second annual Choose Clean Water – Chesapeake Bay Restoration Conference

1. Politics of 2011- What the Election can Tell us About An Environmental Agenda Nicholas Thompson, Vice President, The Tarrance Group Park Ballroom

2. Panel Discussion –A Final TMDL: What it Means for the Chesapeake Region Shawn M. Garvin, Regional Administrator, EPA Region III Moderator: Jeff Corbin, Senior Advisor to the Regional Administrator, EPA Region III Robert Summers, Acting Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment Hamid Karimi, Deputy Director, District of Columbia Department of the Environment John Hanger, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Anthony Moore, Assistant Secretary for Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Virginia Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Director of Water Resources, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

3. Plenary Session – Phase II Watershed Implementation Plans: How Local Groups can influence their Development Moderator: Jim Edward, Acting Director, Chesapeake Bay Program Panelists: Hamid Karimi, Department of the Environment, District of Columbia, Controlling Stormwater from Federal Facilities Ron Bowen, Director, Department of Public Works, Anne Arundel County, Template for Phase II WIPs in Maryland, Urban/Suburban Kathleen Freeman, Director of Planning & Codes, Caroline County, Template for Phase II WIPs in Maryland, Rural/Agricultural Leslie Middleton, Executive Director, Rivanna River Basin Commission, Virginia, Rivanna Regional Pilot Project Matt Royer, President, Tri-County Conewago Creek Association, Pennsylvania, Non-Agricultural Sector Support for the Conewago Creek Collaborative Conservation Initiative

4. Innovative Approaches to Clean Water Challenges Chris Wible, Director of Environmental Stewardship, Scotts Miracle GroPatrick Thompson, President and CEO, EnergyWorks

5. Plenary Session – Smart Growth and Watershed Implementation Plans: Strategies for Clean Water in Our Communities Moderator: Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth Panelists:Chris Zimmerman, Chairman, Arlington County Board, Virginia Bill Stack, Deputy Director of Programs, Center for Watershed Protection Bill Kastning, Director, Planning and Codes Department, Town of Denton, Maryland