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NAEP 2024 Schedule-at-a-Glance

Poster Presentations

Monday, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7 | 11:00 - 11:30 AM

Posters will be on display Monday morning, May 5, and will remain in the Depot Pavilion through Wednesday afternoon, May 8. 

Poster Presenters will have an opportunity to discuss their posters with attendees during the following scheduled networking breaks: Monday, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7 at 11:00 - 11:30 AM.   

View all our 2024 NAEP Poster Presentations here.


Day 1 | Sunday, May 5

Time (CST) Event 
7:00 – 8:00 AM

NEPA Essentials Breakfast | Zephyr Foyer

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Registration | Winter Garden

8:00 – 5:00 PM

NEPA Essentials Workshop | Zephyr

8:00 – 12:00 PM Workshop | Native American Cultural Awareness and Engagement Workshop | Charles Frost
12:00 – 1:00 PM NEPA Workshop Lunch | Zephyr Foyer
1:00 – 4:00 PM Field Trip | Spring Lake Park - Bison Prairie | Offsite
7:00 – 9:00 PM Opening Reception sponsored by Jacobs Engineering | Depot Pavilion

Day 2 | Monday, May 6

Time (CST) Event
7:00 – 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open | Winter Garden
7:00 – 8:00 AM  Breakfast | Depot Pavilion Prefunction
8:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome Remarks & Opening Keynote | Depot Pavilion 
9:15 – 9:30 AM Networking Break sponsored by ERO Resources Corporation | Winter Garden & Depot Pavilion
9:30 – 11:00 AM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session I

Breakout 1

NEPA 

Great Hall

AI Unleashed: Integrating into the NEPA Process (9:30 – 10:00 AM)

  • Lauren Schramm

Using AI to Improve the Efficiency of NEPA Reviews (10:00 – 10:30 AM)

  • Krish Vijayaraghavan

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Approaches to Improve Permitting Outcomes and Efficiency (10:30 – 11:00 AM)

  • Sai Munikoti

Breakout 2

Biological Resources

Hiawatha Ballroom

Re-creating Hall's Island: Balancing Ecology with Engineering (9:30 – 10:00 AM)

  • Shanna Braun

Making a Wetland Out of a Molehill: The Lawson's Canal Restoration Story (10:00 – 10:30 AM) - CANCELED

  • Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Fish Barrier No More! A Washington State Case Study (10:30 – 11:00 AM)

  • Kacy Hillman
  • Tim Nightengale

Breakout 3

EJ & Cultural Resources

Zephyr

Bridging the Digital Divide: Matching Community Needs with Federal Funding (9:30 – 10:00 AM)

  • Anna Kohl

Engaging Environmental Justice Communities Beyond the Census (10:00 – 10:30 AM)

  • Mike Washington
  • Sabrina Meadows

Breakout 4

Transportation

Charles Frost

Demystifying Federal Railroad Administration's Environmental Risk and Project Readiness Grant Review (9:30 – 10:00 AM)

  • Geri Robinson
  • Kristen Zschomler

How to Eat an Elephant? FRA Bites into the BIL (10:00 – 10:30 AM)

  • Carmen Stemen

The Corridor Identification Program's Approach to Efficiencies in Planning and NEPA (10:30 – 11:00 AM)

  • Lana Lau
  • Anthony (Tony) Lee
11:00 – 11:30 AM

Poster Sessions & Networking Break sponsored by Sapphos Environmental | Winter Garden & Depot Pavilion

11:30 – 1:00 PM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session II

Breakout 1

NEPA

Great Hall

NEPA in the Digital Age 

  • Harrison M. Wadsworth IV
  • Catherine Clark
  • Laynee Jones
  • Michael Drummond

Breakout 2

Biological Resources

Hiawatha Ballroom 

Biological Resources Working Group's Regulatory Update- MBTA, ESA, BGEPA, and More 

  • Mike Mayer
  • Clint Miller
  • Molly Stephenson
  • Jill Utrup

Breakout 3

Waste

Zephyr

 Waste Minimization: Challenges and Best Practices in Minnesota (11:30 – 12:00 PM)
  • Kevin Philpy

Measuring Effectiveness of Hardrock Abandoned Mine Land Remediation for Surface Waters (12:00 – 12:30 PM)

  • Jason Elliot

Environmental Compliance Audits of Above-Ground Storage Tanks and Northern Canada (12:30 – 1:00 PM)

  • Fiona Scurrah

Breakout 4

Environmental Justice

Charles Frost

 

 State Solutions for Environmental Justice and Equity
  • Emily Gulick
  • Chris Whitehead
  • Kim Wetzel
  • Hoang-Van Nguyen
1:15 – 2:30 PM

Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Ceremony Lunch | Depot Pavilion

2:30 –2:45 PM

Networking Break | Depot Pavilion

2:45 – 4:15 PM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session III

Breakout 1

NEPA 

Great Hall

Predicting Wetland Succession During NEPA Review in Consideration of Climate Change (2:45 – 3:15 PM)

