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2016 ECOS Spring Meeting
Materials
Speakers
Confirmed guest speakers include:
U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Acting Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg, Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Janet McCabe, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Cynthia Giles, General Counsel Avi Garbow, and Science Advisor Thomas Burke; Major General Donald E. Jackson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Cruden; author Bryn Barnard on the environment-public health nexus; Randall Hyer, Co-founder of CrisisCommunication.net and Deputy Director of the Center for Risk Communication; former ECOS President Richard Opper, now Director of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; Association of State and Territorial Health Officials President Edward Ehlinger, Commissioner of Health of the Minnesota Department of Health; Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam; and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry.
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Full Registration
Before February 26:
$675 member/state
$775 federal/dues-paying Alumni Association
$875 other.
Add $75 for registration 2/27-4/1. Add $50 more after 4/1.
One-Day Registration
Before February 26:
$350 member/state
$400 federal/alumni association
$450 other.
Add $50 for registration 2/27-4/1. Add $50 more after 4/1.
Important Notes
Cancellation by 2/26 subject to $35 fee. Non-emergency cancellation after 2/26 non-refundable.
***ECOS cannot comp attendees who plan to attend one session only, unless they are speakers for that session.
Hotel
Attendees should make their own room reservations at The Omni Nashville Hotel at (800)THE-OMNI and refer to the Environmental Council of the States Spring Meeting. The special ECOS group rate is available until March 10 or sellout of the room block, whichever is sooner. ECOS’ room rate is $247 for single occupancy and $257 for double occupancy, plus applicable taxes and fees in effect at the time of checkout. ECOS room nights include April 10, 11, and 12, with limited availability on the bookend nights of April 9 and 13.
***Any guaranteed reservation cancelled within 72 hours of arrival will be subject to a one night room and tax cancellation fee.
Optional April 12 Evening Event
UPDATE AS OF MARCH 25: ECOS TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT.
ECOS is pleased to offer an optional group activity in conjunction with the Spring Meeting. (The April 10 evening event at the Country Music Hall of Fame described in the agenda is included in the registration fee, whereas the April 12 evening event is not.) ECOS has secured 60 tickets for the April 12 at 7:30 p.m. “We’re All for the Hall” concert at the nearby Bridgestone Arena. Featured performers include Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Luke Bryan, Peter Frampton, Emmylou Harris, and others. Tickets are available to attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested, please make out a check to ECOS for as many $55 tickets as you would like and mail it to ECOS, Attention Katie Fehrenbach, 50 F Street NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20001. She will send an email confirmation upon receipt. Tickets will be distributed at the meeting on April 12. They are nonrefundable but may be sold by ticketholders to other interested attendees at the meeting. If you have questions, please contact Katie at kfehrenbach@ecos.org.
