EVENT AGENDA
** Agenda is subject to change up to the date of the event***** Exhibit Hall will remain open during all hours of the symposium with specified breaks as indicated in the agenda ***
Sunday October 9th
| 7:00A-9:00A | Registration open for Field Session Participants only |
| 8:00A-5:00P | Field Tours (requires pre-registration and space is limited) |
| 3:00P-5:00P | Registration Open |
| 5:00P-7:00P | Opening Networking Reception @ Le Meridien Craft City Social Club |
Monday October 10th
| 7:00 AM- 9:00 AM | Registration Open and Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Symphony Ballroom IV : GENERAL SESSION
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| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Carolina Ballroom: Lunch with Exhibitors |
| 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM |
Concurrent Paper Presentations, Session 1 |
| SESSION 1 | Indigenous Engagement & Stakeholders Sympony Ballroom I | Ecology Symphony Ballroom II | Planning/Evaluation & Assessment Symphony Ballroom III | Vegetation Management Symphony Ballroom V |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | “Incorporating Indigenous Partnerships in Vegetation Management: Wabitsabi nanna – To Care for Each Other” – Mark Youngblood, ACRT | “Enhanced Biodiversity Initiatives in Utility Rights-of-Way May Promote Climate Resiliency: The Rise of the Fruiting and Vine Plants”- Anand Persad, ACRT | “Understanding Herbicide Compatibility with Pollinator Habitiat”- Sam Ingram; Corteva | “The Interaction Between Mowing Height, Mowing Frequency, and Terrain on Vegetative Cover, Species Composition and Resiliency to Invasive Plant Encroachment”- Scott Flynn, Corteva |
| 2:05 – 2:35 PM | “Habitat Restoration: Why Indigenous Partnerships Matter” -Paula Bentham, WSP Golder, | “Ignition Prevention on Overhead Lines: Assessing and Mitigating Risk from Wildlife”- Duncan Eccleston, EDM International | “Managing Environmental Safety makes $ense” – Paul Hurysz and Amy Murray; The Davey Resource Group, Inc. | “Developing Pollinator Habitat While Mitigating Fire Potential in Southern California ROW”- Vince Mikulanis, The Davey Resource Group, Inc. |
| 2:40 – 3:10 PM | “Assessment of the Status of Aboriginal Knowledge in the Environmental Follow-Up Studies Conducted by Hydro-Québec” – Stéphanie Eveno, Hydro-Québec |
“Biological monitoring with environmental DNA: Advancements, drawbacks, and moving towards regulatory acceptance” – Nathanial Marshall, Stantec Consulting Services Inc. | “Sacramento Shade: The Right Trees in the Right Places — A Partnership Between the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and the Sacramento Tree Foundation” – Amy Young, Sacramento Municipal Utility District | “Tree Sapling Growth Rates and Associated Treatment Cycle Lengths on Powerline Corridors” – Benjamin Ballard, SUNY Morrisville |
| 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM | Carolina Ballroom: Break with Exhibitors |
| 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM |
Concurrent Paper Presentations, Session 2 |
| SESSION 2 | Regulatory & Permitting Symphony Ballroom I | Ecology Symphony Ballroom II | Technology Symphony Ballroom III | Vegetation Management Symphony Ballroom V |
| 3:55 – 4:25 PM | “Managing Socio-economic Effects During Major Project Construction” -Sian Weaver, TC Energy | “Joining the Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances: A Case Study with Vermont Electric Power Company”-Samantha Alger, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | “Engaging Stakeholders When You Can’t Leave the House: A Case Study of the Effectiveness of Virtual Public Meetings and Tools” – Sherrie Trefry, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. | “Leveraging Technology To Promote Compatible Vegetation And Target Incompatible Vegetation Through ntegrated Vegetation ManagementT Practices” – Jack Gardner, Duke Energy |