  • Daniel Jones

Increasing Wildfires in the US and the Programmatic NEPA Approach (3:15 – 3:45 PM)

  • Liz Ricciardi (Vashro)

Examining the Relevance of Ecological Resilience in NEPA Analyses (3:45 – 4:15 PM)

  • Brad Johnson

Breakout 2

Biological Resources

Hiawatha Ballroom

Valuing and Assessing Wildlife Crossings for Compensatory Mitigation in Florida (2:45 – 3:45 PM)

  • Jason Houck

Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes (3:45 – 4:15 PM)

  • Samir Qadir

Breakout 3

Geospatial

Zephyr

NAEP Geospatial Working Group: Geospatial Technology Applications in the Environmental Field

  • Erin Koch
  • Jennifer Lishman Nunn
  • Jennie Byron

Breakout 4

Environmental Justice

Charles Frost

Cumulative Impacts Assessment: The Future of Environmental Policy?

  • Chris Whitehead
  • Adam Driscoll
  • Kareem Scales
6:00 – 9:00 PM

President's Reception sponsored by HDR | Padelford Riverboats


Day 3 | Tuesday, May 7

Time (CST) Event
7:00 – 6:30 PM Registration Desk Open | Winter Garden
7:00 – 8:00 AM Breakfast | Depot Pavilion Prefunction

8:00 – 9:15 AM

EPR Live! | Depot Pavilion

9:15 – 9:30 AM Networking Break | Depot Pavilion
9:30 – 11:00 AM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session IV 

Breakout 1

Environmental Justice

Depot Pavilion

EJ & NEPA Workshop: Considering Cumulative Effects and EJ in the NEPA Process 

  • Carolyn L. Nelson
  • Stan Buzzelle
  • Denise C. Freeman

Breakout 2

NEPA

Great Hall

Recent NEPA Case Law (2023)

  • Fred Wagner
  • Michael D. Smith
  • Melanie Hernandez
  • Pam Hudson
  • Bilal Harris

Breakout 3

Biological Resources

Hiawatha Ballroom 

Insect Responses to Pollinator Habitat at Solar Energy Facilities (9:30 – 10:00 AM)

  • Laura Fox

Passive Acoustic Monitoring Technologies to Understand Avian and Bat Occurrence at Solar Energy Facilities (10:00 – 10:30 AM) - CANCELED

  • Leroy Walston

Detection of Federally Listed Eurycea Salamanders Using Environmental DNA  (10:30 – 11:00 AM)

  • Brian Cowan

Breakout 4

Transportation

Zephyr

Successful Section 4(f) Mitigation Strategies for SD44 Platte-Winner Bridge (9:30 – 10:00 AM)

  • Stacy Woodson
  • Andrea Bierle

Environmental Commitments - State of the Practice (10:00 – 10:30 AM)

  • David Grachen
  • Ken Graeve
  • Carol Strojny

Environmental Commitments Tracking & Arizona DOT's EPIC (Environmental Permits Issues and Commitments) Plan Sheet (10:30 – 11:00 AM) - CANCELED

  • Katie Rodriguez
11:00 – 11:30 AM

Poster Sessions & Networking Break sponsored by Barr Engineering | Winter Garden & Depot Pavilion

11:30 – 1:00 PM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session V 

Breakout 1

NEPA

Great Hall

 

Proximate cause in NEPA documents (11:30 – 12:00 PM)

  • Owen Schmidt

EISs and EAs at the NRC: Meeting the FRA (12:00 – 12:30 PM)

  • J Peyton Doub

Conveyance Complexities: An Unprecedented Compliance Journey of Minerals to Market (12:30 – 1:00 PM)

  • Leah Schofield
  • Elizabeth Bella

Breakout 2

Geospatial

Hiawatha Ballroom

Mapping Invasive Species using Drones and Machine Learning (11:30 – 12:00 PM)

  • Amy Kopale

Watershed-based Spatial Feature Engineering for Predicting Streamflow (12:00 – 12:30 PM)

  • Philip Griffith

Combining Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Wetland Identification (12:30 – 1:00 PM)

  • Andrew Reicks

Breakout 3

Cultural Resources

Zephyr

The Bethel Cemetery Relocation Project (11:30 – 12:00 PM)

  • Ryan Peterson

Agency Coordination Related to the DigIndy Deep Tunnel Project (12:00 – 12:30 PM)

  • Kathleen Settle

Physiological and Psychological Effects of Noise on People (12:30 – 1:00 PM)

  • James Cowen

Breakout 4

Environmental Justice

Charles Frost 

 

 I-526 Lowcountry Corridor-WEST Environmental Justice Community Outreach and Mitigation (11:30 – 12:00 PM)

  • Amy Sackaroff

Addressing Environmental Justice Considerations for the I-81 Viaduct Project (12:00 – 12:30 PM)

  • Christopher Calvert
  • Rita Campon

Participant Compensation: Emerging Practice for Meaningful and Equitable Public Involvement (12:30 – 1:00 PM)

