2024 Virtual Program Schedule
The 2024 Virtual Program offers participants access to two sessions live streamed from Montgomery County Community College-Pottstown on March 23, two prerecorded sessions, and four live webinars on Zoom!
Virtual Session 1 │ Live streamed at 9:00 am, Saturday, March 23
1. The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Local Conservation Districts, and You – Helping Achieve Pennsylvania’s Forest and Meadow Goals
Keynote Speakers:
Brian J. Vadino
Montgomery County Conservation District
Kent Himelright
Berks County Conservation District
Karen Wilwol
Delaware County Conservation District
Moderator:
Michael Griffiths
Berks Nature
Virtual Session 2 │ Live streamed at 2:00 pm, Saturday, March 23
Civic Engagement for Environmental Protection, A Panel Discussion
Plenary Panelists:
Crystal Gilchrist
Lower Frederick Township Planning Commission
Helen Eckel-Wiener
Caln Township Board of Parks and Recreation, Old Caln Historical Society, and Pennsylvania State Police Camp Cadet
Susan Myerov
Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council
Edie Shean-Hammond
North Coventry Open Space Review Board
Moderator:
Katherine Evers
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Virtual Session 3 │ Prerecorded (available only to participants with full access or virtual tickets)
The Impact of Changing Climate on Water Availability in the Schuylkill Basin
Presenters:
Mira Olson
Drexel University
Patrick Gurian
Drexel University
Achira Amur
Villanova University
Suna Ekin Kali
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Seung Ah Byun
Chester County Water Resources Authority
Kate Hutelmyer
Chester County Water Resources Authority
Moderator:
Erik Silldorff
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Virtual Session 4 │ Prerecorded (available only to participants with full access or virtual tickets)
Sound Monitoring in the Estuary
Kelly Faller
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Moderator:
Jerry Coleman
Montgomery County Community College (retired)
Virtual Session 5 │11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Tuesday, March 26
Lawn Conversion in Pennsylvania
Presenter:
Alyssa Keiser
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Moderator:
Virtual Session 6 │ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wednesday, March 27
Pennsylvania Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (PA STEELS) - Pennsylvania’s New Environmental Education Standards: New Opportunities for Education and Community Partnerships
Presenter:
Tammie Peffer
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Moderator:
Elisabeth Bomstein
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Virtual Session 7 │1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Thursday, March 28
Read(y)ing for 100: energy transition & climate action planning in Reading
Presenters:
Bethany Ayers-Fisher
City of Reading Public Works
Christopher Nafe
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Carly Sullivan
The Pennsylvania State University
Moderator:
Virtual Session 8 │ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Thursday, March 28
Mastery High School of Camden: A Learning Campus on the Delaware River
Presenters:
Justin Dennis
Trust for Public Land
Rosa Mannion, RLA, ASLA
NV5
Erin Ramsden, RLA
NV5
Moderator:
Fred Stine
Delaware Riverkeeper Network