| 4:30 – 5:00 PM | “Minimizing and Monitoring Environmental Impacts from the New York Power Authority (NYPA)/ Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) PV-20 Submarine Cable Replacement Project” – Tim Follensbee II, Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) | “Quantifying power lines impacts on birds and mammals in Norway”- Dafna Gilad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology | “Emerging Remote Sensing Technologies: Drones and Mobile Lidar Applications” – Deborah Sheeler & Will Ayersman, Davey Resource Group, Inc. | “Why don’t you use goats for Vegetation Management?” – Richard Johnstone, IVM Partners, Inc. |
Tuesday, October 11th
| 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM | Registration Open and Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 PM |
Symphony Ballroom IV : GENERAL SESSION ACADEMIA PANEL
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| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Carolina Ballroom: Break with Exhibitors |
| 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM |
Concurrent Paper Presentations, Session 3 |
| SESSION 3 | Reclamation/ Mitigation/ Restoration Symphony Ballroom I | Ecology Symphony Ballroom II | Regulatory/ Permitting Symphony Ballroom III | Vegetation Management Symphony Ballroom V |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | “Georgia Transmission Corporation’s Programmatic Agreement for Routine and Repetitive Impacts to Cultural Resources: How program alternatives can streamline regulatory review for rights-of-way management and the benefit the environment” -Katheryn Ferrall-Graff, Georgia Transmission Corporation | “Assessing short- and long-term wildfire threat when adapting powerline infrastructure to promote wildlife habitat connectivity” – Alexandre Beauchemin, Hydro-Québec | “Enbridge NPS20 – Routing a Pipeline Through Downtown Toronto” – Moise Coulombe-Pontbriand, Golder Associates | “Strategic Approach to Delivering Sustainable Conservation Programs on Pipeline Right of Ways” – David Murk, American Petroleum Institute |
| 10:35 – 11:05 AM | “ROW Vegetation Maintenance Activities and Endangered Species Act Compliance: A Due Diligence Review Process” – Andrea Sampson, Merjent, Inc. | “Assessing Bumble Bee and Lepidoptera Pollinator Habitat Value of Managed Plant Communities using Pollinator Site Value Indices (PSVI) and Implications for Infrastructure Investment”- Richard Johnstone, IVM Partners, Inc. | “Innovation to Solve Real Utility Problems: Complex Environmental Compliance and Field Support” – Donald Handshoe, Jacobs Engineering Group | “Using UAS Technology and Machine Learning to Detect Pollinator Habitat on Utility Rights-of-Way” – Ashley Bennett, Electric Power Research Institute |
| 11:10 – 11:40 AM | “Use of Detector Dogs in Wildlife Conservation Applications for Utilities” – Patrick Chase Bernier, SWCA Environmental Consultants | “Beyond the Butterfly: Managing ROWs for Ecological Productivity” – Kieran Hunt, Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC | “20 Years On – What Have We Learned About UVM from the 2003 North American Blackout and the 2003 European Blackout” – Lawrence Kahn, Lakshmi Kumar, Tulane University Law School | “Assessing the effects of integrated vegetation management on botanical and pollinator communities in ROW habitats”- Adam Baker, Davey Tree |
| 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Carolina Ballroom: Lunch with Exhibitors |
| 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM |
Afternoon Panel: Compatible Species Management Tools to Assist in Improving Habitat Biodiversity?
