MONDAY: EPA Chief in New Orleans to Keynote Top
Water Quality Conference
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will travel to New Orleans
Monday to deliver the keynote address at the Water Environment Federation’s Annual
Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC), the
largest annual water quality conference and exhibition in the world.
Administrator Jackson will speak on the progress made in ensuring clean water and emerging opportunities for innovation in water infrastructure. The year 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
Prior to the her keynote, Jackson will also join U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade Francisco Sánchez to officially launch the U.S. Environmental Technologies Export Initiative. This new initiative is designed to foster greater interagency collaboration in U.S. government trade, technology exports, and international environmental activities. The initiative launch is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. in the WEFTEC Global Center, Hall G, New Orleans Morial Convention Center.
What:
Administrator Jackson to deliver WEFTEC keynote
address: “40 Years of Clean
Water and Innovation for Tomorrow”
When:
Monday, October 1, 2012: 10:30 a.m.
Where: New Orleans Theatre, Level 2, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Complimentary registration is available for credentialed media representatives. Please contact Lori Harrison at 703-216-8565 or lharrison@wef.org.
More information: http://www.weftec.org/
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