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So What Happened to My Idea for Brownfields 2008?

| Sean Tolliver

If you are reading this blog, chances are you submitted an idea for Brownfields 2008 through our open call for presentations. Every year we get hundreds of submissions and this year is no exception as more than five hundred were entered into our online database.

So now what happens?

On Thursday, November 8th a large committee, with representation from a diverse array of organizations, will start to review submissions and begin the process of recommending the 2008 educational program.  Following the review committee’s recommendations, and throughout November and the early part of December, ICMA staff will begin to contact moderators, firm up titles and descriptions, and finally reach out to potential speakers for the more than one-hundred educational sessions that will be crafted for the Detroit conference.  We’ll also be reaching out to dozens of you to see if you’d like to present your idea in the poster gallery.  It’s going to take us some time to firm up both the educational sessions and the poster gallery, so we appreciate your patience as we move forward; however if you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

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Sean Tolliver said: |

If you have additions to your idea submission or would like an updated status, feel free to contact Sean Tolliver at 202/962-3590 or stolliver@icma.org or Melissa Koenig at 202/962-3632 or MKoenig@icma.org.

The committee has made its cuts, ICMA has performed a gap analysis and is working with the local planning team and EPA on firming up the last few sessions for the program. ICMA staff will be contacting moderators this month to secure them for inclusion in the preliminary educational program and it should be in place by Jan. 1. The educational program will be published on the Brownfields2008.org website around early Feb.

Luiz Gustavo Gallo Vilela said: |

How can I know if my poster idea will be accepted? If there is any problem or commento about my idea please I'd like to know.

Sean Tolliver said: |

We are currently in the process of contacting poster gallery participants we hope to send an email out to everyone in the new week or so.

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