-Contaminated Sites for Improved Remediation Strategies		UC Berkeley		Erika Houtz
12:00		Lunch
13:00		Breakout Session 5
		Government Outreach (Krutch Theater)				Buddy Bealer
		Student Chapter Competition Initiative* (Room 102)				Mike Miller, Pamela Dugan
14:00		Discussion and Closing Exercise		SURF		TBC
14:45		Wrap Up		SURF		Mike Rominger
15:00		Adjourn

All presentations and other discussions will be held in the main meeting room (Krutch Theater in Building 14).  Breakouts marked with an asterisk* will be held in Room 102.

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Agenda - SURF 21

Draft Agenda (subject to change)

Day 1 - Wednesday December 12, 2012

Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker
7:30		Registration and Refreshments
8:30		Welcome Remarks		SURF		Karin Holland, Mike Rominger
9:00		Keynotes				Senators Lamar Alexander and Chris Coons
9:30		Meeting Purpose		SURF		Karin Holland
9:45		SURF UK		Shell UK		Jonathan Smith
10:15		Break
10:30		SURF Brazil		AECOM Brazil		Sander Eskes
11:00		Panel - Producing Documents		Various		Dave Woodward - Facilitator
12:15		Lunch
1:00		Current state of Remediation and Brownfield Projects in Japan		Shimizu Corporation		Ryuzo Tazawa
1:30		Japan		Environmental Control Center, Japan		Ning Wang
2:00		China		Institute of Soil Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences		Mengfang Chen
2:30		SURF Australia/New Zealand		AECOM Australia		Garry Smith
3:00		Break
3:15		SURF Canada		CN		Stella Karnis
3:45		Taiwan		Taiwan EPA		Hao-Chun Hung
4:15		Panel - Balancing the Three Legs of Sustainability		Various		Sander Eskes - Moderator
5:30		Adjourn
6:30		Group Dinner

Day 2 - Thursday December 13, 2012

Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker
7:30		Registration and Refreshments
8:30		Convene				Mike Rominger
8:45		What I Heard on Day 1		Former EPA Administrator		Marianne Horinko
9:15		Other Day 1 Enlightenments				Mike Rominger
9:45		NICOLE		Honeywell UK		Lucy Wiltshire
10:15		Break
10:30		ISO		University of Nottingham		Paul Nathanail
11:00		Panel - Improving the Practice		Various		Paul Favara - Facilitator
12:15		Lunch
1:00		Panel - Standardizing Guidance for Sustainable  Remediation		Various		Karin Holland - Facilitator
2:15		London Olympic Site Redevelopment		CH2MHIll		Paul Favara
2:45		Break
3:00		US EPA		US EPA		Carlos Pachon
3:30		EU Common Forum		EU Common Forum		Dominique Darmendrail
4:15		Wrap Up				Karin Holland, Mike Rominger
4:30		Adjourn

