WEE Committee Winter Meeting, 2/24-2/25, to Feature USACE, IBM, EPA, Congressional Event. Register Now!

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.

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