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- 1. June 28–30, 2010 Arlington, VA 2010 Environmental Performance Summit Measuring & Improving Performance in Environmental Performance in Government • Create a “Performance-Based” Culture in Your Agency • Discover Leading Innovations in Utilizing Performance Measures for Environmental Programs • Forge Partnerships Across all Levels of Government for Success • Improve Your Environmental Performance Featuring Two Interactive Workshops on Environmental Performance Management In Association with: Earn up to 18 CPE Credits! www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS
- 2. WORKSHOPS: Monday, June 28, 2010 Who Pre-Conference Workshops are practical, supplementary application sessions which incorporate and review tools, techniques and methods presented during the event. Participants will obtain a further understanding of how to use newly acquired tools and cutting-edge strategies. Should Attend Through group exercises and scenario-based learning, you’ll walk away with the expertise and resources needed for immediate and practical application. Enrollment space is limited, so register today to reserve your place. • Environmental Performance 8:30 Managers/Auditors Workshop Registration & Continental Breakfast • Environmental 9:00 Specialist/Scientist Workshop A: Develop Quality Performance Measures in an Environmental • Environmental and Natural Resource Framework Protection Specialist/ Developing performance measures is frequently cited as one of the most difficult jobs a Compliance Leads government manager can face. Numerous obstacles exist, from obtaining stakeholder input to measuring what truly “matters” rather than what is easy to count. In order to provide the • EMS Coordinator/ optimum level of service to citizens, government agencies must measure by outcomes and Technologist not process. This workshop will provide a methodology for developing outcome-oriented • Natural Resource measures and linking them to specific strategies, outputs and activities. Managers • Develop an environmental performance management system to drive results • Use the logic model to determine outcome, strategy and output measures • Environmental Research • Explore model performance measures for projects and programs Specialists/Research Program Specialist 12:00 • Environmental Quality Lunch Break Control Managers 1:00 • Land/Soil Workshop B: Performance-Based Budgeting: Budget-Performance Integration Conservationists for Environmental and Natural Resource Programs • Sustainability Team Performance-based budgeting is vital to aligning performance measures with budgetary Coordinator requests This workshop provides a concrete approach to link resources to results through performance budgeting. It begins with a review of federal guidance for performance • Utility Providers budgeting and examples from several relevant programs. Institute experts will walk you • Research Program through the process of formulating a budget based on end-outcomes, the result of which is the alignment of performance and costs of a program into a formal budget justification. Specialist/Economist • Explore a seven-step process for integrating performance and budgetary information • Quality Assurance • Implement a performance-based budget in line with key reporting mandates Leads • Use performance-based budgeting to improve results and enhance budgetary requests • Program Supervisor/ Managers/Analysts 4:00 Workshops Adjourn • Policy Analysts 2 www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS
- 3. DAY 1: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast Become a Certified Government 9:00 Performance Manager Keynote Address: Renewable Energy Contributions to Environmental Sustainability To ensure professional The quest for environmental sustainability in the United States requires a more robust success, you must continually investment into domestic renewable energy initiatives. Achieving this goal requires a expand your skills and paradigm shift in how we use, manage and deal with energy consumption and efficiencies education. The bar has trends in America. In order for renewable energy to have a positive impact on environmental been raised in government sustainability, the cost of renewable options, as well as America’s overall energy agencies and organizations requirements, must be significantly reduced. During this keynote address, we will discuss and many government the vision for domestic renewable energy sourcing and its relationship to environmental managers are now required sustainability in the United States. to receive formal certification Don Juhasz, Director of Energy Resource Management, Defense Logistical Agency to stay up to date on the latest trends, best practices and mandates. 10:00 Break & Refreshments To address these needs, the 10:15 Institute offers a Certificate Leadership Panel: The Leading Innovations for Utilizing Performance Measures in Government Performance for Environmental Programs Management. Completing • Discover new approaches and solutions to environmental performance management a certification program is easy. Just attend three “core” • Identify verifiable data sources for environmental and natural resources outcomes courses and an additional • Develop innovations and management approaches to increase the use of performance three “elective” courses you indicators in measuring and evaluating programs select based on topics that Heidi Pruess, CEP, Environmental Policy Administrator, Land Use and Environmental Services, meet your agency’s unique Mecklenburg County needs. Upon successful Walt Tunnessen, National Program Manager, US EPA - ENERGY STAR completion, you will emerge from the Institute’s certification 11:15 program with a thorough Select the Right Performance Measures for Your Environmental Programs understanding of all course • Receive an update on environmental and natural resource performance measurement concepts—and poised to mandates and guidelines apply what you learned in a • Develop effective output, strategy and outcome performance measures real and practical way. • Identify strategies for collecting and reporting performance information For more information about Michael Binder, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency certification, please contact Melvin Hall at 202-739-9630 12:15 or email him at Melvin.Hall@ Lunch Break PerformanceInstitute.org. www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS 3
