Working Group Agendas, Proceedings Actions items & Presentations made at the 2015 Summit
Agriculture
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Agenda |
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Agriculture proceedings |
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Agriculture action items 2015 |
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Leslie Blakely - Transportation Challenges Impacting Agriculture Markets |
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Kim Falcon - Cross-Border Agricultural Issues |
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Shelley Jones - Social Licence Security |
Border Issues
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Agenda |
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Border Issues action items 2015 |
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Geoffrey Hale - Inland Border Issues: The Alberta-Montana Region |
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Ben Lones & Deborah Meyers - Beyond The Border |
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Laurie Trautman - Borders in Globalization |
Cross-Border Livestock Health
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Action Items |
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Agenda |
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Michael Latimer - CFIA Import Permit Delay: Effect on US and Canada Livestock Producers |
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Antonio Ramirez - Minimizing Trade Restrictions Through the U.S.-Canada Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) Zoning Initiative |
Disaster Resilience and Cyber Security
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Agenda |
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Disaster Resilience and Cyber Security proceedings |
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Disaster Resilience and Cyber Security action items 2015 |
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Eric Holdeman - Center for Regional Disaster Resilience |
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John Gordnier - Body Cameras, Drones, and The Law |
Energy
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Agenda |
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Energy proceedings |
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Energy action items 2015 |
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Mike Cashell - Renewable Resources and Transmission: Challenges and Successes |
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Chris Hodge - Renewables and the Transmission Markets |
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Peter Macconnachie - Canada’s Oil Sands: Connecting Energy Infrastructure with Core Values |
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Mike Monea - Commercial CCS Operating Experience |
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Greg Schnake - Best Practices in Enhanced Oil Recovery |
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J.R. Tolbert - EPA’S Clean Power Plan: The Role of Advanced Energy |
Energy & Enviroment
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Agenda |
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Energy and Environment action items 2015 |
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2015_energy_and_environment_proceedings.pdf |
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Andrew Pape-Salmon - Roadmap to Resilient, Net Zero Energy Buildings and Deep Energy Retrofits |
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Kevin Davis - High Performance Concrete Building Design |
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Ron Melton - PNSGD Project Overview & Transactive Energy |
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Ken Nichols - Distributed Energy Resources in the Pacific Northwest |
Expanding Natural Gas Resources
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Expanding Natural Gas Markets proceedings |
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David Bennett - Natural gas for transportation |
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Ian Burkheimer - Natural Gas Market Opportunities: Mining |
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Abraham Kim - Asia’s Growing Energy Demand: Opportunities & Challenges |
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Dan Kirschner - What is the resource? |
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Vern Wadey - Serving the Asia Pacific LNG Market through Jordan Cove LNG |
Forestry
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Agenda |
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Forestry proceedings |
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Forestry action items 2015 |
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Thomas Maness - Rethinking the Building From the Ground Up |
Innovation & Higher Education
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Agenda |
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Innovation and Higher Education proceedings |
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Jane Muir - The Impact of Research and Technology Commercialization |
Invasive Species
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Agenda |
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Invasive Species proceedings |
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Invasive Species action items 2015 |
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Jennifer Andreas - Biocontrol Efforts on Flowering Rush |
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Kylie Bloodsworth - Treatments to Eradicate Zebra Mussels in Christmas Lake |
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Ray Callaway - Emerging Issues in the Region and their Biological Impacts |
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Lisa DeBruyckere - Advancing A Regional Defense Against Dressenids in the Pacific Northwest |
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Robyn Draheim - Evolving New Zealand Mudsnail Management Priorities in the PNW |
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Virgil Dupuis - Flowering Rush An Invasive Aquatic Macrophyte Infesting the Columbia River Basin |
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Jeff Forester - Protecting Minnesota’s Lakes and Rivers… Acting Locally |
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Laurie Kerzicnik - Emerald Ash Borer |
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Cindy Sawchuk - Mussels And Mutts: The Alberta Conservation K-9 Program |
