A big calendar of brownfield conferences on environment, energy, planning, remediation and redevelopment in 2017 will deliver huge educational, social and professional opportunities.

January

January 05-07 | IICSEEHawaii 2017 | International Academic Forum (IAFOR) – IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment | Honolulu, HI

Jan 9-12 | 9th International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments | New Orleans, LA 

January 24 | NCSE 2017 | The National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment – "Integrating Environment and Health." | Washington, DC

January 25 | California Climate Change Symposium | Sacramento, CA

January 26 | 2017 SMART Remediation | Toronto, Ontario CANADA

January 27 | UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference | Los Angeles, CA

February

February 1 | Informational webinar: CDFA's Brownfields Technical Assistance Program | Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 1:00pm Eastern | ONLINE

February 02-04 | New Partners for Smart Growth Conference – "Practical Tools and Innovative Strategies for Creating Great Communities." | St. Louis, MO

February 04-07 | National Association of Clean Water Agencies' 2017 Winter Conference | Tampa, FL

February 09-10 | Environmental Law 2017 Cosponsored by the Environmental Law Institute | Washington DC

February 12-16 | The Public Lands Alliance Convention | Arlington, VA

February 23 | CDFA Online Project Marketplace – offering FREE brownfields financing technical assistance | ONLINE

February 23 | Land Banking 101 | Center for Community Progress Webinar at 12PM EST | ONLINE

February 23 | 6th Annual Conference on Sustainable Real Estate – "Sustainability at a Crossroads?" | NYU Kimmel Center for University Life, New York, NY

February 26-March 1 | Active Living Research Conference | Clearwater Beach, FL

February 28 | EPA Webinar: Leveraging Resources for Brownfields Revitalization: Community Health, and the Arts | ONLINE from 1-2:30PM Eastern Time (US)

March

March 01 | Climate Leadership Conference | Chicago, IL

March 07 | Redeveloping Contaminated & Blighted Properties in California | Los Angeles, CA (also online, and archived via CD/DVD)

March 07-09 | RemTEC Summit | Denver, CO

March 08-10 |  4th 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management | New Delhi, INDIA

March 08-10 | National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program | Washington, DC

March 09 | CDFA Webinar:  Private activity bonds in brownfield redevelopment | ONLINE

March 10 | New Jersey Future Forum 2017 | Hyatt Regency | New Brunswick, NJ

March 12-15 | 30th Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show | Destin, FL

*Rescheduled for May 25* March 15 | The 8th Northeast Sustainable Communities Workshop – Driving Revitalization Sustainably: identifying sustainable goals and strategies for revitalizing their communities and brownfields | Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast | Newark, NJ

March 15-16 | Water Innovation 2017 | Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, CA

March 16 | SustainTech 2017 |  Saskatchewan Environmental Industry And Managers Association | Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CANADA

March 19-22 | 32nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management | Philadelphia, PA

March 19-22 | Sustainable Water Management Conference | American Water Works Association | New Orleans, LA

March 20-23 | 27th Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air | Association for Environmental Health and Sciences Foundation | San Diego, CA

March 21 | Heavy Metal Stabilization in Soil Remediation  | Mar 21, 2017 at 10:00 AM CDT | ONLINE

March 22-23 | GlobalCon | Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) | Philadelphia, PA

March 23 | Understanding Neighborhood Change | Center for Community Progress Webinar at 12PM EDT | ONLINE

March 23 | “Creating Value: Assessing the Return on Investment in Complete Streets” | Smart Growth America Webinar at 1PM EDT | ONLINE

March 26-28 | National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials | Washington Conference | Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel | Washington, DC

March 27-30 | Road to Zero Waste Conference | “The Long and Winding Road to Sustainable Materials Management” |  Reno, NV

March 27-30 | NAEP 2017 Annual Conference – An Environmental Crossroads:  Navigating Our Ever-Changing Regulatory Landscape |  National Association of Environmental Professionals | Durham, NC

