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Session Resources for the 2017 PNWER Annual Summit
Presentations, Agendas & Action Items

FULL ACTION ITEM LIST
WORKING GROUP MAIN PAGES


AGRICULTURE

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Pam Barrow, Northwest Food Processors Association
2 Gary Martin, North American Export Grain Association
3 Nellie McAdams, Rogue Farm Corps
4 Frédéric Seppey, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
​

BORDER ISSUES

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Dan Ujczo, Dickinson Wright
2
Deborah Meyers, Department of Homeland Security
​​

CLIMATE CHANGE LEADERSHIP

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS IN ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

PRESENTATIONS
1 Stacy H. Smedley, Skanska USA Building
2 David Akiyama, The Boeing Company

CROSS-BORDER LIVESTOCK HEALTH

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Andrew Clark, International Animal Health Consultant
2 Danelle Bickett-Widdle, Iowa State University
3 Danelle Bickett-Widdle, Iowa State University (2)
4 Roxanne Mullaney, U.S. Port Services
​5 Kathryn Simmons, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
6 Kevin Kester, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
7 Matt Taylor, CAN Animal Health Coalition
8 Mohit Baxi, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

DISASTER RESILIENCE

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Charlene Milliken, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
2 Christina Caffrey, Calgary Emergency Management Agency
3 Daniel Stevens, Vancouver, B.C. Emergency Management
4 David McGown, Insurance Bureau of Canada
​5 Technology Group Presentation
6 Kathie Dello, Oregon State University
7 Marianne Armstrong, National Research Council Canada
8 Mike Harryman, Office of the Governor of Oregon
​
9 Michele Crim, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
​
10 Patrick Massey, Department of Homeland Security
11 Timothy O’Brien, Union Pacific Railroad
​
12 Tristan Allen, Washington State Emergency Management Division
​
13 Alberta Group Presentation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Hon. Ranj Pillai, Government of Yukon
2 Adam Zimmerman, Craft3
3 Krystyna Wolniakowski, Columbia River Gorge Commission

ENERGY

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Rep. Jeff Morris, Washington State Legislature
2 Gary Bauer, Northwest Natural
3 Curt Kirkeby, Avista Utilities
4 Lee Hall, BPA Distributed Energy Resources
​5 Betsy Spomer, Jordan Cove LNG
6 Charles Marcinkiewicz, NuScale Power

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Ruchi Sadhir, Office of Governor Kate Brown, Oregon 
2 BC Energy Step Code - Andrew Pape-Salmon, Ministry of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing, Government of British Columbia
3 Roadmap for Resilient, Energy Efficient Buildings in the Pacific Northwest - Andrew Pape-Salmon
4 Jessica Iplikci, Energy Trust of Oregon
5 Carl Fink, Blue Planet Energy Law, LLC 
​6 Sen. Mike Dembrow, Oregon Legislature 

ENERGY SOLUTIONS

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

PRESENTATIONS
1 Jason Busch, Oregon Wave Energy Trust
2 Rebecca O’Neil, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3 Richard Williams, Columbia Region, Leidos 
​
4 Hon. Wally Schumann, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment & Minister of Infrastructure, Government of Northwest Territories
5 George Roe, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
​6 John Glassmire, HOMER Energy


FORESTRY
FORESTRY

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Anthony Davis, Oregon State University
2 David Kenny, Oregon BEST
3 Valerie Johnson, DR Johnson


INNOVATION

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Steven Ashby, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2 Vikram Jandhyala, University of Washington, CoMotion
3 Greg Howes, IDEAbuilder
4 Teemu Lehtinen, KIRA-digi

INFRASTRUCTURE

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Leslie Blakey, Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors  
2 Jeannie Beckett, The Beckett Group
3 Ahmed Elayouty, Pacific Hyperloop, University of Washington 
4 Mark Romoff, Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships 
5 Scott Boardman, West Coast Infrastructure Exchange 
​
6 Anthony Buckley, Washington State Department of Transportation 
7 Jussi Jaakkola, Investment Development, SNC-Lavalin 
8  Charles Knutson, Office of Governor Inslee, Washington 


INVASIVE SPECIES

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS 

PRESENTATIONS
1 Montana Mussel Response Team
2 Thomas Woolf, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
3 Timothy Counihan, USGS
4 Jamie Reaser, National Invasive Species Council
5 Becky Cudmore, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
6 Kate Wilson, Alberta Environment & Parks and Martina Beck, BC Dept. of Environment
7 Peter Daugherty and Sarah Navarro, Oregon Dept. of Forestry
8 Dr. Jim Marra, Washington Dept. of Agriculture
9 Clinton Burfitt, Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
10 Joseph Maroney, Kalispel Tribe of Indians
11 Dr. Brian Heise, Thompson Rivers University
12 Mark Sytsma, Portland State University and Justin Bush, Washington Invasive Species Council

MINING

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Hon. Wally Schumann, Government of the Northwest Territories
2 Glen Wonders, Assoctiation for Mineral Exploration, British Columbia
3 Jill Tsolinas, Centre of Training Excellence in Mining (CTEM), British Columbia
4 Michael Catsi, AIDEA - Alaska’s Development Finance Authority
TOURISM
AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS
PRESENTATIONS
1 Todd Davidson, Travel Oregon
2 Walt Judas, TIABC
3 Alex Norfolk, University of Victoria
4 Tourism Dashboard, Paul Nursey, Tourism Victoria

TRANSPORTATION

​AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Dale Jensen, Washington Department of Ecology

3 Robin Rorick, American Petroleum Institute

5 Teresa Perkins, BNSF Railway​
6 Captain Robert Wenz, Alaska Tanker Company
7 Frank Holmes, Western States Petroleum Association
8 Jared Larrabee, Vancouver Energy

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Vikram Jandhyala, University of Washington, CoMotion
2 Nirav Desai, Booz Allen Hamliton

WATER POLICY

AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Tom Byler, Oregon Water Resources Dept
2 J.R. Cook, Northeast Oregon Water Association
3 Dave Kennedy, Bonneville Power Administration
4 Rhys Roth, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure
5 Michael Stuhr, City of Portland
6 Emily York, Oregon Health Authority
​7 John Zhou, Alberta Innovates

WORKFORCE
AGENDA
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
ACTION ITEMS

PRESENTATIONS
1 Jill Tsolinas, Centre of Training Excellence in Mining (CTEM), British Columbia
2 Gary Gaussion, Silver Eagle Manufacturing
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