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Full Schedule

  • Monday, June 24, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MDT
    Education Council Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 4:15 PM MDT
    Sections and Chapters Council Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MDT
    AERMOD Air Dispersion Modeling Course (AIR-299)
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MDT
    Technical Council Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM MDT
    Rocky Mountain Environmental Tour
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM MDT
    Joint Publications Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM MDT
    JA&WMA Editorial Retreat
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM MDT
    Young Professionals Advisory Council Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM MDT
    Quality Assurance of Air Quality and Meteorological Data Course
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM MDT
    Publications Committee Meeting
  • Tuesday, June 25, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MDT
    South Atlantic States Section Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM MDT
    Opening Keynote Plenary Session: A Multi-perspective Approach to Regulation and Measurement of Emissions
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM MDT
    Technical and Student Poster Session
  • 10:45 AM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and White Hat Ceremony
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM MDT
    Past President's Lunch
  • 11:55 AM – 1:15 PM MDT
    Division and Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) Meetings - Tuesday, June 25
  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM MDT
    Student Welcome Reception and Program Orientation
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM MDT
    Student Keynote Address: Overcoming Obstacles and Capitalizing on Openings – Career Progression and Sustainability Career Paths
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM MDT
    Career Panel: Explore Pathways to a Sustainable Future — Enrich Your Environmental Career
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Air Dispersion Modeling: Case Studies, Issues, Applications, Advances, and Guidance (Part 1)
    Platform Chair: Mary M. Kaplan, Masters – AECOM
    Platform Co-Chair: William Jones – Blue Sky Modeling
    AQMO
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Air Pollution Control: PM, NOx, and SOx
    Platform Chair: Masoud Jahandar Lashaki – Florida Atlantic University
    Platform Co-Chair: Ryan Thomas (he/him/his) – SCS Engineers
    AQCT
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Climate Change - Regulations, Policy, and Adaptation
    Platform Chair: Christopher D. Easter, LEED AP, CARB Accredited Lead GHG Verifier – Bay Area Air Quality Management District
    Platform Co-Chair: Hannah Rubin (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    CLIM
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Emission Inventories Development
    Platform Chair: Violeta Mugica-Álvarez, PhD Dr (she/her/hers) – Autonomous Metropolitan University-Azcapotzalco
    Platform Co-Chair: Rodolfo Sosa-Echeverría, PhD, QEP (he/him/his) – Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change
    AQES
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Measurement and Quantification of Fugitive Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas and Landfills

    Panel Chair: Ali Lashgari, PhD – Project Canary, PBC

    Panel Co-Chair: Brian Taylor – Project Canary

    Panelist: Representing Investors From a Venture capital firm – DCVC or Quantum

    Panelist: representing regulatory side From CSU – Colorado State University

    Panelist: Representing Regulatory Side From EPA – EPA

    Panelist: Representing Industry From Landfills sector – WM or EREF

  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    New Frontiers in Electric Power Generation
    Platform Chair: Roya Mortazavi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Concordia University
    Platform Co-Chair: Dean Stanphill – Universal Engineering Sciences
    INDU
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    New Source Review (NSR): Issues and Recent Developments

    Panel Chair: Gurinder Saini, Masters – RTP Environmental Associates Inc.

    Panelist: Colin Campbell – RTP Environmental Associates Inc.