March 29-31 | ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ 46th Spring Conference | Loews Hollywood Hotel | Los Angeles, CA

March 29 - April 02 | American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference – "Winds of Change: Global Connections across Space, Time, and Nature." | Chicago, IL  

April

April 03-05 | Symposium on Design and Construction Issues at Hazardous Waste Sites | Society of American Military Engineers | Philadelphia, PA

April 4 | Contaminated Sites Under the New Administration | BBJ Group | Loyola University - Schreiber Center (WINTRUST HALL) 16 E. Pearson Avenue | Chicago, IL

April 04-07 | IAIA17: Impact Assessment’s Contribution to the Global Efforts in Addressing Climate Change | International Association for Impact Assessment | Montreal, QC, CANADA

April 05 | Defending the National Brownfields Program in an Era of Uncertainty: The FY 2018 Budget Process | Center for Creative Land Recycling Webinar 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT | ONLINE

April 06-08 | Environmental Council of States | 2017 ECOS Spring Meeting | Washington, DC

April 07 | How to Develop Brownfield Sites for Affordable Housing (in New York City) | Goldstein Hall, co-sponsored by NYC Office of Remediation | New York, NY

April 09-14 | US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) 2017 Annual Meeting – "People, Places, Patterns: Linking Landscape Heterogeneity and Socio-Environmental Systems." | Baltimore, MD

April 11-13 | Sustainable Property and Asset-Based Transactions: Closing Deals & Capturing Market | RTM Communications | Philadelphia, PA

April 19 | Brownfield Workshop - Reclaim. Restore. Redevelop | Doral, FL

April 20 | Georgia Brownfield Association 2107 Symposium | Atlanta, GA 

April 26 | Ninth Annual Big Apple Brownfield Awards Ceremony via the NYC Brownfield Partnership – Learn about New York City’s most outstanding brownfield projects and celebrate its brownfield heroes. | New York Law School (185 West Broadway), New York, NY

April 27 | What is Strategic Code Enforcement? | Center for Community Progress Webinar at 12PM EST | ONLINE

April 27-28 | Metal Mining Discharges — Impacts and Controls | Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA

April 27-29 | American Architects Association (AIA) Convention | Orlando, FL

May

May 01 | 2017 National Outdoor Recreation Conference – Innovative and creative approaches to nature-based outdoor recreation research, planning, and management | Scottsdale, AZ

May 01-02 | Environmental Tech Summit 2017 |  Hunt Library located at North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus | Raleigh, NC

May 01-03 | EDR’s conference PRISM 2017 bringing property risk, insights, strategy and markets to light – featuring industry awards | The Ballantyne Hotel, Charlotte, NC

May 03-06 | Congress for the New Urbanism | CNU 25 | Seattle, WA

May 06-09 | American Planning Association – 2017 National Planning Conference | New York, NY

May 09 | National Adaptation Forum | St Paul, MN

May 10 | 3RA CUMBRE PARA EL DESARROLLO DE BROWNFIELDS EN PUERTO RICO |  San Juan, Puerto Rico

May 10 | 2017 Waterfront Conference | Measuring Our Harbor: Strong, Healthy and Open – Waterfront Alliance | Hudson River Park Pier 40, New York, NY

May 10-12 | 4th Water India 2017 Expo: Clean Water for a Sustainable? Future | New Delhi, INDIA

May 12 | Restoration Ecology Training – Using Mitigation and Sustainable Design Techniques to 
Reduce Stormwater Impacts and Increase Storm Resiliency | Rutgers University | Location: Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ

May 15-18 | The International Oil Spill Conference IOSC 2017 | Long Beach, CA

May 16-17 | Environmental Trade Fair and Conference - Austin Convention Center | Austin, TX

May 17-19 | 46th annual Environmental Show of the South | Chattanooga, TN

May 18 | Economic Redevelopment of Brownfields Workshop (FREE) | Co-hosted by the City of St. Cloud and the Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program (TAB) at Kansas State University (see agenda) | St. Cloud, MN