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Mark Sytsma - Update on Regional Legislation and Current Gaps in Legislation (United States) |
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Kate Wilson - Federal AIS Regulations in Canada: Finally! |
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Travis Ziehl - Determining Acres Protected: A need for managers of noxious weeds |
Market Access
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Agenda |
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Market Access proceedings |
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Market Access action items 2015 |
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Wendy Hutchinson - Millennium Bulk Terminals |
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Joe Ritzman - Gateway Pacific Terminal |
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Joe Ritzman - Trends in Global Shipping & Future Infrastructure Needs for Washington Ports |
Mining
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Agenda |
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Mining proceedings |
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Mining action items 2015 |
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Ed Fogels - Areas of regional cooperation for mine safety: Alaska |
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Tammy Johnson - Overview of S.409 revise metal mine laws in Montana |
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David Morel - B.C.'s Response to the Mount Polley Breach |
Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development (P3)
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Agenda |
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P3 proceedings |
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P3 action items |
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Rick Adcock - Water Sector P3 Projects Market Trends and the Relative Cost of Service |
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Mark Liedemann - The P3 Experience: Perspectives on the Benefits and Implementation of Public Private Partnerships |
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Tesse Rasmussen - The P3 Experience: Perspectives on the Benefits and Implementation of P3s |
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Bob Rowe - Planning and investing in critical utility infrastructure with public consultation |
Tourism
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Agenda |
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Tourism proceedings |
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Tourism action items 2015 |
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Dave Cowen - Update: NORPASS, Sichuan Vias Pilor, & PNWER Product Themes |
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Chris Dorrington - Great Northern Corridor Multistate Planning & Development Study |
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Rob Eaton - Amtrak Rail Passenger Service & PNWER |
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Taylor Middleton - Opportunities to Market Winter Tourism: Bringing Winter Tourism Opportunities to Market |
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Tourism Marketing Panel (Paul Nursey, Trina Mousseau, Glenniss Indreland & Dale Ryan) |
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Marine Tourism Panel (Greg Wirtz, Ryan Malane, & Peter Schrappen) |
Trade and Economic Development
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Agenda |
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Trande and Economic Development proceedings |
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Michael Brownrigg - Scaling Developing World Prosperity without Choking the Planet to Death |
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Tim Faley - Regional Cluster Development: MARF Multi-Asset Renewal Funds |
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Christian Hauselman - Economic Development with Market Returns Financial Innovation for Economic Renewal |
Transportation
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Agenda |
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Transportation proceedings |
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Transportation action items 2015 |
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Ken Holgard - Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains New Regulatory Requirements Addressed in HM-251 Final Rule |
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Jack Isselmann - Tank Car Regulations Summary |
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Laureen Kinney - Transport Canada |
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David Miller - CN: Playing our Role as a Backbone of the Economy |
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Bill Owens - Tank Car Derail data and Tank Car Retrofit Deadlines |
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Phillip Romero - Playing our Role as a Backbone of the Economy: How Freight Rail Drives Washington’s Economy |
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Jerry Whitehead - Transportation Challenges In the Pacific Northwest Economic Region |
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Dean Wise - Rail Capacity & Safety |
Water Policy
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Agenda |
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Water Policy proceedings |
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Water Policy action items 2015 |
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Spencer Cohen - Agriculture and Food Processing in Washington State Economic Impacts and Importance of Water |
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Mike Nemwth - Rethinking operations of river infrastructure from experience in Alberta: people, tools, and process |
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Derek Sandison - Identifying New Funding Sources to Support Water Infrastructure |
Workforce Development
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Agenda |
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Workforce proceedings |
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Kim Allen - Challenges and Opportunities for Professional Licensure in the PNWER Region |
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Katy Brooke - RevUp Montana |
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Chris Parson - Flathead Valley Community College |
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Shana Peschek - Washington State Sector Strategy for Workforce Development |