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Agenda - SURF 20

Draft Agenda - Subject to Change

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Day 1, Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker
7:30  -8:15		Registration
8:15 - 9:00		Welcome Remarks		SURF and CSU		Mike Rominger, Karin Holland, Tom Sale
9:00 - 9:45		Sustainable Remediation 101		SURF		Dave Ellis
9:45 - 10:00		Introduction to SURF Chapters and Student Presentations		Academic Outreach Initiative		Pamela Dugan, Mike Miller, and SURF Student Chapter Presidents
10:00 - 10:15		CO2 Traps – A New Tool for Measuring Natural LNAPL Loss Rates at Petroleum Impacted Sites		CSU		Kevin McCoy
10:15 - 10:30		Developing monitoring protocols and baseline data for assessment of a novel, full-scale combined sewer overflow treatment wetland pilot project in Syracuse, NY		Syracuse		Zeno Levy
10:30 - 11:00		Break
11:00 - 11:15		Biologically Enhanced DNAPL Dissolution in Three-Dimensional Experimental Fracture Network		CSM		Peggy Altman
11:15 - 11:30		Slow Release Permanganate Candles for Sustainable In Situ Chemical Oxidation		Clarkson		Gerlinde Wolf
11:30 - 11:45		Green and Sustainable Remedy Selection & Design for Indian Ridge Marsh, Chicago,		UIC		Erin Yargicoglu
11:45 - 12:00		Dump the Pump: Replacing Pump-and-Treat with an Engineered Attenuation Zone		CSU		Mitch Olson
12:00 - 1:30		Student-Professional SURF Mentor Luncheon/Round Table Discussion
1:30 - 1:45		Optimization of an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Decentralized Communities - Dustin Whyman		Clarkson		Dustin Whynman
1:45 - 2:00		Hydrocarbon Sheens – Governing Processes and Innovative Solutions		CSU		Alison Hawkins
2:00 - 2:45		Student Chapter Panel Discussion: If sustainable remediation were the law of the land, how would this affect your research and future professional plans?		Academic Outreach Initiative		Mike Miller, Moderator
2:45 - 3:15		Break (students depart for New Belgium Brewery tour)
3:15 - 5:00		SURF committee and initiative discussions
4:00 - 5:30		Brewery tour for students
6:00		SURF Professionals and Students meet for informal dinner		Downtown Fort Collins
Day 2, Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker
7:30  -8:15		Registration
8:15 - 9:00		Welcome Remarks		CSU, SURF		Tom Sale, Karin Holland
9:00 - 9:30		CSU Welcome		CSU		Hank Gardner - Associate Vice President of Research
9:30 - 10:30		Session 1: “The Resurgence of Oil and Gas Development - Implications for Sustainable Remediation: Subsurface Setting"		CSU		Moderator: Tom Sale
		Comments on Relevance to SURF		CSU		Tom Sale
		Tutorial: Hydrocarbons in Shale		CSU		Sally Sutton, Geosciences
		Environmental  implications of drilling and well  completions		CSU		Tom Sale
10:30 - 10:50		Break
10:50 - 12:00		Session 2: “The Resurgence of Oil and Gas Development - Implications for Sustainable Remediation: Air and Water Setting"		CSU		Moderator: Tom Sale
		Water: Use and Treatment		CSU		Ken Carlson, Civil and Env. Engineering
		Air:  Volatile Compounds and Greenhouse Gases		CSU		Allen Robinson, Atmospheric Sciences
		Managing air emissions from well heads, processes units, tank batteries, and engines		CSU		Bryan Wilson, Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory
12:00 - 1:00		Lunch
1:00		Session 3: “The Resurgence of Oil and Gas Development - Implications for Sustainable Remediation: Policy"
		Vision for the Center for New Energy Economy		The Center for New Energy Economy		Bill Ritter, Former Governor of Colorado
2:30		Break
3:00		News and Updates
		ITRC Framework Update		BP		Stephanie Fiorenza
4:00 - 6:00		Student Posters
		In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Source Zones via ZVI-Clay Soil Mixing		CSU		Mitch Olson
		STELA: Sustainable Thermally Enhanced LNAPL Attenuation		CSU		Daria Akhbari
		High resolution characterization of LNAPL impacted sites in support of sustainable remediation		CSU		Maria Irianni Renno
		Decision Support System for Modeling Matrix Diffusion Processes		CSU		Jennifer Wahlberg
		The Effect of Vadose Zone Dynamics on the Vapor Intrusion Exposure Pathway: Development of New Conceptual Models and Implications for Sustainability		CSM		Ben Petri
		TBD		CSM		Alejandra Tarrall
		Carbonate minerals: Unlikely sources of metals in groundwater at elevated pCO2		CSM		Assaf Wunsch
		Sustainable Biocover for Methane Oxidation at Landfill Sites		UIC		Bala Yamini Sadasiva
		Zebra Mussels: A Nuisance or A Valuable Asset to Aquatic Systems?		Syracuse		Theodore Williams
		Optimization of an Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Decentralized Communities		Clarkson		Dustin Whynman
		The Development and Use of Remotely Operated Nutrient Sensors for in-situ Water Monitoring		Clarkson		Lysie Taylor
6:00		Group Dinner - The Rio Grande
Day 3, Thursday, July 26, 2012
Time		Activity		Organization		Speaker
7:30 - 8:15		Registration
8:15 - 8:30		Welcome and Reflections		SURF		Mike Rominger
8:30 - 9:45		Introduction to Initiatives and Committees				Initiative Leaders
		Breakouts				Initiative Leaders
10:00 - 10:30		Report Back				Initiative Leaders
10:30		Novel approaches to utilizing natural gas as the energy source for in-situ thermal remediation		G.E.O		Grant Geckeler
		Shale Gas - Water Issues		Environ		John Imse
		SURF Business Items				Karin Holland
		Adjournment
12:00		Lunch
4:00		Rocky Mountain Arsenal Tour