May 18 | Creative Placemaking Bootcamp | Unlock the Power of the Arts, Culture, and Creativity: Placemaking and Rural Brownfields Redevelopment Bootcamp hosted by NJIT TAB | Bushkill, PA

May 21 | World Environmental and Water Resources Congress – "Creative Solutions for a Changing Environment." | Sacramento, CA

May 22-25 | Fourth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies | Miami, FL

May 22 | AWEA's Windpower | Anaheim, CA

May 25 | Minnesota Real Estate Journal's Brownfield Summit | Golden Valley Country Club, Golden Valley, MN

May 25 | The 8th Northeast Sustainable Communities Workshop – Driving Revitalization Sustainably: identifying sustainable goals and strategies for revitalizing their communities and brownfields | Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast | Newark, NJ

May 31 | Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Green Infrastructure Conference | Detroit, MI

May 31 - June 1 | Vacant properties "boot camp," from the intensive Vacant, Abandoned, and Deteoriated (VAD) Properties Training Academy via the Center for Community Progress | Indianapolis, IN

June

June 5-7 | World Circular Economy Forum | Helsinki, FINLAND

June 5-7 | Environmental Leader – Environmental Leader 2017 Conference | Denver, CO

June 6 | Fifth Annual Northwest Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Forum | Panama City, FL

June 6-8 | 7th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation | Rome, ITALY

June 7-8 | “Economic and Community Revitalization through Planning and Brownfield Redevelopment (in the state of New York)” Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) | Albany, NY

June 11 | AWWA Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE17) – "Uniting the World of Water" |  American Water Works Association | Philadelphia, PA

June 12-13 | TRC's National Brightfield Marketplace Event:  Developing Solar on Landfills and Brownfields | Chicago, IL

June 12-13 | Remediation Innovative Technology Seminar | NAVFAC’s showcase for Environmental Restoration (ER) technology, methodology, and guidance | NTC McMillin Event Center | San Diego, CA

June 13 | Climate Wise Brownfields | Asheville, NC

June 14 | Free EPA Webinar: Superfund Redevelopment Initiative Series: Opportunities for Reuse at Capped Sites 2-3:30 PM EDT | WEBINAR

June 14 | Measuring and Negotiating Environmental Risk CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar

June 14-15 | Remediation Innovative Technology Seminar | NAVFAC’s showcase for Environmental Restoration (ER) technology, methodology, and guidance | Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Plaza | Silverdale WA

June 15 | CDFA Brownfields Financing Webinar: Reviving Commercial Activity on Former Manufacturing Sites |  2-3:30 PM Eastern | ONLINE

June 15 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | An Introduction to Careers in Environmental Law and Policy | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar

June 15 | Canadian Brownfield Network's 7th Annual Conference Brownfields:  The Next Generation | Ted Rogers School, Ryerson University | Toronto, ON CANADA

June 15 | Michigan State University Land Policy Institute | Michigan Citizen Planner: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series | Tools, Tips, and Techniques for local government success in the New Economy | 6:30-7:30 p.m. Eastern ONLINE (The cost per webinar will be $10 for MCPs and $20 for regular registrants.)

June 21 | Developer Math: The Economics of Land Recycling  CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar

June 22 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | NEPA, ESA & Fundamentals of Environmental Law  | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar

June 25 | Climate Change Solutions: Collaborative Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Water Management | America Water Resources Association | Tysons, VA

June 26 | ASME Power and Energy | Charlotte, NC

June 26-28 | National Charrette Institute at MSU: NCI Charrettes + Design Thinking | Harvard University (Law School Campus), Cambridge, MA

June 26-30 | AquaConSoil 2017 | Lyon, FRANCE

June 27 | Markets Trends in Brownfield Development in NYC New York City Brownfield Partership | 8:45am to 10am | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP – One New York Plaza, New York NY

