Hotel Information:
Hotel Zoso
150 S. Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760.325.9676 www.hotelzoso.com
The AEP 2010 Conference Registration is now available online - click here!!
Please register on-line to ensure accurate and timely registration. If you are paying by check, please register online and choose "check" as payment method. The check must be received by the applicable registration rate deadline.
Draft Program - Detailed Session Descriptions - click here!!
AEP 2010 Conference - General Program Information - click here!!
On behalf of AEP, the AEP 2010 Conference Planning Committee, and the host Chapter (Inland Empire), we invite you to join us for AEP's Annual Conference to be held March 14-17, 2010, at the Hotel Zoso in beautiful Palm Springs, CA. Following the highly successful 2009 AEP Conference just held in San Francisco, the 2010 Conference promises to be an exciting, unique event featuring excellent speakers and innovative presentations.
The AEP 2010 Conference has sponsorship opportunities available, including sponsoring key Conference events. Please click here for additional information, or email Lynne Bynder at califaep@gmail.com. We anticipate selling out on Conference sponsorship opportunities, so please act soon!!
Keynote Speakers
We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed City of Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet as the Monday morning opening keynote. Mayor Pougnet has played a key role in revitalizing downtown Palm Springs and implementing sustainable communities strategies. Following Mayor Pougnet for the Monday lunch keynote, AEP is extremely fortunate to have Cal-EPA Secretary Linda S. Adams join us to share her views and insights on California's environmental issues and policies. We are also pleased to announce keynote addresses from ACOE Chief of Planning Josephine Axt, and a special briefing by NAEP President Ron Deverman.
Mobile Workshops
The 2010 Conference will include four outstanding mobile workshops, with a San Andreas Fault Jeep Tour, LEED Building Tour, Living Desert Museum Tour, and a Wind Farm Tour.
Pre-Conference Workshops
The 2010 Conference will be preceded by two concurrent half-day workshops on Sunday March 14, including an Air Quality & Climate Change Workshop, and an Environmental Tools and Technologies Workshop.
Special Events
The 2010 Conference will include an Opening Reception on Sunday evening including entertainment from a classical musician, a VIP Reception on Monday Evening for Sponsors and Co-hosts, and a Tuesday Evening "AEP Past Presidents Round Table" as part of a wine & cheese reception. AEP Committee meetings will be occurring throughout the Conference.
Hotel Reservations
AEP has secured a fabulous room rate of only $139/night. Please call the hotel directly, at 760.325.9676 to make room reservations to ensure the Conference room rate, and call early, as we expect to sell out on hotel rooms!!
CONFERENCE PURPOSE AND GOALS
AEP’s 2010 Conference, hosted by the AEP Inland Empire Chapter is being developed as an interdisciplinary conference, intended to provide a professionally challenging forum to share new ideas and information related to a broad range of environmental issues. The Conference Committee has ambitious goals, seeking to create a unique Conference experience featuring exceptionally qualified speakers, interactive sessions, and insightful keynote addresses from environmental policymakers. The Conference backdrop includes a State of Emergency from our prolonged drought, a market meltdown that has rippled across agencies and industries, and a variety of new and challenging legislative changes at the State and Federal level.
UNIQUE CONFERENCE ELEMENTS
The AEP 2010 Conference will offer a unique blend of practical information, cutting edge technologies and methodologies, and emerging perspectives on new legislative and environmental policy. The Conference will be fun – intentionally set at the Hotel Zoso, a boutique four-star hotel in downtown Palm Springs, a truly walkable, “sustainable” venue with easy airport access, offering endless opportunities to enjoy downtown Palm Springs and environs. The Conference Committee is exploring unique methods for interactive sessions, such as live webcasting and the proprietary Quizdom technology (www.quizdom.com), as well as exciting mobile workshops, such as a San Andreas Fault tour by Jeep. The Committee is seeking high-level keynote speakers addressing such issues as Climate Change policies and Regulatory trends. The Conference Program will include “Recommended Tracks” geared toward specific professional interests (technical practitioner, elected official, private industry, legal, etc). Conference panel sessions are being sought for a broad range of issues including, but not limited to, the following:
• NEPA Update & Federal Funding Process
• CEQA Update
• Sustainability & SB375 Compliance
• Noise
• Transportation
• Water Resources
• Air Resources & Climate Change
• Biological Resources
• Environmental Policy & Ethics
• Transborder Issues
• Cultural & Native American Resources
• GIS & Spatial Analysis
• Regulatory Permitting
• Community Participation
CONFERENCE AUDIENCE
The AEP 2010 Conference is being designed to attract a broad range of interests, from private sector environmental consultants, to public agency staff, elected officials, attorneys, private industry and environmental organizations. The scope of the Conference topics and panel sessions is intended to attract participation from National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) members from within and outside California. The Conference will include opportunities for AICP credit, and is seeking accreditation from MCLE, AICP and LEED AP.
Kevin Thomas, CEP, AEP 2010 Conference Chairman
40810 County Center Drive, Suite 100, Temecula, CA, 92591
Phone 951.506.2074 • FAX 951.676.7240 • kthomas@rbf.com
