Water Quality: Pathways to Sustainability

Conference sponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics. Ohio Farm Bureau’s Yvonne Lesicko is a panelist at the 11 a.m. session.

9 am – Keynote: Gail Hesse, National Wildlife Federation: “Lake Erie: Finding Smart, Realistic, Sustainable Solutions for a Healthy Lake”

9:45 am –  Professor Allen Klaiber: “The Economic Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms”

10:10 am- Professor Brent Sohngen: “How Much Could it Cost to Meet a 40% Reduction in Phosphorus Emissions in the Western Lake Erie Basin?”

10:35 am – Break

11 am – Panel:

• Karl Gebhardt, Deputy Director for Water Resources, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• Pete Bucher, Director, Water Resources, Ohio Environmental Council
• Yvonne Lesicko, Vice President, Public Policy, Ohio Farm Bureau

12:15 pm – Lunch

Energy: Economics and Policy of Renewables and Climate Change

1 pm – Keynote: Beth Trombold, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)

1:45 pm: – Dave Sims, Avangrid Renewables LLC: “Renewable Energy Markets”

2:15pm – Break

2:30 pm –  Scott Weaver, AEP: “AEP’s Clean Energy Future”

3 pm – Panel – What should the future of energy in Ohio be? How do we get there?

• Sen. Bill Beagle
• Trish Demeter, Vice President of Policy – Energy, Ohio Environmental Council
• Michael Shelton, Associate Director for the Office of Energy and Environment, The Ohio State University

4:30 pm – Conclusion

There is no cost to attend. Register online. A webinar option is available.