4th Annual Arkansas Environmental Policy Summit
Friday, November 8th, 2019
University of Arkansas Pulaski Tech
8:30 am Registration Opens
9:00 am Opening Session / Welcome
Welcoming Remarks –Bill Kopsky, Arkansas Public Policy Panel
Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde (invited)
Arkansas Attitudes on the Environment – Scott Simon, Arkansas Nature Conservancy
10:00 am Session 1 - Our Air – From the Clean Air Act to Climate Policy
Arkansas Air Quality – Glenn Hooks, Sierra
Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act – Keaton Smith, Citizens’ Climate Lobby
11:00 am Session 2 - Our Water and Soil – Panel Discussion
Moderator: Anna Metrailer, Program Officer, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Burthel Thomas, Farmer and former Arkansas Natural Resources Commissioner
Jesse Green, Whit River Water Keeper
Gordon Watkins, President, Buffalo River Watershed Alliance
Noon Lunch with Keynote – Our Wildlife
“Survival by Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink” – Joanna Wu, Project Manager, Avian Biologist & Important Bird
Areas for the National Audubon Society
1:00 pm Session 3 - Our Power – Panel Discussion
Moderator: Katie Niebaum, Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (invited)
Kimberly O’Guinn – Arkansas Public Service Commissioner
John Lester, General Manager, Clarksville Connected
Mark Cayce – General Manager, Ouachita Electric Cooperative
2:00 pm Closing Session - Our Actions
Rev. Malik Saafir, President & Founder, Janus Institute for Justice
Jack Stewart – Vice President Buffalo River Watershed Alliance
2:45 pm Dismissal
