Plenary November 8

Opening Plenary – Bronze Ballroom

Opening: Tom Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, CATEE Conference

Welcome: Dr Robert Haley, Director, Division of Epidemiology, UT Southwestern

Overview of SIP Progress/Status: Donna F. Huff, Manager, Air Quality Planning, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Keynote – Sustainable Communities: Place-Based Sustainable & Economic Development: Shelley R. Poticha, Director for Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, US Department of Housing & Urban Development (Video on Media page).

Plenary Session – Bronze Ballroom

EPA Outlook: Dr. Al Armendariz, Administrator, EPA Region 6

EE/RE Legislative Outcomes from 82nd Texas Legislature: Dub Taylor, Director, Texas State Energy Conservation Office

SB 5 EE/RE Strategies Report: Dr. Jeff S. Haberl, Associate Director, Energy Systems Laboratory

Better Blocks: Jason Roberts, Founder, Better Blocks