We are still working on collecting presentations to be posted to the website, but over 60 have been collected and posted so far, please click the links below to see this past year's speeches.

Keynote Speeches

“The Challenges – and Changes – of the Public Focus on the Environment”
The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles, Director, Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia

“Leadership, Strategies and Action:  Moving Forward with Virginia’s Natural Resources Agenda”
The Honorable L. Preston Bryant Jr, Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia

“Investing in Nature: Conservation in Collaboration with Business”
William J. Ginn, author; Director, Forest Conservation Program, The Nature Conservancy

“A Revolution in Environmental Health Sciences: New Opportunities to Prevent Disease”
John Peterson Myers, Ph.D., CEO/Chief Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences

“Norfolk Southern’s Environmental Journey: Turning Necessity into a Business Advantage”
David E. Goode, Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation

**No presentations available for Richard Louv and Patrick Noonan**

Workshop and Breakout tracks

Track I - Local Governments: Tools and Programs for Preserving Key lands

Track II - Emerging Issues in Land Conservation

Track III - Strategies for Land Use Decision Makers

Track IV - Water Resources

Track V - Stormwater Management

Track VI - Government Affairs and Environmental Regulation

Track VII - Environmental Managers: Leadership, Strategies, Results

Track VIII - Human Health and the Environment

Track IX - 2007 Federal Farm Bill (awaiting presentations)

We are also pleased to make available Essays on Environmental Leadership and Management, published by VMI Press and edited by H. Francis Bush, Ronald A. Erchul, and Marilyn R. D. Maisano.