Fall 2021 Symposium
The World of Waste in a Wasteful World
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Hosted Virtually
The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law is pleased to announce our Fall 2021 symposium being held on October 16, 2021. The event will be held virtually from with registration beginning at 8:00am and panels from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Waste is an important environmental topic, now more than ever. The world is ever-changing between climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other elements. It is crucial that people pay attention to waste and learn how to help prevent the world from becoming even more wasteful.
The symposium revolves around four main panels: waste disposal as intended; policy management and litigation; ocean and water pollution; and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (also known as CERCLA or Superfund). The panelists are set to provide a wide range of experiences about the world of waste. Our keynote speaker, materials management section chief at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Josh Kelly, intends to perfectly tie all the main themes to Vermont.
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Free and open to the public and press. CLE credits available.
Schedule:
8:00am – Registration
8:30am – Introductory Remarks
- Michelle Amidzich, Editor-in-Chief, VJEL
- John Echeverria, VJEL Faculty Advisor
- Carolyn Clark and Lucas Parsell, Symposium Editors, VJEL
9:00am – Waste Disposal as Intended
- Moderator: Pat Parenteau, Professor, VLS
- Speakers: Anthu Hoang, Anna “Trashwalker” Sacks, W. Kip Viscusi, Caroline Cecot
10:15am – Break and Raffle
10:30am – Keynote Address
- Keynote Speaker: Josh Kelly, VT Department of Environmental Conservation
11:45am – Policy Management
- Moderator: Pamela Vesilind, Professor, VLS
- Speakers: Esther Berezofsky, Madhavi Venkatesan, Clifford Villa
12:45pm – Lunch Break and Raffle
1:45pm – Ocean/Water Pollution
- Moderator: Sarah Reiter, Professor, VLS
- Speakers: Ben Eichenberg, Jon Groveman, Michael Stocker, Jaclyn McGarry
3:00pm – Break
3:15pm – CERCLA
- Moderator: John Echeverria, VJEL Faculty Advisor
- Speakers: Catherine Millas Kaiman, Shawn Collins, Ana Baptist
4:45pm – Closing Remarks and Raffle