- 4. DAY 1: continued Bring This Program 1:15 Performance-Based Budgeting: Align Performance Measures with Budgetary Requests In-House • Learn to restructure your budget to support your strategic plan • Evaluate a ten-step process for creating a performance based budget One of the more popular • Align your budget request to your performance data vehicles for accessing Elizabeth Scheffler, Chief Financial Officer, National Oceans Service the Institute’s educational offerings is the delivery 2:15 of on-site trainings and Break & Refreshments management facilitations. Bringing a training or 2:30 facilitation in-house gives you the opportunity to Manage Environmental Performance in the “Green Age” customize a program • Learn to adapt your environmental management system to meet the demands of the that addresses your exact “green age” challenges and provides • Discover how simple changes in product use and workplace practices can save energy, a more personal learning reduce waste, create a healthier environment, and improve morale experience, while virtually • Understand what “going green” is and how to influence employee behavior eliminating travel expenses. Beth Martin, Chief, Compliance and Pollution Prevention, US Army Public Health Command Whether you require training for your department 3:30 or for an organization-wide initiative, the advanced Case Study: A Multi-Agency Adaptive Management System learning methods employed • Learn which elements of management infrastructure and process are needed to by The Performance Institute successfully collaborate when several agencies are jointly responsible for achieving will create an intimate environmental restoration goals training atmosphere that • Understand how to incorporate program performance measures, scientific research maximizes knowledge results and stakeholder input into a well-supported and transparent decision-making transfer to enhance process the talent within your • Evaluate freely available products such as a management system template that was organization. developed with agency executives, and an implementation guidance manual that and can have your program operational in about 12 months Chad Praul, P.E., Partner, Environmental Incentives For more information about in-house training options, please contact Jennifer 4:15 Mueller at 202-739-9619 Day One Adjourns or Jennifer.Mueller@ PerformanceInstitute.org 4 www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS
- 5. DAY 2: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 What 8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast You Will Learn 9:00 Keynote Address: Establish Partnerships Across All Levels of Government: ASSESS Saving Energy by Creating Industry, Federal and State Programs the impact of your and Partnerships performance measures by The important role of partnerships in implementing smart growth in the environmental arena tracking results cannot be stressed more. In order to be able to improve the performance of environmental projects and programs throughout the federal government, forging a strategic partnership across all levels of government is vital. During this keynote address, you will learn to SUPPORT effectively express environmental mandates and requests to stakeholders, as well as integrate employees, program environmental performance standards to develop common-ground goals and initiatives. partners and the regulated Blaine Collison, Director, US EPA Green Power Partnership community through a clear focus on performance and results 10:00 Break & Refreshments ADVANCE environmental protection 10:15 and resource conservation Manage Environmental Performance Effectively by Creating a through benchmarking and “Performance-Based” Culture in Your Agency improved accountability • Enhance your ability to communicate a performance message to stakeholders • Refine environmental performance measurement and reporting techniques to demonstrate DISCOVER achievements emerging issues and • Obtain employee input when evaluating the state of environmental performance pending legislation for management in your office environmental and natural Heidi Pruess, CEP, Environmental Policy Administrator, Land Use and Environmental Services, resource programs Mecklenburg County REDUCE program costs by leveraging the participation of all levels of government and industry www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS 5
- 6. DAY 2: continued Sponsorship 11:15 Assessing Environmental and Natural Resource Outcomes of Conservation: The Opportunities Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) • Learn about an innovative multi-agency partnership project to quantify conservation effects for the first time at national, regional and watershed scales As a conference and • Discover state-of-the-art methodologies to quantify cumulative, landscape-scale outcomes training provider, The and ecosystem services Performance Institute is • Share examples of findings from selected CEAP studies and discuss applications for policy, an expert in bringing programs and planning together leaders to share Lisa F. Duriancik, Coordinator, Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), USDA Natural and discuss best practices Resources Conservation Service and innovations. We connect decision-makers 12:15 with respected solution Lunch Break providers. 1:15 Evaluate the Quality of Your Performance Procedures The Institute offers four • Evaluate the newest methods for collecting and presenting environmental different pre-designed performance data sponsorship packages: • Understand the key principles for examination and reporting • Event Co-Sponsor • Learn how to improve upon current performance measures to improve environmental • Session Sponsor programs overall • Luncheon Sponsor 2:15 • Exhibit Booth Sponsor Break & Refreshments 2:30 For more information on Overview of U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development Programs sponsorships or to get • Learn about sustainability within the context of the Office of Research and Development, started, contact Meredith and Green Chemistry Program Mason at 202-739-9707 • Discover the steps being taken to reduce and prevent environmental risks or Meredith.Mason@ • Discuss where the increased research funding for the EPA is going and how it will be used PerformanceInstitute.org 3:30 Conference Adjourns 6 www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS
