ad-hoc industry natural resource management group
Agenda
climate/nrd best practice approach Framework workshop
wednesday, june 26, 2024
Washington, DC (and via Web)
10:00 AM
Welcoming remarks on behalf of latham & watkins
Thomas Pearce, Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP
10:05 AM
opening remarks of the workshop’s lead convener
Steven Goldberg, Partner, Downey Brand LLP
10:15 AM
Background on the Frameworks and Why They Were Developed
Barbara J. Goldsmith, Executive Director, Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Management Group; President, Barbara J. Goldsmith & Company LLC
10:30 AM
Review of Key climate/NRD Related Developments since 2022
Speakers:
Policy: John Pendergrass, Senior Advisor, Research and Policy, The Environmental Law Institute
Legal: Patrick Veasy, Partner, Downey Brand LLP
Technical: Richard Wenning, Montrose Environmental Inc.
Economic: Theodore Tomasi, Ph.D., Managing Principal, Integral Consulting Inc.
11:15 AM
Quick Review of the Framework
Steven Goldberg
11:30 AM
Interactive Work OUT – Open Exchange and Discussion of the Framework through Application to Hypothetical Case 1
Work Out Facilitators:
Steven Goldberg
Patrick Veasy
Monica Browner, Associate, Downey Brand LLP
Work Out Leaders:
Michael J. Anderson, Ph.D., Environmental Program Manager, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oil Spill Prevention and Response
Paul Boehm, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Exponent, Inc.
Gary Fremerman, Senior Counsel. US Department of Agriculture
Jean Martin, J.D., Senior Counsel, BP Legal
Ryan Stifter, Principal, Economic & Complex Analytics, Roux
12:45 PM
break for lunch
1:45 PM
Interactive Work Out – Open Exchange and Discussion of the Framework through Application to Hypothetical Case 2
Work Out Facilitators:
Steven Goldberg
Patrick Veasy
Monica Browner
Work Out Leaders:
Michael J. Anderson, Ph.D., Environmental Program Manager, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oil Spill Prevention and Response
Paul Boehm, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Exponent, Inc.
Gary Fremerman, Senior Counsel, US Department of Agriculture
Jean Martin, J.D., Senior Counsel, BP Legal
Ryan Stifter, Principal, Economic & Complex Analytics, Roux
3:15 PM
summary/open discussion
Steven Goldberg and Monica Browner
3:45 PM
next steps
Barbara J. Goldsmith