Monday, Sept. 20

12:00 EST Cheri Ruane, FASLA, Weston & Sampson, BSLA President - Keynote Speaker

12:20 Brian Yellen, Fort River Watershed

12:40 Dan Pratt, Astarte Farm, CSA, No-till tech

1:00 Theresa Wolejko, REM, TURP, UMass EH&S–Stormwater Green Infrastructure 

1:30 Mentor Orientation

 

Tues., Sept. 21

12:00 EST Masoud Hashemi, PhD, Pasture Management, UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture 

12:20-Jeremy Barker Plotkin, Owner / Simple Gifts Farm, hands-on experience w/ No-Till 

12:40 Reid Bertone-Johnson, Smith College Professor, Conservation Restriction w/ Kestrel Land Trust at the MacLeish Field 

1:00 – Aliki Fornier, Connecticut Conservancy – Water Chestnut in the CT River Watershed

 1:30-2:15 Innovation Contest Pitch Session No. 1 Location TBA

 

Wed., Sept. 22

12:00 EST -Ljiljana Rajic, PhD, co-founder, CTO of Elateq.com 

12:20- Jason Johnson, FoLW Exec Director - mid-Keynote

12:40 - Alexander Haro, PhD, USGS Movements and passage of American Eel & Lamprey

1:00 -Matt Kaminsky, Silvopasture for Healthy Watershed and Soils 

1:30-2:15 Mentor Check in Location TBA

2:30 EST Judges Orientation Location TBA

 

Thurs., Sept. 23

13-12:00 EST - Ken Sprankle, Project Leader, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Diadromous Fish 

14-12:20 - Dr. Allison Ryan, Use of Barley Straw for Control of HABs 

15-12:40 - Sarah Miller & Niveen Ismail, Smith College, Best Management Practices 

16-1:00 - Beth Willson, Environmental Scientist, Amherst Public Works

1:30-2:15 EST- Innovation Contest Pitch Session No. 2 and Kick-off

 

Friday, Sept. 24

Innovation Contest 

12:00-12:45 PM EST Mentor Check-in Location TBD

 

Saturday, Sept. 25

11:59 PM EST Submission Deadline

 

Sunday, Sept. 26th

Presentations 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Voting 12:00-12:45

Winner’s Announcement and Closing Comments 1:00 PM EST