Governor to Keynote Opening of the 21st annual Environment Virginia Symposium
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the 21st annual Environment Virginia Symposium at Virginia Military Institute April 7.
The two-day symposium brings together the public and private sectors to address Virginia’s most urgent environmental issues. This year’s theme is “Optimizing Stewardship in a Challenging Economy.”
McDonnell, in his first visit to VMI, kicks off the conference with his remarks the first morning of the symposium. Other keynote speakers include James Gustave Speth and Dennis Treacy.
Speth is author of The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. He was founder of the World Resources Institute; chairman of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality; co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council; and dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Treacy is vice president of the Environmental and Corporate Affairs at Smithfield Foods Inc. Prior to that, he served as director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality. From 1990 to 1995, he served as assistant attorney general in the natural resources section of the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.
VMI’s Superintendent, Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, will welcome more than 500 environmental leaders from the public and private sectors expected at the symposium. In addition to the keynote speakers, participants will hear from national and state experts about environmental challenges and opportunities. Sessions and speakers will address changes to state and federal regulations; restoring the Chesapeake Bay; strategic land conservation; energy; viable and sustainable farms; adapting to climate change; and sustainable development.
Regular registration rates are in effect for those registering by March 10. After that date, late rates will be in effect. To register or to get additional information, visit the symposium Web site.
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