    Panelist: Eric L. Hiser, J.D., – Hiser Joy

    Panelist: peter Keller, PE – U.S. EPA

  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Remediation, Site Investigation, and Vapor Intrusion
    Platform Chair: Paul Ruehl, BS/MS – Geocycle North America
    Platform Co-Chair: Andrew Horwath, PE – Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
    WAST
  • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Sustainability Metrics and Analytics
    Platform Chair: Mona Hazur, BS/MS/MBA (she/her/hers) – Arcadis
    Platform Co-Chair: Chih C. Chao, PhD, P.Eng. (he/him/his) – Cantech Environmental
    SUST
  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Student/ECi Poster Judging
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    AI for Environmental Leaders: Will It Replace Environmental Managers?
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Air Dispersion Modeling: Case Studies, Issues, Applications, Advances, and Guidance (Part 2)
    Platform Chair: Qi Zhang – GHD
    Platform Co-Chair: Robynn Andracsek, PE (she/her/hers) – Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC
    AQMO
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Air Pollution Control: GHGs
    Platform Chair: Masoud Jahandar Lashaki – Florida Atlantic University
    Platform Co-Chair: Ryan Thomas (he/him/his) – SCS Engineers
    AQCTCLIM
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Climate Impacts and Risk to the Environment
    Platform Chair: Christopher D. Easter, LEED AP, CARB Accredited Lead GHG Verifier – Bay Area Air Quality Management District
    Platform Co-Chair: Hannah Rubin (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    CLIM
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    How Does it Work? New Regulations in Canada and the USA
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Integrating Satellite Observations into Air Quality Decision Making
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Landfills and Energy Recovery
    Platform Chair: David Greene – SCS Engineers
    Platform Co-Chair: Dr Melanie L. Sattler, PE, Professor (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington
    WAST
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Oil Sands Measurements, Monitoring, and Emissions Challenges
    Platform Chair: Alexandria Price – Formation Environmental
    Platform Co-Chair: Chun Yi Wu, PhD, PE (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Retired
    AQMM
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Sustainable Waste/Materials Management
    Platform Chair: Thomas W. Easterly, BS, MS, PE – Indiana Department of Environmental Management & University of Central Florida
    Platform Co-Chair: Mingming Lu, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    SUST
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM MDT
    Annual Business Meeting of the Membership
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM MDT
    Opening Reception: Welcome to Calgary
  • Wednesday, June 26, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MDT
    International Affairs Committee Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM MDT
    Young Professionals Mentor Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM MDT
    Community Air Monitoring
    Platform Chair: Doug Dziubla (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management Inc.
    Platform Co-Chair: Alexandria Price – Formation Environmental
    AQMM
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM MDT
    Corporate Response to Carbon Disclosure Mandates
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM MDT
    Innovative Air Quality Modeling Techniques
    Platform Chair: Sergio Guerra, PhD – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
    Platform Co-Chair: Michael T. Hammer, CCM (he/him/his) – Lakes Environmental Software
    AQMO
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM MDT
    Recent Events at Government Facilities
    Platform Chair: Roger L. Wayson, PhD (he/him/his) – AECOM
    REGU
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM MDT
    The State of Air Emissions Software from Public Data Collection to AI Use Cases
  • 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM MDT
    Wildfire Smoke Emissions, Modeling, and Properties
    Platform Chair: Bonne J. Ford, PhD, Atmospheric Science (she/her/hers) – Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) Colorado State University
    Platform Co-Chair: Bret A. Schichtel, D.Sc – National Park Service-Air Resource Division
    AQESAQMM
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM MDT
    Fuel Technology Tour
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM MDT
    Speed Networking
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Air Pollution Control: VOCs
    Platform Chair: Masoud Jahandar Lashaki – Florida Atlantic University
    Platform Co-Chair: Ryan Thomas (he/him/his) – SCS Engineers
    AQCT
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    How Does It Work? Transition to Sustainable Energy
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Methane Monitoring Technologies
    Platform Chair: Doug Dziubla (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management Inc.
    Platform Co-Chair: Alexandria Price – Formation Environmental
    AQMMCLIM
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Organizational Decarbonization in Support of a Systemic Energy Transition
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Particulate Matter and Regional Haze
    Platform Chair: Bret A. Schichtel, D.Sc – National Park Service-Air Resource Division
    Platform Co-Chair: Bonne J. Ford, PhD, Atmospheric Science (she/her/hers) – Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) Colorado State University
    AQMM
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    PFAS Air and Life Cycle Issues
    Platform Chair: Mingming Lu, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    Platform Co-Chair: Christopher C. Lutes (he/him/his) – Jacobs Solutions
    SUSTWAST
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    The Winding Road of Environmental Justice in Air Permitting
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Title V Implementation Significant Issues and Challenges
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Vehicle Emission Inventories and Measurements
    Platform Chair: Robert C. Mentzer, Jr. – HMMH
    Platform Co-Chair: Roger L. Wayson, PhD (he/him/his) – AECOM
    TRANAQES
  • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM MDT
    Women's Professional Development Workshop and Lunch
  • 11:55 AM – 1:15 PM MDT
    Division and Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) Meetings - Wednesday, June 26
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    Environmental Challenge International (ECi) Presentations
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    Case Studies in Air Quality Monitoring
    Platform Chair: Andres Soux, MSc – ERM Consultants Canada Ltd.
    Platform Co-Chair: Doug Dziubla (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management Inc.
    AQMM
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    Circular Economy Actions - Progress and the Way Forward
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    Emerging Trends and Equity in Climate Action Planning
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    Emissions for Point and Non-Point Sources (Part 1)
    Platform Chair: Ryan W. Drover (he/him/his) – University of California, Riverside
    Platform Co-Chair: Fernando Millán-Vázquez, Sr., MSc (he/him/his) – Autonomous Metropolitan University
    AQES
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    Environmental Justice Assessment - Planning and Health
    Platform Chair: Brendan Farnham – V3
    Platform Co-Chair: Thomas Morahan – egroup/nygeology
    EJUSH&EE
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    How Does It Work? Carbon Sequestration
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    PFAS Treatment and Landfills
    Platform Chair: Christopher C. Lutes (he/him/his) – Jacobs Solutions
    Platform Co-Chair: Paul Ruehl, BS/MS – Geocycle North America
    WAST
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    The Clean Air Strategic Alliance: Insights and Accomplishments from Using Consensus-Based Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Decision-Making for Air Policy Development in Alberta
  • 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM MDT
    Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions and Strategies
    Platform Chair: Roger L. Wayson, PhD (he/him/his) – AECOM
    Platform Co-Chair: Robert C. Mentzer, Jr. – HMMH
    TRANCLIM
  • 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM MDT
    YP Hub - A&WMA Board of Directors Meet and Greet
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Air Permitting Developments and Case Studies
    Platform Chair: Piotr Staniaszek, PhD (he/him/his) – AECOM
    REGU
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Air Quality Measurements in Developing Countries
    Platform Chair: Doug Dziubla (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management Inc.
    Platform Co-Chair: Alexandria Price – Formation Environmental
    AQMM
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reporting Programs
    Platform Chair: Christopher D. Easter, LEED AP, CARB Accredited Lead GHG Verifier – Bay Area Air Quality Management District
    CLIM
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    How Does It Work? Hydrogen Uses and Challenges
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    International Environmental Trade Opportunities and the Way Forward
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    PFAS: Regulatory Developments and Measurement Methods
    Platform Chair: David Lloyd, MSc (he/him/his) – FREDsense Technologies
    Platform Co-Chair: Cecilia Quintana Baez – Barr Engineering Company
    MINIWAST
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Photochemical Grid Modeling
    Platform Chair: Ralph E. Morris (he/him/his) – Ramboll
    Platform Co-Chair: Shannon Capps, PhD – Drexel University
    AQMO
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Sustainability Case Studies and Tools
    Platform Chair: Mona Hazur, BS/MS/MBA (she/her/hers) – Arcadis
    Platform Co-Chair: Mingming Lu, PhD – University of Cincinnati
    SUST
  • 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    Waste Management and Resource Recovery
    Platform Chair: Dr Melanie L. Sattler, PE, Professor (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington
    Platform Co-Chair: David Greene – SCS Engineers
    WAST
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT
    Student Awards Ceremony
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM MDT
    Exhibitor Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM MDT
    YP Hub - YP/Student Meetup
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MDT
    YP/Student Networking Reception
  • Thursday, June 27, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM MDT
    54th A&WMA Critical Review: Atmospheric Reduced Nitrogen
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Air Permitting Challenges and Solutions
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Air Quality Monitoring Data Visualization Tools and COVID-19 Impact Analysis
    Platform Chair: Alexandria Price – Formation Environmental
    Platform Co-Chair: Doug Dziubla (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management Inc.
    AQMM
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Emissions for Point and Non-Point Sources (Part 2)
    Platform Chair: Alexis D. Tanner – Energy & Emissions Research Laboratory (EERL) at Carleton University
    Platform Co-Chair: Alma A. Neria-Hernández, PhD Environmental Sciences (she/her/hers) – Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
    AQES
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Environmental Justice Policy and Education
    Platform Chair: Arijit Pakrasi, PhD, P.E. – Edge Engineering and Science LLC
    EJUSREGU
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Guideline on Air Quality Models Revisions - AERMOD Options
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    New and Unique Air Pollution Exposures and Management
    Platform Chair: James Morrow – J.W. Morrow Consulting
    Platform Co-Chair: David McCready, PhD – EnviroCalc Consulting
    H&EE
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    Nurturing Tradition: Environmental Governance for Climate Resilience, Adaptation, and Stewardship on an Indigenous Island"
  • 10:10 AM – 11:50 AM MDT
    PM2.5 and Ozone Implementation Issues