  • Katie Caskey
  • Kristin White
  • Hally Turner
  • Jesseca Brand

1:15 – 2:30 PM

Plenary Lunch | Depot Pavilion

Chair Brenda Mallory of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality
Eric Beightel, Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
Chair Sara Bronin of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

2:30 – 2:45 PM

Networking Break sponsored by ESRI | Depot Pavilion

2:45 – 4:15 PM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session VI

Breakout 1

NEPA 

Great Hall

Updates to the National Environmental Policy Act Procedures

  • Amy Coyle

Breakout 2

Climate Change

Hiawatha Ballroom

AEP Climate Change Committee on Climate Modeling in Habitat Planning
  • Michael Hendrix
  • Rich Walter

Breakout 3

Environmental Justice

Zephyr

Environmental Justice and Cultural Resources Management

  • Heather Miller
  • Kevin Donald
  • Monette Hearn
  • Sara Bronin

Breakout 4

Cultural Resources

Charles Frost

Tribal Partnerships and How to Advance Meaningful Engagement

  • Shanna Braun
  • Veronica Parsell
  • Cheyanne St. John
  • Patrick Hughley
  • Drew Brockman
5:00 - 7:00 PM

Women in STEM Reception | Depot Pavilion

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Dine Arounds | Various Offsite Restaurants

 


Day 4 | Wednesday, May 8

Time (MT) Event - Room Location
7:00 – 12:00 PM Registration Desk Open | Winter Garden
7:00 – 8:00 AM Breakfast | Depot Pavilion Prefunction
8:00 – 12:00 PM Field Trip | Cedar Creek Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site | Offsite
8:00 – 9:30 AM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session VII

Breakout 1

NEPA

Great Hall

How CEQ NEPA Phases 1&2 Responds to America's Needs Today

  • Jamie Bents
  • Michael Smith
  • Manisha Patel
  • Kelcie Young
  • Connell Dunning

Breakout 2

Geospatial

Hiawatha Ballroom

Mission Possible: Supporting a 54,000-acre field effort with GIS (8:00 – 8:30 AM)

  • Erin Markel
  • Nour Salam

Leveraging Geospatial Technology For Environmental Monitoring and Compliance Work (8:30 – 9:00 AM)

  • Mehmet Secilmis
  • Rob Cahalan

Streamlining Environmental Planning and Permitting for SCDOT (9:00 – 9:30 AM)

  • Siobhan Gordon
  • Sean Connolly

Breakout 3

Cultural Resources

Zephyr

Preserving History: Cultural Resources Preservation Through Collaboration

  • Renee Barnes
  • Melissa Cerda
  • Steven Blondo
  • Lucy Harrington
  • Amy Ollila
  • Jennifer Tworzyanski
  • Kelly Wolf

Breakout 4

NEPA

Charles Frost

Fast-41: What Is It, Best Practices and Lessons Learned (8:00 – 9:00 AM)

  • Josh Fitzpatrick
  • Craig Litteken

Minnesota Drainage Rights in the Bullseye of Environmental Review (9:00 – 9:30 AM)

  • Julie Blackburn
9:30 – 10:00 AM

Networking Break sponsored by WSP | Depot Pavilion

10:00 – 12:00 PM

Field Trip | Walking Tour – St. Anthony Falls | Offsite

10:00 – 11:30 AM  |  Concurrent Breakout Session VIII

Breakout 1

Transportation

Great Hall

Road to P.E.L. and Beyond: Getting Transportation Infrastructure Right (10:00 – 11:00 AM)

  • Kovid Saxena
  • Ed Frantz

PEL Across the Continent (11:00 – 11:30 AM)

  • Rick Black

Breakout 2

Biological Resources

Hiawatha Ballroom

Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) grant program (10:00 – 10:30 AM)

  • Corrie Veenstra
  • Abhishek (Abhi) Kapoor

Using an EIS to Advance an Expansive but Contentious Estuary Restoration Project (10:30 – 11:00 AM)

  • Tessa Gardner-Brown

Navigating the Murky Waters of Regulation Under the Changing Waters of the United States definition (11:00 – 11:30 AM)

  • Erin Jordan
  • Jonathan Quinsey

Breakout 3

Professional Development

Zephyr

Next Level: How to Become a Certified Environmental Professional

  • Anna Kohl
12:00 – 1:00 PM

MNAEP Meeting | Rock Island

12:00 – 1:00 PM

NAEP Board Lunch | Soo Line

1:00 – 4:00 PM

NAEP Board Meeting | Rock Island

 


Day 5 | Thursday, May 9

Time (CST) Event 
7:30 – 2:00 PM Registration | Southern Pacific Foyer
7:30 - 8:00 AM Advanced NEPA Workshop Breakfast | Southern Pacific Foyer
8:00 – 5:00 PM Advanced NEPA Workshop | Southern Pacific
12:00  1:00 PM NEPA Workshop Lunch | Southern Pacific Foyer