June 27-29 | 9th Conference on Sustainable Development & Planning | Wessex Institute | Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM

June 28 | Developer Math: The Economics of Land Recycling CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar

June 29 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | Basics of Land Use Law | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar

June 29 | Smart Growth America's Rethinking First & Last Mile: Transit-Driven Complete Streets | 1:00-2:00 PM EDT ONLINE via Webinar

July

July 3-5 | iWISE 2017 | International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability and Environment | Ottawa, ON, CANADA

July 6 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | Basics of Clean Water Act | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar

July 11-12 | Remediation Innovative Technology Seminar | NAVFAC’s showcase for Environmental Restoration (ER) technology, methodology, and guidance | Ford Island Conference Center (Building 89) | Honolulu HI

July 13 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | Basics of Clean Air Act | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar | Register

July 13 | How one Colorado city in the Smart Cities Collaborative partnering with Lyft for transit services | Webinar by Transportation for America | 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Eastern Daylight Time ONLINE via Webinar

July 16-18 | National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials | Summer Conference | Indianapolis, IN

July 17 | STEP 2017 | Environmental Council of States | Washington, DC  

July 18-19 | Natural Resource Damages: Best strategies and tactics to handle large, complex NRD cases | Presented by the Law Seminars International at the 11th Annual Santa Fe Advanced Conference on Litigating

July 18-19 | 2017 Global Forum for Responsible Management Education – 7th PRME Assembly |  New York, NY

July 19 | BCONE's Resources to Jump Start Your Vacant Property Redevelopment (followed by networking reception on the patio) | Mott MacDonald Training Facility, 111 Wood Avenue, South Iselin, NJ 3:00pm to 7:00pm

July 19-20 | 9th Annual Impact Capitalism Summit via Big Path Capital | Nantucket, MA

July 20 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | Hazardous Waste and Sites | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar

July 21 | When Life Hands you a Landfill... CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar

July 23 | IWA Reuse 2017 | 11th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse – in partnership with the Water Environment & Research Foundation, WateReuse California, and the National Water Research Institute | Long Beach, CA

July 27 | Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Summer School 2017 | Law & Policy of Products Regulation | Free registration required | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern | In person at 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 700 (Map) Washington, DC & ONLINE via Webinar

July 29-August 2 | Greater & Greener 2017: Parks Connecting Cities, Cultures, and Generations | Minneapolis & Saint Paul, MN

August

August (date TBD) |  2017 U.S. EPA Community Involvement Training |  Kansas City, MO (more info coming soon)

August 01-02 | Resilient Virginia Conference | Richmond, VA 

August 01-02 |  2017 Corporate Management Sustainability Conference | Chicago, IL

August 10-11 | Alabama Brownfields Conference | Prattville, AL

August 15 | Michigan State University Land Policy Institute | Michigan Citizen Planner: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series | Real Estate Law for Planning Commissioners | ONLINE (The cost per webinar will be $10 for MCPs and $20 for regular registrants.)

August 21-23 | 10th Waste Conversion Technology Conference & Trade Show | WCTC 2017 | San Diego, CA

August 23-25 | Georgia Environmental Conference | Jekyll Island, Georgia

August 27-30 | Association of Hazardous Materials Professionals – 2017 National Conference | Fort Worth, TX

August 27-Sept. 01 | 7th biennial World Conference by Society for Ecological Restoration | Foz do Iguassu, Paraná, BRAZIL

August 31-Sept. 02 | 15th International Conference on Environmental Science And Technology CEST 2017 | Rhodes, GREECE

September

September 03-06 | LCM 2017 “Designing sustainable technologies, products and policies: from science to innovation” | LUXEMBOURG

September 10-13 | Water Reuse Symposium | Phoenix, AZ

September 10-15 | CleanUp 2017 Conference | Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

September 11-13 | 2017 ECOS Fall Meeting | Environmental Council of States | Jackson, WY

September 12-14 | West Virginia Brownfields Conference | Ready, Set, Redevelop. – hosted by the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Centers | Morgantown, WV

September 13 | Keep a Lid On It: In-Situ Remediation CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar

September 12-14 | Best Practices for Site Characterization Throughout the Remediation Process. New York, NY | This three-day course offered by the U.S. EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation is based on the best management practices implemented by EPA partnership organizations, federal and state partners, and consultants.

