Keynote Address:  

Keynote Speaker: Karl Kim, Ph.D. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii

Session1:  Flooding

Presenters

1. CAPT Brian G. Bearden, MS, PE, BCEE, Chief Engineer US Public Health Service / Water Division Director, Guam Environmental Protection Agency

2. Vince Arriola, Director, Department of Public Works

3. Randy Romero, Building Inspections and Permits Administrator, Floodplain Administrator, Department of Public Works

4. Honorable Sabina E. Flores Perez, Senator, Majority Whip, Committee on Environment, Revenue and Taxation, Labor, Procurement, and Statistics, Research, and Planning

5. Leo Espia, Guam State Hazard Mitigation Officer, Guam Homeland Security/ Office of Civil Defense.

Session 2: Designing For Smart Growth

Panelists (The presentations from the individuals below are combined into a single file, click any name below to download)

1. Inna J. Wiese, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, President, AIA Marianas

2. Brent Wiese, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, Board Member, AIA Marianas

3. Jessy C. Gogue, Mayor, Ordot-Chalan Pago

Lunch Session:  Realizing Conservation Districts within the Guam Comprehensive Development

Facilitator:  Edwin Reyes, GCMP Administrator

Presenters

1. Chelsey Willetts, NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, Guam Seashore Reserve Plan

2. Christian Benitez, Planner III, Guam Coastal Management Program – Forest Legacy Act

3. Erica Alvarez Pangelinan, SGSWCD Conservation District Manager – Guam Long Range Plan for Soil and Water Conservation

4. Joe Quinata, Chief Program Officer – Atantano Heritage Master Plan

CRDC RESIN8 Plastic Project,

Donald Thomson – Founder/Chairman

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Presenters (The presentations from the individuals below are combined into a single file, click any name below to download)

1. Jeff Herzog, Deputy Director USACE Project Management Division 

2. Marriah Abellera, Program Manager and Coastal leader, USACE, Institute for Water Resources leading

3. Matthew Smith, NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow and Coastal Resource Specialist with the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Institute of Water Resources and Coastal States Organization.

4. John Kucharski, Senior Research Scientist and Economist, Engineering, Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory.

Session 3- Zero Waste – Food Recovery Update

Facilitator: Cory Hinds, P.E., Jacobs

Session 4 Zero Waste – Biosolids Composting

Facilitator:  Conchita Taitano, GEPA Air and Land Administrator, Cory Hinds, P.E., Jacobs

Session 5 Zero Waste – Greening Roadway Infrastructure

Facilitator: Julie Carver, P.E. Principal, Congruent Environmental Strategies, LLC; Conchita Taitano, GEPA Air and Land Administrator; Cory Hinds, P.E., Jacobs

 

Keynote Address: 

Keynote Speaker: Colby Stanton Director of Readiness, Pacific Area Office, FEMA Region 9.

American Rescue Plan Act

Presenter:  Michelle Beasley, Federal Disaster Recovery Officer, FEMA Region 9 Recovery Division

Disaster Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities

Panelists: 

David Cruz, Guam Recovery Officer; 
William Aydlett, WFO, Guam Lead Forecaster

Robert Pespane, FEMA Region 9 Division Director
Kathryn (Katie) Lipiecki, FEMA Region 9 Mitigation Division Director