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| 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM |
Carolina Ballroom: Break with Exhibitors |
| 2:45 PM – 5:00 PM |
Concurrent Paper Presentations, Session 4 |
| SESSION 4 | Planning/Evaluation & Assessment Symphony Ballroom I | Ecology Symphony Ballroom II | Technology Symphony Ballroom III | Vegetation Management Symphony Ballroom V |
| 2:45 – 3:15 PM | “Developing Virtual Open House Platforms for Electric Transmission Projects – the Challenges, and benefits to engaging the community through virtual platforms while meeting regulatory expectations.” – Jonathan Schultis, Jacobs Engineering Group | “Comparing Monitoring Methods for Pollinating Insects within Electric Transmission Rights-of-way” – Anthony Abbate, Auburn University | “Living Source of Truth – The Digital Transformation of a Pipeline Project” – Ashley Betson, Jacobs | “Research and Results: Assessing the Environmental Impact of Vegetation Management Strategies” – Darrell Russell, Corteva Agriscience |
| 3:20 – 3:50 PM | “Exploring the Use of Drones to Conduct Avian Nest Sweeps on Rights-of-Way” – Kirsten Pearson, Western EcoSystems Technology, ULC Environmental & Statistical Consultants | “Powerline right-of-way (ROW) vegetation management and soil-dwelling invertebrates: A study of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) at a research ROW in central Pennsylvania” – Hannah Stout | “Understanding Laws and Regulations that Protect Birds and Planning Strategies to Minimize Takings in Infrastructure Development” – Lawrence Kahn, Timothy Brannan, Tulane University Law School | “Vegetation Management Science of Performance: Using vegetation inventory metrics to enhance vegetation program performance” Jeff Filip, Intelfuse |
| 3:55 – 4:25 PM | “Incompatible Encroachment Identification and Mitigation Through Remote Sensing Within Transmission Easements” -Mark Ferrill, Duke Energy | “Lessons from the First Nationwide Conservation Agreement for Monarch Butterflies on Energy and Transportation Lands” – Iris Caldwell, University of Illinois Chicago; Dan Salas, Stantec | “Benefits vs Burdens: Installaion of a State of the art Leak Detection System along an exisiting Pipeline in Jasper National Park, Canada” – Jason Smith, Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC | Jacobs | “Application of Drone Technology and Photogrammetry to Paleontological Resources Management” – Alyssa Bell Stantec Consulting Services Inc. |
| 4:25 – 5:00 PM | NA | NA | “Sonic Tomography” – Dr. Ahmed Ali, The Davey Tree Expert Company | “Reducing wildfire risk, Restoring habitat, and Protecting wildlife by controlling annual invasive grasses.” – David Spak, Bayer Environmental Science |
Wednesday, October 12th
| 7:00 AM- 8:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Carolina Ballroom: Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 8:30 AM – 9:35 AM |
Concurrent Paper Presentations, Session 5 |
| SESSION 5 | Planning/Evaluation & Assessment Symphony Ballroom I | Technology Symphony Ballroom II | Ecology Symphony Ballroom III | Vegetation Management Symphony Ballroom V |
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | “A Comparative Analysis of Pipeline Abandonment Options for Terrestrial and Marine Environment” – Colin Piggot; Jacobs Engineering Group | “Optimizing T&D Field Operation Efficiencies in a Unique Partnership between a Remote Sensing and Utility Vegetation Management (UVM) Company”- Jennifer Whitacre, NV5 Geospatial | “UAS Applications for Wildfire Mitigation on Electric Utility Distribution Rights-of-Way” – Greg Brenton, EDM International, Inc. | “Cutting Edge Remote Sensing Tools for ROW Management” – Kris Andersen & Michael Burnett, Jacobs Engineering |
| 9:05 – 9:35 AM | “Underground Transmission Lilne Siting through Growing Cities” – Pattarin Jarupan, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | “Satellite Technology and its Applications in ROW VM” – Nitin Das & Rahul Saxena; AiDash | Understanding the Wildfire Litigation Process – Rights and Remedies of Litigants Lawrence Kahn, Charles Lally, Tulane University Law School | “Annotated Bibliography of Articles, Books, and Research Papers Related to Right-of-Way Vegetation Management – 1950’s to Present” -Tom Sullivan, Charlton and Associates LLC | TES Forester and Arborist |
| 9:35 AM – 10:15 AM | Carolina Ballroom: Break with Exhibitors |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM |
Closing Plenary Panel: “Where do we go from Here – The Future of Rights of Way Development & Operations”
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| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM |
Closing comments and Farewell:
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| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
Closing Luncheon: Grab n Go Lunches |