September 23-26 | APA California Planning Conference | Sacramento, CA

September 25-27 | Decon + Reuse 2017 | Deconstruction & Material Reuse Conference via the Building Materials Reuse Association | Portland, Oregon

September 27 | Phytoremediation CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar 

October

October 01-04 | Florida Brownfields Conference  | St. Petersburg, FL

October 02-06 | 16th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium  Sardinia 2017 | Sardinia, ITALY

October 03-05 | Shape Your City's Future Week | Washington Convention Center | Washington, DC

October 03-06 |  13th meeting of the International Committee on Contaminated Land (ICCL) | Copenhagen, DENMARK

October 10-11 | EcoDistricts Summit — re-imagine cities from the neighborhood up | Hilton Atlanta Downtown Hotel | Atlanta, GA

October 10-14 | Placemaking Week | Building upon the momentum of 2016’s Placemaking Week in Vancouver, this year Project for Public Spaces collaborates with partners in Amsterdam, including Stipo, City at Eye Level,  Placemaking Plus, and Pakhuis de Zwijger.| Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

October 11 | Urban Agriculture and Healthfields CCLR's 2017 Webinar Series | 11am-12pm PDT | ONLINE via Webinar 

October 11-12 | Contamination Expo Series 2017 | ExCeL London, UNITED KINGDOM

October 12-15 | ACSP Annual Conference | Denver, CO

October 12-15 | 7th International Symposium and Exhibition on the Redevelopment of Manufactured Gas Plant Sites | MGP 2017 | New Orleans, LA

October 16-18 | 4th Annual International Resilience Summit | Palmer House Hotel | Chicago, IL

October 18-20 | Florida Redevelopment Association 2017 Annual Conference | Daytona Beach, FL

October 19 | Michigan State University Land Policy Institute | Michigan Citizen Planner: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series | Understanding and Planning for the Shared Economy | ONLINE (The cost per webinar will be $10 for MCPs and $20 for regular registrants.)

October 20-23 | ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo | Los Angeles, CA

October 24-27 | National Charrette Institute at MSU: National Charrette Training | American Planning Association Headquarters, Chicago, IL

November

Nov 1-3 | RE3 | Philadelphia, PA

Nov 6-7 | Vacant properties "boot camp," from the intensive Vacant, Abandoned, and Deteoriated (VAD) Properties Training Academy via the Center for Community Progress | Hartford, CT

Nov 7-9 | Southeast Brownfields Workshop hosted by EPA Region 4 and the Georgia Brownfield Association | Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center | Atlanta, Ga.

Nov 13-14 | 10th International Urban Design Conference — Disruption, Divergence and Designed Intervention - Making Change Happen | Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa, Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRAILIA

Nov 14-16 | 5th Annual AARP Livable Communities National Conference | Texas (City TBD)

Nov 14-16 | Smart City Expo World Congress | Barcelona, SPAIN

Nov 14-17 | Past Forward - A Conference of the National Trust For Historic Preseveration | Chicago, IL 

December

Dec 5-7 | U.S. EPA | Brownfields 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA

December 21 | Michigan State University Land Policy Institute | Michigan Citizen Planner: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series | Land Use Legislative and Case Law Recap for 2017 | ONLINE (The cost per webinar will be $10 for MCPs and $20 for regular registrants.)

This list of events will be periodically updated. Did we miss your big event? Contact us and we’ll add it.

Keep up the good work and we'll see you on the conference circuit in 2017!

The Brownfield Listings Team (BLT)

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