Registration Now Open For 2011 Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference

Registration is now open for the 2011 Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference to be held September 27-28 at the Blair County Convention Center, Altoona.

This year’s conference features big changes as it moves to Altoona and the commonwealth joins forces with the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania to combine the two largest statewide brownfield conferences into one unique and informative event.

The first brownfields conference was held by the Engineers' Society in1994, a year before Pennsylvania's award-winning Land Recycling Act. was passed.

This year’s conference will focus on the redevelopment of smaller brownfields sites. Sessions will be offered for both those new to brownfields as well as the seasoned brownfields practitioner. Preceding the conference, a “Brownfield Basics” course will be offered to provide new attendees with the fundamental concepts of brownfields redevelopment. Other sessions will focus on planning and financing innovations to advance brownfield projects.

The conference agenda includes an informative field trip where attendees will experience first-hand the impressive results of Altoona’s downtown revitalization as well as tour a more traditional manufacturing reuse of a former rail car shop in Hollidaysburg. The tour will be followed by a networking event at the historic Railroaders Memorial Museum.

The conference has been approved for 6.75 organizational Professional Development Units through the Pennsylvania Economic Development Institute. For a listing of the approved sessions within the conference, call PSATS at 717-763-0930.

Additionally, the conference satisfies requirements for PA Economic Development Association Professional Development Units. Attendance at all sessions also equates to 10 Professional Development Hours for Engineers.

To see how brownfields remediation and redevelopment are benefiting communities across Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s Land Recycling webpage.

For sponsorship or exhibit information, contact the conference manager at 717-763-0930 or send email to: klougee@psats.org.

For more information or to register online, visit the Conference webpage.