Agenda - SURF 19

Draft Agenda - Subject to Change

Day 1 - January 31, 2012
Time		Activity	Organization	Speaker
7:30-8:15 am		Registration
8:15-8:45 am		Welcome Remarks Morning keynote speaker	SURF SSI	Mike Rominger Prof. David Woodruff
8:45-9:10 am		Presentation: Overview of the state of Sustainable Remediation	DuPont	Dave Ellis
9:10-9:35 am		Presentation: TBC	UCSD/Scripps	Dr. Dimitri Deheyn
9:35-10:00 am		Presentation: San Diego Airport case study	San Diego County Regional Airport Authority AECOM	Paul Manasjan Steve McCabe
10:00-10:30 am		Break
10:30-11:00 am		Presentation: How relationships enhance sustainable projects	Vulcan Materials Co., Western Division	Angela Driscoll
11:00-12:00 pm		Panel: How can remediation and redevelopment practitioners work more closely together? Moderator: Richard Opper, Opper & Varco, LLP	CPEO Atlantis Group, LLC City of Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency	Lenny Siegel Marcela Escobar-Eck Eric Crockett
12:00-1:30 pm		Luncheon and keynote speaker	Port of San Diego	Scott Peters
1:30-1:55 pm		Presentation: International View on Sustainable Remediation	University of Nottingham, United Kingdom	Paul Nathanail
1:55-2:55 pm		Panel: Regulatory perspectives Moderator: Chuck Pyratel, SCS Engineers	San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board State regulator, representing himself Hunton & Williams	Julie Chan Paul Hadley Malcolm Weiss
2:55-3:20 pm		Break
3:20-3:50 pm		Presentation: Programmatic Sustainable Remediation	PG&E Haley & Aldrich, Inc.	Sharron Reackhof Karin Holland
3:50-4:50 pm		Panel: How can different professional organizations work better together? Moderator: Stephanie Fiorenza, BP	SURF USGBC SSI ASLA ISI SDEP	Paul Favara Doug Kot David Woodruff Glen Schmidt Peter Binney TBC
4:50-5:00 pm		Closing remarks	SURF	Mike Rominger
5:15-7:15 pm		Evening reception Student poster session
Day 2, February 1, 2012
Time		Activity	Organization	Speaker
7:30-8:30 am		Registration
8:30-8:50 am		Welcome Remarks	SURF	Mike Rominger Paul Favara
8:50-9:15 am		Presentation: Lynwood Redevelopment Project, remedy evaluation using SURF worksheets	Geosyntec Consultants	Michaye Vice
9:15-9:40 am		Presentation: Relationship between and EMS and sustainable remediation	AFCEE Haley & Aldrich	Erica Becvar Karin Holland
9:40-10.05 am		Presentation: Adaptation Planning at the Port of San Diego	Port of San Diego	Cody Hooven
10:05-10:35 am		Break
10:35-12:00 pm		Working Group Session 1
12:00-1:00 pm		Lunch (on your own)
1:00-1:30 pm		SURF election results
1:30-2:00 pm		Presentation: Potential impacts of greenwashing	Hunton & Williams	Ann Marie Mortimer
2:00-2:30 pm		Presentation: A Sustainability Infrastructure Rating System for Horizontal Civil Engineering Features	Merrick & Company	Peter Binney
2:30-3:00 pm		Break
3:00-4:15 pm		Working Group Session 2
4:15-4:45 pm		Working Group Session Reports
4:45-5:00 pm		Closing remarks	SURF	Mike Rominger
6:00-9:00 pm		SURF dinner - Piatti in La Jolla
Day 3, February 2, 2012
Time		Activity	Organization	Speaker
7:30-8:30 am		Registration
8:30-8:50 am		Overnight revelations	SURF	Mike Rominger
8:50-9:15 am		Sustainable remediation updates
9:15-9:40 am		Presentation: Sustainable application to full-scale remediation results in water conservation	Haley & Aldrich The Boeing Company	Patrick Keddington Jennifer Wiley
9:40-10.05 am		Presentation: Sustainable redevelopment/ sustainable remediation case study	Northgate	Maile Smith
10:05-10:20 am		Break
10:20-11:40 am		SURF Committee Reports Q&A, Group Brainstorming Session
11:40-12:00 pm		Clarkson University Outreach Initiative	Clarkson University AECOM	Michelle Crimi Scott McDonough
12:00-1:00 pm		Lunch (on your own)
1:00-1:30 pm		Presentation: Incorporating sustainable remediation into petroleum UST projects	Shell Global Solutions	Jonathan Smith
1:30-2:00 pm		Presentation: Sustainability evaluation of a P&T remedy using SRT and CleanSWEEP	AECOM	Assaf Rees
2:00-2:30 pm		Brown to Green: Returning Contaminated Property to Productive Use	SCS Engineers	David Laney
2:30-3:00 pm		Closing Comments and Adjournment
3:00-5:00 pm		Field trip

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