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ACEC News / Advocacy
January 23, 2020
WEE Committee Winter Meeting, 2/24-2/25, to Feature USACE, IBM, EPA, Congressional Event. Register Now!
The winter meeting of the ACEC Water, Energy and Environment Committee (WEEC) will feature more than a dozen speakers from government and industry discussing key industry issues, including cybersecurity, PFAS, and flood resilience.
The meeting, which will be on February 24-25 in Washington, D.C., will also feature a discussion on climate legislation with key members of the House and Energy and Commerce Committee.
The agenda includes:
- PFAS Panel
- Michael Walls, vice president of regulatory and technical affairs, American Chemistry Council
- Emily Remmel, director of regulatory affairs, National Association of Clean Water Administrators
- Energy Advocacy Panel
- Dan Byers, vice president, policy, U.S. Chamber Global Energy Institute
- Chris Tomassi, government affairs director, Clear Path
- Robin Millican, director of Advocacy & government relations, Gates Ventures
- Brianne Miller, director of energy innovation, Senate Energy Committee
- Flood Resilience Panel
- Chris Altendorf, chief of engineering and construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (invited)
- Lloyd Treinish, chief scientist—environmental modeling, climate, weather and deep thunder, IBM
- Lou Gritzo, vice president research, FM Global
- Energy Technology—Storage
- K. Kaufmann, communication, Fluence (invited)
- Cybersecurity–CMMC
- Chris Walcutt, vice president strategy, Department of Defense (invited)
- WIFIA
- Aaron Snyder, Revolutionize Civil Works Corps, Water Infrastructure Financing Program, USACE
- EPA
- David Ross, assistant administrator for water, Environmental Protection Agency
For more information on the winter meeting, contact ACEC Director Environmental and Energy Programs Lynn Schloesser.
Date
January 23, 2020
Category
ACEC NEWS / ADVOCACY
