Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about remediation, reclamation and regulatory challenges and opportunities that will impact your industry and municipality in Western Canada. You will also hear real world case studies and presentations on liability management, risk-based remediation, government incentive strategies including the following highlights:

• Learn how to use Brownfields to trigger rapid, resilient community or regional revitalization
• Hear recent research findings from the U.S. related to nanotechnology and issues surrounding its use for environmental remediation
• Find out how First Nation lands and territories are impacted by contaminated sites liability, including historic mine sites
• Get the latest, critical, legal developments from across Western Canada in the regulation and clean-up of contaminated sites as they affect landowners and other responsible parties, lenders, purchasers and consultants
• Hear what industry is saying about the Oil Sands in “Debunking Myths and Disseminating Facts”
• Get insights from a City of Calgary case study on how they created win-win co-managed site contracts with brownfield owners to facilitate site development

Day 1:

KEYNOTE: What’s Your Community’s RQ? How to Raise its Renewal Quotient to
Attract Resources for Revitalization

CASE STUDY: The East Village Master Plan: Leadership in Land Development

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Western Canada Legal Update

CASE STUDY: Creating Win-win Co-managed Site Contracts with Brownfield Owners to Facilitate Site Development

BEST PRACTICES: Redevelopment Framework for Former Gas Stations: Streamlined Approach to a Common Problem
Day 2:

KEYNOTE: Nanotechnology: A Poster Child for Environmental Remediation?

Removing Barriers to Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment by Municipalities and Developers

Landfills – the Remediation Industry’s Dirty Little Secret: Is Your Asset Covered?

Boreal Forest Reclamation at Syncrude Canada Ltd.

Update on Contaminated Sites Case Law in British Columbia

Contaminated Sites Liability and First Nations Rights

View the up-to-date program at http://www.insightinfo.com/contaminatedsites

Industry/Stakeholder Expertise Presented by:

• AMEC Earth & Environmental
• Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Brownlee LLP
• City of Calgary
• Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
• OCETA / aboutREMEDIATION
• The Oil Sands Developers Group (OSDG)
• Resolution Fund, LLC
• Revitalization Institute
• Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
• U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)


Co-Chairs:
Alex G. MacWilliam
Partner
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

Paul R. Cassidy
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Fee includes meals, documentation and fully searchable online access to this conference's papers:

Early Bird Special (by October 23, 2009): $1595.00 + GST (&79.75) = $1674.75

Regular Conference Price: $1795.00 + GST ($89.75) = $1884.75

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Who Should Attend:
• Environmental professionals and their advisors in manufacturing, oil and gas, natural resources, chemical and petro-chemical, and regulatory sectors
• Environmental engineers, planners and consultants
• Environmental lawyers, in-house counsel and city solicitors
• Municipal, provincial and federal government officers and policy-makers
• Environmental service providers, vendors, purchasers and developers of brownfields and other contaminated sites