    Panel Chair: Gurinder Saini, Masters – RTP Environmental Associates Inc.

    Panelist: Eric L. Hiser, J.D., – Hiser Joy

    Panelist: Ralph E. Morris – Ramboll

    Panelist: Gurinder Saini, Masters – RTP Environmental Associates Inc.

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MDT
    Critical Review Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MDT
    Honors & Awards Ceremony and Lunch
  • 1:40 PM – 4:00 PM MDT
    Air Quality Monitoring Advancements
    Platform Chair: Doug Dziubla (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management Inc.
    Platform Co-Chair: Alexandria Price – Formation Environmental
    AQMM
  • 1:40 PM – 4:00 PM MDT
    Hot Topics in the Chemical and Refining Sector
    Platform Chair: Karen Brignac (she/her/hers) – Deltech Monomers OpCo, LLC
    INDU
  • 1:40 PM – 4:00 PM MDT
    Ozone SIP Implementation Strategies
    Platform Chair: Rodolfo Sosa-Echeverría, PhD, QEP (he/him/his) – Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change
    Platform Co-Chair: Violeta Mugica-Álvarez, PhD Dr (she/her/hers) – Autonomous Metropolitan University-Azcapotzalco
    AQESREGU
  • 1:40 PM – 4:00 PM MDT
    Urban Air Pollution Exposures and Effects
    Platform Chair: James Morrow – J.W. Morrow Consulting
    Platform Co-Chair: David McCready, PhD – EnviroCalc Consulting
    H&EE
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM MDT
    CPANS Board Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM MDT
    Non-ACE Programs Meeting
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MDT
    ACE 2025 Planning and Technical Council Wrap-Up Meeting