US BCSD 2008 Winter Meeting Highlights
Thanks to all who attended the US BCSD 2008 Winter Meeting on February 12-13th! Presentation and workshop notes from the meeting can be found by clicking on the navigation to the right or the links below.
The US BCSD Member’s Business Meeting was held before the General Session. Jim Morriss, Michael Gromacki, and Mary Margaret Hamilton gave updates on the Partners, Projects and Membership committees, respectively.
The US BCSD 2008 Winter Meeting began with a welcome and introduction by US BCSD Chairman Sabrina Watkins of ConocoPhillips. Presentations were then given on Developing Project Opportunities: Charles Berry from BrownFlynn introduced the Amerita Mining Technology Project; Buddy Polovick from the US EPA addressed the US EPA’s SmartWay Transport Project; and David Carroll from Lafarge outlined the WBCSD Resource and Project Opportunities. WBCSD Publications Link.
Members and guests next broke out for the Project Working Groups Breakout Sessions. Session One included the Houston-Galveston Green Brownfield Project with updates on the GIS Database and the CCP Houston Potential Site and the Mobile BPS Project with a Presentation outlining the BPS process. Session Two included the Great Lakes BPS Project with a Presentation on the status of the project and the China BPS and Asia-Pacific Partnership.
A Dinner Reception was held at Boudro’s Restaurant with Sabrina Watkins speaking on the Industry’s US Climate Change Challenge and Myron Knudson, Senior Advisor to the Regional Administrator for US EPA Region 6, spoke on partnerships and meaningful project opportunities between the US EPA and the US BCSD.
The Sustainable Development Forum opened the meeting the next morning with the introduction of the US BCSD’s newest members: Alan Lake for Owens Corning; James Backes for PEP Mobile; and Chuck Fowler for Fairmount Minerals.
The By-Product Synergy Focus Session began with Andy Mangan speaking on the current by-product synergy initiatives around the country and their current stages of development. Then Annie Brudno and Dennis Milligan, presented on the UK’s National Industrial Symbiosis Program’s Metrics methodology. Updates on US BCSD Projects were given by Suzanne Giannini-Spohn for the China/EPA Partnership, Ron Sandberg for Green Brownfields, Craig Pedersen and Kristi Teykl for the Water Database Program, and Dennis Milligan for the Afforestation Project.
The day ended with the Energy and Climate Session. Jed Shilling from the Millennium Institute presented on Scenarios for USA Energy Outcomes with the Threshold 21 model; Bob Avant from Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Research addressed the Conversion of Traditional Crops and the Bioenergy Situation; and Rich Chapas from Battelle presented on the SANGEA™ Energy and Emissions Estimation System.
