Past Programs - 2008
Luncheon Archive
August - Generating Legally Defensible Data: A Sampling and Field Testing Perspective
July - Environmental Challenges in Flood Risk Management – Any Solutions on the Horizon?
May - EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
April - Stepping into a Green Future
March - Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites for Bay Area
Communities
February - Green Chemistry Cornerstone Report
January - Opportunities for Environmental Services
required by the Port of Stockton
August - Generating Legally Defensible Data: A Sampling and Field Testing Perspective.
In recent environmental publications, there is a growing recognition that there are vulnerabilities in field sampling practices which can have a significant effect on data quality. Staff managing field sampling activities needs to be aware of these vulnerabilities and how field records may be challenged in court to develop an effective program. This presentation will discuss areas for concern when managing field sampling, what training is needed to assure records are defensible, and a framework for helping field sampling staff “do the right thing” when under the extreme pressure of being in the field. Finally, the attendees will be introduced to the NELAC Institute’s Standard for field sampling organizations that are based on international quality systems.
Speaker:
Diane Lawver
Since 1999, Diane Lawver has been the President and owner of Quality Assurance Solutions, LLC. Quality Assurance Solutions is a quality system consulting company for both public and private environmental testing laboratories who wish to continuously improve their quality systems. QA Solutions also offers services to environmental consultants for laboratory auditing, training, and data assessment for Level II and Level III reports. She has extensive experience as a Laboratory Director, Quality Assurance Officer, and GC/MS Chemist since 1985. Ms. Lawver was a recipient of the Quality Assurance award in 1997 by the San Francisco Bay Section of CWEA. In 2008, she was a recipient of the Crystal Crucible Award for promoting professional development amongst CWEA members. Ms. Lawver brings almost 25 years of environmental testing experience to this meeting.
When:
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
11:15am – 1:30pm
H's Lordship's Restaurant
199 Seawall Dr., Berkeley Marina
July - Join us for a discussion around environmental challenges in flood risk management with Boni Bigornia or ARCADIS.
Speaker:
Boni Bigornia
Boni Bigornia is Vice President for ARCADIS’ flood risk management program. Prior to that, he was the Corps of Engineers regional program manager for the Corps flood risk management at the South Pacific Division. After Katrina, Boni was asked to develop the Program Management Plan for the Chief’s 12 Actions for Change, after which he served as the planning and policy expert on the national vegetation management team, and served on the national Risk Team for Actions for Change. His first task upon joining the Corps’ Los Angeles District in 1985 was to provide the hydraulic design for the 550-ft high Seven Oaks Dam, eventually serving as Section Chief for the Reservoir Regulation Section and Chair for the interagency Colorado River Forecast Service Technical Committee. Prior to Corps service, Boni worked as a coastal engineering aide for the Dutch Waterworks Department on the Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier, and as a river and floodplain engineer for the Alberta Department of the Environment.
May - EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
Join us for highlights on sustainability and green initiatives from EBMUD
as well as new and ongoing contracting opportunities with the district.
Presented by Bill Kirkpatrick, Engineering Manager, Water Distribution
Planning Division.
Speaker:
BILL KIRKPATRICK
Engineering Manager
Water Distribution Planning Division
Bill Kirkpatrick joined EBMUD in 1991 and has managed the Water Distribution Planning Division of the Engineering & Construction department since then. The Division performs all the planning for major capital projects for the water treatment and distribution system including agency coordination, water demand projections, extensions to serve, and all environmental documentation work. He has worked for over 34 years as a professional engineer in the planning, design, and operation of water and wastewater facilities. Bill will be highlighting upcoming sustainability and green initiatives from EBMUD as well as new and ongoing contracting opportunities with the district.
April - Stepping into a Green Future
CarbonFlow, Inc. develops software for carbon market participants. They
were founded in 2006 to address the process inefficiencies and supply
hurdles in the current carbon market.
Despite rapid growth, carbon markets remain very inefficient today. The
current creation process acts as a constraint on the supply, and, along
with the lack of transparency, affects the price of credits. Supply constraints
are obvious hurdles in a market where there is clearly a growing demand
from both the Kyoto targets and an emerging voluntary market.
CarbonFlow works to drastically lower the cost and time it takes to create
a credit. Their product suite also improves the velocity and transparency
of this growing market, while enabling the expansion of the carbon credit
supply.
The Carbonflow™ suite enhances productivity, reduces both administration
costs and the financial risks of managing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) offset
projects, and manages the delivery of certified carbon credits for buyers
and sellers worldwide. These carbon markets have accelerated since the
inception of the "cap-and-trade" market system of the Kyoto
Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
and in 2006 exceeded US$30 billion in total value.
Our Speaker:
Neal Dikeman - Neal has been one of the founding partners of Jane Capital
Partners LLC, an energy and technology merchant bank whose clients have
included the technology arms of multinational energy companies. Carbonflow
is his fourth startup, and the third he has helped launch cross-border.
He previously cofounded SC Power Systems, Inc. and its successor Zenergy
Power plc (AIM:ZEN) in superconductor technology, helped launch WaiterPad
POS Systems, Inc. in wireless hospitality POS solutions, and led the spin-out
of Fideris, Inc. in fuel cell test & measurement. He has served as
a director of several technology companies, edits the Cleantech Blog,
named one of the 50 Best Business Blogs by London Times, and chairs Cleantech.org.
Before entering private equity, he began his career in energy investment
banking at Bankers Trust, and has a B.A. from Texas A&M University.
March - Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites for Bay Area Communities
Katie Lamont, Senior Project Developer, Eden Housing
Katie Lamont is a senior project developer with Eden Housing, a regional
non-profit housing developer based in Hayward. Before joining Eden in
2003, Katie was a project manager with the Los Angeles Community Design
Center. She has cleaned up brownfield sites and redeveloped them with
green housing in Hayward, Richmond, and Signal Hill. Katie will highlight
the work that Eden has been performing in support of affordable housing
and mixed use projects, including green building, for Bay Area communities.
February - Green Chemistry Cornerstone Report
The principles of chemicals policy outlined in this report highlight the need for a modern, comprehensive solution to pressing health, environmental and economic problems associated with California’s management of chemicals and products. These policies will promote the science, technology, and commercial applications of green chemistry: the design, manufacture and use of chemicals, processes and products that are safer for human health and the environment. Building new productive capacity in green chemistry will support a vibrant economy, open new opportunities for investment and employment, and protect human health and the state’s natural resources.
Presented by
Michael P. Wilson, Ph.D, MPH
Research Scientist
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
email: mpwilson@berkeley.edu
http://coeh.berkeley.edu/greenchemistry/
Opportunities for Environmental Services required by the Port of Stockton
Please join us for our first luncheon
of 2008!! Jeff Wingfield, Environmental Manager, Port of Stockton will
be providing an overview of opportunities for environmental services required
by the Port of Stockton. Further details to follow.
When:
Tuesday, January 29, 2007 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
H's Lordship's Restaurant
199 Seawall Dr., Berkeley Marina