- 7. LOGISTICS Venue & Hotel CPE Credits The 2010 Environmental Performance Summit will be hosted Delivery Method: Group-live at The Performance Institute’s training center in Arlington, VA, Program Level: Basic just one block east of the Courthouse stop on the Orange Line Prerequisites: None of the D.C. Metro. A public parking garage is located inside of Advanced Preparation: None the building for $10/day. Continental breakfast and refreshments CPE Credits: Up to 18 will be provided for delegates on each day. CPE Credits: 6 Credits for Each Day of Training, 18 for the full Conference Address three day Forum. The Performance Institute is registered with the The Performance Institute Training Center National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as 1515 N. Courthouse Rd. a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Suite 600 Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have Arlington, VA 22201 final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding sponsors may be addressed to the Hotel National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org. A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at the prevailing rate of $233.00 Quality Assurance until May 28, 2010. Please call the hotel directly and reference The Performance Institute strives to provide you with the most productive and code “Environmental Performance Summit” when making effective educational experience possible. If after completing the course you feel reservations to get the discounted rate. The hotel is conveniently there is some way we can improve, please write your comments on the evaluation form provided upon your arrival. Should you feel dissatisfied with your learning located three blocks from the Rosslyn Metro station. Please ask experience and wish to request a credit or refund, please submit it in writing no the hotel about a complimentary shuttle that is also available for later than 10 business days after the end of the training to: your convenience. The Performance Institute Corporate Headquarters: Quality Assurance 805 15th Street, NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20005 Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott Note: As speakers are confirmed six months before the event, some speaker 1533 Clarendon Blvd. changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The Performance Institute is Arlington, VA 22209 not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program. Phone: 703-528-2222 If for any reason The Performance Institute decides to cancel this conference, The www.courtyardarlingtonrosslyn.com Performance Institute accepts no responsibility for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants, including delegates, sponsors and guests. Tuition and Group Discounts Discounts and Payment Offerings Early Bird Regular Rate • All ‘Early Bird’ Discounts must require payment at time of registration and before the cut-off date in order to receive any discount. Conference Only $899* $999 • Any discounts offered whether by The Performance Institute (including team discounts) must also require payment at the time of registration. One Workshop $299 $299 • All discount offers cannot be combined with any other offer. • Discounts cannot be applied retroactively Two Workshops $499 $499 Payment must be secured prior to the conference. If payment is not received by the conference start date, a method of payment must be presented at the time of registration in order to guarantee your participation at the event. *For the Early Bird Rate, Register by May 3, 2010. For more information on group discounts for The 2010 Environmental Performance Summit please contact Chris Hicks at 202-739-9548 or Chris.Hicks@PerformanceInstitute.org. www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS 7
- 8. REGISTRATION Call Fax this Form to Visit 877-992-9521 866-234-0680 www.PerformanceInstitute.org/EPS Yes! Register me for 2010 Environmental Performance Summit Yes! Register me for 2010 Environmental Performance Summit and Workshop(s). Please circle: Workshop A Workshop B Please call me. I am interested in a special Group Discount for my team Delegate Information Name Title Organization Dept. Address City State Zip Telephone Fax Email Payment Information Check Purchase Order / Training Form Credit Card Credit Card Number Expiration Date Verification No. Name on Card Billing Zip Please make checks payable to: The Performance Institute Cancellation Policy: The Performance Institute will provide a full refund less a $399 administration fee for cancellations requested four weeks prior to the event start date unless cancellation occurs within two weeks prior to the event start date. If a cancellation is requested less than two weeks prior to the event start date, no refund will be issued. Registrants who fail to attend and do not cancel prior to the event will be charged the entire registration fee. All cancellations must be requested through the cancellation link found in your attendance confirmation email. Please note that cancellation is not final until you receive a cancellation confirmation email. I have read and accepted the Cancellation Policy above. ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED By: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date: _________________________________ Priority Code: E136-WEB